NFL Week 8 and Publication News

I found out my poem "When We Were Wealthy" was published in August in issue four of The Written Word Magazine. It won third place in the Living in Oblivion category in the 2005 Kentucky State Poetry Society Contest. You can read it at http://www.rebeldawncf.com/writtenword/august2007/when.htm. Also my review of Kim Paffenroth's zombie book Dying to Live is up in the Fall 2007 issue of Noneuclidean Cafe, just in time for Halloween. You can read it at http://www.noneuclideancafe.com/vol3_issue1_Fall2007/reviews.htm#Newman.

Sadly the Jets benched Chad Pennington. I guess he just couldn't overcome those shoulder injuries because he was great years ago. I hope he can heal up some more and start again somewhere. However, Brett Favre was great as usual last night, winning the game in a long TD pass. It's a joy watching him play.

I saw the Redskins and Patriots game Sunday. I agree with the opinions given on ESPN last night that the Pats shouldn't have run up the score. The game was won in the first half. It will be interesting to see if defensive players now gun for Brady's knees in future run ups. That gave the Steelers a Superbowl win when Carson Palmer was knocked out with a knee injury. It's obvious Brady's going for Peyton Manning's season TD record.

Review in The Dream People, Second Place, and NFL Comments

My review of "The Anthology of Spam Poetry", edited by Morton Hurley, is in the 28th issue of The Dream People at http://www.dharlanwilson.com/dreampeople/issue28/reviewanthologyspam.html.

I also won second place in the Heartland Review Prize in the 2007 Kentucky State Poetry Society Contest for my poem "Sense of Loss".

Now for the NFL. Brett Favre just keeps on going. I wish I knew where his fountain of youth is. I need it.

The Eagles have landed, but in a pile of poop. I think I can safely say they're out of the playoffs. Their division is just too talented this year.

The Chad Pennington bashing continues on Football Night in America. I hope they're ignored. The Jets' recent loss certainly wasn't all on Chad, plus he had over a 100 QB rating. I think those NBC people have made a snap judgment on Pennington and nothing he's ever going to do will ever be good enough. They're now trying to vindicate themselves before people go over to FOX's OT in droves, if they haven't already. Tiki Barber comes off as a smug know-it-all, in my opinion, and the others sit there like wet noodles.

The ESPN crew is better this year, but Russell Crow was super boring last night. I only wish they had gotten him out of the booth earlier.

NFL Week 4

Got a late start this week, so I'm combining Sunday's and Monday's games. Congrats to Brett Favre for breaking the NFL touchdown record. I saw that game and he's made a surgence in his career. He looks a lot like the Brett of old. Hopefully he'll play for a few more years.

Slippng Brian Griese in didn't do the Bears any good. There's a reason he's been a backup for most of his ten years in the league. You can officially write them off for the season.

The Chargers ran out of juice. It's hard to believe that coaching can make that big of a difference in a team, but appartently it's true. I bet Marty's laughing up his sleeves. Who in their right mind fires a coach with a 14-2 record? I can see why Keith had the Charger administration as the worst people in the NFL. Those people need to get new jobs, because they just flushed the franchise for the year.