Random Friday Night Rants.......

Niiiice going, Dick!

• I'm not too certain what I saw with the goal post flags during last Sunday's Bills-Tennessee game near the end of the 4th qtr. when the Bills were 4th-and-5, and were staring at a 45-yard field-goal attempt, but Skull-Zombie (Bills head coach Dick Jauron) decided to attempt a half-arsed pass play to get the five yards and it ended up in an interception which ended the game AND the Bills playoff chances. Skull-Zombie later told the assembled media after the loss (on pitifully attempting to explain his logic on the failed 4th-and-5 attempt) that "The last play of the game we were just outside of Rian's field-goal range, really a good deal outside of it by our marks....."

• No, this ISN'T playing Monday Morning Quarterback: Sure, there was wind, harsh at times. But what I had seen on TV was the goal-post red-tape flag-thingies A) - Stream in the wind INTERMITTENTLY, not CONSTANT! and B) - APPEAR to stream in a manner indicative of more of a CROSS-BREEZE then 100% purely in Bills kicker Rian Lindell's face.

• Oh.....2006 season stats?? Lindell is eight of ten from 40 - 49 yards out and two for two at 50 yards or further out!

Good to see a coach demonstrate confidence in his kicker.

Thanx, Dick....another post-season on the couch for our Bills.....


Christmas Thrill Ride From Hell......

• ALWAYS fun to trek through the deep, mountainous Interior of British Columbia in the winter on poorly-cleared roads (snow packed on top of black ice) with not snow tires, but rather all-seasons that are balder than (former Midnight Oil frontman) Peter fucking Garrett!!! On a two-laner (Hwy. 97c), got stuck for more than an hour in a traffic queue as (somehow) a Honda Accord almost literally sheared off the front nose of a Ford Econoline van and (somehow) sent the van 25 feet (8 metres) off the road and over a ditch and it still managed to stay upright!

• Still, though.....well worth it! Got to spend Christmas in an amazing mountain log house belonging to my friend's parents (straight off the boat from Bavaria) who told me that "Krugenjammer" is NOT a German term for a hangover, and probably not even a real German word at all. Last time I trust the trivia machine at The Old Pink for factual information........

• According to my friend's parents, the correct term is something like: "Ich habe ein affe"
• Which means: "I have a monkey." Errmm........OK.

• Others have told me that what the Old Pink's triv machine MEANT to state was not "Krugenjammer," but rather "Katzenjammer," which translates to "wailing cats." Errmm......OK.

And speaking of monkeys..........

16 games picked: Five correct = 31.25%













16 games picked: Nine correct = 56.25% INCLUDING a Oregon Sports Action first (for this year, anyways): A $4 four correct out of four card paying forty bucks!


You reap what you sow.......

• GOTTA hand it to the airlines! First, after years of mis-management driving most of them into Chapter 11, they, in a pathetic attempt to gouge money out of the traveling public, create artificial demand by drastically reducing the number of planes flying (thus, greatly reducing the number of available passenger seats). What happens? London gets buried with almost blinding fog thee exact same time Denver gets crushed by a blizzard!! Two major hub airports.....down! People stranded at airports for literally DAYS (because when the fog at LHR and the snow at DEN finally DO clear, there's simply not enough available seats to accommodate the people whose flights were cancelled.....at least not enough available seats until a few days later)! And ground agents wonder why they have to put up with infuriated passengers on an almost daily basis???? Ain't brain surgery, guys....figure it out!

Have a happy and safe New Year.....

-E-