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So…after the first two rounds, we’re left with teams that weren’t supposed to be here (except for the Patriots). Of course, Manning (of the Peyton flavor) threw for over 400 yards against the Chargers and the Chargers still won.

I’m glad the Pats aren’t playing Indy, but I don’t know how glad. San Diego is a damn good team. Standard operating procedure would dictate that Belichick will attempt to take away their biggest weapon — namely, LDT. After that, force Rivers to throw. And Rivers has a lot of picks and the Pats have, I believe, the fewest turnovers in the league.

Which doesn’t make me feel any better. We have two games to go, and San Diego worries me, and, should the Pats make the Superbowl, well, Green Bay, with a smarter and less mistake-prone Favre — also scares me. At the very least I think both games will be very good ones — or, well, really, bad ones, meaning closer games.

Can’t we just crown the Pats now? The thought of them not completing the perfect season eats away at me. If they lose either the AFC Championship or the Superbowl, that 16-0 regular season won’t be remembered like the ’72 Dolphins were.

Either way, folks, enjoy the ride with the Patriots, because you ain’t seeing anything like this again for a while. Unless, of course, they do it again next year, which is highly doubtful, although they’ll still have talent (a little bit less, Samuel will most likely be gone, and so on) enough to pull it off.

But let’s face it; this is the year. It’s all up to the Pats now. Two more games. 120 minutes of football.

Game on.

Note: I did not expect the Giants to win, but they carried over an enormous amount of momentum from the end of the regular season and made it work. I will freely admit I underestimated the Giants.

Yet I’m going to write something about her. Oh yes.

I just read this off of http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/ (my comments in brackets):

Demi speaks up for Britney

[a headline like this, you know you’ve hit paydirt]

Hot on the heels of George Clooney, Demi Moore is apparently the latest star to speak out in support of Britney Spears – criticising the paparazzi who follow the singer night and day.The 45-year-old Indecent Proposal actress told V magazine: “It’s become something that has absolutely no boundaries whatsoever.

[Yes, because Britney keeps running around finding various ways to throw her career in the crapper and spend astonishing amounts of money on crap. You know how much money that woman has wasted? My tear ducts are still dry, here.]

“With the expansion of the internet and various blogs, it’s become absolutely out of control – at times very dangerous, certainly intrusive, and in many moments that I’ve personally experienced and that friends have experienced, it’s terrifying.”

[Well, when they actually dare you to blog it, you really should…but why is it I have a feeling that terrifying doesn’t mean the same thing to us in the hoi-poloi as it does for Demi and Britney?]

And the mum-of-three apparently confessed she too has found it difficult to deal with attention from the snappers. “It’s difficult when they hang out at the bottom of your street waiting for you to drive by. But no one has seen it worse than Britney Spears,” she added. “How can anyone see that and think that’s an okay way to expect anybody to live, no matter where they’re at in their life?”

[Okay, Demi, it’s true the paparazzi are assholes. I agree with you there. But it’s the price of fame. Another person in this situation would not be on track to lose all of his/her money. Which Britney is. Britney is going to spend every last cent…and that’s why the tear ducts still remain dry, because all the woman has to do is be marginally competent in using an ATM to basically live a very easy life…]

This is annoying me a great deal. John McCain, early leader in the primaries, is simply not electable. He’d be the oldest president (at 76, I believe) ever elected. Also note he’s the genius behind “campaign finance reform” that limits free speech and moves people who can fund themselves (like Romney — blech) into the limelight simply because of the size of their wallet. And rumors of McCain’s temper abound — and I don’t like an extremely temperamental guy in the White House (say what you will about Bush but he keeps grinning and going forward, not blowing up either way).

Giuliani is the guy. Trust me. Giuliani will give Hillary OR Obama a damn good run. McCain is a very very likable guy. I understand that. But we should not be electing based on likability. Which is why, frankly, Hillary deserves the Democratic nomination; her experience dwarfs that of Obama’s (two years in there?).

All I can hope for is that Rudy’s bet (to stay out of Iowa and New Hampshire and focus on Florida and Super Tuesday) works. These things swing back and forth a lot. It’s way, way, way too early to crown McCain or Hillary or anybody.

I would also like Chuck Norris to roundhouse kick John Edwards. I’d do it myself but the Action Jeans haven’t come yet.

Oh, hey, very interesting and very flattering, I’ve been linked as one of the top local bloggers by The Swellesley Report.

One good turn deserves another, so I’m going to put them on my side navbar. It’s a great site if you were born in the area. Let me put it this way: if you remember things like, oh, the bridge that used to say, “Aerosmith Rocks Natick!”, you’ll like the Swellesley Report.

Anyway, my best to them and my thanks.

There you have it. As I hit the sack, the projections are Huckabee and Obama in Iowa.

Begging the question: What the hell do they put in the water in Iowa?

And it’s just starting. Perhaps I’ll just support a media blackout.

Perhaps I’ll blow up the TV.

I had a disturbing conversation with an old friend of mine tonight. I can’t say who it is, but…well, my blog is my little space to vent…and I have to vent. Not anger, not frustration, but worry.

My friend is having severe problems. Okay, even though it’s grammatically incorrect, I will refer to my friend as “they” so I can remain neutral about gender. They cannot have their privacy compromised.

They have an addiction problem they can’t face. They have a recent incident in their lives that is (severely) adding more stress which is in turn fueling the addiction. They have a history of some mental illness, a topic which I am altogether too familiar with. I am worried the stress may be bringing some of it back for them.

Do me a favor. Just, for a second, wish my friend some luck. Some willpower. Wish them some goodwill. They need it right now. I was able to talk to them for a little while and get their minds off their problem, but…it was like putting a finger-sized band-aid over a buckshot wound.

Just…wish the dharma swings their way, wish the yin and yang are restored, wish my friend luck. Say a prayer. Call on St. Jude. Just think something positive. That’s all I ask. My friend doesn’t deserve this.

On the bright side, all of my other friends (including all those you see linked to here, which eliminates any of them, just to make those guys feel a little better) are doing great. As am I. I just hope maybe some of the good vibes spill over to my friend in need.

Sometimes life sucks, and sometimes life sucks for someone else, and sometimes that’s worse.

Vent closed.

SearchSerge.com is now linked on the right navbar.

Have fun.

While we’re on the subject of Chuck Norris…

Okay, I want to make this clear: in no way do I endorse Mike Huckabee.

But this is one hell of an ad he ran. 🙂

For those of you who haven’t seen this yet…

Once again, click on the picture for the full-sized photo…

Alright, the NFL playoff schedule is set…or as set as it can be right now. Check it out here.

As for the Patriots, they play the lowest seeded winner of the AFC Wild Card games.

Which means:

Saturday, January 12 4:30 p.m.: Seattle, Tampa Bay, or New York at Green Bay 8:00 p.m.: Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, Cleveland*, or Tennessee at New England.

*Note — I’m pretty sure Cleveland is out of it now because of what happened in the Cowboys game…