- The forecast high for Pittsburgh, PA for October 8th, 2007 is currently 88 degrees. This is simply absurd. Autumn shines in this area ever-so-briefly. I feel like myself, my loved ones, and the entire region is being robbed. I haven't worn a hooded sweatshirt in 4 days. This needs to change and change very very soon.
- Over the first four weeks of this NFL season, the underdogs have gone 28-14-4. This is more absurd than the fact that it's going to be 88 degrees here on monday. Is parody truly a good thing when it means that any team can win on any given week simply because 26 of the 32 professional football teams potentially suck? The gambling implications drive me insane. Sure...the unpredictable nature of the sport right now might make for some fun regular season games and some interesting/frustrating fantasy football weeks...but we all know there are only 3, maybe 4 teams out there that could win the Super Bowl. Then again, who cares? Root for your home team and put money on any home underdog if they are getting more than 3 1/2 points.
- If you have the desire and time sometime in the near future, read 'After Apple Picking' and 'Mending Wall' by Robert Frost.
- Reeses Pieces are outstanding anytime. But they were essentially made for Halloween. Orange, Yellow, and Brown? Come on!
- It's been 5 years since the first batch of my friends got married. That not only makes me feel old, it fills me with amazement at the realization that I stood by them during such a big time in their life, while I was in a period of my life that didn't include the mildest responsibility or any of the burdens of maturation. I've grown up some. And I wouldn't have asked to be in any other place back then, and I wouldn't ask to be in any other place right now. Cheers.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
5 Things
Monday, April 30, 2007
Some Late April Links
As another semester comes to a close, I offer you the people a peace offering of sorts...a bunch of links to kill some time until Mike Tomlin tells the people of Pittsburgh why the Steelers traded up in the 4th round to draft a punter!!!
* I cannot tell you how much I love this website. Phil B, if you are reading right now, this website was MADE for you. Play simulated games between past and present sports teams (including the NHL, MLB, NFL, NBA, & NCAA basketball). There are even dynasty options for college football and college basketball. After each simulation, there is a complete box score, an option to read the entire play by play of the game, along with the option of printing out the box score and saving the game. The NHL simulations include every detail down to ice time and face-off winning percentage! Again…this website is amazing; perfect for sports fans and stats geeks alike. I just played the 2006-2007 Pittsburgh Penguins against the 1996-1997 Hartford Whalers. The Penguins won 5-1 with goals from Crosby, Roberts, Staal, Gonchar, and Ouellet. The lone Whaler goal went to Kevin Dineen. I wonder how long it would take to get through a 162 game baseball season? I want to find out. The stats! The stats!
* Speaking of hockey...check out Edmonton Oilers prospect Robbie Schremp with some shootout moves that are absolutely sick.
* Speaking of video games…my friend Chris sent me this link and I’m begging anyone to please buy me this for my birthday, Christmas, or whatever. I’m so glad that the advances in political software and political simulation have come this far. I finally can have the ability to go back and take over the McGovern campaign, and lead him to victory against Nixon in an epic 1972 battle of wills. The entire nation will thank me.
* You gotta see this one link, it’ll change your life, I swear. For all of the Zach Braff fans out there. I mean...come on...silent velcro? What the fuck!?!
* This is a great way to test your web searching abilities. Open up this faux (Ebaumsworld) version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire & open up another window with your search engine of choice. Once the questions become too difficult and esoteric, jump over to the search engine and try to find the answer in 30 seconds. If you need to stall for a few more seconds, use a lifeline. Good times.
* Very long but very good Gonzo’esque article about attending the 119th annual Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention.
* Another fun, time-wasting website sent to me by my friend Rob.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Earth...like it or leave it!
Ramblings about Earth Day, as I have nothing else to do:
- I believe that my dad's reaction was of the "Huh, no shit" variety.
- How long before this day is celebrated in the name of 'America's Earth'?
- This just makes me laugh. And you know it happened.
- Do republicans not observe Earth Day, just like Jews don't celebrate Christmas?
- By throwing two cigarette butts away today (instead of flicking them out the car window), I did as much to help the environment as someone growing an entire garden full of organic vegetables, which reduces the use of toxic chemical-based pesticides and herbicides present in corporate farming techniques by as much as 0.0000000000000000000001 percent. Both of us are doing a bang up job, lets move on.
- Isn't Earth Day rather insensitive to other planets like Jupiter and Mercury? When is the ACLU getting involved?
- Do Christians not observe Earth Day, just like Jews don't celebrate Christmas?
- Peter Frampton, Jack Nicholson, & Vladimir Lenin all share birthdays on April 22nd. How did the activist powers that be not know that this date was taken? LENIN for crying out loud!!!
- Fuck Lenin! This is much more sexy and significant.
- Using a hybrid vehicle is like putting a smiley faced bandage on genital herpes.
- Any type of environmental activism would work exponentially better if Hollywood would shut the hell up about it.
- The smartest thing I've read about this topic by far: The biggest problem with Earth Day is that it has become a ritual of sympathy for the idea of environmental sanity. Small steps, we’re told, ignoring the fact that most of the steps most frequently promoted (returning your bottles, bringing your own bag, turning off the water while you brush your teeth) are of such minor impact (compared to our ecological footprints) that they are essentially meaningless without larger, systemic action as well. The strategy of recycling as a gateway drug — get them hooked on it and we can move them on to harder stuff — has failed miserably. We can do better. What may be worse is the recent plethora of “green issues,” “green guides” and special Earth Day sections that have blanketed our media. A decade ago, we would have been excited to see green ideas (even lame ones) given such prominent play, but these days, such editorial eco-ghettos strike us more as an admission of skewed priorities, with ecological sanity presented as a product feature, like a well-designed cup holder, rather than as a fundamental strategy for avoiding widespread collapse. - Alex Steffen of WorldChanging
- Remember when hippies were all about smoking pot and hacky sack? Neither do I.
- "Together, we can make an unbelievably negligible difference" - make the bumper stickers now. Until something truly progressive & important comes along.....I'll be the cynic. Plus, what is more fun than an event/subject that conservatives and old people deny the actuating problem and don't understand...& liberals and young people use to push other agendas, seem superior, and get laid. Good times!
