My thoughts by Paul M. Dugan

The parents & heading back home to Virginia today around 9:00am et from Ohio. Our weather is very rainy & foggy out at this time. Hope this get's better. Take care out there.

I am off to Lakewood, Ohio from the Bend (South Bend, IN & University of Notre Dame). Notre Dame Rules!!!!!!!! My time in Chicago, IL was very fun too. Take care friends & family of the midwest. GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My foursquare is not working today so they is no updates where I am at on Facebook too.

Watching ND Women Basketball at UConn (XLCenter) on espn2. Sorry to hear that ND men basketball lost big versus Georgetown (version center) tonight (espn around 7pm et). We do not have a great record vs them at there place. So haters know your history about your enemy. Got it!!! GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ND Women basketball beat UConn three times in row since last season. They got the big east regular season title by them selves & not at all too. GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, little late watching the Oscars because the time different in Chicago, IL & eating dinner with the family. Look: http://t.co/XkCciyTB (http://oscar.go.com/). Take care. Having a fun on the Midwest trip with the parents. Great sports @ University of Notre Dame. Take care. I saw Hugo and others. Peace too...

Well I am relaxing at the Bend (South Bend, IN near University of Notre Dame) today & watching TV while it's snowing outside too. I am going to see a few sports events @UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME while I am here. There is no snow where I really live. So, its very nice to see some snow but I hope we are able to get back home when snow is here. The weather hasn't hampered my trip too much. Take care too.

It's around 4:15pm et here and there no bad weather to be found. Mom's two favorite shows are the "the Good Wife" on cbs and "downton abbey" on the pbs channel. Something weird happen when my iPhone turn off to save power instead going to the save screen. I hope it get's better. A iPad or iPhone looks great in my future. I hope to be in Ohio, Indiana & Illinois sometime next week. The key to this trip is always the weather, how it determines when & where I go. If your interested in college basketball please check this out for a bracket preview from the ncaa: NCAA mock selection & a brack pdf document .

We are having our kitchen floor redone today & maybe tomorrow. It's nice outside but not cold enough for snow right now. Our winter has being to mild to see not much snow on the ground. Take care

Hope All your love ones are safe & sound. Tell them you love them very munch from the bottom of your heart. Happy Valentine's Day to my family & friends all over the world. Love is in the air everywhere this days. Take care. Peace too.

I know Facebook has done lots changes for the past few years. I only get people talk to me during my birthday. The social interaction just not working here since people don't answer you only if post something on there page not your own. I am afraid to chat with people since they are at work and I am not at this time. I am not a grammy's awards fan at all so I will not be watching any at all. Award shows are so so boring to me. I will to get more things going on my blog very soon. Take care.

Having dinner tonight. Pizza (pepporina & sausages). My weekend went well with some University of Notre Dame Athletics during a very cold outside too. Our dogs take a very short walks since the weather went to winter. Take care where your at. I hope I can still blog my thoughts this year. Please check the news for that freedom: http://www.internetfreedomcoalition.org/ http://www.savetheinternet.com/, http://internetfreedom.org/

Had a nice dinner with the family while watching the replay of University of Notre Dame Men Basketball victory win versus at WestVa from our DVR (espnu). Later I watched csi-ny (CBS) tonight too. I heard the nba is still having there all-star game this year on there short dumb season. It's all for money & nothing else. Just to let you know that the nba is very boring to me at this point in my life. I am not much a fan of Valentine's Day since I am still in the single life at this time. Reality Shows are so boring since they aren't real to point they put the story together when taping is done too. I hope to have a few stories about ND Sports this week on here. Articles: Jack Cooley fuels Notre Dame's basketball surge , Skylar Diggins of Notre Dame balances beauty with athleticism , Notre Dame's Skylar Diggins Knows What She Wants , Irish Sign Six Students for Men's Soccer , Irish Women's Soccer Welcomes Nation's No. 1 Class For 2012 , Love of th

I had a lovely morning now I am at Gold's Gym getting a workout to feel great about my health while eating different now. We have a chance of freezing rain or slit sometime today. My TV shows I am watching tonight are Modern Family on ABC (9pm et), Royal Pains on USA Network (10pm et) & Notre Dame Men Basketball at West Va (9pm et on espnu or espn3.com) (GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Thanks for all of the Birthday Wishes this week after the Super Bowl (nfl). Take care. Peace too.

Happy Super Bowl Sunday to the USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have fun watching the game this year. I am going to a Super Bowl today. I am bring a "DEATH BY CHOCOLATE" dessert for the party too. It's very yummy in your tummy. The giants are my pick to win the super bowl. The redskins did beat them twice this nfl season. MANCHESTER UNITED F.C. is fox channel (USA) today around 10:30am-11am et versus chelsea f.c. in a e.p.l. match. GO MANUTD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I saw first 5mins of the match vs chelsea & saw the ref (oops this match going to be touchiest & too many fouls. Players will be falling down very easy too for both clubs). GO MANUTD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! University of Notre Dame Women Basketball plays versus depau l at 1pm et on espnu today. University of Notre Dame Men Basketball played yesterday versus marquette on cbs (cbs didn't let me finish watching this game since we handle th

I am not sure yet who I want to win the 46 (XLVI) nfl super bowl this year (Feb. 5th, 2012 - Sunday - 6:30 pm et - NBC - Lucas Oil Stadium ) : new england patriots versus n.y. giants @ indianapolis 2012 . Watch the super bowl online here . Who are you picking to win the title? Take Care & have a lovely day today.

Hoping your week is going well on the start of February 2012. I do say there is a shady side toward recruiting high school players to come to your college/university. What do you think about this? If your a fan of UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Football here is a link from signing day Feb., 1st, 2012 - Wednesday: NDFB adds 17 to the 2012 season Do you think Notre Dame did a great job in recruiting this 2012 signing period? I think they did but recruiting is a guessing game on what a 18yr old kid thinking with plenty of inside/outside influences on what college/university to go for education/football or football/education. The education is before your allowed to play football or other sports too. check real education site ncaa . sports ncaa is here . Other info from UND.COM (NOTRE DAME SPORTS): Coach Brian Kelly's interview after signing recruits , Kiel, Carlisle Top Notre Dame's Class , Take care. GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! Other schools: espn , fox sports , nbc