Dear Blogosphere, forgive me for I have sinned

This is my first Blog confession:

I have actively rooted against VT tonight. I dislike a lot of the VT fans that I work with, or happen upon on a regular basis (though I am friends with a bunch that are great people).


But BOY do I enjoy Kansas' mega-fat coach, and his puffy face and ultra red cheeks

Dear Jessica Simpson, please travel to Seattle on Saturday

Dear Jessica,

You have provided so amply for us to date (is that a pun?), and so in our Redskins hour of need (part 2), all we can ask is that you travel to Seattle and use your . . . h hair for good against the evil Seahawks.


If need be, please feel free to invite Matt Hasselbecks' sister-in-law

Are the Jayhawks the bad guy?

If Virginia Tech is facing such an emotional end to its season (which is true), then would Kansas be the "bad guy" if they were to beat Tech?

I wish both teams well, and Tech has faced a lot over the past many months, but a lose for the Hokies doesn't mean they have failed anyone.

Let's retire a phrase - "Here's a ..."

Here's a guy ...

Here's a team ...

ENOUGH. NO MORE!

Every stinkin' sports commentator, journalist, author, broadcaster, or other such idiot uses this phrase all the time.

Here's a guy who is tired of this dumb phrase!

ENOUGH! NO MAS!

Let's "turn the page" on "here's a..." It has more than "jumped the shark".

WaPo - Reality Check: The Fat Won't Just Disappear

I will say at the outset, that sometimes your BMI is not reflective of your true health. Anyone who has a lot of muscle knows their BMI says they are fat, but they aren't.

BUT, wow, parents don't know their kid is fat? Most of the comments are worth reading though.

Reality Check: The Fat Won't Just Disappear

via On Parenting on 1/3/08

We've talked about the issue before: A significant percentage of children in the United States -- 35 percent according to national figures -- are obese. But who would have thought that their parents don't know it? That's the crux of research out of the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. The hospital's poll states that 15 percent of kids ages 6 to 11 are obese, as classified by their parent-reported height, weight and age, which was then calculated into their Body Mass Index. But 43 percent of their parents said their child was "about the right weight." Parent perception changed as their children aged. Of overweight kids ages 12-17 (they number 10 percent), many more of their parents classified them as "slightly overweight" (56 percent) and "very overweight" (31 percent). "It suggests to me that parents of younger kids believe that their children will grow out of their obesity,

Help us now, Jessica Simpson, in our Redskins time of need

Dear Jessica,

I've never asked you for much, but if you can help me out on this one little issue, it'd sure be super duper.

If you and your big



hair, can please give Mr. Romo a telephone call before the game that'd be great. Or heck, why not even just show up to the game unannounced to wish him well? And if you were to get caught on camera, it sure wouldn't hurt for your whole PR game.

The Redskins are struggling, so we can really use the help. And if it makes you and your supposedly very religious father (who wh*re's you out, and has done so since you were 15) feel any better, then our religious coach Joe Gibbs will surely pray with you before and after the game.

Thanks a bunch!

Mitchell Report: Middle America is immune?

The Mitchell Report is out (full stats of named players here).

Did no player in middle america ever use them? Is this proof of the viral element of the drugs in question and their uses?

Where can I find a timeline and a "flow chart" of players and where the use is being alleged?

Collins comes in, playcalling opens up

Wow.

Yet it seems that with Collins in the game, Al Saunder (Sub-Chief Advance Pro Temperate of Offensive Considerations, or SCAPTOC) felt more comfortable with the playbook. Either that, or Gibbs fell asleep and an intern started calling the plays.

We've seen glimpses of the opened up offense, notably against Dallas. The biggest point proven? We need to open it up, and we can't wait till the season is over. Too late though..


And for Jason?

Washington		Comp	Att	Yds	Pct	Y/A	Sack	YdsL	TD	Int
J. Campbell		10	16	100	62.5	6.3	0	0	0	0

We can only hope he is healthy, as the odds of another stellar Collins performance ain't high.

