Sunday : 22 January 2006
*backtrack*
Saturday morning, I was going to take the car in for an oil change. However, the friendly folks at Saturn decided that wasn’t going to happen. *braincramp* So, I did some cleaning. And laundry. Can’t forget the laundry.

Later in the evening, I went to dinner with and her boys; it was her youngest’s fourth birthday. After dinner, we watched Remember the Titans. Good movie, I hadn’t watched it in a long time. We were going to follow it up with either Do the Right Thing, Enemy of the State or Purple Rain, but I was tired (I started nodding off near the end of Titans), so we decided to forego the double-feature for another time. I was tired enough to even skip Saturday night breakfast. (Sorry to leave you hanging, .)

I woke up with the mother of all headaches this morning. I wish that I had been drinking last night, then I would have understood “why” I had it. Some panacea in painkiller form and two hours of sleep later, I felt nominally demi-human again. I got the car’s oil changed and did some more cleaning around the house.

While cleaning, I watched the Steelers-Broncos AFC Championship game. I was expecting a little more of a game. Pittsburgh brought out the legendary Steel Curtain and kept the Broncos from finding the end zone in the first half; Denver had to settle for a lone field goal – compared to Pitt’s twenty-four points – going into halftime. And it didn’t get any better for the boys from the Mile High City. Pittsburgh took it away 34-17. After that game, I kept an eye on the Panthers-Seahawks game. Whoo-boy… to call that “a game” is a gross overstatement. It was a beatdown, pure and simple. The ‘cats couldn’t buy a break. Miscues, bad/broken plays and a dominant Seahawks team were just too much for them. The Seahawks won 34-14. So…

Super Bowl XL
Seattle vs. Pittsburgh
Sunday, 05 February 2006

…and as much as it pains me to say this: I’m hoping for the Steelers to win.

To round the evening out, I had dinner with before picking up from the airport.

Stray Toasters

  • Having cleaned most of the house, my next task is to do the same to the HCC. I’m thinking that napalm may have to be used…
  • From last week’s four-color shwag, I was really impressed with Infinite Crisis #4, Legion of Super-Heroes #13 and All-Star Superman #2. I think that the best part of All-Star Superman was Lois’ absolute refusal to believe that Superman is really Clark Kent… especially after years of trying – and failing – to prove the connection. Classic.
  • The Secretary of Defense himself, Deacon Jones, did the opening bumper for the Steelers-Broncos game. It was pretty damned cool.
  • *placeholder*
  • How do you pronounce the following words:
    • February
    • Library
    • Often
  • I have almonds.
  • From Newsarama: When Superboys Collide
  • Note: Ceiling fans should not go long periods of time without being cleaned. Two words: “Dust buffalo.” That’s all I’m sayin’.
  • : Seared meats on the grill. *nod*

Tomorrow, it’s back to the work-a-day grind, so I think I’ll call it a night now.

Namaste.