I feel like I need to post something, but I am lazy, so I am just going with the photos.

But I'll get to the photos in a second, there are some interesting things I learned while flying today:

• I am freaking awesome at inflight trivia. Won 4 of 6 rounds. Suck it Steph in 20B
• People in airports are wayyyyyy nicer to you when you have a baby in your arms
• Getting a baby's stroller through security takes forever
• If you hang out with a woman and a baby, the gate agent is going to assume you are married and wonder why "the husband" isn't getting on the flight

Now on to the photos.


Of course, a ski trip must have a ski picture. Not my greatest jump of the day by any means, but we didn't have any better photos. I got some mad air on some of the jumps, but also only landed about a 1/3 of them.

Other skiing moments included waste-deep powder down a black diamond with zero visibility on one of Vail's back bowl runs. Skiing through the trees in some serious powder at Keystone. And hitting some jumps in a terrain park at Keystone and Vail.



All three of the Borgmanns on a chair lift at Vail, in helmets and everything.



It's 1:00 am in this photo. Cassie (left) and I had spent a grueling day skiing at Keystone and a 2 hour drive back to Denver. Nicole (right) ran 10-miles in the morning, threw a party, and met us at Herbs in Denver. How we all made it to 1:30 am I have no idea!



Andrea (CJ's wife) was in Denver visiting her friend, so I offered to take Asher for an afternoon to let her have a few hours of no responsibility. After playing for a while, both of us conked out on the couch (him longer than me).



Mike didn't want to take this picture. Now I can see why. My friends commented on Facebook that we look like a gay couple. On top of that we all look awful. Mike has got the sun in his eyes look. I look über-cheesy. And Asher looks stoned.



I was trying to get Asher to crawl. He's got scooting backwards down, but not so much on moving forward. I am sure by the Hilton Head trip in 2 months that he'll be crawling like crazy!


Well, that's about it. A great trip. Didn't have pictures of coffee with Heather or dinner with Molly, but those two were also a lot fun and it was great to catch up.

Next weekender in a couple of weeks: see Sarah and Adam in "San Diego" / "Los Angeles" because they just had Bennett.

A Turkish airliner went down yesterday. Not going to blog about it, and just leave it at my theory is windshear.

Speaking of airliners going down, I am boarding a flight today to go to Denver. Spending some time skiing and hanging out with friends and family. Doing what I love, cramming as much stuff in a "(extended)-Weekender" as possible.

• Thursday hang with Heather.
• Friday skiing at Vail with sister, brother and mom
• Friday night meeting up with Molly
• Saturday more skiing at vail with the fam
• Saturday evening hanging with Nicole
• Sunday church with everyone plus Grandma
• Sunday afternoon pick up Asher because Andrea is also in Denver and I figured I'd do my part to actually help a stay-at-home mom who never gets a day off actually have a full day off
• Monday fly home!

Going to be a blast.

But with the fact I am going on a weekender and the fact that I feel like life has been too contentious recently, I decided I am going to blog a light-hearted and hopefully funny post. And since I can't seem to blog about anything - including Bobby Knight - with out my relationship status being brought up, I figured I wouldn't fight it.

My friend Cecily always makes fun of me for giving my business card out to women when I ask them out on dates. She also makes fun of me for things that I do not say when asking girls out, but that she thinks I should because it would be hilarious and conceited and pretentious and hilarious (yeah I said it twice).

She tells me I need to add these to the back of the business cards to let all the potential ladies out there know just how awesome I am.

These include:

• Executive Producer of THE (emphasis on the) Allen Hunt Show
• Homeowner
• Humanitarian
• and my personal favorite... "I am a pretty big deal in Charlottesville"

Why Charlottesville you ask? Well because a month ago we added Charlottesville, VA as an affiliate and I told her and Justin that we did. Not really a big deal. We have added about 70 affiliates last year alone.

But for some reason Charlottesville stuck in Cecily's head so she wants me to introduce myself as "Hi I am Andy Borgmann, Executive Producer of THE Allen Hunt Show. Homeowner. Humanitarian. And you may not know this, but I am a pretty big deal in Charlottesville."

