This Weekend's Winners and Losers

Winnner?
The weather on Friday and Saturday was wonderful. Sunny, warm, and nearly 80 degrees.
Loser?
The weather Sunday was cold and wet with temps in the 50s.

Winnner?
Spending time with Elizabeth on Friday. Lots of shopping and playing.
Loser?
The mini-golf wasn't as much fun as I expected. Too much water and she flat out said she didn't like it.

Winnner?
Buying a G.I. Joe Paratrooper Duke (very much like the G.I. Joe figure, HALO, I had as a kid).
Loser?
Yvonne making me wait until Christmas to open it.

Winner?
Having dinner with my Dad on his 62nd birthday. It was nice to buy him a meal for a change. And the crab and shrimp were decent.
Loser?
Hearing the story of how he broke up a (physical) fight between his mother and father when he was about 9. He pointed a 22 rifle at them.

Winner?
Steelers win a game (finally) coming off a long streak of loses.
Loser?
Polamalu gets a concussion early and sits out the game.

Winner?
Les Stroud for creating and particiapting in a very realiztic survival show.
Loser?
Man vs. Wild for putting a very un-realistic former special forces guy in very un-realistic scenarios.

Winner?
Cleaning the gutters on a nice warm day (it was a short trip up the ladder and the leaves weren't that wet).
Loser?
Forgetting to move the grill to a good winter spot inside the shed on the afrorementioned nice day. And only remembering it when it's cold, wet, and windy outside.

Winner?
Watching Home Alone (a classic holiday movie) for the first time in many years.
Loser?
Not being able to watch movies in the Spotsylvania Mall anymore (where I first saw Home Alone).

Winner?
My comment/rant/question making the local paper about a local traffic nightmare.
Loser?
My comment/rant/question getting edited from 2 pages to 2 paragraphs and running about a month too late to make sense.

Winner?

Seeing another episode of Heroes tonight.

Loser?

Needing to wait a few more hours to watch it.