A Quick Mark Sanchez Rant, Just to Get It Off My Chest

He 100% sucks...Like there's no getting around it. That wasn't even close to his worst play yesterday, probably cracks the top 5 but its definitely not the worst...And the Jets still won! What the fuck!?

Honestly, this guy made some kinda deal with the Devil. I've never seen a worse quarterback consistently have his team pull games out of their asses to save a guys job than the Jets have over the last 3 years...By all accounts Sanchez is one of the three or four worst QB's in the National Football League...I'm not looking at stats to back this up, strictly the eyeball test, but I'm sure if anyone really challenges me, I can find the stats, he blows, which as a Pats fan, I'm happy with. But as a fan of football, I can't stand it. This guy makes Akili Smith look calm and confident.  That happy feet routine of his drives me insane, irrationally raises my blood pressure every time I see him do it, I can't even imagine what it's like to route for this team while he's doing it.

And the sad thing, for Jets fans, is that they keep winning. Sounds ridiculous, right? But it's not...The best thing for the Jets as a franchise would have been to have this team lose the last two games, they'd be sitting at 2-5 and Rex would have had no choice but to bench the Sanchize...Instead the team keeps lifting the kid up, winning just enough games to allow him to keep his job, despite the fact that if this team had a halfway competent QB in any of the last 3 season, there's a strong chance the would have one Lombardi Trophy. 

It's to the point where I'm fairly certain Pete Carroll is going to have a press conference any day now just to announce that he still doesn't think Mark Sanchez is ready for the NFL, three years in. He's easily the worst USC QB in the NFL, and Carson Palmer through 3 int's in less than half a game yesterday...That's how little I think of Mark Sanchez.

Rant over. (I just proof read this, my blood pressure rose just reading it outloud...I mean really can't stand the guy)

Golden Corral Has a Chocolate Fountain...Has the CDC Been Notified?

I don't know if this is a new thing for Golden Corral or not, but I have to assume it is, because if this thing doesn't spawn the creation of some kinda brand new global killer plague within the next 6 months, I'll be flat out shocked.

Have you seen some of the people who dine at these strictly buffet style restaurants? Not exactly the picture of health. Now it's bad enough we've got them reaching in and grabbing food out of trays that have been just sitting there under heat lamps for hours on end, now we've got them dipping said food into a chocolate fountain, with that chocolate just recycling itself over and over again...The first Leper that visits one of these things is going to kick off a zombie apocalypse all on his own...just flakes of skin spreading through everyones chocolate.

I can't take it anymore, I'm gagging just  sitting here looking at it.

Most Fish in Boston Restaurants is Mislabeled...I Couldn't Care Less.

Boston - The sliver of raw fish sold as white tuna at Skipjack’s in Foxborough was actually escolar, an oily, cheaper species banned in Japan because it can make people sick. The Alaskan butterfish at celebrity chef Ming Tsai’s Blue Ginger in Wellesley was really sablefish, traditionally a staple at Jewish delicatessens, not upscale dining establishments. Those were among the findings of a five-month Globe investigation into the mislabeling of fish. It showed that Massachusetts consumers routinely and unwittingly overpay for less desirable, sometimes undesirable, species - or buy seafood that is simply not what it is advertised to be. In many cases, the fish was caught thousands of miles away and frozen, not hauled in by local fishermen, as the menu claimed. It may be perfectly palatable - just not what the customer ordered. 

Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I honestly don't care...When it comes to fish, Salmon is pink, just about everything else is white and you can call it whatever you want, I thought everyone knew that.

My feeling is, if you're sitting there telling me you can tell the difference from one fillet of fish to another, after its been seasoned, baked, fried, grilled, etc...Then I'll tell you to your face that you're full of shit. I mean the investigators didn't figure this out by eye balling it or tasting it or anything, they had to go back to the lab to run DNA tests on the fish! That's insane.

Basically my philosophy is, if the fish is over $15, I'm not buying it...because it all tastes the same. You could fish whatever creatures inhabit the Mystic River, fry it up, maybe throw some Cajun spices on it, put it on my plate and tell me its exotic Vietnamese Catfish, and I'd smile happily and devour it. Couldn't care less.

The only people who really care about this are the fish snobs getting ripped off for paying $20+ for a piece of fish they could've caught off the Tobin.  The people who order a fish because it sounds fancy...I buy fish if the seasoning, style, and sides sound good.  I've never once thought, mmmm, I need a piece of plain-jane Cod...No, I want that Cod beer battered and served with fries, and if you subsititute Haddock for that Cod to save money, that's fine by me, I won't know the difference.