Thursday, April 12, 2007
The 6th Longest Game In NHL History
In an idea situation, I would be writing about the Penguins victory last night in Game 1 of their first playoff series in six years against the Senators. This, of course, did not happen. Seriously, it was not even close. But I'm calm and collected. The Penguins had their playoff virginity taken from them last night...which is fine because it had to happen sometime (my friend Pat remarked that it was actually their playoff anal virginity that was taken...and he was absolutely right). I fully expect them to bounce back and start playing the competitive hockey that they are more than capable of playing. We have two days off, we have Crosby, I'm not worried right now.Besides not being able to write about a Penguins victory, I cannot even write about the game itself, as I missed the broadcast and only saw highlights. This was a little difficult for me, but it was the way things went. I've waited six years to watch the Penguins play in a playoff game and now I'll have to wait two more days. It has been so long since I've been able to experience the elation, joy, anxiety, and pain that is the NHL playoffs. Needless to say, for better or for worse, I'm glad this event is back in my life.
What I can speak to and write about is the glory and wonder that is an overtime playoff game. I was able to experience this from my couch as I got home just in time to catch all four overtime periods in the Dallas vs. Vancouver game. This marathon ended at 3:35 am eastern standard time. 4 overtimes...I ended up watching what turned out to be the 6th longest game in the history of the NHL last night. The players ended up playing the equivalent of 2+ games in one evening. The refs don't get line changes...they had to keep going the whole time...I don't even know how this is possible. This naturally raises two important questions...(1)Why aren't there substitutions for hockey refs and linesmen after the first overtime? Lets face it, there are not going to be any penalties called beyond that point, so what difference does it make to bring in a new crew to take care of offsides, icing, and faceoffs? And (2) Why aren't there 22 year old linesmen that can go out on the ice, keep their wind, and skate with these world-class athletes in an attempt to keep up with the game better, see more things on the ice, and contribute to an all-round better sporting experience? In the end, Henrik Sedin scored with 1:54 left in the 4th overtime to give Vancouver the victory. Henrik would later say, "I felt better the longer the game went. I got my legs going in the fifth and sixth period." Yeah...sure.
The unintentional comedy scale is off the charts during these long playoff games. The announcers run out of things to talk about and end up saying, "Its really a shame that someone has to lose the game at this point" about a million times. The quality of play gets terrible by the end of the second overtime. Players can't skate with any authority anymore, any semblance of a forecheck disappears, and shift lengths dwindle down to about 25 seconds. And in a way, this all makes for great excitement because at any moment, anyone could score and become the hero.
So I watched the 6th longest game in NHL history...and all it ended up meaning is that Vancouver holds a 1-0 lead over Ottawa in their best of seven series.
The stupid part of it all is that I had to open a coffee shop at 6 am this morning...a mere two and one-half hours after the quadruple overtime game ended. The shift is almost over...I'm tired as hell and I swear my heart is going to stop sometime soon. But I figure that I won't have the luxury of doing something this dumb when (if) I ever get a real job and/or have a wife and kids. So for now...viva Lord Stanley!!!
Friday, April 6, 2007
Good Friday
It appears that Good Friday and another Easter weekend is upon us. I've had a difficult time making a connection with this particular holiday in my adult life. It usually starts with the Lenten season, which is a time where people who aren't me begin to abstain from things, and fried fish is found in abundance. I have been a little more active this Lenten season by hitting up multiple fish fries, but I see these as more of an opportunity to get out in the community, spend time with friends, and eat fish...opposed to something that involves personal sacrifice and can be directly applicable to my faith. Palm Sunday merely signifies the fact that I'll be eating ham at some point the following week. Easter Sunday is still a time where my family gets together, which is a good thing. But somewhere along the way I seem to have lost or misplaced the greater meaning. When one anticipates the week following Easter because of the 50-75% off candy sales, then one might have missed some significance amid the marshmallow peeps and reese's pieces egg. Don't get me wrong...I thoroughly enjoy Easter candy, even though my mother has slacked on the whole 'Easter basket thing' over the last couple of years. I also enjoy ham, fried fish, and spending time with family and friends. Falling backwards into a Hallmark moment or a life-changing epiphany is not my intention here. Simply bringing attention to the fact that Easter does not hold the same meaning that it did in the past is an important realization. As is the fact that there is always the threat of snow in Pittsburgh through Easter Sunday.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Post Hoc Egro Propter Hoc
Everyone admonishing me is in the right. My ass needs to be composing more and more blogs. Everything is about content. And I need to be putting out much more content. Please keep yelling at me about these things. I need a good ass-kicking and some good encouragement as much as anybody. For a guy who doesn't really do that much...my universe since the first full week of March seems like a blur that was filled with a trip to Notre Dame, the NCAA tournament, filling out brackets, driving elderly gentlemen to the airport, preparing for another epic Deep Creek weekend, and actually attending said Deep Creek weekend. During this time: I've missed an amazing concert by The Hold Steady and lost one of the most intense City Shoes tournaments of all time. I've watched the University of Pittsburgh reach another sweet 16 only to fall just short yet again. I've had the privilege of seeing the Pittsburgh Penguins not only qualify for the NHL playoffs, but fight for first place in their division, something even the most optimistic fan (such as myself) didn't dream possible 8 months ago. I've also attended the first Lenten fish frys of my life and driven out to Latrobe multiple times for an all day Saturday class. It has been a busy month. But shouldn't the busy times naturally provide more fodder for this blog? Probably.
I've decided that I'm going to be that guy who puts links in his blog when he finds them funny, important, highly interesting, thought provoking, and VERY funny. So here are some links:
I've decided that I'm going to be that guy who puts links in his blog when he finds them funny, important, highly interesting, thought provoking, and VERY funny. So here are some links:
* This story is funny on about twenty different levels. Take your pick.
* God bless The Onion.
* Kermit...enough said. For added fun...notice the usage of "The God Delusion"
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Things I Leared Today
(in no particular order)
* I have to duck when entering some bathrooms, depending on the architecture, and if i don't, it really really hurts.
* One doesn't know how awkward life can be for a big and tall guy...I was reminded of my stature again today when trying to use a bathroom that had a sink practically resting on the toilet. I used the sink as an armrest and just prayed for things to be over quickly.
* Mildly interesting side note...I'm staying on the second floor of a house that used to inhabit current NBA player Chris Quinn. I seriously doubt that it snows 3 inches in March in Miami.
