Ex-Pat's Pats: An All Too Unfortunately Appropriate Earworm

[Sigh] I heard this song, tonight, while out and about and it hit too close to home...

I have no idea where this post is ultimately going or even how my attitude will change between hitting "Publish" and the Super Bowl... I guess the fact that it's well after 11pm on a work night and I can't sleep over thinking about this speaks volumes about how much I need to get a fucking life.

Okay, apparently 11 out of 12 tested balls were 2 PSI below the league's minimum and sources describe the league as "disappointed ... angry ... distraught".Something I am curious about is if the Colts did bring this up way back in November, as described in the linked ESPN article, why was nothing addressed until now? To me, that's as fishy a coincidence as the number of under-inflated balls.

As scandals go, let's face it, this one's pretty fucking lame. It wasn't like Belichick was offering bounties to hurt other players. Brady sure as hell hasn't been rumored to be a domestic abuser. And, Vince Wilfork is no rumored murderer (the Pats quickly cut ties with Aaron Hernandez).

Frankly, the way the Colts played would not have saved their bacon if those balls had been perfect and I have to agree with the Vikings' Coach Zimmer on this one.

And, why is nothing serious being made about pushing the upper limits of regulation inflation? I got news, if it's over 13.5 PSI, Aaron, it's an illegal ball (hat tip to Braden Campbell). Just what else goes on as different QBs secretly play with their balls?

And, closer to home, Bill Belichick is no fucking Richard Nixon! Not even close (and, who's the poorer for this, the detractors or me for defending him?).

Let's face it: from the Tuck Rule Game, through Spygate, to Deflategate, my karmic balls are completely busted and something that had once been so special to me has gone flat and lifeless. My excitement for the next Super Bowl lasted only about 5 hours before all the news broke like flies landing on a big pile of shit. I'm not sure what's busted my balls more: the legitimately serious infraction of things like Spygate or the self-righteous, faux-moral primping and preening of the various Patriots detractors I've seen and listened to over many years before Eric Mangini became a household sports name.

All this at a time when I'm beginning to feel that the NFL has moved away from football and into pro-wrestling.

I wish I could have a little fun and sit back with beer and pretzels to laugh at all the self-righteous primping and preening but I find I have no more stomach for it and the whole mess of the detractors and team antics leaves me feeling that it all has eroded my soul and left me all the poorer for it.

Weekend Eaworm: 02/02/2014

Happy Groundhog Day!

Oh, yeah, and there's also some sort of ball game on I guess... I'll keep it brief so's we can all get back to enjoying the eight hours of pregame shows.

Weekend Earworm: 02/01/2014

Happy February (where did January go?)! Here's to leaving what's safe behind, breaking out of your ruts, and making a break for it.

Weekend Earworm: 01/26/2014

Time to take that "midnight train going anywhere"...

Weekend Earworm: 01/25/2014

Not much to say for this one that can't be said by the song itself...

Weekend Earworm: 2014 AFC Championship's Getting Close to Game TIme

Just about game time. It's 3pm, EST, so that places it about 11am up here in the wilds of Alaska. Let;s see if I get this right to start a few minutes before it all kicks of...

Bigger butterflies in my gut than if this were the Super Bowl itself. Two titans, both aged veterans and arguably the two best quarterbacks to ever play, are about to square-off. You all know who I root for; however, I've never felt totally comfortable with the "Who's best, Manning or Brady?" arguments. They're both football demigods in their own right.

I'm aiming this for all the boys on both sides of that field. Patriots and Broncos, it's time to rock.

And, we salute you!

Weekend Earworm: 2014 AFC Championship Day and the Best Laid Odds

It's Destiny; it's Inevitable an inevitable thing that Peyton will assume his rightful place at the head of the gridiron pantheon?

I think with Brady and the boys in the house, you could sorely find another thing coming.