Cod? Haddock? Tuna? Snapper? Don't know, Don't Care

The Witch Hunt Continues: Joe Torre (Mr. Yankee) To Investigate Drinking Habits of Red Sox Players

Official Album of the 2011 Red Sox Clubhouse

ARLINGTON, Texas — Major League Baseball executive vice president of baseball operations Joe Torre said just a few minutes ago that his office will look into the drinking that was going on during games in the Red Sox clubhouse this season. “It’s something we’re concerned about, just to make sure that we get all the facts and that’s my area,” Torre said. “I know I have plans just to talk to some people.” Torre said there not yet any set plan for what MLB's investigation would entail. "It’s something we’re going to look at and find the best way to approach it, let’s put it that way," he said. "That’s one thing where I feel comfortable, the fact that I played and I managed. I have no problem talking to someone in regards to baseball, whether it’s behavior or otherwise.”

Oh, thats freaking Rich...Mr. Joe Yankee is going to investigate the Red Sox for BeerandChicken-Gate? Like we as fans haven't been through enough with the team tanking right into the history books, the ownership throwing Tito under the bus (and then slamming it in reverse to really make sure they got him good), Boston's two sports radio stations having a competition to see who can cover the team in the largest pile of dog shit, and our Boy Wonder GM tucking his sack back, admitting he made mistakes, and fleeing for a fresh start (I don't hate Theo, he's got the right to work wherever he wants, but leaving the team in shambles doesn't rank highly on his career list of achievements, that's all).  

Now we've got someone I, and most Red Sox fans I assume, associate as closely to the Yankees as they do Derek Jeter, leading an inquisition into the drinking habits of the Sox players...Under the guise of having to be role models for kids who watch the game.  Like anyone really believes that shit...

1) Kids don't watch baseball. It starts at 7:15 and ends after 11 most nights, hell, the Word Series is on after my bedtime, and I'm an adult. 2) The players openly chew tobacco during games, no one says a word...I guess it's not as big a deal as drinking, it only causes cancer, no biggie. 3) It took well over a decade for the league to attempt to irradicate performance enhancers, the fact that they've launched an inquiry into these drinking allegations after only 3 weeks is probably the fastest the commissioners office has ever worked.

No, I'm pretty sure this is just Bud Selig's chance to take down the Sox a peg (who I'm fairly sure he dislikes after routinely flaunting MLB's Draft slotting guidelines, and carrying out the compensation negotiations for Theo like an unreasonable fantasy owner). And what better man to head up the investigation than Joe Torre, Mr. Yankee himself, just to stick it in the fans and ownerships craw.

Occupy Boston Tagging Up the City, Menino About to Go All 2007 Aqua Teen Hoax on Their Asses

Official Shitter of the Occupy Movement

Boston police are investigating a rash of graffiti in the city's financial district that appears to be in support of the nearby Occupy Boston movement. Police say nearly two dozen locations, including banks, were hit over the weekend by spray-painted messages that say things such as "End the Fed" and "Tax the Rich." Some of the graffiti includes a capital A in a circle, a symbol used by anarchists. Police say they have made no arrests but are looking at surveillance video from the area. Protesters from Occupy Boston are living in a tent city on the edge of the financial district. Some protesters say vandalism is counterproductive to their goals and they don't condone the graffiti.

Cue all the overly liberal friends of yours from college claiming conspiracy today! I haven't logged in to Facebook yet but I can think of three people in my feed that should be all over this and I'm almost guaranteeing that 2 of the 3 will blame Menino or the Boston Police for the Grafiti, using it as a set up to disperse Occupy Boston.

Because it would be absolutely unfathomable to think that out of 100's of people living in tents in the middle of down town, not one of them is a bad egg who would lash out in an illegal way in support of their cause. Impossible, just wouldn't happen, right guys? Out of all those people down there making creative posters all day long like it's their job (oh yea, it is...), it would be way too much of a stretch to assume a few of them are into tagging.

Glad you guys had fun while it lasted, but I'd say your time has just about run out. Menino will tolerate a lot, spitting on female coast guard members, absolutely ruining the Greenway which just happens to be the best park in the city, listening to Marxist chants from entitled students and chuckling, and even paying for police detail overtime, but I'm pretty sure when you lash out like immature children or adults that never grew up, that's where Mumbles will draw the line....Lest we forget the guy basically called for martial law in 2007 when some guerilla markters for Aqua Teen Hunger Force went around pinning up Lightbrite pictures of cartoon characters...I'm pretty sure he's going to throw a shit fit once he ties this grafiti back to the Occupy Camp.