* Speaking of sports...did anyone out there honestly know that the University of Central Florida was the #2 seed in the Conference USA tournament?? Are we honestly supposed to believe that Memphis is that good of a team when they steam-rolled through a weak-as-hell conference?? I'll give you $5 if you can guess the #3 seed.
* And a final sports note...nobody I know fills out brackets for the conference tournament. Wouldn't this make total sense though? It is the "bracket filling out" equivalent of spring training or training camp. Choose your favorite conference or two and fill out a blank bracket and see how you do. It totally gets you in the mood for march madness and can only enhance your overall bracket game. Go to any conference website and you'll find a conference tournament bracket.
More from this mini road trip to South Bend and other stuff later on.
* I have to duck when entering some bathrooms, depending on the architecture, and if i don't, it really really hurts.
* One doesn't know how awkward life can be for a big and tall guy...I was reminded of my stature again today when trying to use a bathroom that had a sink practically resting on the toilet. I used the sink as an armrest and just prayed for things to be over quickly.
* Mildly interesting side note...I'm staying on the second floor of a house that used to inhabit current NBA player Chris Quinn. I seriously doubt that it snows 3 inches in March in Miami.
* Speaking of sports...did anyone out there honestly know that the University of Central Florida was the #2 seed in the Conference USA tournament?? Are we honestly supposed to believe that Memphis is that good of a team when they steam-rolled through a weak-as-hell conference?? I'll give you $5 if you can guess the #3 seed.
* And a final sports note...nobody I know fills out brackets for the conference tournament. Wouldn't this make total sense though? It is the "bracket filling out" equivalent of spring training or training camp. Choose your favorite conference or two and fill out a blank bracket and see how you do. It totally gets you in the mood for march madness and can only enhance your overall bracket game. Go to any conference website and you'll find a conference tournament bracket.
More from this mini road trip to South Bend and other stuff later on.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
A Day In The Life
Due to a series of requests and demands...I'm back after an unexplained mid-February hiatus to continue this blog experience. Having struggled with the desire to compose something profound and relevant, I've decided to just write about anything. And that 'anything' you find here is the experience that was my Thursday, February 22nd 2007.
I awoke around 10:30 am as the first order of the day was to have lunch with a friend. We ate at Mad Mex (a local Mexican place to inform my west coast readers) and the company, conversation, and cuisine was quite good. (How about that use of alliteration?) Things became interesting when I found myself having a Seinfeldian moment with regard to the issue of tipping. My friend was gracious enough to pay for the lunch and as I'm curious as hell, I noticed the tip he left as he signed for the credit card. Now let me please say that my friend here, who is in his 50's and affiliated with a local church, is an amazingly compassionate and encouraging person who has helped me out a ton during some times in my life when things were not-so-good. He is, however, a very bad tipper. On this occasion he happened to leave a $2 tip on a $15 bill. (that's 13.3% for those of you scoring at home, or even if you're alone) In case you're wondering...the service was very prompt and courteous, with our drinks being continually refilled...all in all...great service. Now I can't confront my friend about this because: a) I can't insult the guy like that after he just paid for my meal, b) It would show that I was being nosey during the signing of the check, & c) I would selfishly enjoy future free meals with this person. So not only can I not confront the issue of under-tipping directly, I also cannot rectify the situation myself by throwing two dollars down on the table in front of him because that would undermine his authority as the payer of the bill. Dilemmas, Dilemmas. What did I do about this particular dilemma you may ask?? I did the only thing I could do...I was shamelessly sneaky about it. While rooting through my wallet for something to write on...I pulled out two dollars and had it by my side. As we got up to leave, I made sure that he walked away first and as I followed him out, I covertly slid the two dollars on the table.
Now besides proving that life is full of Curb Your Enthusiasm moments, this incident raises some important issues which I would like to address. Here and now...lets establish some rules for tipping (aka - Desmond's Rules of Tipping Etiquette and Not Being a Jerk-bag):
1) As a standard rule...one should be tipping 20% across the board for great service. If the service was good but could have been better here or there, 15-18% is acceptable.
2) If you find yourself in a larger group (5-10 people) and the wait staff has been running back and forth to accommodate your little quorum...don't try and pull any of that, "A 15.4% tip seems alright" crap. That type of behavior is quite jerkish and reeks of that inflated sense of entitlement that is ruining this country.
3) When getting drinks at a bar, tip the bartender $1 per drink. If you're left with $1.75 in change after a $5.25 tab, I believe it would be acceptable to leave the $1.75.....unless you personally know the bartender, then you're just being cheap. Now tipping on pitchers of beer can get confusing. I'm going to say leave $2 for each pitcher and leave it at that. If you find that you can't tell the difference between a $1 bill and a $5 bill...then you better leave both because you're absolutely shitfaced.
4) If you're at a coffee shop...PLEASE TIP THE BARISTAS WELL!!! Especially if they are large and red-headed.
5) Lets say that you find yourself in a situation where you're flying from Pittsburgh to Seattle and have the responsibility of transporting a friend's bike (which had been taken apart and put in a huge-ass, awkwardly shaped box) across the country. If any airport employee helps you out, gets you a dolly, and carts the thing around for 10 minutes...give them at least $10. Damn you Justin.
6) I have NO IDEA what you tip for a happy ending. Seriously. Stop asking me about it. I don't have the slightest clue. Its really embarrassing at this point. Lets just move on.
7) My final rule is this...if you find yourself in disagreement with any of these rules, quite simply, you are wrong.
Part II of this rant will come later. As always, thanks for reading.
I awoke around 10:30 am as the first order of the day was to have lunch with a friend. We ate at Mad Mex (a local Mexican place to inform my west coast readers) and the company, conversation, and cuisine was quite good. (How about that use of alliteration?) Things became interesting when I found myself having a Seinfeldian moment with regard to the issue of tipping. My friend was gracious enough to pay for the lunch and as I'm curious as hell, I noticed the tip he left as he signed for the credit card. Now let me please say that my friend here, who is in his 50's and affiliated with a local church, is an amazingly compassionate and encouraging person who has helped me out a ton during some times in my life when things were not-so-good. He is, however, a very bad tipper. On this occasion he happened to leave a $2 tip on a $15 bill. (that's 13.3% for those of you scoring at home, or even if you're alone) In case you're wondering...the service was very prompt and courteous, with our drinks being continually refilled...all in all...great service. Now I can't confront my friend about this because: a) I can't insult the guy like that after he just paid for my meal, b) It would show that I was being nosey during the signing of the check, & c) I would selfishly enjoy future free meals with this person. So not only can I not confront the issue of under-tipping directly, I also cannot rectify the situation myself by throwing two dollars down on the table in front of him because that would undermine his authority as the payer of the bill. Dilemmas, Dilemmas. What did I do about this particular dilemma you may ask?? I did the only thing I could do...I was shamelessly sneaky about it. While rooting through my wallet for something to write on...I pulled out two dollars and had it by my side. As we got up to leave, I made sure that he walked away first and as I followed him out, I covertly slid the two dollars on the table.
