Day seven on the bench; the good news is that I have been off the heavy pain pills since yesterday morning.\u00a0 Keeping my fingers crossed that things continue to progress.<\/p>\n
I fired up WoW for a few minutes last night.\u00a0 I was not really in the mood, but I did have a couple of easy quests to knock out, so I got some easy experience and reputation before calling it a day.\u00a0 I am back at the point where I do not feel like I am getting my money\u2019s worth for the monthly subscription.\u00a0 When I do play, I enjoy the game, but there are so many other distractions that it is hard to find time to play.\u00a0 For those of you still on the WoW fence, the good news is that I am living proof that you can play infrequently, manage to level a bit (I think Faltutin, my gnome mage is L37), and not be hopelessly addicted to the game.\u00a0 The addiction thing is a lot of hype for gamers that do not really live a balanced life.<\/p>\n
This morning I had a brief moment of brilliance (I know, crazy talk).\u00a0 The Braves should move Chipper to 1B, and put Escobar at 3B.\u00a0 I think this would give them a little more offense, which is sorely needed at this point.\u00a0 No telling if Andruw Jones is going to come around this season, so Cox really needs to start mixing it up to try to get something going.<\/p>\n
While I was doing all the heavy thinking, I came up with another stunner.\u00a0 Everything is too quiet on the Vick\/dogfighting front.\u00a0 I think this means that the Feds are not having much luck getting Vick directly connected to the dogfighting mess.\u00a0 What should the Falcons do?\u00a0 At some point, if anything else comes out that is damning towards Vick, the commissioner will have to take action and suspend Vick.\u00a0 If the Falcons want to take a wait-and-see approach, they could just demote Vick to third-team QB, and just assume he is not going to be around at some point later this year.\u00a0 If Vick comes out smelling clean, the front office can see if anyone is desperate for Vick\u2019s considerable athletic talent; a trade for picks and salary cap relief is all we can hope for at this point.\u00a0 If Vick is suspended (or worse), then the Falcons would have already started preparing for life without Vick.\u00a0 Either way, it is time for the Falcons to move on and start rebuilding.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s NASCAR race does not start until 5PM EST, which leaves the door open for IRL and CART races, both on at 1PM EST on ABC and CBS respectively.\u00a0 I will watch whichever one is presented in HD, but I am not holding my breath that either will get the HD treatment.\u00a0 I do not watch NASCAR races the way I watch a football game, but it makes a huge difference for me when the races on FOX or TNT are presented in HD.\u00a0 The bottom line is that HD makes everything better.<\/p>\n
I do not see the US\/Mexico Gold Cup final listed, so I guess it is not getting play in the Southeast, which is a damn shame.\u00a0 I cannot understand this, because if anything, I would think that Mexican-Americans would give the match a decent rating.\u00a0 Soccer will never arrive in the US until we get coverage for all National Team games.\u00a0 Hopefully we are not that far from this point, but based on not seeing any Gold Cup events, we still have a decent ways to go.<\/p>\n
Tonya just took the kids out of the house for a couple of hours.\u00a0 I should be resting, and to be honest I am \u2013 this post is coming to you live from the bench (err, the bedroom).\u00a0 Still, a few minutes without the kids in the house is a few minutes that I can crank up Resistance.<\/p>\n
Happy Sunday!<\/p>\n
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