It's that time of year...

There's a crispness in the air... it's actually kinda cold in the morning... those people that care a leetle too much about Hallowe'en have gone insanely overboard on their houses....

It's also an incredible time of year for sports. And no, I don't mean that pathetic display where me and a bunch of the guys I went to high school with go out and feed a certain competitive urge while attempting to not pull any major muscle groups (we often only succeed at the former... although last year, we achieved the latter.... mainly by not running) on Thanksgiving Monday with a sorry display of bad football...

No, I mean that as of this week, three great things are going down...

1) The NFL is in full swing (oh Lordy how I missed thee....), complete with arguably the dumbest collection of announcers of any major pro sport. Where else can you regularly hear new and unusual bastardizations of the English language, such as: "that quarterback saw him coming in his perifrial vision", along with a bevvy of malapropisms.... and don't get me started on their actual analysis.... Oy vey. For the largest grossing league in the world, with the highest TV revenue (by far), don't you think they could find at least a few people that actually understand football, and can string a few words together above a borderline mentally handicapped level? Apparently not.

2) The NHL is starting! Oh, wait... sorry. I'm about the only Canadian that doesn't give a shit. Moving on...

3) Baseball playoffs! I like baseball, and couldn't care less about hockey? I'm a bad Canadian, I know. But whatever... Fall baseball is where legends are made, and every pitch matters. I love it. I'm basically not going to get much done over the next few weeks. Oh well. There is, however, one down side. Prison Break is pre-empted until October 23rd.

I really do like to have it both ways, huh?

Must be the only child thing. Maybe I'll go throw a tantrum in Rupert Murdoch's office and see what happens....

No, Rupert... I will NOT calm down!!