Now besides proving that life is full of Curb Your Enthusiasm moments, this incident raises some important issues which I would like to address. Here and now...lets establish some rules for tipping (aka - Desmond's Rules of Tipping Etiquette and Not Being a Jerk-bag):
1) As a standard rule...one should be tipping 20% across the board for great service. If the service was good but could have been better here or there, 15-18% is acceptable.
2) If you find yourself in a larger group (5-10 people) and the wait staff has been running back and forth to accommodate your little quorum...don't try and pull any of that, "A 15.4% tip seems alright" crap. That type of behavior is quite jerkish and reeks of that inflated sense of entitlement that is ruining this country.
3) When getting drinks at a bar, tip the bartender $1 per drink. If you're left with $1.75 in change after a $5.25 tab, I believe it would be acceptable to leave the $1.75.....unless you personally know the bartender, then you're just being cheap. Now tipping on pitchers of beer can get confusing. I'm going to say leave $2 for each pitcher and leave it at that. If you find that you can't tell the difference between a $1 bill and a $5 bill...then you better leave both because you're absolutely shitfaced.
4) If you're at a coffee shop...PLEASE TIP THE BARISTAS WELL!!! Especially if they are large and red-headed.
5) Lets say that you find yourself in a situation where you're flying from Pittsburgh to Seattle and have the responsibility of transporting a friend's bike (which had been taken apart and put in a huge-ass, awkwardly shaped box) across the country. If any airport employee helps you out, gets you a dolly, and carts the thing around for 10 minutes...give them at least $10. Damn you Justin.
6) I have NO IDEA what you tip for a happy ending. Seriously. Stop asking me about it. I don't have the slightest clue. Its really embarrassing at this point. Lets just move on.
7) My final rule is this...if you find yourself in disagreement with any of these rules, quite simply, you are wrong.
Part II of this rant will come later. As always, thanks for reading.
Monday, February 5, 2007
Super Bowl XLI Running Diary
February 4th, 2007
Due to a lack of originality on my part, I decided to keep a running diary of the "Midwestern" Super Bowl. I was looking forward to seeing what would happen with my Super Bowl pick, and adopted team, the Indianapolis Colts. (Rooting against the Bears is most likely blasphemous being from Iowa, but who the hell cares?)
6:07 pm - The Steelers are still the current and defending NFL champions. This sounds as good to me today as it did a year ago.
6:11 pm - I’m watching Super Bowl XLI at my friend’s house on a big ass HDTV. Say what you will about HDTV being a little decadent…it is pretty awesome and a great way to watch a football game.
6:18 pm - Billy Joel delivers the national anthem. This brings up one of the best things about the Super Bowl…the prop bets! The last time I checked, the over/under on the length of time it would take Joel to sing the anthem was 1:42. By my friend’s calculation, the song lasted around 1:33. Because of Joel’s short rendition, a bunch of people just lost their mortgage. This is what makes the Super Bowl so compelling. Other fun prop bets on the big game: Predict the total number of references to Lovie Smith and/or Tony Dungy being African-American (over/under is six), Predict the outcome of the coin toss (classic bet), and the 100 to 1 odds on Prince slipping on the stage during the halftime show (didn't happen).
6:19 pm - How do they time the flyover of the fighter jets? What if someone droned on and on with the national anthem and the jets blazed through right in the middle of things? I guess a gigantic defense budget is good for some things. Precision.
6:26 pm - Time for kick off. This officially puts an end to the nonstop pregame yapping. There was a tape of Peyton Manning doing the tango when he was in 8th grade running on Sports Center last night (I swear I am not making this up). Any interesting story lines or analysis dried up around 13 days ago. I think I watched a piece on Jeff Saturday's pet vizsla earlier. (But no story about Robbie Gould's receding hair line? That's a shame)
6:27 pm - Devin Hester runs back the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown! I must have made the Iowa gods angry. Dan Marino is seen cheering and pumping his fist during the return. 7-0 Bears.
6:34 pm - Two false starts by the Colts during their opening series. What is going on here?!? I tuned into the Super Bowl and an Oakland Raider game broke out.
6:36 pm - Manning throws an interception to end Indy's first drive. Marino is seen opening a bottle of champagne. I'm starting to steam a little.
6:37 pm - I need to apologize for leaving Iowa alum Bob Sanders off my list of Colts I'd like to see win a Super Bowl ring.
6:38 pm - Grossman looks shaky after throwing a floater down field. Feeling a little better about things.
6:47 pm - Manning throws (heaves) the football off his back foot to a WIDE open Reggie Wayne for a 53 yard touchdown!! (If you like a 6 foot 5, 230 pound quarterback with a laser/rocket arm)
6:47 pm - Bad snap on the point after! Tony Romo is having flashbacks. 7-6 Bears.
6:51 pm - The Colts cause a fumble as they decide to kick away from Hester and make an up-back handle the football, only to turn the ball back over on the very next play when Addai/Manning fumble. At least we're seeing the best product the NFL has to offer.
6:54 pm - Grossman throws a touchdown to Muhsin Muhammad. Blah. Manning interception, bad snap on an XP, Grossman throwing a TD in the Super Bowl...I must be in some sort of parallel universe where David Spade is on TV again. Wait a minute...WTF!?!?! Bears 14-6.
6:56 pm - Commercial for the movie Pride showing a crying Terrence Howard. The era of feel good sports movies has really gotten absurd...black people don't swim!!!
7:05 pm - Bob Sanders puts his helmet on the football and forces a Cedric Benson fumble. Go Hawks!
7:15 pm - The first quarter finally ends in what has to be the longest first quarter in Super Bowl history. 4 total turnovers (2 by each team). Feels like a Steelers game. (Can the 2006 Pittsburgh Steelers DVD be titled, "Givin' It Up for Cowher"?)
