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well, tonight was the night.  and i knew it was going to happen, but it not only happened, it did so in a dramatic fashion. 

football season ended with the cowboy’s loss to the seattle seahawks.  when their quarterback tony romo, who holds on kick attempts, dropped the snap and pissed away a chance at a field goal most high schoolers could make to go ahead in the final minute of the playoff game, i ended my emotional investment in sports for at least the next 8 months.

it’s certainly disappointing in one way, but nearly uplifting in another.  penn state won their bowl game (i listened on the radio because i was travelling, and managed to tivo it, so i caught the video of it later).  that was the climax for the game of football.  woo-hoo.

while the dallas game may not have been a wrap up if they had made the field goal, they did indeed manage to snatch defeat out of thin air to insure the end of the season.  heh, why prolong things to see if you could hang on to the lead if you can end the suspense by blowing the game while you have the chance?

i would say i’m disgusted, but that wouldn’t be true.  i expected them to lose, i just thought they’d come up short.  instead, they found a way to lose.  how very entertaining.

well, what can you do?  there’s a couple of more games to watch, although i could not care less who wins any of them.  including the superbowl.  although we do have a nice party for that, and the food is absolutely amazing at that gathering, so it’s always a good time.  still, the game itself is meaningless.

the flyers have almost taken the concept of losing to new heights.  i was almost rooting for them to make it through the month of december without a win.  because if you’re going to be a loser, you may as well do it right. but, they did eek out a win.  actually two, i think.

now, they’re just the worst team in the league instead of having a romance of incompetency about them.  but, what can you do?  you can’t say “if you already stink worse than everyone else in the league, you may as well go for the pity vote”.

long story short, i guess i’ll be renting more movies than usual until at least August.

oh, what does this have to do with slots?  nothing.  it’s just a rant.  i’ll get back to the slots soon enough, hehe