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Week 8 Football

8-5 last week. I'm not getting any better at this.

Texans over Bills

Ravens over Broncos

Bears over Browns

Cowboys over Seahawks

Rams over Lions

Colts over 49ers

Jets over Miami

Giants over Eagles (westbrook is going to be missed this week, I think)

Chargers over Raiders

Titans over Jags

Packers over Vikings

Cardinals over Panthers

Saints over Falcons

Let's see if I can crack the 8-5 record.

The last 8 days

The post is bleak, so here's a puppy picture to brighten it up.

So hubby started chemo last Tuesday. There was a four-day hospital stay, two spinal taps, some (possibly excessive) steroid injections, a wedding, and some serious crabbiness. The first bout was rough... and it's slowly getting rougher. He's already lost 20lbs (He's a big guy, so it's not so bad) and his eyebrows are falling out. This is all going so fast...

Here are some fun (or odd) facts about chemo:
1. your can sweat it out of your pores for up to 48 hours
2. during chemo, you should courtesy flush (it's not just the pores!)
3. when they inject chemo into your spinal fluid, you get nasty migraines that only go away when you lie flat....for 12 hours at a time.
4. If you're still sweating out the chemo, caregivers should wear gloves when changing your bed linens

I remember the part of my life where none of this would have occurred to me.... it was a nice part.

I went to football practice tonight! It was so nice to see the ladies, and one of my fellow blocking backs told me about her kid's chemo (he was 2 at the time, and it was 14 months...) and offered me all the help and support I needed. I watched them run plays for awhile, played with their kids, and all had a good night.

I feel like crap. I feel exhausted. We're so unlucky.

But we're really, really blessed.

Week 7 Football

So I missed my picks last week. (The wedding was worth it, so I’m not complaining.) That’s probably for the best, as we’re entering the wild part of the season, and I can’t really figure out what each team really brings to the table. For instance: Is Denver really that good? I wouldn’t have said so before last weekend. How vulnerable is the Giants D? I know Brees can pack a wollop, but they did next to nothing out there against him. What is this Bengals team? How did the Titans go from zero to suck in one season? And, seriously Eagles? What the fuck?

I think so far this season there are a few reliable teams:

1. My Colts, reliably awesome
2. The Pats, but there’s some defensive issues that will come into play the next time they have a real opponent
3. Atlanta. How about that young QB?
4. The Chargers, reliably mediocre, and soon to be overhyped
5. Brown, reliably sucky
6. The Bills, also sucky
7. Ditto the Rams (see more about the Rams below)
8. Looks like the Bucs are going on this list too. I confess I don’t know much about them (I have an NFC blindside, I confess)
9. Oakland. That QB sucks. I’m sorry; they need to back to the drawing board. Poor guy has all the necessary components, but he can’t put them together to save his damn life.

Before I get to my picks for the coming week, I want to say something about the hubbub around Rush Limbaugh as a possible minority owner for the crappy, crappy, Rams. Let me preface this statement by saying that I find the man’s viewpoints deplorable, and I thought that his statements about McNabb were both appalling, and completely within my expectations for him. All that aside:

1. Journalists have an obligation to thoroughly research their information. WIKIPEDIA doesn’t cut it as a primary source. Of all the hideous things the man has said, why must you go the fiction route, CNN? That reporter should be fired.
2. With all due respect to Jim Irsay (a fine man who represents a fine football team) and Roger Goodell, this is still America. Being a race-baiting bigot doesn’t preclude you from being an entrepreneur. Racism is not illegal. It’s wrong. Those are two different issues with two different consequences. There are certainly players that wouldn’t want to play for Rush. I don’t blame them. That would be a problem. I think he would have been a bit of a liability for the Rams brand, but probably not more so than their record. That would be a problem. However, this could have been a teaching moment for Limbaugh. I don’t see anything so scary about black people (being one of them) that we can’t put Limbaugh in their proximity and push some real change. Certainly not the conservative black millionaires that the NFL kicks out. At this point, we’ve made Limbaugh and underdog, which unfortunately means that his microphone is, for the moment a megaphone. Bad move fellow liberals.