7:34 pm - Dominic (Dominique?) Rhodes barrels in for a 1 yard touchdown! Colts 16-14.
7:35 pm - Marvin Harrison seen fuming on the Colts sideline for not getting the TD catch.
7:50 pm - You gotta be kidding me! Tillman breathes on Fletcher of the Colts to cause a fumble and stall Indianapolis. Two words for Fletcher: weight room. The Manning face officially comes out.
7:51 pm - The Bears give the ball right back as Grossman fumbles the snap! My friend Bob makes a good point: these turnovers are coming too fast and furious...we haven't had enough time to properly make fun of Fletcher for his exceptional lack of strength.
7:56 pm - Adam Vinatieri misses a 36 yard field goal to end the first half. (New England fans cheer and actually convince themselves that Vinatieri went to the Colts just to sabotage things during the right moment) Vinatieri misses??? 6 turnovers in the first half of the Super Bowl? Two black coaches in the Super Bowl? I believe that Vince Lombardi put it best, "WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON OUT HERE?!?"
8:18 pm - Thoughts from halftime:
* What the hell was up with the CBS graphics department super-imposing lightning during the shots of the stadium? Look at this technology we're using from 1983!
*Thinking that Prince could die at any moment with the microphone, guitar, and rain.
*Those cool Florida A&M marching band guys with the outfits from Tron.
*Shannon Sharpe's tie knot looking like some kind of growth.
8:29 pm - Colts offensive coordinator Tom Moore shown pacing on the sideline...patiently waiting for Manning to bring him into the fold and let him call a play. (It never happened)
8:35 pm - Best commercial (by far) the Bud Light Face Slapping commercial.
8:46 pm - Booger "Don't call me Anthony" McFarland puts on a great spin move for the sack.
8:50 pm - Rhodes coming up big again with a HUGE 36 yard run into Bears territory. Who needs Edgerrin James?
9:04 pm - Very bad form displayed in another Bud commercial. You just CANNOT have the legendary Don Shula (the most victorious coach in NFL history) losing to Jay-Z in any way, shape, or form. I know they were playing football on something that looked like the weird chess-type game in Star Wars, but I don't care, Shula does NOT lose to Jay-Z.
9:16 pm - Harrison's leg looks to be twisted on a play where he went all out over the middle. His fantasy expectations for the 2007 are instantly lowered.
9:20 pm - Muhammad catches a ball for a Bears first down. As my friend (correctly) points out, his catch phrase, any time he makes a play, should be: "As-Salaam-Alaikum Bitches!!!"
9:21 pm - VINTAGE REX!!! Grossman tosses a lame duck towards the sideline that is promptly intercepted by Kelvin Hayden and returned 56 yards for the touchdown! Colts 29-17.
9:22 pm - Kyle Orton is seen warming up on the sidelines.
9:23 pm - To appease the press one more time, Lovie Smith holds a press conference during a TV timeout to say that Rex Grossman is his starting quarterback.
9:25 pm - The gambling community starts to go crazy as the 46 total points in the game are two short of the over/under number of 48. College funds are won or lost in the last minutes of every Super Bowl. What a game.
9:30 pm - MORE VINTAGE REX!!! An under thrown ball is intercepted by University of Iowa alum Bob Sanders! Colts fans can now start to taste victory. (A great weekend for Iowa sports by the way, with the Iowa Hawkeye basketball team pulling off the upset of #24 Indiana yesterday along with Sanders forced fumble and interception in the Super Bowl)
9:32 pm - Flomax Commercial.....wait for it.....still waiting.....there it is!!! The phrase "Weak Stream" featured in a Super Bowl ad! My day is practically complete.
9:45 pm - Both coaches shown pacing the sidelines. Both coaches still black.
9:51 pm - 2 minute warning. Dominick Rhodes (with 113 yards in Super Bowl XLI) hasn't had a 100 yard rushing game since 2001! Yikes. Somewhere, Garrison Hearst is seriously considering a comeback.
9:55 pm - A Super Bowl gambling update! The Colts choose to run on 4th down rather than go for the field goal. The first down was not made and thousands of gamblers just collectively shit in their pants.
9:57 pm - As the clock counts down, Dungy becomes the focus of the television coverage and the pending championship instead of Manning. I found this interesting at the time for some reason. Big props to both of them.
9:58 pm - The Indianapolis Colts win Super Bowl XLI! Tony Dungy becomes the first black (African-American) coach to win the Super Bowl, officially ending racism in the United States! Colts 29, Bears 17 (Indy covered the spread by the way)
Manning, Harrison, Wayne, Saturday, Sanders, Freeney, and Vinatieri (again) win Super Bowl rings along with Coach Dungy.
Plus...I called this victory for this team way back in August, so I'm ready to get my prognosticating gloat on.
10:06 pm - Dan Marino sheds a few tears on the CBS post game show as Manning gets the Super Bowl ring that Danny Boy never could. Next up for Peyton...all of Marino's passing records. Yes, Marino is a local boy made good. But it is now time for him to shut the hell up.
10:08 pm - 5 talking animal commercials during the Super Bowl!!! It hurts me to say it, but the FCC has officially won.
10:09 pm - Can you hear that? Somewhere in the distance, Edgerrin James is crying softly into his large piles of money.
10:10 pm - Don Shula (obviously suffering from his loss to Jay-Z earlier) walks the Lombardi trophy through a sea of Indianapolis Colts. Ummm...a little awkward to say the least. Lets move on.
10:13 pm - The Lombardi trophy is officially given to Herm Edwards! Err...I mean...Tony Dungy.
10:13 pm - Who are those broads standing next to Jim Nance and Tony Dungy? Were there broads standing around last year after the Steeler's win? Or was I just too elated to care?
10:14 pm - The trophy goes from Dungy to Manning. Holding out on the chance that it was all a dream for one more moment, Dan Marino has a heart attack.
10:14 pm - Thinking it was a little weird that Manning got the game MVP. Who cares? The guy managed the game and got the monkey off his back. (Becomes the 21st quarterback to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory. I'm proud that Roethlisberger is a member of this club, then again, so is Trent Dilfer...maybe this club is more of a wash)
10:15 pm - Nance and the owner of the Colts just keep talking and talking and talking....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...when is criminal minds on again?