But tonight, he looked like an all-star. And as Gumbel said with great emotion, for him, this was Collins' "best game of the century". And of the past decade as well.


T. Collins QB
15-20, 224 yds
2 TDs


Possible Ewing theory at play?

If any were left, all the wheels (and the spare) are off the Skins wagon

Campbell "with a knee", Cooley with something else. Todd Collins (which sounds like a cocktail from the 50's) getting stripped.

Horrific.

Skins use S. Taylor as an excuse?

In post-game press conference and interviews, both Joe Gibbs and Jason Campbell (two of the worst Redskins performers) invoke the name of Sean Taylor as "reasons" for the loss.

I've been through personal losses in life, I know what it is like. So I won't say that they haven't suffered. But to use the name of Sean Taylor, and that they lost focus down the stretch of the game? When they've blown every other game in similar situations???

Frankly, it's disgusting. They blew it. They played poorly. They made numerous poor decisions. And to say "Oh, well, you know, we were bent up over Sean." That's horse****, pure and simple.

Let's play this game. You think Sean Taylor would have been excited with the poor level of play today? You think he would have been excited with Gibbs BLOWING a last minute timeout situation?

Shame on you all. If you're going to claim that Sean is an integral part of your season and situation, the be real and admit he had no role in your loss. You made bad plays, YOU messed up, YOU lost the game.

The ultimate sign Joe Gibbs has lost it???

The time out heard round the NFL world. WOW.

Since his return he's been known for horrible clock management. Now this.

His mistake cost the team (assuming a miss on the originally spotted kick).

But a 51 yard kick is WAY different than a 36 yard kick.

Result? Skins lose. Gibss must look stupid, but expect an "Aw gosh, gee wiz" post-game press conference response from Gibbs.

Damn shame...

998

998 unique visitors, a little over a half of them with help from Sports Illustrated.

Elevator up or down?

Yet another picture:



There is a lot going on in the picture the more you examine it. I only wish the arch at the top had been in the center of the picture...

Grains in the sidewalk

Taken outside of Union Station in downtown DC:

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I can't believe that the teenie tiny number of views/visitors I've had so far has happened. While it pales in comparison to anything even modest in the blogosphere, it's still fun to think that many people have read what I've written. And at least one person has come back!

The site is starting to take a direction I like. People who blog write about this mumbo jumbo all the time, they aren't happy with how "it's going". But now I get it. I have a "voice" for what I'm writing, and know generally what I'm writing about. So far it's a bit less sportsy than I want, waaaaaaay less business content than I want, and a good (too much?) amount about what I'm doing. I want to keep the "what I'm doing" stuff and turn it into tips and more "how to" stuff.

I also need to figure out how to integrate buttoms at the bottom of each post for

• StumbleUpon
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• Outside.in
• newsvine
• and move that ugly Digg button

It's always sunny in philadelphia?

I guess it is, because I finally watched some of this and it made me laugh:



And I mean a LOT. It's silly/crazy writing, very funny.

Rackers b*****s Smoot

Rackers takes Smoot out By the facemask for off-setting penalties.

What a pansy...

(who do I mean?)

Dressed up ferret? Must be a cowboys fan

WOW:

(T) Win!

A lame attempt, sorry, but DC got two big wins this weekend:

Skins over the Detroit Lions

and the TERPS over Georgia Tech (!!!!)

1 2 3 4 Total Georgia Tech 3 7 7 9 26 Final Maryland 14 7 7 0 28

Jason Campbell sounded great (from a waxing and waning radio signal), and MD sounded great.

Fun story (yeah?):

I listened to the MD game via their online feed, and immediately after they won I discovered it was being covered locally in Winston-Salem, NC. This was after being told at the Fox & the Hound (in W-S, sister bar to NoVA's Bailey's) that they game wasn't on locally and I'd need satellite to see it.

I'll take the wins, either way...