Observations

Some weekend observations...

During Saturday afternoon's Badger football game, did anyone else find it particularly irksome that the first of the two Badgers to be injured was so injured due to an illegal block in the back?

Also, while watching the same game, I was wondering how many of the people calling for the firing of Brett Bielema are cognizant of the fact that many of the Badgers' woes have to do with poor decisions made by the players, especially the ones resulting in turnovers. It's not only the coach's fault if the quarterback throws an interception or a running back fumbles the ball.

Before the Badgers game I raked some leaves in the front yard. I didn't really get to the back yard, because I was running out of room at the curb to dump the leaves, mostly because the Stoughton street department hadn't picked up the last back of leaves I left there. We had the same problem last fall. Between this, how long it takes them to pick up brush left at the curb, and their mediocre performance at snow removal last winter, I don't have a very high opinion of their work.

Sunday brought what was perhaps the Packers best all around game of the season. The Bears didn't have many explosive plays, and the Packers were able to move the ball well both on the ground and in the air. Throw in a defensive touchdown, and it was the team's best performance so far, and hopefully indicative of getting their season turned around.

I turned on the TV before the game actually started, and caught the tail end of the Fox pregame show which featured Terry Bradshaw's rant about the Packers management and how they never should have let Favre go. Normally I like Bradshaw, and find him at least amusing if not insightful as well. However, the Jets success and the Packers mediocrity thus far are certainly not the sole result of Brett Favre, and I lost some respect for Bradshaw for him suggesting otherwise.

Mood: Thoughtful
Music: Judas Priest: "Breaking the Law"

Struggling

As they say on Fark, "this."

Mood: Thoughtful
Music: Billy Squier: "Everybody Wants You"

Barsoom

I was thinking the other day, as I was reading The Chessmen of Mars, the fifth book in Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic Mars series, that the books would make spectacular movies.

Well, the staff of the Topless Robot website must agree, because it was included in their list of sci-fi and fantasy books in need of the movie treatment.

Mood: Thoughtful
Music: Lynyrd Skynyrd: "Free Bird"