Hundredth Post Craziness!

Okay maybe not. I really should get out more. Anyways, add another emotion to the Paps-amometer. Ecstatic. And jumpy.



















Anyway, seconds before this picture, he struck out one Mr. Seth Smith, who attended the University of Mississippi. So at baseball's highest level, it all came down to one final round of State vs. Ole Miss. Kinda cool, huh? And yes, I am fully aware that no one else really noticed or gives a shit. And congrats to my hometown D-III Millsaps Majors for getting some pub around the net today. You know them, they're the team in purple that just will not tackle. (SATURDAY'S A RUGBY DAY!!!)



Yep. That's them.

And finally, I'm trying to watch an entertaining evening of my Broncos on the ESPN, but it's turned into a Farve-centric Farve-tacular on Monday Night Favre-ball. We get it. He's a legend. Trust me, I've had to keep up with him since I was in Jr. High and he was at USM. I've played against his high school, one of my friends swears he sees him at church occasionally, etc, etc. I am well aware of his legendary NFL stature. His wife's story is certainly inspirational (his gangbanging sister...not so much). It's just a little overdone in true ESPN sports-ENTERTAINMENT style. The constant highlight reels going to commercials, the shots of cheeseheads in Mile High. Ugh. I feel like I'm rooting for the Washington Generals or the bad guys in a wrestling match or something.

I spoke too soon

Did it seem like my last post would indicate that a certain college football team had been a frustratingly inconsistent waste of my Saturdays? Because if you thought for a minute that I doubted them...well, then you could see why I drove nine hours for a wedding instead of three for the MSU-UK game. Who knew?
































And now for the recaps:
Miss. State 31 Kentucky 14
A Balanced Offense? What team was I watching again?
State of Shock
And the locals, they aren't exactly taking this well. Work should be fun tomorrow. One thing I've noticed is people saying that Kentucky was worn out after playing LSU and Florida in consecutive weeks, but I'd just like to point out that State had to play at UK after having played UT and then at West Virginia (with a ridiculous result), so that excuse doesn't cut it.
So now State is one game away from being bowl eligible, with three games left. I hope it doesn't come down to the Egg Bowl, because Ole Miss would just LOVE to screw State out of a bowl. Kentucky is already bowl eligible, and for them there's always basketball season.
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REAL Long Time No Post

What can I say, in the process of finding a new job and not going totally batshit crazy at work (to say nothing of the recent crop of weddings and annual birthday malaise), my "craft" here has suffered. As has my liver, but that's another story for another time. My normal pedestrian Fall weekend distractions of football have sadly been of little solace. I'm looking at you, alma mater. And my normally competent NFL team has mysteriously been mediocre, too (but hopefully that's changed). It's enough to turn anyone into a beliver of bleak, dehumanized, jumpsuit or trenchcoat-laden futures, so here are the Top 50 Dystopian movies. There, I feel better already.
And now, since it is World Series time, here are the many faces of former Bulldog Jonathan Papelbon

Focused



















Jubilant (and still frighteningly intense)

















...I have no idea, but it looks like fun