28 January 2007 ~ 5 Comments

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Near Is The Summer Of My Discontent

I realized this morning that something isn’t quite right. Something just seems to be missing. There is an unexplainable void, as if The Haitian has paid me a visit recently. Is it the fact that I’ve neglected my blogs to the point that BIYM actually got mad at me about it yesterday? Is it that one elusive blue Wedgit I need to complete my masterpiece. No, that’s not it either.

Then it hit me… THERE IS NO FOOTBALL TODAY.

Just as the epic struggle between The Snow Miser and The Heat Miser begins as the seasons change, the football and summer sports gods wage their battle near the close of winter. But the deities of sport are not little fuzzy, lovable, singing bundles of joy. Nay, they are indeed unmerciful bastards. For to foreshadow the vast, dark, emptiness of summer in such a viciously cruel way, as to leave the week between the playoffs and the Superbowl free from the glorious pigskin, is the stuff of Shakespearean tragedy.

(For those of you who enjoy that summer “sport,” of which I do not speak, I refer to a previous entry for my thoughts on the matter.)

Well, there is always Arena Football. Oh, wait a minute. Our team is called The Kats. Eh, maybe not. I suppose I could look to hockey to quell the tide of summer. YES! Why not. That team is called The Predators. A much more fearsome moniker. And would you look at that. They have the best team in the league right now. So bring back the cold and ice (aaa-ooo), if for just a few more months! Timonen’s across the blue line… He shoots! He scores!!!

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5 Responses to “Near Is The Summer Of My Discontent”

  1. Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah 28 January 2007 at 2:23 pm Permalink

    So THAT is how we get you to blog? No football?

    Sheesh.

  2. Mr. Big Dubya 28 January 2007 at 7:04 pm Permalink

    Ok – who are you? BIYF doesn’t live here anymore so I’ll ask again, Who are you? And what have you done with Inspector Clouseau?

  3. Maniacal 29 January 2007 at 12:15 pm Permalink

    ’bout time you blogged something sheesh! lol

    It was very weird to not have football ALL WEEKEND!

  4. Jonathon 30 January 2007 at 5:11 pm Permalink

    I’ve also contemplated arena football…when the horns aren’t playing, there isn’t much else to do.

    Here’s the Superbowl.

  5. CroutonBoy 31 January 2007 at 10:55 am Permalink

    I’m taking bets…who thinks the next blog entry will be announcing the beginning of football season?