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and in an apparently brilliant attempt to recover, pulled into a tree.  I can only assume that he was driving in the fog with his brights on.  (It would seem this will in fact make me crash my car someday.)

The aerial shots of the “crash scene” are so very telling.  The story they tell is, “Tiger has a nice house.”

He’s already been released from the hospital, so he’s not dead.  The police have said alcohol was not a factor, so no scandal.

I can see where this would mention a 60 second spot in the sports report on the evening news.  Beyond that, there are very few people in the America that have a pressing need to know all this, and to know it every break during the football game.  (Or DURING the football game for that matter.)

Those people with a pressing need to know are his family, and I’m guessing they already are up on all the news.  Other than that, his agent and his sponsors, and I’m quite certain they’ve all been in communication today.

God I hate the 24 hour news cycle.

I suppose it’s better than 0-7, but not by much.  I’ve been a Redskins fan through the good years, the bad years, the injury-plagued years, and the countless rebuilding years.  This year it’s just downright painful.  Once again, turnovers killed us last night, and it seems that Zorn’s new duties are calling timeouts.

We need a new GM, a new coach, new offensive coordinator and a new quarterback.  And while we’re at it, the entire offensive line needs a boot up their collective asses.

However, I see no way to attract any talent because, really – who in their right mind would want to work for Daniel Snyder?

Danny boy, it’s time to sell the team to someone else that will be able to bring in real talent both on and off the field.  I realize you bought the team to get back at the kids who wouldn’t play with you in elementary school and the girls that wouldn’t date you in high school – but it’s not working.  Just get some therapy for that and sell the team.

In other football news, Braylon Edwards has been charged with misdemeanor assault.  My first thought should have been, “What the hell is wrong with people?”  Instead it was, “What does this mean for my fantasy football team?”

And oh, about 4 hours into the pre-game show.

I have absolutely nothing against the Super Bowl.  It’s fun and a great excuse to eat junk food and drink beer.  (I’ve even whipped up a batch of shrimp dip, even if it’s unlikely I’ll watch much of the game.)

And given the economy being in the tank, it’s a good opportunity to take a few hours and NOT think about jobs, consumer confidence, your 401K tanking, the stock market spiraling down the drain, among other things.

But, I don’t understand quite how it rates the level of media hype that is generated.  The media has been in Tampa for a week now.  A five hour pre-game show?  (With an interview with the President to boot.  Just let him have his Super Bowl party already – the guests are probably hogging the good food while he’s stuck in the interview.)

If you’re planning on watching the Super Bowl, you know when it is.  You know who is playing.  You know which channel it’s on.

No need to hype it for a week, folks will still be watching.

It was fun to watch GD’s turn into a full-on Phillies baseball bar this evening.

This was in no small part due to one of the bartenders being a HUGE Phillies fan, and a seriously happy fan to boot.

When you see someone who is just SO FREAKIN’ HAPPY that his team won – no trash talking or any of that crap, just HAPPY – you can’t help but be happy along with them.

I’m torn between Eight Belles and Gallego. She’s the only filly in the race, and he’s the horse of owners to got out of Cuba before it all went to hell in a handbasket.

I need a horseracing icon.

I realize that the empty net strategy works for some teams.  However, the Caps are not one of those teams.

Please stop trying it – it doesn’t work.  And the dog doesn’t understand why I am yelling at the TV.

First time I’ve seen Coach Boudreau smile all season.

We’re going to the playoffs!!!

The first day of the tournament isn’t even over and my brackets are already trashed.   Which is pretty normal for me.

Regardless,

GO PATRIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am not a skier, in any way, shape or form. I seem to have some fear of careening into a tree at 70MPH. But I really enjoy watching skiing and other various and sundry snow sports in the winter.

The commentators just said something about one competitor “making a big error” – I watched and all I think is, “Hey, you don’t faceplant, you’re doing pretty good.” (One guy did faceplant off a jump today – that one I was able to immediately identify as a problem even before the commentators.)

I’ve come to the realization that the weekends that the Redskins have won any games have been the weekends where I have not seen a single minute of said games. For the rest of the season, it seems that it would be best that I not even take the time to pop over and check the score, much less actually watch a game.

Fortunately, this trend has not crossed over to hockey, as I have actually seen the Capitals win a couple times this season. (Even before they replaced the coach.)

I am afraid this trend is affecting the teams of my friends. I went up to watch the end of Philly/New England game this evening, fully expecting that the Eagles would be in the process of being slaughtered only to discover that they actually showed up to play, and I was quite stoked because it really looked like they would win. Many of my friends at the pub are Eagles fans, and I was heartbroken for them when the Eagles couldn’t quite pull it out. But they played one hell of a game – not too bad to only miss by 3 points when you go in with a 30 point spread.

In completely unrelated news, it’s not often that people genuinely surprise me in a positive way and it’s happened twice in the past week. It’s nice to have your faith in people restored every now and again. (For the most part, I can maintain my faith in humanity, it’s faith in people that gets a little shaky at times.)