• Hardly working

    Live, from a courthouse near you, I’m bored out of my gourd. That’s right folks, me and my cold have taken our show on the road.

    I’ve taken this opportunity to read some of my own stuff, and I must say that I’m really disappointed (again). Time has made itself scarce (this morning not withstanding), and life has really gotten in the way of my hobbies. As a result, this blog has been an edit free zone for the better part of a month (again). And what’s up with all the parentheses? It’s like I can’t get enough. The real problem is that I tend to write like I talk, which tells you a lot about how I speak. I’m a one man sidebar discussion.

    Since the start of the fall television season, fitting in the boob-tube has gotten really stressful. Have I mentioned that Cheryl is a Tivo Nazi? Anytime we get more than a few hours backed up on the DVR television bumps past laundry on the priority list… and you KNOW Cheryl and laundry are tight. How often do you associate television recordings with a pressure cooker? I’m not afraid to admit that I’m cooked. I haven’t played Halo 2 for two weeks, for Pete’s sake!

  • The saber heard round the world

    Unless you haven’t listened to the radio, watched TV, or just woke from a thousand year sleep at the kiss from a certain royal prince; you’ve probably heard that the world’s designated kook, Kim Jung-il, tested his first home-made atomic weapon last night (EDST – or this morning, Korean time). What surprised me most about the news is how little people were talking about it. I brought it up with several people today, and each of them either didn’t know, didn’t care or both… mostly both. This is big, people. Imagine the world’s best-known, psychologically imbalanced person this side of Helter Skelter and give him “The Button.” That’s who Kim Jung-il is right now. You thought the Cold War was scary, imagine the world doesn’t respond… and Iran uses North Korea as a role model. Imagine the scenario outlined in an article in Slate Magazine this evening: Japan gets nervous and develops their own bomb (who has plenty of technological know how to slap one together pronto)… which prompts China (Japan’s long time rival) to resume testing… which prompts India to get jiggy with it… which makes Pakistan nervous…

    … and I’m not sure if I’m going to sleep tonight.

  • Gators in the hunt

    After watching another nerve wrenching college football game, I was in no condition to watch a hockey game. The Lightning were making their first home appearance of the season, so I couldn’t just ignore it. So I tuned in, against my better judgment. Then they went down two-zip in the first period, and I just had to turn the television off. It’s after midnight and I still don’t even know the final score. This is the effect of college football has on me.

    Now I don’t want to wax prophetic, anointing Tebow the great white hope of Florida Football… but the kid is tough. I was watching the game, taking in a Tebow play, and I asked myself: “Did he just run over a safety, carrying a defensive lineman on his back?” Enter Vern Lundquist (who never saw a missed call he didn’t like). “That’s a true freshman, pushing over a safety. Unbelievable.” For once I had to agree with Vern. But before I start getting overly anxious to call Timmy’s number, I need to see the boy throw a little more. After all, a quarterback does throw the ball every now and again… even an option quarterback. He’s put the ball in the air a few times, a couple times for touchdowns. However, a common theme for most of his throws has been a WIDE open receiver. When I say WIDE open, I mean having your own zip code. I’d like to see how the boy does when he has to sneak a ball in through double coverage, or when he’s got to place the ball in the seam of zone coverage. Then I’ll be ready to join the bandwagon. Until then… I’ll still be glad to see the ball in Leak’s hands on passing downs. I will say this: the offensive staff did a heck of a job game planning the LSU game. I’m not sure anyone could have gotten more out of the personnel at their disposal. Consider the fact that the Gators had NO running game with Winn out, and were playing against what might be the best defensive secondary in the SEC. The Gators haven’t exactly been an offensive juggernaut in the first five games… and yet they managed to go one dimensional against a strong pass defense, and pull out the win.

    That’s unbelievable, but in a good way.