Jake's Surgery and the Real Maverick

So my little brother went into surgery today to get his hand operated on...he broke in gym class a little while back and of course it had to be on the bowling hand...my brother is a pretty amazing bowler...i'm very envious of him for it...i bowled when i was a kid up until the beginning of high school, but it wasn't my calling, not like it is his...i always joke with him that they have a whole room with a cot set up for him in the back room of our local bowling alley...i feel like they see him more than we do...haha but anyway...he was playing football in gym and the ball hit his hand and majorly broke his pinky finger...i really feel for him, not being able to do the one thing he loves so much...well i did feel bad for him until i went to visit him at the bowling alley one friday when i came back from school and saw him bowling with his left hand, he bowled over 200 pins...so i guess i can't feel that bad for him...but the surgery is today and while i know he will be fine the mother hen in me comes out and i get really worried about him...he's my kid, my only brother...in my sorority i have over 35 sisters, but regardless of everything else, he's always my only brother...so i hope he's ok...

in other news...i like to look on yahoo's home page and see the different "news" stories (the quotes because sometimes i don't really think any of the stories are news worthy) but in the wake of the over use by a certain vp nominee, Sarah Palin, who overuses and misuses the term "maverick" yahoo on their homepage has a story about the origin of the word...so here's your history lesson for the day...

a family with the name of maverick in texas is particularly upset with senator john mccain's use of the word in relation to him...the word comes from a family called the mavericks who have been established since the 1600's...they were a very progressive family in politics until an early ancestor in Boston got into trouble with the law over his agitation for the rights of indentured servants...In the 1800s, Samuel Augustus Maverick went to Texas and became known for not branding his cattle. He was more interested in keeping track of the land he owned than the livestock on it...unbranded cattle, then, were called “Maverick’s.” The name came to mean anyone who didn’t bear another’s brand...so that's where the original term came from...so i the words of my big fat greek wedding "so there you go."


i'm going to start adding something onto the end of my blogs...so here's the first

today on my iPod shuffle i'm listening to...wait for it....

1. "Your Song" by Elton John
2. "On the Radio" by Donna Summer
3. "Country Fair" by Lonestar
4. "If Everyone Cared" by Nickelback
5. "Grow Old With You" by Stephen Lynch
6. "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera
7. "This is Me" by Demi Lovato
8. "Always Be My Baby" by Mariah Carey
9. "Whatever Turns You On" by Devin
10. "City" by Sara Bareielles
11. "Crush" by David Archuleta
12. "Wake Up" by Hanson
13. "Time" by Chantel Kreviazuk
14. "Try" by Nelly Furtado
15. "All or Nothing" by O-Town
16. "Ready to Run" by Dixie Chicks
17. "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira
18. "April Showers" by Sugarland
19. "I'm a Believer" by Smash Mouth
20. "What Can I Say" by Brandi Carlile
21. "To Remember" by Josh Kelley
22. "Amazing " by Josh Kelley
23. "Slide" by The Goo Goo Dolls
24. "The Way I Are" by Timbaland
25. "What You Waiting For?" by Gwen Stefani

...so now try expanding your musical vocabulary and i'll see you soon! and if you have a second send up a prayer for my brother's surgery