Spent Friday deathly ill for half the day, then tagged Amy who was up half the night getting sick herself. Residual soreness, lethargy, and permaheadache today. We sold our tickets to the last UW football game for the season for $100 and elected to watch it from home, a decision I do not regret despite the fact Wisconsin trounced Minnesota to go 9-0 on the season. Amazing stuff. Who knew they had it in them?

I am currently watching what the announcers on Fox Sports World have correctly labeled “one the best MLS playoff matches of all time” between DC and New England. Sometimes I fear for MLS because of the inconsistent nature of league games that have a tendancy to ebb to a low quality, but this match has been scintillating stuff. 3-3 at the moment and I’m rooting for DC so Freddy Adu has a chance to play in the final in his first season. Overtime coming.

Laxdaela Saga is getting quite good. Twenty-four chapters in and the main characters are just now coming to the fore. It makes me want to read them all over again now that I have a better idea of how the sagas fit together, like a mosaic. Laxdaela Saga, for instance, has characters from Eyrbyggia Saga, Egil’s Saga, The Saga of Erik the Red, and Njal’s Saga. Everytime I walk into my office, though, I pick up “The Physiognomy” and read the back cover. Too much stuff to read, not enough time.