Took Some Time

My job in the summer is that of a holy war. No time to relent or you will die and die quickly. So I took some time off. It's not like I'm getting paid for this, and if I ever were I would still disappoint the hand that feeds.



1. Not mad at Lebron, not mad that he left, and I'm not mad about, "how he did it." Yes, normally you only see self gratification like that in the shower behind a locked bathroom door, but what did you expect? If you have that much freakish talent, you have a limited amount of time to maximize what has been given to you. When "it" starts to go, you will be bought and sold like a mutual fund. Why not play the world before the world plays you. Now is the time to be selfish, now is the time to take advantage, now is the time to go overboard. Spend the forty years after basketball reading to the the blind, building schools, and taking mission trips to God knows where. But for the next seven build the evil empire and run the table with your friends.



2. More Lebron...... If I hear one more of my fellow Clevelanders tell me, "It's not that he left it's how he did it," I'm gonna buy a Heat jersey and show up on that person's door step every time the Heat are on national television. Cleveland I know you and I love you. You are bitter, angry, and jaded, all of this before Lebron even left town. You would hate this guy no matter how he, "did it." I'm sure we will get over it and once again handle ourselves with the grace and integrity the nation expects from us.



3. If Brett Favre did what he has been accused of, then I wonder how many times sending a picture of his manhood to an unsuspecting lady worked. I have the over under at 10.



4. Week 5 sees the Cleveland Browns going into Pittsburgh with a third string rookie quarterback starting in his first game. I think I stumbled over head coach Eric Mangini's game plan on youtube today.



5. This is the last time I write about politics on here. The Tea Party is the kind of crazy mental health experts have no explanation for. Can't wait till they get elected and actually have to govern. "What do you mean an emotionally charged political rally won't solve the economic crisis? I don't think you get it, we're mad as hell and we're not gonna take it anymore..... I said mad!" Welcome to elected office, you actually have to legislate and become accountable to the people that elected you. Chalk boards and bullet point lists of general values worked well when I was in catholic grade school, but most of us have graduated.



6. Ohio State will loose two games this year and that should not be seen as a disappointment. The Big Ten is better and The Buckeye's biggest rival has a torpedo at QB who is one missed-tackle away from taking it to the house every time. Good thing Michigan apparently handed out scholarships to the University's intramural flag football champions to form this year's Wolverine defense. Glad the boys in "Cuffs N Cases" are getting their 15 minutes.



7. ESPN keeps putting Mark May on television and I keep breaking remote controls over my knee.



8. I've changed my mind; I now put the over/under success rate on Brett Favre electronically delivering his package to an unsuspecting lady at 17.



9. At this point the Indians need to have another 10 cent beer night. They owe it to the fans and to the city. I never thought the movie Major League would actually become reality. "Bottoms up JoBo."



10. Gumpy sports writers hate blogs. Grumpy sports writers hate grumpy umpires that don't want replay in baseball. Grumpy sports writers are right 50% of the grumpy time.