1. Tony Dungy retired yesterday from the Colts. I don’t think he’s a Parcell’s type who will make 8 returns to the game. I think he believes that he has a higher calling than football and it is not his life. Critics of Tony Dungy are as rare as Clemson basketball victories in Chapel Hill. Football’s loss is the world’s gain.
2. Jim Rice was finally elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his 15th and final year of eligibility. It’s a long time coming. One of my top ten pet peeves is the Baseball Hall of Fame voting. What has Rice done in the past 15 years to make himslef a more deserving Hall of Famer? Nothing. It’s just that the Baseball writers who vote for this honor are a bunch of morons. They have made being a “first ballot” Hall of Famer a distinction at the expense of other deserving players. Bunch of morons. I think they secretly ru(i)n the BCS too.
3. Still struggling to replace the church’s Macbook pro. I have sought the counsel of wiser Mac people than myself and still don’t know the best solution. Maybe one day Mac’s and PC’s will be completely compatible. They will probably announce that the day after the finals of the NCAA Div. 1 Football tournament, the MSNBC tribute to George W. Bush, the New York Times scathing critique of President Obama, and I buy Superman Returns.
4. Who’s the biggest loser? The couple who spend 30 minutes talking to the comic store owner about their Hero Clix tournament or the guy who waits in line behind them while his son, Drake, goes nuts? I finally left in disgust and will probably never go back. Why keep going to a comic store that you know won’t have any titles you want unless you’re on the subscription list? Why does a comic store order 5 copies of a book people really like and 20 copies of books people have never heard of? My options for new comic stores are Salisbury and Greensboro which are both about 15 minutes further than the one in Asheboro. Yeah, I know. My life is pretty amazing when this tops my list of struggles and frustrations. If I start wearing comic tees everyday and amassing a Hero Clix collection that takes over my living room then I will hope someone pulls an intervention with me.
5. Speaking of interventions, I am planning one with a colleague as we speak.
I’m off to replace a car battery. Twitter that.