Another Day for You and Me in Paradise

Blah, blah, blah. I don't feel like writing an intro today. A matter of fact, I don't have that much to say. Still can't get enough of Terrell Owens' reaction shot last night in the opening of Monday Night Football where they were spoofing Desperate Housewives. Classic.

Women of Your Local Business

Playboy is launching another of their "Women of..." series with the "Women of McDonald's" coming today on their website, Playboy.com. This follows recent editions such as "Women of Wal-Mart" and the "Women of Home Depot". Of course, they also recently did a "Girls of the ACC" issue featuring a really cute blonde from my alma mater.

Just thought I'd bring it up to further embarass a friend of mine. During my time at FSU, they did another edition of "Girls of the ACC", where one pinup worked at a local bar across the street from my dorm (I lived in Broward Hall, so the bar was The Sweet Shop for you fellow Noles). Anyways, I just had a friend who was obsessed with her and would drag me along whenever he went over there, regardless of what else I may of had to do (but lets face it, I didn't have much of anything to do). The sum of the story was, that he's stupid and I'm still paying my student loan bills that I probably dumped a good deal of cash at that place. I'm not much of a storyteller. But it is kind of cool to realize that you deal with a Playboy Playmate on nearly a daily basis. Don't know why, but it is.

Woman I'd Stalk If I Weren't So Lazy

Today's is the ultimate in laziness. Don't know her name or really anything about her. But this week's "Woman I'd Stalk If I Weren't So Lazy" is the girl in the white shirt (third from left) in this picture from Bush's victory celebration in Time Magazine. Today, I present an open letter to her:

Grand Owl's Secret Lair
St. Petersburg, Florida
November 16th, 2004


Dear Girl In the White Shirt (Third From Left) from the Picture in Time on Page 32,

My name is the Grand Owl, and I came across your photo as I was ripping pages out of the Bush victory issue of Time last week to burn in a sacrificial pyre. After seeing your majestic beauty, it gave me a chance to reflect upon myself and also what this past year has done to our nation. Like you, I am thankful that this derisive election season is over and am prepared to start the healing process as this glorious nation proceeds through another four years of a Bush administration.

Yet, I do not believe that our nation can truly begin to mend until members of the Left (i.e., me) and members of the Right (i.e., you) reach out to one another in the spirit of friendship and brotherly love that was fostered by our forefather's (except that whole incident where Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel, apparently a highlight in American history for certain members of the Senate from Georgia). That's why I believe you should meet me, at your convenience, so that we can do it on live television as a symbolic gesture that the nation has moved on from the animosity generated from the election and is prepared to be reborn in a union of one nation.

You may contact, through AOwL.com, to make arrangements for what I feel will be a historic event in the annals of our great nation. With this one expression of unity, the two of us can make a difference and help to lead this nation to a bright new tomorrow. I look forward to your response.

Sincerely,
The Grand Owl

Random Thoughts

• Boy, they could have just condensed last night's Monday Night Football game to a series of highlights and mailed in the rest ala a SportsCenter segment. Spectacular plays intertwined with intolerable tedium. By halftime I was watching the Serena Williams/Maria Sharapova tennis match on ESPN 2.
• Last week, the NFL finalized television contracts with Fox and CBS to continue airing Sunday matchups through 2011. One thing about this new arrangement is a provision which allows the league to pull a game from Sunday and move it to either Sunday or Monday night. While this is good for the home fan who watches the games on TV, it's not really good for the fan who pay exorbatant sums to actually go to the game. See, in order to pay $75 a ticket to sit ten stories above the field, people have to work. Generally, these people work normal jobs from Monday-Friday, and may travel a distance to be able to attend a game. So, I'm sure quite a few fans would be upset to have bought tickets for a game that was supposed to take place at 1 PM on a Sunday afternoon, and then have it moved to 9 PM on a Monday night. For example, while I live here in the Tampa Bay area I have tickets to see my beloved Bears play the Jacksonville Jaguars at Alletel Stadium next month. I paid quite a bit to be able to see the Monsters play about four hours from my home and would be extremely upset if, a few weeks before the game, the NFL up and announces that they're moving it to Monday night, meaning I either have to take two days off from my job in order to go or giving up my opportunity to see the Bears play (which, of course, I would want a refund). Just something that these NFL execs should think about as they're rolling in the $8 billion dollars they're about to get.
• Here's something for NHL executives to think about... While the NFL's collective bargaining agreement doesn't expire for a couple years, they're already in talks with Union officials on extending it. Last year, throughout the NHL season, it was like "Are they even going to bother to start talking, or are they just going to wait for the lockout to start?" Well, apparently they chose the latter, and still haven't begun any meaningful discussions, meaning that this entire season is just weeks away from being wiped entirely from the books. Way to f'in go!