I know, I know...it has been awhile. I could offer the usual myriad of excuses, but I won't. Hey, I've been busy, you know?
The kids football season ended last night. Thank God. As much as I love high school football.....its a real hassle to have to rearrange anything we might want to do in order to go to one of their games. Geez, how would I feel about it if I didn't like football?
We went out to the Panthers hockey game the other night....absolutely killer seats.
2nd row right behind the visiting team's (Washington Capitals) bench. Just an unbelievable view of the action. So naturally the Panthers played one of their worst games of the season...45 shots....1 goal. Ugh.
Kellie got tonsillitis this week. A pretty nasty case too. She missed a couple of days of school while the anti-biotics took effect. We thought she might have to miss last night's game because of it. The band director told her that if she missed the game....she would have to write an essay on "respect" and "responsibility". Mind you, this is for someone with a doctor's note. Now, if she just skipped the game, or even if she was out of town for whatever reason....that's one thing. But she had a freakin doctor's note! So she showed up at the game, sat with the band but didn't participate--and I called the wife of the school's owner today and complained. Squeaky wheel gets the grease people.
By the way, she appears on the road to recovery since she didn't start crying when I told her that her room was a pigsty. What is it about teenagers being slobs?
So yesterday we had an office luncheon--ya know, for Thanksgiving and all. We had it catered by Boston Market and it was actually quite good. So why do I mention this?
Because we have around 90 to 100 people in our office. 30 people showed.
Why so low? Some people felt the price was "too high". Now the $12 got you 3 pieces of sliced turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, a corn muffin, drink and desserts...all delivered to our door. I find it amazing, yet not totally surprising that those same people that didn't want to spend the $12 (cough, cough...cheap bastards!...cough)
for the lunch were the first ones to come and grab some of the leftover desserts that we brought back to the office. I mean, people....work with me here. We have maybe one or two luncheons per year. Live a little.
And don't even get me started on the group in the office that didn't participate because, as near as I can figure, the "usual" party planner wasn't involved in planning this one.
We felt oh so spurned by your failure to attend. What a bunch of idiots.
Do I seem crabby?
I guess its a week worth of venting being let go. Some of you sports fans may have read that former Michigan head coach and (cough) "icon" Bo Schembechler died yesterday....the talking heads at ESPN have been laying it on a little thick in their praise for the old Wolverine coach.....Okay, first of all...I'm sorry the guy died, feel bad for his family and all....
But....
I hate to speak ill of the dead...but I'm sorry, this guy in death has suddenly become this "loveable, but crusty" old coach. Nope.
He was a huge a-hole. I mean...HUGE. I'm not even talking about his stint with the Tigers either...
As some of you may know, I'm a big Notre Dame fan.
Bo hated Notre Dame. I mean, as in....a vile, low, snake in the grass kind of a hate. When the ND-Michigan series started up again in 1978, Bo was (needless to say) not in favor of it. He used to say things like....that Michigan didn't need Notre Dame, ND needed them. I guess Bo was only up on Michigan & Ohio State football history, and hadn't read up on Notre Dame's exploits on the gridiron. Whenever the subject of Notre Dame joining the Big Ten would come up, Bo would lead the Michigan brigade in spouting the anti-Notre Dame venom--much of it bordering on anti-Catholic rhetoric. So you might say that I had a good chuckle when I heard the p.a. announcer at Notre Dame stadium exhort the fans at the Notre Dame-Army game this afternoon to:
"Observe a moment of silence for Notre Dame's friend Bo Schembechler."
I almost choked on my lunch at that comment.
Bo Schembechler was a lot of things....but a friend of Notre Dame's was not one of them.
Fortunately, the administration had more class in his death announcement towards Bo than he ever showed towards the Irish.
Oh, and one more thing. Bo was a highly successful coach at Michigan. I don't deny that, although I would point out that the majority of his tenure in Ann Arbor was during a period when he could phone in at least a 9-2 or 10-1 record.
There were no limits on scholarships, so he could load up on kids who might play at another school but would basically ride the bench for 4 years at Michigan. The reason the Bo-Woody series was so memorable was that essentially it the only game that either of them really cared about. I always found it hilarious that when the Wolverines might lose an early game, maybe out of conference, and essentially cost themselves a realistic shot at the NATIONAL title, Bo would remind the media that all he really cared about was winning the Big Ten title and going to the Rose Bowl. Yeah, sure.
And finally, let me remind you that the guy NEVER won a national title. Geez, even Lloyd Carr has done that. And yet, there on ESPN last night, I sat there and listened to John Cooper try and tell the audience that....get this one....that Bo was one of the top 5 coaches of alltime.
Say what?????? Top 5 of alltime? He's not even the best Michigan coach of alltime (Ya might want to look into the names Fielding Yost & Fritz Crisler). I mean, c'mon...that's just embarassing. The guy was a fine coach, with an impressive (if slightly inflated) coaching record.
Its a sad day for Michigan fans. But let's not make like Bo was Bear Bryant.
There, now that I've vented, my sympathies to his family and Michigan fans.
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I'm done being crabby for now.....although, I might point out that Notre Dame, despite winning today by 41-9, allowed a pathetic Army team to score on the last play of the freaking game. Can't we put anyone away??? I can't help but think that some stupid voter who only listens to ESPN will find 41-9 to be different than 41-3. Just my opinion though.
There, now I'm done.
Later,
Jeff
PS...next time? Movie reviews!!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww!!!!
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