10:16 pm - Bob Sanders gets a hold of the Lombardi trophy while standing in the middle of the spaceship stage, it is truly a good day for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
10:18 pm - I'm hoping that all of the Peyton Manning commercials will be included with the Colts Super Bowl DVD. If they are, I'll buy the thing in two seconds. (Let's Go Insurance Adjusters, Let's Go!!!)
10:20 pm - In a post game interview, Solomon Wilcots asks Lovie Smith if Rex Grossman is his opening day starter next year. Lovie literally bites Solomon's head off.
10:21 pm - As it turns out, the "whiter" of the two black coaches ended up winning the game...progress and racial harmony is set back another ten years.
10:22 pm - Pro Bowl 2007 promo - a last chance to make up for gambling losses incurred during today's game. Betting on the Pro Bowl is a sure sign of addiction. For this reason, I'm sure there has to be many interesting side bets. The best possible prop bet for this year's pro bowl: Will Bill Belichick be wearing the cut-off hoodie even in Hawaii?
10:26 pm - Criminal Minds is up next!
Congratulations to the Indianapolis Colts!
Due to a lack of originality on my part, I decided to keep a running diary of the "Midwestern" Super Bowl. I was looking forward to seeing what would happen with my Super Bowl pick, and adopted team, the Indianapolis Colts. (Rooting against the Bears is most likely blasphemous being from Iowa, but who the hell cares?)
6:07 pm - The Steelers are still the current and defending NFL champions. This sounds as good to me today as it did a year ago.
6:11 pm - I’m watching Super Bowl XLI at my friend’s house on a big ass HDTV. Say what you will about HDTV being a little decadent…it is pretty awesome and a great way to watch a football game.
6:18 pm - Billy Joel delivers the national anthem. This brings up one of the best things about the Super Bowl…the prop bets! The last time I checked, the over/under on the length of time it would take Joel to sing the anthem was 1:42. By my friend’s calculation, the song lasted around 1:33. Because of Joel’s short rendition, a bunch of people just lost their mortgage. This is what makes the Super Bowl so compelling. Other fun prop bets on the big game: Predict the total number of references to Lovie Smith and/or Tony Dungy being African-American (over/under is six), Predict the outcome of the coin toss (classic bet), and the 100 to 1 odds on Prince slipping on the stage during the halftime show (didn't happen).
6:19 pm - How do they time the flyover of the fighter jets? What if someone droned on and on with the national anthem and the jets blazed through right in the middle of things? I guess a gigantic defense budget is good for some things. Precision.
6:26 pm - Time for kick off. This officially puts an end to the nonstop pregame yapping. There was a tape of Peyton Manning doing the tango when he was in 8th grade running on Sports Center last night (I swear I am not making this up). Any interesting story lines or analysis dried up around 13 days ago. I think I watched a piece on Jeff Saturday's pet vizsla earlier. (But no story about Robbie Gould's receding hair line? That's a shame)
6:27 pm - Devin Hester runs back the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown! I must have made the Iowa gods angry. Dan Marino is seen cheering and pumping his fist during the return. 7-0 Bears.
6:34 pm - Two false starts by the Colts during their opening series. What is going on here?!? I tuned into the Super Bowl and an Oakland Raider game broke out.
6:36 pm - Manning throws an interception to end Indy's first drive. Marino is seen opening a bottle of champagne. I'm starting to steam a little.
6:37 pm - I need to apologize for leaving Iowa alum Bob Sanders off my list of Colts I'd like to see win a Super Bowl ring.
6:38 pm - Grossman looks shaky after throwing a floater down field. Feeling a little better about things.
6:47 pm - Manning throws (heaves) the football off his back foot to a WIDE open Reggie Wayne for a 53 yard touchdown!! (If you like a 6 foot 5, 230 pound quarterback with a laser/rocket arm)
6:47 pm - Bad snap on the point after! Tony Romo is having flashbacks. 7-6 Bears.
6:51 pm - The Colts cause a fumble as they decide to kick away from Hester and make an up-back handle the football, only to turn the ball back over on the very next play when Addai/Manning fumble. At least we're seeing the best product the NFL has to offer.
6:54 pm - Grossman throws a touchdown to Muhsin Muhammad. Blah. Manning interception, bad snap on an XP, Grossman throwing a TD in the Super Bowl...I must be in some sort of parallel universe where David Spade is on TV again. Wait a minute...WTF!?!?! Bears 14-6.
6:56 pm - Commercial for the movie Pride showing a crying Terrence Howard. The era of feel good sports movies has really gotten absurd...black people don't swim!!!
7:05 pm - Bob Sanders puts his helmet on the football and forces a Cedric Benson fumble. Go Hawks!
7:15 pm - The first quarter finally ends in what has to be the longest first quarter in Super Bowl history. 4 total turnovers (2 by each team). Feels like a Steelers game. (Can the 2006 Pittsburgh Steelers DVD be titled, "Givin' It Up for Cowher"?)
7:34 pm - Dominic (Dominique?) Rhodes barrels in for a 1 yard touchdown! Colts 16-14.
7:35 pm - Marvin Harrison seen fuming on the Colts sideline for not getting the TD catch.
7:50 pm - You gotta be kidding me! Tillman breathes on Fletcher of the Colts to cause a fumble and stall Indianapolis. Two words for Fletcher: weight room. The Manning face officially comes out.
7:51 pm - The Bears give the ball right back as Grossman fumbles the snap! My friend Bob makes a good point: these turnovers are coming too fast and furious...we haven't had enough time to properly make fun of Fletcher for his exceptional lack of strength.
7:56 pm - Adam Vinatieri misses a 36 yard field goal to end the first half. (New England fans cheer and actually convince themselves that Vinatieri went to the Colts just to sabotage things during the right moment) Vinatieri misses??? 6 turnovers in the first half of the Super Bowl? Two black coaches in the Super Bowl? I believe that Vince Lombardi put it best, "WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON OUT HERE?!?"
8:18 pm - Thoughts from halftime:
* What the hell was up with the CBS graphics department super-imposing lightning during the shots of the stadium? Look at this technology we're using from 1983!
*Thinking that Prince could die at any moment with the microphone, guitar, and rain.
*Those cool Florida A&M marching band guys with the outfits from Tron.
*Shannon Sharpe's tie knot looking like some kind of growth.
