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11/22/09

A real head shaker

I'm fairly certain there has never been a dumber play-call in the history of college football than what the Yale faithful witnessed yesterday. Fourth and TWENTY TWO, up 10-7 on their own 25 with 2 minutes and change left, Yale fake punted and came up 7 yards short, thereby turning the ball over to harvard on downs to set up the winning TD. Oh and did I mention that Yale has a punter named Tom Mante who may actually have an NFL career ahead of him? Oh and did I also mention that if there were no defense on the field, I would still put the odds of the Yale offense gaining 22+ yards at 1:1?

Besides the players who basically had the entire season ruined by an unthinkably awful play-call, there were 52,000 people there! -- a colossal missed opportunity to make Yale football a little more relevant.

11/18/09

Two More Nights...

...And the reign of Miss Poundie Feet is over. She is our ~115 lb upstairs neighbor who paces the apartment like a caged jaguar but with foosteps that sound like Thor's hammer. She has a much larger fiancee who can scarcely be heard. One night, she went back and forth across a small area so many times, the only thing I could imagine she was doing was building a towering house of cards but sadistically had put her card pile 15 feet away from the structure. In a bleary 5:30 a.m. haze, I fantasized about paying for her trip to intern with the Blackfoot Sioux, a people who can sneak up on a dozing buffalo without breaking a twig.

Yes ! Julie made a face-to-face plea (at 6 a.m. -- desperate times call for desperate times) but all that got us was a very pleasant visit and some cookies. The pounding continues. Just another chapter in my forthcoming book : "Renting: A Steady Stripping of Your Humanity, Insidiously Sapping Your Will to Live" (and I wonder where Owen gets his dramatic streak...)

11/10/09

Life imitates cartoons

C'mon...really? And wait, don't tell me...there was an octopus stuck to the glass with big googly eyes and a scared look on his face. Any architect who has watched TV would know not to put a huge-ass aquarium near motor vehicles. Also of note, people who drive with kids in their laps are seriously nuts. Which reminds me, t minus 3 years til Owen's use of the word 'nuts' instead of testicles stops being cute.

11/8/09

This Is It

Maybe some more thoughtful parents are boycotting the Michael Jackson movie, but I thought it was amazing. It's mostly a concert video -- or I guess rehearsal video -- but the music and dance are more than enough to keep you riveted. I don't know how much goofiness was edited out, but Jackson seemed sharp and focused the entire time. He was clearly functioning at a higher level than most people with prescription drug addiction but maybe it's just that I don't see people with prescription drug addiction who also have 6 assistants/handlers behind the scenes.

11/4/09

The Force was with us


O got about 1/3rd of his usual Halloween cache but it was still a good time. He hit a serious wall after downing a full size Snickers before it even made it to the trick - or - treat bag. Even Jedis have their weaknesses.


11/2/09

Damn yankers

Man did it seem like all was right again after Lidge easily handled Matsui and Jeter last night in the ninth. Damon was hanging by a thread! Lidge's 'waste' pitch was a letter high outside fastball that Damon never would've swung at. I would've loved to have seen another slider in the dirt at that point. Then Damon stealing two bases?!? Who's covering third?!?! Really -- no one thought Ruiz' throw might get past ?!? which it didn't but might as well have. AAAAHH