I loaded Doom3 on my current desktop. I had abandoned it on my old desktop five years ago because it was an unsatisfactory experience. I think this newer PC can handle it better. I am ridiculously out of practice and I doubt my fingers work as well as they once did but I'm going to give it a try anyway. Not much of a gamer but I always loved Doom. It absorbs me. The thing I'm mostly worried about is getting totally engrossed in the game and having my wife tap my shoulder or turn on the lights to get my attention. I'm quite sure I'll have a heart attack.
I don't know when the world got so trend-oriented but we can't seem to get out of it. In finance circles, the standard disclaimer is "Past Performance is No Guarantee of Future Results". If past performance means nothing, why keep track of it at all? Today's QOTD brings this silliness into full view. CBS-Sportsline's Clark Judge uses this year's past performance to let us know what the expectation should be; that the Saints and Colts will be in the Super Bowl. Then, he uses last year's past performance, which he calls a history lesson, to let us know that it won't happen. If you didn't know yet, you will surely know by sometime next week that his history lesson was wrong. I always thought the best job in the world was to do the weather on TV because you don't need to know anything, can be wrong about half the time, and still get paid. Sports pundit has overtaken that job in my view. You still don't have to know anything but you get to do sports.
When the Oakland Raiders' Pete Banaszak, one of the old AFL's original colorful characters, was asked before the Vikings-Raiders Super Bowl what his keys to the game were, he said he "would look at the scoreboard after the game. I have an idea of who won when I do that." Exactly. Beforehand, everyone is just flipping a coin.
I'm very happy for Kurt Warner. He retires healthy and on his terms. He's played many, many times against my team and has always given his best. He's a class act. As for the Hall of Fame, he has my vote.
- Comfortably Numb [Live] 8:57 Pink Floyd Delicate Sound Of Thunder [Disc 2]
- Eraser 4:54 Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral
- Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) 2:40 Nancy Sinatra Kill Bill, Vol. 1 Soundtrack
- Warning Sign 5:31 Coldplay A Rush Of Blood To The Head
- Caught In The Middle 4:26 Red Rider As Far As Siam
Quote of the Day
There are no better teams today than New Orleans and Indianapolis, so, naturally, the expectation is that they meet in the Super Bowl. Only I'm here to tell you they won't. One of them won't make it, and maybe neither gets that far.
That is not an opinion. It's a history lesson ...
Clark Judge, CBS Sports Pundit
Blog of the day is here.
Quote from said blog: "Note: Yes, I think the BCS system is horrible, just not the place for government to stick its unwanted nose..."
Couldn't agree more. -Rob
