What I did this weekend, in between cleaning up vomit and watching football; all three things completely unrelated. Stomach viruses suck! As do collard greens and rice in a pool of watery bile, your son's foot covered up to his ankle. Pink yogurt and chunks of undigested oatmeal aren't too hot, either. Wondering if that … Continue reading

To: Paul Tagliabue re: The Monday Night Football Affair cc: NFL Owners, ABC, ESPN, sports journalists Remember how much you guys derided the XFL when it debuted? Hypocrites. In other news, as I don't like to post here too often about comic book stuff, and the one site I've been hanging out in doesn't have … Continue reading

Christmas came early for the Gonzalez kids this weekend as family and friends came through with toys o'plenty. So much so, I had to do some pruning of their existing stash lest they overrun anymore of the apartment. Annoying noise-making toys and a bagful of stuffed animals were the primary victims of the purge. Only … Continue reading

Late-Friday Randomness... Assuming this cold we're all fighting doesn't ruin things, tomorrow's birthday party for the kids should be fun. We're expecting 12 kids altogether, the most by far to be in our place at one time. Never mind the 20 or so adults accompanying them! Isaac was sick as a dog for his first … Continue reading

Pumpkin Seeds: Are You Ready For Some Football? Edition

1. Thanks to Eliel, I'm going to tonight's Jets/Giants pre-season game! Guess that means I really can't back out of his feature at 13 on Monday, hunh? 😉 2. The football season couldn't have been better timed, what with the Mets doing their best impersonation of Justin Guarini's entertainment "career." Please, please, please give me … Continue reading Pumpkin Seeds: Are You Ready For Some Football? Edition

Franklin Delano Roosevelt State Park turned out to be a perfect place for an extended family picnic and Saturday's weather couldn't have been better for it. Considering I haven't been to the gym in over a month now, I should have known better than to jump into a game of two-hand touch without stretching at … Continue reading

Arkansan Wesley Clark to Plug Patriots So Wesley Clark, good old Southern boy that he is, is a...Patriots fan? As in the New England Patriots? And this only a few days after Madonna endorses him for President? Can you spell loser? C-L-A-R-K.

Between the unpredictability of the football season and a particularly vibrant baseball playoffs, this is the most exciting time of the year in sports. The underlying drama of the playoffs is as compelling as any book or movie and as unpredictable as the best episodes of Survivor or the workings of the female mind. I'm … Continue reading

In other news... Judge overturns ruling on Redskins nickname "There is no evidence in the record that addresses whether the use of the term 'redskin(s)' in the context of a football team and related entertainment services would be viewed by a substantial composite of Native Americans, in the relevant time frame, as disparaging," she wrote. … Continue reading