Sunday : 01 January 2006
First: Thanks to for hosting the “Out with the old, in with the new” festivities.

Today started with the Ravens-Browns game. , , Perry and Max came over to watch the game and hang out for a while. punked out on us, but Nox and I did penalty shots despite his absence. (I skipped two shots because I was cooking out and figured that sobriety was a good thing when dealing with fire.) After fighting with the destructions instructions, I got the grill put together last night. It wanted to be a little temperamental when I fired it up this afternoon, but a couple of adjustments and it was working just fine.

I worked on ‘s new computer for a bit. Mmm. Driver installations… After that she, Nox and I went out for a bite to eat. After dinner, we headed off in different directions: She and Nox to his place to hang out; me to ‘s to watch the Rams-Cowboys game.

Ravens Update

Baltimore at Cleveland
16 – 20
The Ravens traveled to Cleveland for another meeting of Browns 1.0 vs. Browns 2.0

The game started off well… and then descended into madness. The Ravens looked uncharacteristically strong in the first half. I have no idea where those guys went in the second half, though. I can’t even blame the referees for making bad calls. It’s like the Ravens just… checked out of the game at halftime. They allowed 14 unanswered points in the third quarter and couldn’t seem to find the end zone to save their lives.

The season is now over and Baltimore ends it with a losing season. I still think that this is a good thing – they need some perspective on what it means to play the game as a team and not as a offense and a defense who happen to wear the same uniforms. One “positive” thing to come out of this is: While Baltimore and Cleveland’s records for the season are identical, the Ravens have a nominally better standing due to conference wins.

Here’s hoping for a better 2006 season.

Stray Toasters

Namaste.