My picks:
Chargers over Chiefs, though I couldn’t tell you why

Packers over Browns

49ers over Texans…in a squeaker

Colts over Rams (Go Horse!)
Steelers over Vikings, because I finally found someone I hate more than Ben Roethlisberger

Pats over Bucs

Jets over Raiders

Panthers over Bills. The Bills give me indigestion

Bears over Bengals in a shocking game

I’m gonna say Falcons over Cowboys… I may regret it but I think so.

Saints annihilate the Dolphins

Giants, playing angry, kill the Cards

If the Eagles don’t beat the ‘skins, then they aren’t the team I thought they were.


OOH! I'm going to visit my team at practice tonight! I can't wait. More about that later.

This Post is better suited for Monday morning

My football picks are 8-4, and the Jets-Miami game has set a new precedent for me. Fake punts are now the best indicator of a crazy game.

I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend. I was light on posting because my in-laws came to town to help us out. Hubby started chemo yesterday, and it’s good to have someone here to advocate for him full time, while I do annoying things like work. My father-in-law went home, but my mother-in-law is here for a month. I’m really glad to have some help!

There’s something about the city that I live in and fall. It comes in at night, and summer beats it back by early afternoon. The mornings are quite crisp these days, but by mid-afternoon everyone sheds their hoodies. It looks like an accelerated version of the shift from winter to spring. I kinda dig it, to be honest. It’s a small distraction from the sheer speed of my life these days. It’s nice.

So I finished the book I’m going to report on this week, I just need to collect my thoughts about a troubling trend I’m seeing in these books, and I’ll send all of my insights straight to you. I’m out of pocket this weekend, so I’ll try to load you up on good stuff before Friday when I disappear again.

Week 5 football

Let me start by saying that I’m glad that Michael Crabtree finally signed his fucking contract. I’m so glad that I blew the first-round draft pick in my keeper league on him, because I doubt he’ll be useful for two years. Yay for me. Last year I drafted Felix Jones, who is a great placeholder for a healthy 2nd-year running back.

My picks:
Baltimore beats Cincy, in a squeaker
I don’t know if Cincy is great, but they are playing with a lot of heart these days, I have to admire that.

Carolina beats Washington, badly
Dan Snyder is cyanide

Cleveland beats Buffalo
I have no idea how this game goes. If I had the guts for my first week of internet picks, I’d say a tie.

Detroit beats Pittsburgh
The Steelers look like garbage this year. Detroit is full of heart and has nothing to lose.

Dallas beats KC

Minnesota beats St. Louis

Giants beat Oakland

Philly beats Tampa Bay

Finally we come to a good game!

Atlanta beats San Fran, but at the buzzer, and there’s probably a safety. (The single best indicator of a crazy football game is the safety. Bar none.)

Houston beats Arizona
I’m not too confident on this one, and I’d prefer that Houston went back to being the Houston of before, but what can I say? They look amazing.

Denver beats New England
Just because I’m a hater.

Jacksonville beats Seattle
Someone has to win this one.

Indy annihilates the Titans
Because the Titans suck, and because I bleed blue.

The Jets beat Miami in the lowest-rated Monday night game of the season.

I will be curious to see how Braylon Edwards adjusts to his new team. I have one suggestion for him: Act like someone raised you when you go out in public.

An introduction, of sorts

I wanted to start a blog about my 30s. The crazy, odd blog I had my 20s was fun, but I lacked the discipline to keep it up. I meant to start a new one just after my birthday in August, but I never found the time. I figured I could talk about the flag football team I joined, and politics, and some pop culture, and the books I'm reading, maybe some stuff about being a UU....standard blog shit I suppose. Then I blew out my knee, so I won't be playing football for a while. The same day that I found out the specifics on my knee (torn ACL for the second time, possibly PCL, possibly meniscus tear) husband came home and told me he had cancer. And that I had to start writing again....

I'm not going to write a blog about fucking cancer.

At least not entirely.

I will touch on it, as it is currently touching me. I have a lot to say, and I'm rusty. This blog may suck for a while. It may be ENTIRELY about cancer for a while... It may be about anything BUT cancer for a while. The only thing I can guarantee is that there will be lots and lots of swearing.

That's all for now.