if the shoe fits...

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyid=2007-12-06T153822Z_01_N05642567_RTRUKOC_0_US-SHOOTING-NEBRASKA.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-R1-MostViewed-3

so, look. all this senseless violence. people shooting one another and then turning the gun on themselves. the line on this article says the guy thought he was worthless. here's my newsflash - he was worthless. a worthless piece of shit. he admitted it and i'm agreeing. he wanted to be famous, it's just too bad he didn't stick around long enough to see his infamy. infamous, not famous.

i think he needed to stop listening to "blaze of glory" (bon jovi) and taken his life quietly, in a room by himself and saved the 8 people who happened to be in the wrong place at that time their lives.

c'mon people. if you grieve, others don't need to be pulled down with you. completely senseless.

apple cup recap

well, not really a recap today. we're 5 days past, but i did want to share a few thoughts on the second half and then the news of the last couple days.

-i turned the volume off on the tv during the 3rd quarter. i can only handle so much of the biased announcing, and if i kept the volume on, i'm sure we would've heard questionable sounds coming from the commentators - sounds only that should be heard by the person doing it, behind closed doors or in the privacy of their room. locker this, locker that, oooo, gimme some more. bla bla bla
-a great game for brink. good way for him to go out. 399 yrds, 5 tds, and no picks. fantastic job.
-i don't care what bill doba said after that game, he still should've been let go.
-best apple cup i've seen in years, and not just because the good guys won.

go cougs! enjoy it for the year.

epilogue:
-bill doba, yes, he's a class act, yes, he's a great man, yes, he should've been let go. look. he was an awesome defensive coordinator, who had too much on his plate to be head coach. sure, he was probably fired, but let's give him the benefit of the doubt. and yes, it was time for the program to change directions, we were only going down hill. best of luck coach!
-ty willingham, yes, he's boring and yes, he's an average coach at best who has cashed in handsomely on a few fantastic seasons. but no, he should not be let go yet. he needs 2 more years.
-husky civil war brings a smile to my face
-mike price should be considered as the new head coach in pullman. mike price should not be hired - the prodigal son returning never seems to work out how people would like it to.

i think that i wanted to say more, but it must've gone since i didn't write it all out at once. i'm out.

apple cup - halftime

more thoughts:
-holding must not be on the list of flagged offenses for the huskies.
-um, our offense. still anemic. no urgency
-locker is god again. i wonder if people realize when they talk about him and the heisman, that you actually have to be on a team that wins more than it loses.
-our offensive coordinator needs to be fired, along with doba. 3rd and 17, and we throw a wide receiver screen or we run it. good job.
-this petros papadakis character in the booth. he hearts jake locker more than any insufferable husky fan, straight and/or gay, i know.
-sometimes luck goes our way.

close game, glad i didn't turn it off...

halftime finds the good guys up 21-20....

apple cup - end of Q1

i almost turned the game off. twice. some initial thoughts.
-jake locker is god, but then 3 minutes later, he's tired and still young - look announcer people, if you want to slurp jake's juice, jump in line, i know at least 2 people that will be ahead of you. but i can also tell you, ragging on him won't get you ahead in line.
-my team sucks. hard.
-win or lose, bill doba will lose his job.
-just once i'd like to see 50/50 announcing. once.
-giving a receiver a 17 yard cushion will result in big gains.

i'm comin' back in a bit.

end of the first quarter, 10-7 bad guys.

Right place, right time...in England, no less

is there a better case of "right place, right time (and right people)" than that of legendary (and i use that term loosely) drummer ringo starr?

this guy was the second drummer the beatles snared, and plays the easiest riffs and fills that i have ever heard. don't get me wrong, he takes nothing away from the beatles or my enjoyment in listening to them, but he's average at best.

how lucky can someone be? sheesh...

any other cases - please share.

things that i like right now

i like funyuns - although the fake onion flavor can be a bit overwhelming at times. i like beer too, i can't forget beer. beer and funyuns. check that, i like beer and pork rinds. well, i'm not sure about that, but i know that i like all of those things, just not sure if i like them together. i also like coffee, but i'm pretty sure that coffee wouldn't compliment fried pork skin, funyuns or beer.

what do you like?

can i declare myself a professional

the other day i was told that, after i made up a funny little rant, i should write a sports blog, maybe even professionally. they proceded to tell me that i have the wit and the knack to make it happen. flattering. yay. i'd be fibbing ever so slightly if i didn't admit that that was the original intent of creating this blog. professionally is quite a stretch, but to write a humorous and witty blog. maybe not about sports. maybe about life in general. or beer. or laundry detergent. there was never a defining "this-is-what-i'm-going-to-write-about" moment with me. i think i may have mentioned in my first post that i may even leave it up to my 2 readers to make the decisions on what to write about - of course, to do that, i'd need to write more and establish more of a fandom.

so what exactly does it take to write in that capacity?
(and i'm going to end with that although i could write more - it's time to go)