Month: October 2007

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The Holidays Cometh

When fall started, I didn’t think summer was officially over. It’s still 80+ degrees in Ohio. People are still sitting outside to eat. The Indians are still playing baseball. Summer’s still hanging strong but then it happened…

A trip to Wal-Mart ended summer for me. I was looking for some chairs for my balcony and spotted the nail in summer’s coffin, Christmas decorations. The workers were removing the patio furniture and outdoor decorations and putting the aisles and aisles up of Christmas items. The Halloween costumes have been up for weeks already. That brings me to the so-called holiday at the end of October, Halloween. I don’t know why exactly but I never have liked this day. It’s the whole dressing up thing for me, trying to figure out what to be and everything. My friends’ son loves Halloween, for him, it’s bigger than Christmas. Maybe it’s because I don’t get the candy anymore…

Todd’s listening to: Animal Liberation Orchestra – Girl I Wanna Lay You Down (Live)

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Schizophrenic Browns

A couple of my friends say the Browns are on one week, off the next. I’d have to agree with them. The Browns pulled off an unbelievable win against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. The final score was 27 – 13.

The team wasn’t the group we saw last week during the disappointing loss to Oakland. Some last minute trickery by the Raiders cost the Browns the game. This week’s Browns were focused and ready for the Ravens.

Yesterday’s showing gave Romeo Crennel some job security and most likely means rookie quarterback Brady Quinn’s time on the sidelines will continue for now. Derek Anderson threw two touchdown passes.

Leigh Bodden is not letting his legal trouble cloud up his play. Bodden intercepted a McNair pass then Anderson threw to Braylon Edwards for a 78-yard touchdown.

Which Browns will take the field this weekend against the New England Patriots. As of right now, the Pats are 3-0 but are playing Cincinnati tonight. They should have no problem rolling over the Bengals.
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Mash Up

This is a mash-up post. Got a lot to say but don’t want a lot of little posts. Here goes…

I took a friend’s advice and watched the BBC’s “Hotel Babylon”. It’s a good show that could fill the void for “Mile High” for me. For all purposes, it is Mile High, it’s just set around the hijinx that goes on inside of a five-star hotel. Good stuff. I watched four of them today on OnDemand. I love OnDemand. Search my blog for more on “Mile High”.

I’m watching “Flight of the Conchords” right now. It’s an HBO show and it’s kinda offbeat but it’s enough to keep my attention. I’m watching the second episode right now. That should say something. Adrienne suggested I watch it. Not bad so far.

I do miss having the CBC. “Coronation Street” is a dirty pleasure of mine. I miss laughing at the show all while trying to figure out what they’re saying with their harsh British accents. Truly great TV. Maybe I’ll have to move back to Detroit so I can watch four episodes every Sunday morning.

Speaking of marathon TV viewing, Amazon.com is offering the Friends 10 season DVD collection for half off. There was no way I was paying $300 for the collection but $150… yeah, they got me. If anyone wants to have a week long sit on my couch marathon, lemme know. The couch is comfortable….

Finally on the Mash Game… If you haven’t heard one of the prettiest/wacky songs out there right now, you should log on to ingrid michaelson‘s myspace page. How is it that you work Rogaine into song lyrics? She figures out how to do just that!

Have a great week!

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Countdown To Shutdown?

My old homestate of Michigan can’t get its act together and produce a budget so there’s a chance the state should shutdown.

The Michigan Legislature did pass a temporary budget extension. It allows the state to fall into a partial shutdown.

The state’s governor, Jennifer Granholm and legislators are working against a midnight deadline that could force state government to partially shut down.

The Associated Press reports Republicans want Granholm to accept a temporary, emergency budget extension that would give lawmakers more time to craft a longer-term deal aimed at erasing a $1.75 billion deficit in the fiscal year that starts Monday. Granholm has said she won’t sign a temporary budget unless she has assurances higher taxes to pay for education, public health and other programs are part of the deal. She said lawmakers already have had nearly eight months to come up with a blend of revenue increases, cuts and structural changes to head off the crisis.

Ain’t politics fun?