But Cecily shouldn't be the only one joining in on this fun. Why don't you.

If you know me, this is a great time to roast me. Have fun.

If you don't know me personally, I want to hear some of the best things you think I could put on the back of a business card that would be hilariously impressive to women.

(P.S. It should be stated for those who take life too seriously and have no sense of humor, I do not actually plan on doing this. You know who you are Matt!)

I had a diversion this past week due to the Colgan air disaster, but my loyal readers were expecting an Andy beat down on Allen for his position on Bobby Knight and his position on Obama and Iran. I figured I would start with Bobby Knight - as the Iran one is infinitely more complicated and may in fact involve more than one post.

Disclaimer to start: I am from in Indiana - but I was never really a Indiana University fan. I agreed earlier this year to root for Indiana if a friend would root for Notre Dame at the Hawaii Bowl. She did, Notre Dame won, thus I am rooting for IU basketball this year for the first time ever. But beyond that, I am a Duke University fan, and have no dog in the IU fight.

With that said, Bobby Knight would be a fantastic addition to the University of Georgia Athletic Department.

What set me over the top with Allen's ridiculous stance on Bobby Knight was when he called Bobby Knight the anti-Christ (that and he had his stats wrong regarding Bobby Knight's career). Let's examine this ridiculous logic through picture form.




Now, this might be news to people outside of Georgia, but Mark Richt is a godly man who loves Jesus. This cannot be questioned! In fact, God loves Mark Richt so much, he predestinedly named the Gospel of Mark after him. I bet you didn't know that.



Now, Mark Richt is also a very mild manner, even tempered man, thus Mark Richt is the opposite of Bobby Knight.



Using simple and obvious logic, one then can deduce that Bobby Knight ≠ Jesus



Now we all know that I am a big fan of logic, so one would think I must bow down to the obviously correct stance that Allen holds.

But does Mark Richt in fact equal Jesus for the University of Georgia.

The way I see it, a major university coach has three responsibilities: 1.) Graduate his students, 2.) Produce competitively successful sports teams, and 3.) Set an example of good character.

When said coach achieves these three with perfection, they can then be defined the "Jesus" of their sports program.

The problem of course is that Mark Richt is (arguably) only good at one of these three things, where as Bobby Knight is (arguably) good at two of these things.

In 2008, the University of Georgia came in 63rd out of 65 in graduating their football players. 52% of their players fail to graduate college.

Worse yet, in basketball, 77% of their players fail to graduate college. Bobby Knight has a stellar record in graduating his players.

Beyond that, Mark Richt hasn't won jack squat yet as head coach of UGA. UGA fans are still riding the coat tails of Vince Dooley from the 80s. Where as Bobby Knight is the winningest NCAA Basketball coach ever (women's basketball doesn't count as basketball).

Sure, neither Mark or Bobby are Jesus, but is not Bobby closer than Mark?

Allen of course made the statement on air that he doesn't need his "kid's" coach to help him graduate because "his kid will graduate." But then I ask you, why do you need your "kid's" coach to develop his moral character?

UGA should hire Bobby Knight. If he is hired, I'll be at the first game with a special throwing chair with Allen's name on it.

Photo Credit: Mark Kryst - YXUphoto

I was just about to head to bed and I checked Airliners.net and heard about a airplane crash outside of Buffalo. Buffalo's airport is one of the airports at LiveATC.net - a website I listen to often to "train" myself for the fast paced conversation of Air Traffic Control Transmission. So I took a listen and it was a bit eyrie to be honest.

I condensed the whole thing from about 12 minutes to 3 minutes given that most of you a.) probably can't really understand what is being said, and b.) don't really want to listen to 12 minutes of ATC transmission.

The female voice right at the beginning was the pilot of the aircraft that went down. It was her last transmission - which I think is eyrie how calm and unsuspecting it is.





A couple of things really stuck out to me.