8:29 pm - Colts offensive coordinator Tom Moore shown pacing on the sideline...patiently waiting for Manning to bring him into the fold and let him call a play. (It never happened)
8:35 pm - Best commercial (by far) the Bud Light Face Slapping commercial.
8:46 pm - Booger "Don't call me Anthony" McFarland puts on a great spin move for the sack.
8:50 pm - Rhodes coming up big again with a HUGE 36 yard run into Bears territory. Who needs Edgerrin James?
9:04 pm - Very bad form displayed in another Bud commercial. You just CANNOT have the legendary Don Shula (the most victorious coach in NFL history) losing to Jay-Z in any way, shape, or form. I know they were playing football on something that looked like the weird chess-type game in Star Wars, but I don't care, Shula does NOT lose to Jay-Z.
9:16 pm - Harrison's leg looks to be twisted on a play where he went all out over the middle. His fantasy expectations for the 2007 are instantly lowered.
9:20 pm - Muhammad catches a ball for a Bears first down. As my friend (correctly) points out, his catch phrase, any time he makes a play, should be: "As-Salaam-Alaikum Bitches!!!"
9:21 pm - VINTAGE REX!!! Grossman tosses a lame duck towards the sideline that is promptly intercepted by Kelvin Hayden and returned 56 yards for the touchdown! Colts 29-17.
9:22 pm - Kyle Orton is seen warming up on the sidelines.
9:23 pm - To appease the press one more time, Lovie Smith holds a press conference during a TV timeout to say that Rex Grossman is his starting quarterback.
9:25 pm - The gambling community starts to go crazy as the 46 total points in the game are two short of the over/under number of 48. College funds are won or lost in the last minutes of every Super Bowl. What a game.
9:30 pm - MORE VINTAGE REX!!! An under thrown ball is intercepted by University of Iowa alum Bob Sanders! Colts fans can now start to taste victory. (A great weekend for Iowa sports by the way, with the Iowa Hawkeye basketball team pulling off the upset of #24 Indiana yesterday along with Sanders forced fumble and interception in the Super Bowl)
9:32 pm - Flomax Commercial.....wait for it.....still waiting.....there it is!!! The phrase "Weak Stream" featured in a Super Bowl ad! My day is practically complete.
9:45 pm - Both coaches shown pacing the sidelines. Both coaches still black.
9:51 pm - 2 minute warning. Dominick Rhodes (with 113 yards in Super Bowl XLI) hasn't had a 100 yard rushing game since 2001! Yikes. Somewhere, Garrison Hearst is seriously considering a comeback.
9:55 pm - A Super Bowl gambling update! The Colts choose to run on 4th down rather than go for the field goal. The first down was not made and thousands of gamblers just collectively shit in their pants.
9:57 pm - As the clock counts down, Dungy becomes the focus of the television coverage and the pending championship instead of Manning. I found this interesting at the time for some reason. Big props to both of them.
9:58 pm - The Indianapolis Colts win Super Bowl XLI! Tony Dungy becomes the first black (African-American) coach to win the Super Bowl, officially ending racism in the United States! Colts 29, Bears 17 (Indy covered the spread by the way)
Manning, Harrison, Wayne, Saturday, Sanders, Freeney, and Vinatieri (again) win Super Bowl rings along with Coach Dungy.
Plus...I called this victory for this team way back in August, so I'm ready to get my prognosticating gloat on.
10:06 pm - Dan Marino sheds a few tears on the CBS post game show as Manning gets the Super Bowl ring that Danny Boy never could. Next up for Peyton...all of Marino's passing records. Yes, Marino is a local boy made good. But it is now time for him to shut the hell up.
10:08 pm - 5 talking animal commercials during the Super Bowl!!! It hurts me to say it, but the FCC has officially won.
10:09 pm - Can you hear that? Somewhere in the distance, Edgerrin James is crying softly into his large piles of money.
10:10 pm - Don Shula (obviously suffering from his loss to Jay-Z earlier) walks the Lombardi trophy through a sea of Indianapolis Colts. Ummm...a little awkward to say the least. Lets move on.
10:13 pm - The Lombardi trophy is officially given to Herm Edwards! Err...I mean...Tony Dungy.
10:13 pm - Who are those broads standing next to Jim Nance and Tony Dungy? Were there broads standing around last year after the Steeler's win? Or was I just too elated to care?
10:14 pm - The trophy goes from Dungy to Manning. Holding out on the chance that it was all a dream for one more moment, Dan Marino has a heart attack.
10:14 pm - Thinking it was a little weird that Manning got the game MVP. Who cares? The guy managed the game and got the monkey off his back. (Becomes the 21st quarterback to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory. I'm proud that Roethlisberger is a member of this club, then again, so is Trent Dilfer...maybe this club is more of a wash)
10:15 pm - Nance and the owner of the Colts just keep talking and talking and talking....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...when is criminal minds on again?
10:16 pm - Bob Sanders gets a hold of the Lombardi trophy while standing in the middle of the spaceship stage, it is truly a good day for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
10:18 pm - I'm hoping that all of the Peyton Manning commercials will be included with the Colts Super Bowl DVD. If they are, I'll buy the thing in two seconds. (Let's Go Insurance Adjusters, Let's Go!!!)
10:20 pm - In a post game interview, Solomon Wilcots asks Lovie Smith if Rex Grossman is his opening day starter next year. Lovie literally bites Solomon's head off.
10:21 pm - As it turns out, the "whiter" of the two black coaches ended up winning the game...progress and racial harmony is set back another ten years.
10:22 pm - Pro Bowl 2007 promo - a last chance to make up for gambling losses incurred during today's game. Betting on the Pro Bowl is a sure sign of addiction. For this reason, I'm sure there has to be many interesting side bets. The best possible prop bet for this year's pro bowl: Will Bill Belichick be wearing the cut-off hoodie even in Hawaii?
10:26 pm - Criminal Minds is up next!
Congratulations to the Indianapolis Colts!
