- Thanksgiving is a mere two days away. How fucking exciting is that? In case I have never mentioned it before, its my favorite holiday. ORLY BRENDAN? ITS BETTER THAN CHRISTMAS?! Yes. Yes it is. I put it up against Easter, Halloween, New Years, et al. It trumps all. Christmas is awesome, don't get me wrong. But that is ostensibly only for one of the major religions of our melting pot of a country. Thanksgiving is for everyone, though, even vegetarians. How about that? Sure, its kind of fraught with some questionable overtones (sorry Amerindians), but what good holiday isn't? Halloween is inherently morbid, while New Years just reminds most people about how overrated New Years is. Don't even get me started on Valentine's Day, as it is pretty much universally boycotted/ignored by those not in a relationship. Thanksgiving has the three F's you need for an amazing day: Food, Football, and Family, probably in that order of descending necessity/enjoyment. There is also a fourth F. F-off if you are thinking about hating on this awesome day.
- Early entry for donkey of the week, nay month, nay year! Les Miles shows us how to lose a football game in the most inept manner possible. National Championship notwithstanding, he could be one of the worst coaches in HISTORY. What was he DOING?! He goes on to claim that he did not ask for the spike, when video evidence clearly shows that he DID (1:27). To call him "retarded" as many irate LSU fans have over the past couple of days would be both politically incorrect and a disservice to legitimately mentally challenged people across the world, so I will refrain. Les Miles, ladies and gentlemen, idiot and liar.
- Continuing with the football theme, I must have watched this clip about a hundred times at work today. You can literally taste the children's pain. Now I know that is horrible to say, but really, who doesn't like to see people get lit up? Its pretty much primal human instinct. Plus, I am pretty sure all those dads on the field could have prevented that first tackle from happening, but they wanted to see how the whole scenario would play out as well. What they got instead was the first entry in a longitudinal study of football-related brain injury. Well, that is, if that quarterback can ever muster the courage to step on a football field again. In happier news, I am pretty sure Nyrel Sevilla's parents don't have to worry about college tuition for the lad, as he will be playing on Saturdays.
- Fun fact: despite all the various criticisms leveled at Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini, Madrid are off to their best start in over 15 years. Bring on El Clasico!
Thats all for the muse today because hey, Thanksgiving break started like 4 hours ago.
