So Long To A Legend

Joe Gibbs stepped down yesterday as head coach of the Washington Redskins, ending his comeback from retirement and induction into the NFL Hall of Fame after 4 up-and-down years. It's a sad day. Sure, the rigors of being a head coach in the NFL maybe too much for the 67-year old Gibbs, and perhaps a younger coach is in order. None of this diminishes what Joe Gibbs has meant to the Redskins organization, the Redskins players, and Redskins fans. There's not even any need to delve into the astounding statistics, because Gibbs is already enshrined in Canton. For anyone too young to remember Gibbs' first go-round in the NFL, you need look no further for a shining example of what it means to be a leader of men.

You will be missed Coach Gibbs. I wish the best to you and your family, especially Taylor. Thanks for everything.

Football season is over....

So far as I'm concerned. What a disappointing loss after such a great last month of the season. I don't even want to think about it anymore. At least the Steelers lost. Time to get ready for baseball season!

Bleh...

What a crappy day. I didn't do anything. I didn't even go to work. I did run; the same 1.35 miles. It took 10:21 this time. I'm pretty sore, which is really lame. I have a list of things I need to do around the house, and I haven't done anything. I won't get much done tomorrow, since the Redskins are playing at Seattle in the first round of the playoffs.

Barack Obama won the Democratic caucus, and John Edwards finished second. Both of those are good. I hope everyone plans on voting, but that'll be another lecture for another post.

I'm losing the will to blog....

Well, that horrible loss to Miami didn't hurt much, as UVA has all but wrapped their first outright ACC regular season title since 1981. Unbelievable. I'm rooting for Appalachian State to win their conference tourney just for the remote chance at some veangence for the Puerto Rico disaster.

It's almost baseball season, so I've already drafted 5 fantasy baseball teams with 4 more drafts to go. I'm sure I'm not done either, since I love drafting so much. I'm such a nerd.....

Speaking of which, anyone else hear about the 33-foot, 1000-pound colossal squid that those New Zealand fisherman caught off of Antartica about 3 weeks ago? (1)At 33 feet and 1000 lbs, it is by far the largest squid ever seen by man, (2)It was an adult male, which no one has ever seen before, (3)It was still alive when they caught it. I find this fascinating; again, I'm a nerd......

I wonder if signing London Fletcher and Fred Smoot(eek) is going to be as good for the Redskins as losing Derrick Dockery is going to be bad. I used to really hate that guy, but he's made vast improvement. He's going to have a really nice career, though $7 million a year is outrageous.

I don't feel like talking about tornados, snow storms, bus crashes, or dead former NBA players so I'll leave with this from my Bush Quote Generator on my home page:



"We need to do what we need to do to get the bodies out of there, if they're there."

- George W. Bush February 14, 2001 Referring to the tragic sinking of a Japanese fishing boat by a U.S. submarine near Hawaii. Reported in the Chicago Tribune.

Oh, more nerd stuff; this is kinda cool: Non-Newtonian Fluids