NFL Draft baby! How did your team do? Do you know? Do you care? Does it even matter? Probably not.
The NFL draft has been one of the longest, nerdiest and most soul-crushingly dull sporting events for many years now. Some drafts have gone on so long as to outlast international cricket matches, with single rounds taking four or five hours to complete.
Thankfully, the NFL decided to reduce the amount of time between picks this year and actually sped up the draft to a reasonable tempo. Of course ESPN made up for this by having a full FIVE HOURS of pre-draft coverage, but even that was more pleasant than watching the analysts stretch out predictions and cram sappy player interviews between fifteen minute lags in actual drafting.
Much like baseball speeding up the time between pitches, the NFL speeding up time between draft picks is better for fans, better for the players, and most importantly, better for TV coverage. Now if only we could get international cricket on board the speed-up train.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Sports
It's time for spring foot-ball, that bitter-sweet time of the year when you get to peek at next season but then must wait another four months before the games actually begin.
I love spring football because it fosters optimism for better things to come, because you can cheer and evaluate the team without the pressure of winning and because of the weather.
For some reason the clouds always part for spring football and let the sun and warmth of a perfect day shine down.
Anyone who loves spring football probably knows this already, but for those of you who don't may I suggest that you plan a picnic or a or a walk in the park on that very same day so that you can share in the sunshine and optimism that the spring game delivers.
I love spring football because it fosters optimism for better things to come, because you can cheer and evaluate the team without the pressure of winning and because of the weather.
For some reason the clouds always part for spring football and let the sun and warmth of a perfect day shine down.
Anyone who loves spring football probably knows this already, but for those of you who don't may I suggest that you plan a picnic or a or a walk in the park on that very same day so that you can share in the sunshine and optimism that the spring game delivers.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Randomness
I just got a call from my buddy Mike and he described a situation that I really wish I was there to witness.
First of all, Mike manages a store where he is expected to dress in nice suits and be well groomed all the time, so he usually looks nice, but today he felt extra suave because he got pseudo hit on by a woman... but not just any woman.
He was hit on by a 300+ pound woman in a motorized wheel chair who was pushing her likewise disabled mother who was in a non-motorized wheel chair.
Now, I can visualize the scene, as I'm sure you can... but damn it what I wouldn't give to have actually seen that.
First of all, Mike manages a store where he is expected to dress in nice suits and be well groomed all the time, so he usually looks nice, but today he felt extra suave because he got pseudo hit on by a woman... but not just any woman.
He was hit on by a 300+ pound woman in a motorized wheel chair who was pushing her likewise disabled mother who was in a non-motorized wheel chair.
Now, I can visualize the scene, as I'm sure you can... but damn it what I wouldn't give to have actually seen that.
Politics
I went to lunch today with a guy I work with named John and we started talking about the presidential candidates. Now, normally John and I talk about sports and sports related video games, but seeing as this was the second day in a row that we went out for lunch together it's my guess that we were pretty much out of topics and were just grasping for something to fill the awkward silences.
Anywho... John started asking me about Obama and Clinton and what I thought about their various plans for things like health care, immigration and the economy, and during the course of the conversation I came to realize that I don't really know a thing about their plans for health care, immigration and the economy because I haven't been paying attention to what either of them has said in about three months. Not since the primary/non-primary we had here in Michigan when we all cast votes and then the Democratic Party promptly pitched them into a paper-packing portcullis have I listened to what either has said.
Now, I can guess what their positions are just by the nature of them being democrats, but what I don't know is if either one can be an effective president.
At this point, who can really know such a thing... and who can really care? It's way too early to start having an informed opinion on anything because we still have one too many candidates in the race. There are three, when there should be only two.
Sometimes I forget that McCain is still in the race because he's like the NFC champ waiting for the AFC to decide which team is going to the Superbowl to clobber him. However, he still technically counts as a candidate, which means one of them will have to go before I wake from my political hibernation because I can't stand more than a binary choice in any election.
Call me on November 2nd when I take the day off to vote, because that's when I start researching who and what I want to vote for and not a minute before.
Anywho... John started asking me about Obama and Clinton and what I thought about their various plans for things like health care, immigration and the economy, and during the course of the conversation I came to realize that I don't really know a thing about their plans for health care, immigration and the economy because I haven't been paying attention to what either of them has said in about three months. Not since the primary/non-primary we had here in Michigan when we all cast votes and then the Democratic Party promptly pitched them into a paper-packing portcullis have I listened to what either has said.
Now, I can guess what their positions are just by the nature of them being democrats, but what I don't know is if either one can be an effective president.
At this point, who can really know such a thing... and who can really care? It's way too early to start having an informed opinion on anything because we still have one too many candidates in the race. There are three, when there should be only two.
Sometimes I forget that McCain is still in the race because he's like the NFC champ waiting for the AFC to decide which team is going to the Superbowl to clobber him. However, he still technically counts as a candidate, which means one of them will have to go before I wake from my political hibernation because I can't stand more than a binary choice in any election.
Call me on November 2nd when I take the day off to vote, because that's when I start researching who and what I want to vote for and not a minute before.
Smart Peoples Blog
SMRT PPLZ BLOG... haha!
Calling this the "smart peoples blog" and spelling it with retarded Internet spelling is just funny to me. It's not funny in an "I'm so clever" kind of way, but funny in an "I don't know why" kind of way.
Anyway, I don't really care if anyone finds this amusing except me because I'm just going to write from the hip about stuff that I like. Sports, politics, games, religion and technology are all things that interest me but I'm also going to write about my life and whatever else I happen to think up.
My goal here (and I do have a goal) is just to write as much as I can as often as I can because I like writing and I have so little opportunity to do it when I'm not utterly censoring myself.
I tried MySpace for a while but all my friends and family are on there and I really just want my own anonymous piece of the internet where I can be free to yodel on about whatever I want.
So, buckle up gentle reader and enjoy the ride... or not, whatever.
Z
Calling this the "smart peoples blog" and spelling it with retarded Internet spelling is just funny to me. It's not funny in an "I'm so clever" kind of way, but funny in an "I don't know why" kind of way.
Anyway, I don't really care if anyone finds this amusing except me because I'm just going to write from the hip about stuff that I like. Sports, politics, games, religion and technology are all things that interest me but I'm also going to write about my life and whatever else I happen to think up.
My goal here (and I do have a goal) is just to write as much as I can as often as I can because I like writing and I have so little opportunity to do it when I'm not utterly censoring myself.
I tried MySpace for a while but all my friends and family are on there and I really just want my own anonymous piece of the internet where I can be free to yodel on about whatever I want.
So, buckle up gentle reader and enjoy the ride... or not, whatever.
Z
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