I stopped into Scams Brassfield yesterday right as they opened at 4. And sure enough, by 4:45 or so the Cowboy fans were steadily trickling in to the point that there were more than a dozen of them milling around the joint. Only Dallas fans could get so over-excited by 2 straight wins that they forget their record (3-7 entering Turkey Day) and swear that if the Boys win out, well, by golly, watch out in the playoffs. In a perverse way, you have to admire their delusions of grandeur. Even if Dallas had won out, finishing 9-7, it was highly unlikely they would garner one of the two NFC Wild Card spots. There are too many teams, outside the West, that are gonna get to 10 wins this year. The Cowboys weren't gonna overtake any of the following teams -ATL, NO, GB, CHI, PHI, and NYG. And were highly unlikely to overtake TB or WAS for that matter. But they did beat the Lions - at home, as 7 point favorites!!! What an accomplishment!!! All of this phony hope turned out to be for naught, as Dallas fell yesterday. I was kinda hoping they'd keep the streak going and I could enjoy listening to Cowboys' fans talk of potential playoff glory this season. Malcom Jenkins put a stop to all that though. I sincerely hope to see Dallas fans back out next week for their meaningless game at Indy. Because if the Boys pull the upset and make it to 4-8, watch out!!! We'll get to hear more delusional talk of potential playoff glory.
Today is something that is called Black Friday - a term I have never understood. When I first heard it as a kid, it frightened me. I assumed it meant that white folks had to stay home that day and if we didn't there was gonna be hell to pay. I was way off there. Then I thought it had something to do with the stock market crash of 1869 and my man Jay Gould. Wrong again. Later I thought it was an homage to Steely Dan & a day to listen exclusively to Becker & Fagen. So I did for a number of years. In fact, one year I put on Katy Lied for hours on end. Turns out I was misinformed. Eventually I gave up trying to figure out what the hell Black Friday means in relation to the day after Thanksgiving. I just stick to watching college football.
On TV yesterday and today, these ads for jewelry stores are running incessantly. You know the type - some pitiful guy gives a not too terrible looking chick some diamond necklace under the old Christmas tree & voila! The babe gives said pitiful guy a big kiss with the unstated promise of relatively boring antiseptic sex to follow later in the day. And if these kinds of ads get guys to get off their asses and fight the traffic and the crowds at some mall somewhere to buy some overpriced trinket for a mediocre looking wife/girlfriend, then shame on the guys falling for this marketing ploy. I will admit that I have bought jewelry before as a gift for a girl. But not because of some scheme cooked up by Madison Avenue. I bought it because the girl asked for it. Too simple, right???
I noticed there is a new Harry Pothead movie that has invaded the mega-cinemas around the country. I have no clue why people care about this. Aren't these actors like 21 or something now? And portraying like 12 year old potheads? How is this believable? Several of my Faceshit "friends" commented last week that they were WAITING IN LINE to see this unwatchable piece of crap. It's baffling. Isn't the whole premise of the thing that Harry Pothead and his buddy, that little redheaded creep, and this babe named Harmony sit around the boarding school and toke for hours on end??? Just rent a Cheech and Chong movie for God's sake. What's the difference?
Alright, I'm bored with this today.
And catch the grey men when they
Dive from the 14th floor
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