milkshake.

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Has a sudden urge to go to msbelle's yard

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"Monsters of the Midway? Maybe more like 'Chipmunks of the Midway'..." (The Old Man in A Christmas Story)

New England resident and fan remains quietly smug, although secretly worries that Indy is going to stomp the Pats this time out.

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New England resident and fan remains quietly smug, although secretly worries that Indy is going to stomp the Pats this time out.

The Sox won the Series. I can forgive the Pats if they don't repeat the Bowl. For at least five years. (I originally typed ten, but I must admit even my beneficence has its limits.)

Happy birthday, Shrift!

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I can forgive the Pats if they don't repeat the Bowl.

Oh, I totally grok that. I just think they STILL get a serious lack of respect (proportionally speaking) from the national sports press despite everything. But that may also be the feelings of a football fan in a baseball town leaking through as well.

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welcome to my earworm.

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welcome to my earworm.

Hahah! I totally grossed my brother out with the first weird thoughts I had about that song after seeing the video. It's quite the accomplishment to gross out my brother.

At least your earworm is cheery, if strange. Mine is some dirgelike depressed song I don't even know the title to.

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The Sox won the Series. I can forgive the Pats if they don't repeat the Bowl. For at least five years. (I originally typed ten, but I must admit even my beneficence has its limits.)

Isn't it funny, Lysana. Last night, Scott was wondering how I could shrug off that the Big Unit is going to the Evil Empire. I just can't get too worked up right now. I'm not that greedy.

just think they STILL get a serious lack of respect (proportionally speaking) from the national sports press despite everything. But that may also be the feelings of a football fan in a baseball town leaking through as well.

I wonder what is the chicken and what is the egg, here. Not your personal feelings Frank, but you're right. We are a baseball town, and although the Pats true blue fans are every bit as diehard as the Sox (well, close enough) true blue fans, it's just not as important to us overall, nor to our press, and so I wonder how that affects the national press.

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I wonder what is the chicken and what is the egg, here. Not your personal feelings Frank, but you're right. We are a baseball town, and although the Pats true blue fans are every bit as diehard as the Sox (well, close enough) true blue fans, it's just not as important to us overall, nor to our press, and so I wonder how that affects the national press.

Well, I think part of the deal with the national press, is that no-one on the Pats is especially colorful or loud, so we come across as a little dull.

Tom Brady's good (and certainly photogenic) but he doesn't put up Manning type numbers or carry teams (at least perception-wise) like some of the guys who get a lot more press (aka Brett Favre). No one indulges in Terrell Owens-like behavior, internal dissent tends to get dealt with quickly and efficiently (the "They hate their coach" and the "Ty Law" kerfuffles went away pretty quickly), and Belichick keeps a tight lid on everything press-related anyway.

Coupled with the history of the team (i.e. sucking like a giant Hoover for years) I think that equals the national press looking for other things to talk about/praise. The fact that the local press is more baseball-centric only feeds into that.

Sorry for the sports natter, all. I have almost NO ONE to talk football with in meat space, and it comes up here so infrequently that, since it did, I ran with it.

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dammit, msbelle. now I'm all milkshakey.

I think I better turn iTunes back on.

Or, you know, go be productive at Staples.

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