Rambling...12/12/07

I haven't had a chance to write since the Patriots destroyed the Steelers on Sunday afternoon. After two "squeakers" by the Eagles and Ravens (is there a "bird" theme here???)...everyone said that the Steelers were the only other real threat to the Patriots 16-0 season. I didn't believe it then, and I don't believe it now. What do I believe???

More than this week, when Mangina and his Jets come to town to be next in line of those teams that would just love to be the ones to pull the carpet out of the Patriots perfect season...More than the younger Manning at the end of the season, playing on his own turf...I'm worried about the WINLESS MIAMI DOLPHINS!!! If there is EVER a team that has a reason to want to beat the Patriots...it's the Dolphins! They don't have the coaching...they don't have the talent...but they have the DRIVE. Imagine...doing 1-15 in a season...but that "1" was beating the Patriots, who would then be 14-0, on their way to a perfect season. The Dolphins would deserve an asterisk next to that 1-15 ranking...the asterisk standing for the fact that they beat the Patriots! (and if Old Man Shula's dream came true...and the Patriots had an asterisk next to their ranking this season...would that cancel out the Dolphins asterisk???). :-)

Let's get back to reality. I've been troubled over the past few weeks (really, ever since Sammy Morris went on IR, and Maroney has been chronically injured)...and I've been wondering why the Patriots have NOT been trying to do more to shore up their run game. But...then I listened to the man that I can't STAND...John Madden...who said that you NEED your running backs, so you can run down the clock when you're ahead. Hmmmmmm...Johnny Boy...do the Patriots not already do that by throwing the ball??? Brady through 5 straight passes to Wes Welker, most of which he stayed in bounds for. Does that not run the clock, maybe almost as effectively as running the ball?

And...of course...I can't write this post without talking about Randy Moss...can I? I've heard people for MONTHS say, "Just wait until he starts to get bored, and he stops playing. You'll see. It'll happen". You know what? You're right. He IS getting bored. That fact was BLATENTLY OBVIOUS with that flea-flicker lateral from Brady to Moss, back to Brady, and then a TD pass to Gafney. Yup...Moss is just BORED with this Patriots Offense. He's slacking, and by Sunday he should be ready to throw up his hands and call it quits...or write a note to pin to his locker and tell people to get their popcorn ready...or maybe he'll just catch a couple more TouchDown passes. Who's to say with this Wide Receiver who is NOT about being in a TEAM...and is all about HIMSELF!

Let's switch gears for a minute..before I forget...after the whole "spygate" scandal, the Patriots were fined monetarily (as was Belichick), but they were also fined their first round draft pick in next years' draft. Oh...but wait...they already had another first round draft pick from the 49'ers, through a trade. And...oh...my...look...the 49'ers will most likely end up in the spot just above the Dolphins...so...PATRIOT HATERS...START LINING UP...The Patriots could possibly be lined up to have the 2nd Pick in the 2008 Draft!!!

I was going to get into talking about Anthony Smith...but I've already babbled long enough.

After the two "squeaker" games, the game against the Steelers made me think of only one thing (it's a movie)...
"Stella's Got Her Groove Back".

OK THEN!!!

Yes, this is my first post of my new blog. I guess maybe I'm supposed to use this time to tell you what this blog is about, why I'm writing it, what I'm going to write about, and all that stuff???

Well...that may be what I'm SUPPOSED to be writing...but that's now what I'm going to write about.

So what am I going to babble on about???

Yesterday (as it is now EARLY Sunday am), was my 6th Anniversary with my lovely wife Jessica. For those that know me, and know what's been going on in our lives in the past year and a half... this was a very special Anniversary. So...I set out to plan a perfect day for us.

That day started with me working a 24-hour shift on the ambulance the day before. It was a VERY SLOW shift (thankfully!), and the ONLY call we did was at 9:30pm by some 40-year old single broad (she's 40...and single...hmmmmmmmmmm)...who, wanted to scare her "room-mate", so she got drunk, and then told her that she took a "bunch of pills, just to end it all". OHHHH PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!! When I used to work in P-Town, we'd call this "Delta Delta". Try to figure it out. Ask me if you can't...I'll help. Anyway...we drag this dumb drunk to the Hospital, so she can now be confined to a 72-hour mandatory psych hold. Stupid.

ANYWAY! Got out at 7am, came home, did some stuff around the house, got all gussied up, and after Jessica's cousin Kelly and her fiance Dave (yeah Dave...I'm putting the pressure on!) came to watch the Boyz, we hit the road. Off to the Museum of Science, to do the interactive CSI Exhibit. It was pretty cool, could have been a little more "hands-on" to make it more interesting, but all in all, it was fun. Then went to dinner, drove to the Boston Commons, parked, walked around for just over an hour, then went to the Opera House to watch The Nutcracker. Now...I'm a pretty simple guy...I'm willing to broaden my horizons...I've been to a number of shows at the Opera House, the Wang, etc....but...did anyone OTHER THAN ME know that an Opera is Non-Verbal??? About 20 minutes into it, I chose my moment, when the symphony was blaring (so that no-one would hear me), I leaned over to Jessica, and whispered in her ear, "There's really no talking through this shit???". I wasn't trying to be a prick, but I couldn't understand what the hell the whole story was, without any talking!!! But...I will say... that dancing was incredible, especially the kids that were in the play.

It was a very nice day, a very nice Anniversary, especially one as special as this one.

OK...so...I started my blog talking about my bride. I actually spent quite a bit of time about our Anniversary...so...I think that means...I can now talk about...

FOOTBALL!!!!!!!

I'll write alot about football in this blog...if you don't like it, don't read it. I'm a Patriots fan. Yes. I admit it. I don't care if you love or hate the Pat's. Or love to hate the Pat's. All I know is that they are facing the Steelers this afternoon...and after the last 2 games, games against teams that were not as productive as the Steelers...everyone is calling for this to be another "close one". I'm never right about this shit...never...but I call for today to be another BLOWOUT! The team has a short week after playing Monday night...got an extra day off from the coaching staff...they know they've pulled out 2 "squeakers" from 2 sub-par teams...and now they are facing the 9-3 Steelers. They will have their game on. 38-13 Patriots (yes, 38...hey, Gostkowski is my kicker in my Fantasy Football League...he needs to kick me at least 1 Field Goal! hehehe). I'm probably wrong...it'll probably be another squeaker, or maybe they'll lose. I will say this, though. If they're going to lose...I'd much rather it be to the Steelers, then ESPECIALLY next week to the Jets, or to the Dolphins! If they did lose...then all the HATERS could finally sit around and touch themselves about how the cheaters finally got what was coming to them. yawwwwwwwwwwn...blah blah blah.

We'll see what happens in about 13 hours...