UngsungBlog: A (Fantasy) Sports Blog

Apologies for not blogging in so long. Things have come up, I’ve been sick, yada yada yada.

On with it.

Quick-hitters:

- Am I the only one that hates to cash checks that have those cool security features on them (inks that disappear when you apply heat to them, e.g.)?

Yes, I’m easily amused.

- Speaking of checks…current rebate-o-meter: $2700. Unfortunately, that does not include the $400 or so in rebates I have yet to file.

Sigh…

- I hate adjusting to Daylight Savings changes. I’ve been waking up an hour earlier than usual for the last three days, and for some reason, I am still sleeping at the same time as usual.

Maybe I need a sleep aid, if you know what I mean.

- I never did get a chance to finish my spanakopita (it went bad).

I think it is time to make some more.

(There’s nothing wrong with cooking at 11:30PM, right?)

- Here are my quick “Game of the Century” (Patriots @ Colts) thoughts:

• This game was, in a number of ways, the reverse of the ‘06 AFC Championship Game. The Pats wore the Colts’ D out, and rallied to win late in the fourth quarter. BTW, if the Pats finish this season, they better send the Dolphins a gift basket for getting Wes Welker from them for some seashells.
• I wasn’t at all upset that the Pats won the game…until that one Patriots defender spiked the ball on the Colts’ midfield logo, followed by Bill Belicheck’s non-handshake with Tony Dungy. Way to be classy, guys.

(Now I’m not one to wish injury on people *whistles*, but if the Patriots continue to act like classless jerks, and one of their key players happens to get injured on a dirty play, don’t expect me to feel bad for them.)

• One must wonder what the outcome of the game would have been if Marvin Harrison were healthy and Anthony Gonzalez didn’t leave the game with an injury…

By the way, idiots like me are allowed to paste an asterisk on the Patriots’ season. Legends like Don Shula, on the other hand, need to show a bit of restraint. For those of you that haven’t yet heard, Shula thinks that a Patriots’ unbeaten season deserves an asterisk because of the whole Spygate scandal. It doesn’t help that Shula happens to be the coach of the last NFL team to go undefeated. Shula is a Hall of Famer, but that doesn’t give him a right to whine about being joined in the record books by an alleged cheat.

(One might argue that a 19-0 Patriots record would be more impressive than the Dolphins’ 17-0 mark, due to the extra two games and the parity in today’s NFL.)

Hopefully, if New England loses a game, the living members of that undefeated Dolphins’ team don’t party too hard. By the way, I wonder if they’re worried that the 2007 Dolphins might go 0-16 this season.

- This won’t be a thorough review of today’s Office episode, as I don’t really feel like spending too much time on it.

That being said, I really enjoyed today’s episode. Watching Jim totally fail at replacing Michael for the day was awesome, and poor Jim for being called Michael by Phyllis! I LOL’d when they showed Jim’s talking head while in Michael’s office! At least Jim tried to be not-Michael when he insisted on resolving his birthday party idea outside of the conference room (though I would have loved to see how THAT would have worked out!).

And who didn’t see Jim’s genius idea of one big birthday party blowing up in his face? Speaking of Jim, you could see it in everyone’s faces–even Pam–that his idea wasn’t going to work out at all.

I was hoping Michael was going to use some fake British accent and go with Bear Grylls (Man v. Wild) instead of Survivorman, but Michael was still awesome in this episode. I wonder how much Rainn Wilson enjoyed whacking Steve Carell with his shoe :P. Same goes with Dwight having to run down to Michael to stop him from eating those mushrooms.
The end-of-episode scene was great, and showed how important (believe it or not) Michael is to running the Scranton office. I thoroughly enjoyed watching Jim acting like Michael while trying to run the office for the day. Is he the second coming of Michael Scott? *shudder*

Favorite moments (a brief overview):

• Michael suggesting that something was wrong with a bunch of guys hanging out in tents, making S’Mores, and then suggesting that people should go camping alone…or with another person.
• Dwight: “Don’t worry…the safety is (pause) *click* on.” (LOL!!!!)
• Toby explaining to Jim that Michael “threw” a party for him on a Friday at 4:58pm.
• Jim being scarred for life after Phyllis called him Michael (could he sue for that?).

By the way, am I the only one seriously sweating the fact that The Office may be coming to a premature end–for this season, at least–because of the writers’ strike?

*cry*

That’s all I’ve got for today.

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