Quick Thinking: Switching Games

I try not to take anything too seriously, dear readers. And I mean anything. Inappropriate quips and off-color jokes are staples of my every day.

They've become reflex, really.

But, while I fully subscribe to that age old adage "life is too short" as my behavioral guiding principle in large part because I nearly lost mine following a single car accident on January 9th, 2004 -- actually, I nearly lost it twice according to my TICU peeps -- I find myself offended by the "now he has a trophy for each person he killed" jokes flying around the intertubes today.

And I never get offended.

I mean, seriously, if the wrongful death of two people can't calm sarcastic digital chatter, what can right?

Exactly.

My only hope is, with Ray Lewis' career ending and clouded in controversy, the NFL is courageous enough to use their moral compass when his Hall of Fame eligibility is debated.

But I'm betting they won't.

Or maybe I'm just being a pussy because Super Bowl Sunday happened to fall on my son Declan's 2nd birthday which allowed a drop of fleeting emotion to evoke a response from my otherwise black heart.

Ya, that's probably it.

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Quick Thinking
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-- The cream of the Super Bowl commercial crop starred none other than Leon Sandcastle.

-- Who kinda looks like an ugly Deion Sanders.

-- Did you see the story from earlier this week where Ron Jeremy drove himself to the hospital after suffering a ruptured chest aneurysm?

-- No word yet on whether a blood flow diverting erection will be credited for his survival.

-- There's no truth to the rumor that Manti T'eo's fake dead girlfriend was responsible for the power outage in New Orleans last night.

-- To bad she didn't strike during the halftime show.

-- I wasn't ready for that jelly.

-- The only thing that will restore my faith in Patriot Nation next season is if they makes the move to sign free agent Ed Reed and provide their secondary some hard hitting, veteran leadership.

#rodneyharrison

-- Quote of the Week goes to my boy Jeremy Octavio for responding the following when his girlfriend suggested he buy a "Baby on Board" sticker for his car, "Might as well just find the one that says 'Game Over'."

-- No reset button for that one, brother.

-- Truth be told, there isn't a sticker in the world one can adhere to their vehicle to save them from all the idiots behind the wheel in New England.

-- Of course all New Englanders think they're great drivers.

-- And they certainly don't think they're all idiots.

-- One of us is right.