The first is how unsuspecting the pilots voice was. It didn't appear there was anything wrong. All reports say that there was no attempt to communicate anything was wrong with the aircraft. In a matter of couple of minutes you think everything is fine - a few minutes from touchdown - and then it isn't. Initial reports (although they could be wrong) say the plane essentially flew nose-first, right into the ground (it did not "glide" down).

The other thing I noticed is how professional the surrounding pilots and air traffic control had to be.

Delta 1998 probably flew incredibly close to - if not right on top - of the plane that had crashed. There is a camaraderie in the airline industry - even amongst competitors. I imagine it has to take a true professional to be able to know what essentially happened right in front of him and keep his concentration to a.) get his passengers down safely amidst unknown conditions, and b.) communicate to ATC while doing it in order to make it a safer situation for planes behind him.

To all the family members of those on board 3407 my prayers are with you. And to the pilot on Delta 1998 - great job keeping it all together.

I had a wonderful weekend. Went to the Alliance Theatre, a Thrasher's game, and a Braves season ticket holder event. But then Saturday night's show came along...

If you listened and followed my Twitter you'll know that I got pretty frustrated with Allen during the Bobby Knight and Obama & Iran hours.

I will write later this week on why Allen is fundamentally wrong on those two issues in a blog where I won't be constantly interrupted. But first I must clear the air about one of my largest frustrations since starting this show almost 4 years ago: assumptions.

Allen let me talk during the Iran hour (not the Bobby Knight hour) and the following "conversation" took place. If you don't have time to listen, it can be summarized in that Andy thinks Obama would be right to go over and talk with Iran and Allen is wrong.



But after this conversation we got an email from a listener who agreed with Allen. No biggie. I know I am not in the majority on this one. But he made two assumptions that just ate at me over the next couple of days.

He (Andy) sounds very much like so many people, who went through school in the past twenty years and were influenced by liberal professors that are undermining support for Israel.

Your producer also sounds the naïve person, who would have to go to Gaza and be beheaded before he would get it.

Let's examine these two statements.

First, the liberal professors I was obviously educated under. I'd like for you to meet Mr. Oded Yinon. Oded was my Introduction to the Modern Middle East Professor while studying in Israel/Palestine. Oded's father was one of the founders of the Mossad (the Israeli CIA). Oded is easily one of the most intimidating people I have ever met as I am pretty sure he could kill me before I even knew it (this still didn't prevent me from arguing with him).

Oded once made a comment in class that, "these vermin [Palestinians] will never compromise." A statement I vehemently disagree with, but not exactly your typical "liberal professor" viewpoint now is it.

Second, I am obviously a naïve person who needs to go to Gaza and get blown up. This of course will change my mind.

The date was September 9, 2003. I was lying in my bed at 11:20 pm and I will never forget the dull thud and the ensuing police sirens. I didn't need to, but I walked out of my room onto the roof of my building and watched as police cars raced to the Café Hillel suicide bombing.

This bombing took place less than a mile from my bed. It was a cafe I had eaten at earlier in the week. And I lived in Israel/Palestine at the height of the suicide bombings of the Intifada II (the height being 2002-2003 where 362 people died).

So don't you dare call me naïve and excuse my insight to be out of ignorance or blindly following liberal professors.

Your assumptions aren't just wrong about me, but like most people, your assumptions are what make you wrong about most of the beliefs that you hold regarding issues you know only what FoxNews or MSNBC tells you.

We try and label people based on our perception of them and in doing so we ignore the value their perspective might bring to the discussion. It's a problem we have in our relationships, in our politics, and in our companies. Assumptions do far more than make an ass out of you and me, they destroy cultures.

Many of you are on Facebook and know about the "fad" going around with the 25 things tag. So I figured I'd bring it to the blog since I know some of you aren't on Facebook. Enjoy!

First of all... My friends make fun of me for using first of all, second of all, third of all, etc... way too much in conversation. I do this when on air too.

Second of all... I consumed more alcohol before I was 15 then I have since turning 21. I know for a fact I would be an alcoholic. I compensate by drinking too much Pepsi.

Third of all... I make to-do lists like crazy. If I do something that isn't on the list, I add it to the list just to check it off. I currently have 8 pages of to-do list and as "digital" as I am, I only use paper for to-do lists.

