Short Story Published & NFL Week 12

My short story "Cameo Girl" is in issue 2 of 7th Dimension Magazine. Purchasing information can be found at http://www.newtonshair.com/7thdimension.

RIP Sean Taylor. What a horrible tragedy! There's too much crime in this country and I think it's because of lack of good employment opportunities. The high-paying industrial jobs have almost all gone overseas and now the US is divided into 'haves' and 'have nots'. Just look at the Christmas ads on TV - it's mostly either Wal-Mart or Lexus. When will America get tired of the rich getting richer? Can anyone really do anything about it at this point?

The Packers and Lions game lived up to the Thanksgiving hype, but the others were blowouts. I'm so pissed at not getting NFL Network. I'm going to miss one of the best NFC matchups of the year.

Eli Manning is too inconsistent for the New York market. If Chad Pennington was canned, what's keeping Eli afloat? The Manning name?

The Eagles are a better team than I thought. I'd rather see them in the playoffs instead of the Giants.

NFL Week 11

Can the Patriots be stopped? At this point I don't think so. Shame about Spygate. That will surly tarnish the team's legacy.

Ta ta ta ta! The Bungles are back in all their nonglory. All that's left is the fans wearing paperbags. Cinci just can't seem to get it going. Look at the Browns. It's unbelievable that they're playoff contenders.

Dallas is for real. I wish they played Green Bay Thursday. Detriot and the Packers should be good though.

Vince Young and Jay Cutler played well last night. Vince is the new Vick without the stripes. I'm still shocked Vick went to jail before Thanksgiving. Doesn't say much for his family's support of him, his doing that. I sure would want to spend my last holiday for a while with loved ones.

NFL Week 10

Looks like the Packers and Cowboys are the best in the NFC. I predict they'll be one and two seeds, depending on who wins Thanksgiving Day. That'll be the best turkey day game in years. With the Lions imploding, the wildcard spots are more cloudy. The Giants should have one, the Lions too, if they can keep winning. If not, maybe the Eagles or Redskins can take it.

Speaking of imploding, what about those Colts? They've turned to road apples before my very eyes. Injuries can do that. I don't know who's better now, Vanderjagdt, or Vinetteri. Seems like if you go to the Colts as a kicker you go downhill. I don't know if the Colts can hobble into the playoffs or not, since the AFC is such a tough conference. Both the Jags and Titans are on their heels and other teams have good records; even the Browns have a shot. I predict the Steelers will win their division as well as the Patriots (duh). The AFC South is a toss-up between three good teams at this point, while the AFC West is a three way toss-up of three mediocre teams, meaning just one of those will probably be in the playoffs there.

The Niners need to replace Alex Smith, in my opinion. He seems to be getting worse as time goes on, not better. The season is a wash for them.

Two Poems in Star*Line and NFL Comments

My poems, both haiku, "retirement party" and "electric eel" are in the Sept./Oct. 2007 issue of Star*Line. You can find out ordering information at http://www.sfpoetry.com.

Looks like the Pats are for real. The 1972 undefeated Dolphin team should be worried - they might not be the only undefeated team after this season. Is it me, or does Peyton Manning have a tendency to choke at the end, especially when playing the Patriots? He's lost several games because of interceptions near the end of games.

Injuries have pretty much ended the Broncos' season. I'm not sure if Jay Cutler will be back, but at least he got some publicity from being on the animated cartoon South Park this week.

I think they should keep the lights off during NBC's Football Night in America. The broadcasters looked so much better. There's only so much makeup can do to cover wrinkles, not that I'm super young myself, but I'm not on TV.