Near Is The Summer Of My Discontent
Because I'm Your Father | January 28I realized this morning that something isn’t quite right. Something just seems to be missing. There is an unexplainable void, as if The Haitian has paid me a visit recently. Is it the fact that I’ve neglected my blogs to the point that BIYM actually got mad at me about it yesterday? Is it that one elusive blue Wedgit I need to complete my masterpiece. No, that’s not it either.
Then it hit me… THERE IS NO FOOTBALL TODAY.
Just as the epic struggle between The Heat Miser and The Snow Miser begins as the seasons change, the football and summer sports gods wage their battle near the close of winter. But the deities of sport are not little fuzzy, lovable, singing bundles of joy. Nay, they are indeed unmerciful bastards. For to foreshadow the vast, dark, emptiness of summer in such a viciously cruel way, as to leave the week between the playoffs and the Superbowl free from the glorious pigskin, is the stuff of Shakespearean tragedy.
(For those of you who enjoy that summer “sport,” of which I do not speak, I refer to a previous entry for my thoughts on the matter.)
Well, there is always Arena Football. Oh, wait a minute. Our team is called The Kats. Eh, maybe not. I suppose I could look to hockey to quell the tide of summer. YES! Why not. That team is called The Predators. A much more fearsome moniker. And would you look at that. They have the best team in the league right now. So bring back the cold and ice (aaa-ooo), if for just a few more months! Timonen’s across the blue line… He shoots! He scores!!!
(yes, this is also posted at my joint… it’s just how I do)
Holy shit.
BIYF lives.
You mean there is a VOID between sports seasons? Is there such a place where sports is not on television during each of the 24 hours during the day?
Say it ain’t so.
Mocha, if you’re refering to the other recreational activities between NFL seasons, then I suppose using your verbage, yes there is.
Ahhh yes, yesterday was bliss without football for one Sunday. But, next weekend will be thoroughly enjoyed in my house, as my husband has been a Bears fan since he was about 2!
I still have a hard time admitting Nashville has a hockey team. I do have to say they are doing great this year. I am not too crazy about footbal as the sport shows a lot of behaviours I don’t agree with (such as taunting). I find hockey players to be much more reserved and respectful. Then again, this might just be a difference in cultures..(i.e. French Canada vs.States)
I will actually be missing the 2nd half of the game as I am playing hockey that night!
Actually you might want to give the Kats a 2nd look. My dad and I have been going to see our local team (the admittedly more fearsomely named Rattlers) for 15 years now and it’s been great. Quite family friendly and exciting too, with lots of loud music, fast paced, and high scoring. Trying to watch on TV isn’t the same as being there though, so grab the boy and take him down to the arena sometime.
Pitchers and catchers report soon, right?