Friday, January 26, 2007
Why I Want the Indianapolis Colts to Win the Super Bowl
My friend Phil confronted me the other night (and rightfully so) about my recent rooting for the Indianapolis Colts. First of all, let it be known that if the Steelers were alive and well in the playoffs, I would not be rooting for anyone else. Sides do not always have to be taken in "fan-neutral" games, but every-so-often a sports fan will be cheering for a team that is not their home team, and reasons must be given for this vested interest. That being said, I have officially adopted the Colts for this playoff season...and here are five reasons why:
1) Peyton Manning pretty much rules. From the ridiculous numbers he puts up in the regular season (and fantasy seasons), to the hilarious commercials (CUT THAT MEAT! CUT THAT MEAT!), this guy is a star. He's lanky, awkward looking, and wouldn't appear out of place wearing goggles in a 30-and-over weekend rec league. Despite these things, he is a future hall of famer and a big time student of the game. Props to Peyton Manning.
2) Tony Dungy. Not only was Coach Dungy a safety on the Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl chamption team of 1978...This man was a defensive coach, defensive backs coach, and defensive coordinator for the Steelers in the "I'm Chuck Noll and I've given up" years of the 1980s. Of course I'm pulling for an ex-Steeler, but I'm more impressed that he came out of that era with his head held high. He could have gone down the Art Shell career track, but he overcame the odds. Speaking of Art Shell, Tony Dungy is black, and one has to like a black head coach (unless that black coach is Art Shell). Dungy has not had a very good 13 months with the suicide of his son, a shocking playoff loss, and his current (Super Bowl) team being labeled as having a soft defense (the cornerstone of any Dungy coached team). Needless to say, I'm rooting for the man.
3) I have a thing where I like to see great athletes and all-round good guys win championship rings. I know that professional athletes deserve nothing, what with their outrageous salaries and their elevated celebrity. But I just enjoy seeing people who excel at their respected sport win the big one. Like Ray Bourque with the Colorado Avalanche, Jerome Bettis with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and John Stockton with the Utah Jazz (Umm...scratch that last one), I like to see the great ones win it all. It is because of this reason that I hope Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison, Jeff Saturday, Reggie Wayne, Dwight Freeney, and Adam Vinatieri (again) win Super Bowl rings with the Indianapolis Colts.
4) I can't root for this Chicago Bears team. I just can't. If they win, it will be like the 2000 Baltimore Ravens all over again. Imagine the articles: "Joining the club of Super Bowl winning quarterbacks such as Joe Montana, Brett Favre, & Tom Brady before him.......its your 2007 Super Bowl winning QB...Rex Grossman!!!" I just can't get excited about that.
5) And now for the most selfish of the reasons...I predicted that the Colts would win. Back when the season started and fantasy teams weren't even in place yet, I told my friend Bob that I really thought this would be the Colts year. I borrowed a little bit of The Ewing Theory from ESPN's Bill Simmons (the idea of addition through subtraction, with Edgerrin James gone, the Colts would improve their focus), and honestly thought that both Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy were due, that it was their time. What it all boils down to is this...I want the Colts to win for many reasons...but mainly because I called it.
1) Peyton Manning pretty much rules. From the ridiculous numbers he puts up in the regular season (and fantasy seasons), to the hilarious commercials (CUT THAT MEAT! CUT THAT MEAT!), this guy is a star. He's lanky, awkward looking, and wouldn't appear out of place wearing goggles in a 30-and-over weekend rec league. Despite these things, he is a future hall of famer and a big time student of the game. Props to Peyton Manning.
2) Tony Dungy. Not only was Coach Dungy a safety on the Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl chamption team of 1978...This man was a defensive coach, defensive backs coach, and defensive coordinator for the Steelers in the "I'm Chuck Noll and I've given up" years of the 1980s. Of course I'm pulling for an ex-Steeler, but I'm more impressed that he came out of that era with his head held high. He could have gone down the Art Shell career track, but he overcame the odds. Speaking of Art Shell, Tony Dungy is black, and one has to like a black head coach (unless that black coach is Art Shell). Dungy has not had a very good 13 months with the suicide of his son, a shocking playoff loss, and his current (Super Bowl) team being labeled as having a soft defense (the cornerstone of any Dungy coached team). Needless to say, I'm rooting for the man.
3) I have a thing where I like to see great athletes and all-round good guys win championship rings. I know that professional athletes deserve nothing, what with their outrageous salaries and their elevated celebrity. But I just enjoy seeing people who excel at their respected sport win the big one. Like Ray Bourque with the Colorado Avalanche, Jerome Bettis with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and John Stockton with the Utah Jazz (Umm...scratch that last one), I like to see the great ones win it all. It is because of this reason that I hope Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison, Jeff Saturday, Reggie Wayne, Dwight Freeney, and Adam Vinatieri (again) win Super Bowl rings with the Indianapolis Colts.
4) I can't root for this Chicago Bears team. I just can't. If they win, it will be like the 2000 Baltimore Ravens all over again. Imagine the articles: "Joining the club of Super Bowl winning quarterbacks such as Joe Montana, Brett Favre, & Tom Brady before him.......its your 2007 Super Bowl winning QB...Rex Grossman!!!" I just can't get excited about that.
5) And now for the most selfish of the reasons...I predicted that the Colts would win. Back when the season started and fantasy teams weren't even in place yet, I told my friend Bob that I really thought this would be the Colts year. I borrowed a little bit of The Ewing Theory from ESPN's Bill Simmons (the idea of addition through subtraction, with Edgerrin James gone, the Colts would improve their focus), and honestly thought that both Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy were due, that it was their time. What it all boils down to is this...I want the Colts to win for many reasons...but mainly because I called it.
It begins...
In an effort to become a better person, but mostly to get back in the grove of writing on a semi-regular basis, I've decided to start a blog. (Does one "start" a blog? "have" a blog? "keep" a blog?) I have no idea where things will go with this venture, as the internet has wronged me many times before. But with some encouragement from friends and some brutal self-awareness, I know I need to be writing. Writing helps me process and helps me think. It also helps me remember.
I was going to write a paragraph about all the things one could look forward to reading in this "virtual" universe...from rants about sports and music, to what its like to go to the doctors office living in fear or seeing your younger brother (and only sibling) get married before you...but why spoil the surprise?
Feel free to join in, agree, and disagree. I'll do my best to make it an honest and fun ride.
I was going to write a paragraph about all the things one could look forward to reading in this "virtual" universe...from rants about sports and music, to what its like to go to the doctors office living in fear or seeing your younger brother (and only sibling) get married before you...but why spoil the surprise?
Feel free to join in, agree, and disagree. I'll do my best to make it an honest and fun ride.
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