GOOD TO SEE THE ASSISTANT COACH FROM WATERBOY FOUND WORK
Working for Nick Saban has to be a step up from assisting The Fonz.

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QUALITY VETERAN OF THE WEEK
There's nothing as deflating as pulling up to your house, thinking you're going to be able to lay on the couch, toss back a few cold ones and watch Monday Night Football but walking through your front door and seeing your wife watching "Dancing With The Stars." This happened to me Monday.  I actually wished we were still without power.  The only saving grace was I got a good look at Susan Lucci, who quite honestly, I've never really paid attention to.  This woman is 61.  61!  Getting it done into your 60s earns you Quality Veteran of the Week honors, even if it doesn't get you an Emmy until they feel so bad for you they hand you one just because you're old. That, by the way, is what we call "The Rizzuto."

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THIS WOULD MAKE A NICE GIFT
I talked today about how I get jobbed on my birthday because my wife and I usually get gifts for the two of us since our birthdays are so close, which usually means we get something like a laundry hamper.  Hint to anyone shopping for our gift this year....we have yet to buy a calendar for 2009.

Actually, I could use a calendar for the office as well.

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JOHNNY BENCH'S BUZZ KICKS IN AT EXACTLY THE :43 MARK.
From last night's Red Sox game.

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HOW COOL IS THIS?
14 games in 23 hours to tip off the basketball season on the ESPNs.  With a nice little window for a nap when they show a women's game.

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LANCE McCALISTER ASKS THE OBVIOUS
Got this e-mail this morning:

Mo:

Holly Weber.  Blog worthy?

Lance.

Gee, not sure.

Also this morning -

A movement by women to stop fantasy football.  Guest at 10am.

More people who don't pay for tickets telling you and I how to behave.

We owe Nancy Zimpher an apology.  I'll explain why.

Carson Palmer's press conference at 11am.

Marisa Tomei naked, Springsteen on the soundtrack, and a movie about '80s wrestling?  I'm seeing it.

If what we saw in the Reds game is how instant replay is going to be used, I hate it.

Typical Yankees.

The Red Sox won clinched a playoff berth last night.  Good for them.  But they didn't win anything.  No championship was clinched, and they'll likely be a wild card, yet the celebration was akin to winning a postseason series. How weak is that?

Just a delightful hazing story.  Seriously, what the hell is wrong with people?