Did anyone else hear his post-game commentary where he said that he would favor the Packers over the Cowboys to appear in the Super Bowl if they just had a reliable running back?
Question: would he still be saying this had the Broncos managed to score a touchdown in the dying seconds instead of a field goal? Erm. No.
I love my Packers silly but let’s get one thing straight—they’re lucky as hell to be 6-1. I am not, and never have been, a Mike McCarthy fan. His crappy play calling should have cost the Packers more games than just the dreadful second half display against the Bears. Again tonight, he successfully killed second-half momentum by abandoning everything that was working and instead running the ball into the ground. What drives me nuts is his smug post-game interviews, where relying on the fickle wind of Fate was apparently always in the game plan.
The Pack look acres better than they did last year but they still ain’t the real article. Unlike most Bears fans I know, I can love my team and still admit this…
I finished Steinbeck’s Tortilla Flat last week—it was okay.
I’m reading PKD’s Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said this week—it’s only okay. I cringe at some of the writing and the women are bitches, sluts, deceitful, stupid, or all of the above. So far the book has some cool ideas surrounded by some not-so-great stuff.
I hope to finish the audio version of Blood Meridian this week—it’s much better than okay. The worst part about audio is that I naturally tend to space out for a few minutes from time to time but usually can still keep track of the plot. Unfortunately, I miss some of the niftier turns of phrase. This isn’t exclusive to McCarthy, but I have lost my place a few times in BM (no crass jokes please) and in trying to find the thread of the story, stumbled upon some terrific descriptive passages that I’d missed earlier.
A quick count reveals I’ve consumed 52 books in 2007, both audio and the paper kind. Why does it feel like it should be so much more?
Current Mood: Ready for Bed | 
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Hey, somehow the Packers are finding a way to win as opposed to last year! Steve Young sounds like a brainiac compared to the babbling of Tony Kornhieser. He is an idiot!
How was your weekend with T&S?
Later!
Yeah, from what I’ve heard, the best thing about Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said is the title.
Blood Meridian is one I actually read rather than listened to. There are definitely passages of richness and wonder that you can get lost in, sections that might wash over you in listening. I want to read it again in a year or two anyway. You might feel the same way. I think if more people who thought The Road was so great tried Blood Meridian, they’d forget all about The Road.
Agreed, pop. I’d rather see the Packers win poorly than lose fantastically. I just thought Favre’s performance (once again) overshadowed a sub-par performance. All the penalties on defense? Inability to score inside the 10? Bad play calling? And I don’t care for Tony Kornheiser’s “intellectual” brand of sports talk especially in that segment where those two jerks yell at each other.
Blood Meridian is definitely going to be a re-read. I just re-read A Scanner Darkly after listening to it this summer and got more out of the read. Audio books are great but they’ll never replace reading for me. I’m hoping FMTTPS picks up but I have a feeling Dick wrote it when he was in a rut…
Still, I saw exactly one play — and it won the game. Favre can still throw, 17 years into his career.
Dr. Phil
The Packers drive me crazy, but that OMG pass that Brett made on the first play of overtime – it doesn’t get any better than that!! I had just stuck my foot in my mouth (again, some would say) and said, “they stink” when they let the Broncos get to the 1′ line, but I ate those words 30 seconds later! Go Pack!!