Miami Dolphins Training Camp

Yesterday I was doing my usual book hunting and decided that I needed to check out a place in Boca I hadn't been to in awhile. Since I was already down that far, I decided I would check out the Dolphins Training Camp since it wasn't that much further. The Dolphins train at Nova Southeastern University which is just west of the Ft. Lauderdale airport.

Just as I was almost there I got caught in one of our normal, Florida afternoon showers. It was brief and by the time I got to the practice field the sun was shining (and very hot and humid of course!) The bleachers got pretty crowded and everyone was quite anxious. Finally about half an hour after practice should have started, they cancelled the outdoor part because of "lighting in the area". Well, there were some storms in the area, but they were moving away from the field. It was the right thing to do because lighting can strike quite aways from the actual storm, but it was kind of disappointing. I was looking forward to seeing Ricky Williams again! Oh well. Maybe next year.

Lot's of movies to catch up on.

43. How to Deal (TV) 6/10. Pretty good story.

44. Harlan County USA (DVD) 8/10. Had to get this documentary after listening to "Coal" so much. Now I completely understand the song "Lawrence Jones!"

45. The Mighty (TV) 7.5/10. Had meant to rent this many, many times but just hadn't gotten around to it. Good story.

46. Definatley, Maybe (DVD) 7.5/10. Much better than expected. Cute story, good ending.

47. In Brugges (DVD) 6/10. Ok, some funny parts, but I expected more.

48. Bowfinger (TV) 7/10. Probably hadn't seen this since it first came out in the theater. Pretty good even now.

49. Mama Mia (Theater) 8.5/10. Loved it. It was just fun. And I had some pretty rowdy senior citizens sitting around me that were singing and dancing along. Pretty fun.

50. Backdraft (TV) 8/10. Always loved this movie. Hadn't seen it in a long time.

51. Coyote Ugly (TV) 5/10. Think I saw this a long time ago. It was so-so. Not horrible, not great.

52. Dogma (TV)7.5/10. Not my favorite Kevin Smith movie, but it's pretty good. Like the story.

53. Bonneville (DVD) 8/10. Had meant to see this in the theater (it only showed in the theater where there are high concentrations of senior citizens...my area exactly!) but didn't get to it. Much better than I had expected after reading reviews. Funny. Jessica Lange sounds very Minnesotan in this movie. Maybe I just notice it more now since I live in the south.

54. 27 Dresses (DVD) 8/10. I didn't expect to like it that much, but I did. Good story, slightly predictable, but still funny.

55. Charlie Bartlett (DVD) 7/10. Pretty good, but predictable.