The Worst Job in Sports

Out of all team sports I think the position I would want to occupy least (assuming you're a regular starter - not an Eric Anderson) is a field goal kicker in football. You just sit around the whole game and if you make a field goal, you're supposed to but if you miss, you suck. Talk about pressure. Yes, you could end up as Adam Vinatieri but you could also be Scott Norwood. What a stressful job.
My roomate, Chris, argues that punting is the worst job because you don't even have a chance to be dope. I can see his point.
I still think I'd hate to be a kicker, though.

Yes, She Said It With a Straight Face

From yahoo.com:

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas derided any potential perjury charge as a "technicality," and suggested Fitzgerald may be trying to show that "two years' of investigation was not a waste of time and dollars."
Other Republicans with close ties to the White House suggested that Fitzgerald was looking at perjury and obstruction charges because he was having trouble proving that officials knowingly leaked the identity of a covert operative.

When Republican strategists are coming up with talking points on how to handle these possible indictments, I wonder if they don't realize how much statements like these just drip with irony. I mean, they must, don't you think? When someone points out how hypocritical the "perjury isn't that big of a deal" defense is, what can they possibly counter with? "Well, Karl Rove and Scooter Libby were lying about whether or not they outed a spy to smear a critic that claimed the administration manipulated evidence about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in order to justify a war they really wanted to fight, I mean, come on! How petty can you get?! Bill Clinton, now that guy was lying about blowjobs - that's morally reprehensible and he should have been kicked out of office!"

Onnnn Our Way Back Home, On Our Way Home, We're Goingg Hooooooo-oome

We have located Pacherski - he is safe and sound.

He advised that, in the future, should he disappear for a week or so, we should not be alarmed. "If I disappear and die", he assured us, "you'll see it on TV."

I will sleep better at night.

Turns out Chris was home for part of last week. Dave was in Teaneck for the majority of the week celebrating various Jewish holidays and hanging out with the Ner and the Marge. I was working fairly late and getting home at like 9 or 10. Chris, one may say, is on a different schedule than I. So, for Tuesday through Thursday afternoon while I was at work, Chris was home. When I was home, Chris was............doing whatever it is Chris does. Then, on Thursday, he drove to Georgia (cue in "The Best There Ever Was") with the Hollywoods to go to a wedding. He didn't tell me or Dave. He heard our messages from Friday but couldn't call back because his phone was shutoff. Apparently neither Luke nor Phil has a cell phone Chris could use. Yea, I don't believe that either. Anyway, he came home Monday night and that was pretty much that. How anticlimactic?.

It also turns out that Chris had, in fact, informed Dave of his impending trip to help celebrate his friend's nuptials but it had slipped his mind. The following conversation ensued on Monday night:

Chris: "Dude, I told you where I was going"
Dave: "No you didn't"
Chris: "Yes I did"
Dave: "When?"
Chris: "Saturday night when we were hanging out at the back room of The Black Bear Lodge"
Dave: "Oh yea"

And, thus, the saga ended.

The Great White Hoh-Yes!

From ESPN.com:
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A man got a prison term longer than prosecutors and defense attorneys had agreed to because of Larry Bird.
The lawyers reached a plea agreement Tuesday for a 30-year term for a man accused of shooting with an intent to kill and robbery. But Eric James Torpy wanted his prison term to match Bird's jersey number 33.
"He said if he was going to go down, he was going to go down in Larry Bird's jersey," Oklahoma County District Judge Ray Elliott said Wednesday. "We accommodated his request and he was just as happy as he could be.
"I've never seen anything like this in 26 years in the courthouse. But, I know the DA is happy about it."

What can you say? I bet it won't seem like such a good idea to the guy in 2035. But, hey, at least his sentence will match Larry Bird's old jersey number.

Where in the World is Chris San Diego?

Dave and I haven't seen our roomate, Chris Chaberski, since last Monday - have you?