Bear Down, Chicago Bears

YES!!! Two weeks in a row, my glorious Chicago Bears have been the victors in an epic NFL struggle. OK, that's how I would write it if I were working for the group over at NFL Films. But yes, the Bears won again last night. I nearly wrecked my car on I-4 when I heard them do the recap on Fox Sports Radio. They'll be up against another 3-5 team this Sunday in the Tennessee Titans, so do I smell a three game winning streak... Well, no, that's something else entirely. Ewww...

My Brother's Keeper

So, I was back home in Orlando this weekend for my little brother's Eagle Scout ceremony, the top honor in the world of Boy Scouts (I, on the other hand, didn't make it out of Cub Scouts... An old family motto is: "The outside is why mankind invented the inside."). So, big ups to him as I've seen pictures of him out on the camp-out and picked him up from a weekend long canoe trip in the pouring rain and cold.

But the topic of conversation yesterday wasn't my brother's achievement in the world of scouting, but in the world of dating. You see, my 14 year-old brother has been dating a girl from his neighborhood since the beginning of the school year. Last weekend, he took her out for their first homecoming dance, and this weekend she got to meet the rest of the family. At this rate, they may be married by Christmas.

The general consensus of my family, though, is that he's too young and that the girl is a little too wild for him. I didn't start dating until I was nearly 19 (we met a couple of days before my birthday, always good for an easy present), and too this day am not big on the dating scene. However, my brother and I are polar opposites on the personality scale. While I'm more reserved and brooding, he's more outgoing and personable. While his girlfriend maybe a little more crazy, it looks more like they balance each other out than one taking on the personality of the other. So I say, good on ya. Don't listen to the family, as they're the reason why they've never met anyone I've been involved with and they probably won't until one day I show up married.

Random Thoughts

• I was watching one of those "Scariest Police Chases" shows on SpikeTV over the weekend, when what should I see. Three of the segments were from right here in Pinellas County, Florida. They had a drunk trying to do a field sobriety test in Largo, a high speed chase down the Howard Frankland Bridge which is down the street from my apartment, and another chase down what appeared to be U.S. 19 in Clearwater. How about that for some civic pride?
• Speaking of which, I saw the aftermath of a high speed police pursuit this morning across the street from my apartment on my way to work this morning. I couldn't tell what kind of car it was because it was wrapped neatly around a palm tree, killing the passenger. I don't get why people run from the police. What are the odds you're actually going to get away??? 9000-1??? You're one person against the combined efforts of the city police, county sheriff, and state highway patrol! If you're willing to commit the crime, you better just face it when you get busted instead of trying to run like a punk.
• Well, I guess congrats to the Charlotte Bobcats for getting their first win Saturday night against my Orlando Magic. Their win came on the 16th anniversary of the Magic's first win back in 1988 against the New York Knicks (I was there). I guess the silver lining is that the Magic are at least 2-1 with some potential, unlike their 1-2 last year when you kind of sensed that something was wrong and it wouldn't be good.