Fourth of all... I am ridiculously anal about my finances. I can tell you to a cent (and I mean that) what I have spent in over 50 categories of spending since I was the age of 18. I staple every credit card receipt to the back of my credit card statements in chronological order. I have had a credit card in my name since I was 16.

Fifth of all... I hate things being on my body. I don't wear watches, rings, necklaces. I wouldn't wear clothes if I didn't have to.

Sixth of all... I love Avril Lavigne music. What? I said it. You wanna fight?

Seventh of all... I have gotten 9 speeding tickets in 6 states and 2 countries. I have been pulled over at least 20 times in my life.

Eighth of all... As of today I have flown 202,011 miles in my lifetime. I would live on a plane and be in a different city every night if I could afford it.

Ninth of all... Despite the fact that I am über-logical in every area of my life - when it comes to love I really am a romantic and believe deeply that amor vincit omnia

Tenth of all... I have season tickets for the Atlanta Braves. If I could responsibly afford it, I would have season tickets to the Atlanta Thrashers, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Fox Theatre series, and the Atlanta Alliance Theatre

Eleventh of all... I have visited 47 states and 20 countries

Twelveth of all... I absolutely love driving. When I get stressed out I like nothing better than to blast music from the iPod and drive as fast as I can

Thirteenth of all... I love racquetball and it bums me out I can't find any courts in Atlanta

Fourteenth of all... I cried in the movie Armageddon when I saw it in 1998 - and have everytime since

Fifteenth of all... I have more pieces of luggage than pairs of pants - this is more a critique of the amount of pants I have than the amount of luggage

Sixteenth of all... I am a huge aviation nerd and waste way too much time on airliners.net

Seventeenth of all... I have climbed a Fourteener (a mountain with the summit above 14,000 feet in Colorado). The top was pretty awesome.

Eighteenth of all... I have taught myself how to edit videos in Final Cut, web program in PHP, graphic design with Photoshop. Currently I am teaching myself how to fly.

Nineteenth of all... Despite being awarded the most outstanding student in my major, I failed pretty much every test I took in college and had one of the lowest GPAs in my major.

Twentieth of all... I have done some crazy road trips. The most fanatic was Los Angeles to Denver to Chicago to Fort Wayne to New York and then all the way back to Los Angeles. The NYC-LA leg took 39 hours - of which I drove all but 6 hours of it - and we didn't stop except for gas.

Twenty-first of all... I make up words fairly often because I still feel they communicate a point and that is all that matters

Twenty-second of all... The only place I can relax is on a lake. I try to go to the beach every other weekend in the summer, and it helps to relax, but nothing is better than a lake house.

Twenty-third of all... I have skied since the age of 3. In that time I have skied 11 of the 28 ski resorts in Colorado.

Twenty-fourth of all... I have used Mac computers since 1990 - that's 19 years - I was 8 years old.

Twenty-fifth of all... My three greatest clinical fears are claustrophobia, heights, and lack of control. Yet, my greatest fear in life is that I will bust my ass day in and day out, only to look back at it and ask the question: why?

I don't know why it has been so hard for me to blog recently. I have like a billion topics in the can, but I just can't seem to sit in front of the computer to do any of them. So this shall be quick.

I haven't watched the SuperBowl in its entirety for the past four years. This makes me very sad everytime I think about it, so let's not bring it up again.

I did however see the pregame show (including the botched Obama interview). I saw this ad while importing stuff for the show at WSB and I about died laughing.



Just for the record, I am going to start calling everyone I see in the Fort Wayne Country Club locker room Shankopotamus.

And that name might just replace "Scuba Steve" as the name I call people when I can't remember who they are - if you've hung out with me for more than 10 minutes, you know what I am talking about.

If I get motivated I'll do a a couple of blogs in the next couple of days on my favorite and least favorite commercials from the SuperBowl. Hulu is kind enough to put them all online for sorry saps like me who didn't get to see them live.

But then again, the question will be, will I be motivated enough this week to do so.