That's right here's where the talkin' ends
Well listen this night there'll be some action spent.
Drive hard I'm callin' all the shots
I got an ace card comin' down on the rocks.
If you think I'll sit around while you chip away my brain
Listen I ain't foolin' and you'd better think again.
Out there is a fortune waitin' to be had
If you think I'll let it go you're mad
You've got another think comin'.
In this world we're livin' in we have our share of sorrow
Answer now is don't give in aim for a new tomorrow.

Weekend Earworm: 2014 AFC Championship and the Jungle Road

Let's face it. We all knew, way back when in the season, that the AFC's road to the Super Bowl was going to route through Denver this year. And, while I don't fear Peyton Manning, I certainly am not very comfortable with the Patriots' performances in Denver over the years.

Think about 2006.

Still, this incarnation of the Patriots is something to behold. The "Next Man Up" continues to do his job.

Here's a little hoping that nothing is inevitably Denver's to lose and, even though the Pats are coming to Denver, they can make a jungle of it for Manning and Company and ride out of there on some now suitably broken wild Broncos all the way to the Meadowlands!

Weekend Earworm: 2014 AFC Championship Weekend and the Throw Before the Toss

Some may question my choice of this song; however, it's one of my tops in the Psych-It-Up list on the iPod:

We don't come alone we are fire we are stone we're the hand that writes then quickly moves away
We'll know for the first time if we're evil or divine we're the last in line yeah we're the last in line
Two eyes from the east it's the angel or the beast and the answer lies between the good and bad
We search for the truth we could die upon the tooth but the thrill of just the chase is worth the pain
We'll know for the first time if we're evil or divine we're the last in line yeah we're the last in line oh oh oh
Yeah we're off to the witch we may never never never come home but the magic that we'll feel is worth a lifetime

Weekend Earworm: 2014 AFC Championship Weekend Kickoff

There may be a distinctive "Get PUMPED-UP!" theme to this weekend's earworms leading up to, hopefully, the Pats riding the Broncos and leaving the little horsies in the corral of the off-season.

Here's to looking to leave Mr. Manning and Company once again thunderstruck.

Weekend Earworm: 01/12/2014

Oh Cr@p! Forgot to set this to go out on time...

Watching Broncos/Chargers and feeling that old superstition start to build for AFC Championship...

Weekend Earworm: 01/11/2014

I've already done this one as an earworm and you all know why this song is important to me as it pertains to the Pats. With all the injuries this year, it may be more prescient than ever.

Here's hoping they keep on getting back up and making it count!

Weekend Earworm: 01/05/2014

So he said:"Once there was a boy
Who woke up with blue hair
To him it was a joy
Until he ran out into the warm air
He thought of how his friends would come to see;
And would they laugh, or had he got some strange disease?
God shuffled his feet and glanced around at them;
The people cleared their throats and stared right back at him

Weekend Earworm: 01/04/2014

Cloudless every day you fall upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning

And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky. 

The Flu's had me knocked about for a couple of weeks and letting this song "echo" is a good thing to bring us all back together. Crank it up and be ready for a real experience!

Weekend Earworm: 12/21/2013

For Didda, ever in each others thoughts if not presence:

Weekend Earworm: 12/15/2013

This one is dedicated to the Denver Post's New Marijuana Editor:

Weekend Earworm: 12/07/2013

I think this one is appropriate to let let speak for itself...

Weekend Earworm: 12/08/2013

And I'll love her yet, though she has done me wrong
And I'll bring her back, though she has been long gone
And I'll always be her
Broken hearted savior

Weekend Earworm: 12/07/2013

The clouds are building and it's only a matter of time...

Feeling rather blase about their first album, they're cover of this song is what actually drew me to Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians.

Weekend Earworm: 12/01/2013

The Lucky One might appreciate today's selection from the iPod earworms...

Let's kick it up a notch after yesterday's bout of being kind've maudlin. Today, I find I'm sweating bullets from either that goofy bout of nostalgia or too much excellent turkey over at Fishing Buddy's house. Not sure exactly; however, maybe it's time for a million deaths of brain cells?