Month: February 2008

Not only does Hillary Clinton get shut out, 0-4 for the weekend, but her rival wins a Grammy.

And John McCain, putative frontrunner, is already 0-3…and it looks like the only thing between him and 0-4 is the chairman of the Washington GOP, who is apparently Earl Hebner. (If you get that, I will send you a free fruit.)

I rode a bike an awful long way today. Now I’m getting sick. Everyone knows exercise is bad for you.

I have determined something about my wife’s view of my unfortunate fixation on the Redskins (which by and large does not happen with any other sports team I follow). She doesn’t really have a handle on it, she detests the way it drives me into an emotional frenzy, she’s learned to live with it as the price of having me but keeps it on the periphery of her awareness…

Basically, for my wife, the Redskins are my period.

(facepalm)

JIM !-ING ZORN? YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS.

Now to see if they wear right. It’s tough with DMs or DM-like shoes: by the time you break them in, you have zippy chance of returning them, so you’d better guess right when you buy. Early indications is that these are right, though – and they are built like a tank at first glance. I will definitely work on trying to keep these nice – so as soon as they’re assured of fitting, it’s time to get out the dubbin and polish up =)

“Politics is the art of the possible. If you want to dream, major in theater.”

DEM: Obama closes the gap, but never manages to overtake Clinton, who in turn never quite manages to pull away. Popular enthusiasm for Obama carries almost all the way to the convention, but it’s not enough to get over the top, and the superdelegates while not decisive make it look a lot less close than it was.

REP: Huckabee does a lot better than expected down South – not enough to remain viable, but enough to get the second seat on the starship as McCain’s VP choice. The usual suspects on the right make all the predictable noises about how neither of them could carry Reagan’s pet chimp, but once they have a Clinton to campaign against, they dutifully fall in line – and with a sympathetic media narrative already in place, coupled with a lack of turnout among once-enthused Obama supporters, ride to a narrow but decisive win in November.

I don’t know a single person, conservative or liberal, Republican or Democrat, who actually LIKES this scenario, but that’s what I got. I’m not wild about it myself, and I’d be happy to be wrong, especially since I don’t have any cash on it.

OK, maybe it’s all about the Patriots and Giants for most people, but two Washington Redskins were voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend. Art Monk, who has deserved this for a long time for being one of the greatest clutch receivers ever, and Darrell Green, who is the best cornerback ever, outside of maybe – maybe – Night Train Lane in the 50s.

Two great Redskins, two great players, two great human beings on and off the field, two guys who personify what this franchise means to the millions and millions who live and die with the burgundy and gold. Well done, gentlemen.