Of course all this would've been avoided if you'd rented a hall a couple weeks ago and let leadership organize your group and run it like a real organization instead of a bunch of ragamuffins.

Asinine Advertising: Commercials that should be Eradicated from the Airwaves

I don't know either, Mr. Bean

As a member of Generation Y, I (as well as my entire reader demographic, I assume) have been bombarded by advertisements and promotional efforts seemingly since I came out of the womb. It wouldn’t shock me at all to hear my parents tell me my delivery room in the hospital was sponsored by some sort of corporate entity. Despite the unique ability to completely ignore 99.9 % of these messages that come from companies trying to get me to pay money I don’t have for useless shit I don’t need, there are some that stick out of my mind because they are so fantastically awful. These efforts to reach consumers essentially serve as anti-marketing because I will actively go out of my way to purchase from whoever your competition happens to be since your commercial was so shitty. I handpicked some current spots that are running on TV that I just wanted to tear apart for their futility, despite how awesome and creative these advertising executives seem to think they are. Note to these guys: Just because something seems funny when you and your MBA toting asshole colleagues from Harvard Business school when you are high in a corporate board room, this in no way reflects the sentiment from everyone else. A friendly FYI from me to you.

1.) The Geico Cavemen

I was going to go least awful to the most horrifically terrible, but I just can’t restrain the unfathomably large degree of hatred I have for this series. You (the cavemen collectively) are not FUCKING FUNNY. You are pretentious douchebags who seem to think that you are a great deal smarter than everyone else. The fact you are directly associated with the cute little British Gecko that has been the face of the company is a massive shitstain on my perception of your brand. If the “Geico” logo wasn’t plastered on every surface visible in the ad, not a single person would have a fucking clue what you were trying to shove down our throats. Know how much we the people hate the Cavemen? The terrible TV series some fucktard ran featuring them ran for 2 episodes TOTAL. That’s Check and mate, get this shit off the air permanently.

2.) Bob’s Discount Furniture

I know it’s your name in the company Bob, but for the sake of everything good in this world, that does not mean your hideously disgusting mug needs to be displayed prominently in your commercials. To make matters worse, you have the most awkward camera presence I’ve ever seen as well as multiple clay-mation versions of your inanely idiotic sales pitch. This type of depiction worked for Celebrity Death Match, but if possible, it makes me take you even less seriously, which is saying a lot, because your furniture is absolute and complete shit. You expect me to believe I can get a complete sofa set, that goes for $1400 at every other reasonable furniture store, at equal quality for $599? It wouldn’t surprise me to find out everything is made of toothpicks and asbestos with a cloth covering. Business 101, Bob: Strategy dictates you compete on cost advantage or differentiation, not both dumbass.

3.) State Farm Black Couple Car Accident

The woman in this ad is so unbelievably intolerable and aggravating I actually make a point of changing the channel when it comes on. Why would anyone, much less a boyfriend, endure the savage berating and whining that she spews for the majority of this ad? Not to mention the accident portrayed is so ridiculously stupid. While the boyfriend is stupid for dating this bitch, I seriously doubt he idiotic enough to back into another car, then continue to rev it until he is firmly entrenched on the guy behind him windshield. But seriously, could State Farm have depicted any more of a negative racial stereotype of a black woman? Don’t worry about it, people don’t take racial issues seriously, there shouldn’t be any negative backlash to this one.

4.) Southwest Airlines “Change Fee” Referee

This is actually one of the commercials I initially found amusing…the first time it was run. Then they went wild with this concept, invented an entire fictional repertoire of “calls” that can be made against other airlines, especially this notion of a change fee. You want to avoid a change fee? Don’t be a little bitch and change your travel arrangements at the very last second because they happen to suit you better. Do your research and make sure you have the flight schedule that is most advantageous to you at the outset. Problem solved. Also, Southwest Airlines lame ass method of infusing football, which America loves, into their commercials for more appeal is fucking foolish. You know the parts of football we like? The actual game where offensive players score points and defenses attempt to kill people. The part most people bitch frequently about/loathe? Referees. Thanks for playing Southwest, take a seat.

5.) “Keith Stone” Keystone Light Commercials

Know what happens when the one the world’s shittiest beers meets a redneck equivalent of “Joe Dirt?” who wears flannel vests? You get this nauseating, complete pipedream scenario where this dumb fuck redneck pulls some of the dumbest possible maneuvers in social scenarios where fuckwit broads find his mullet and trucker hat seemingly irresistible. Sorry, I don’t know of many scenarios where a vegetarian has been impressed by a wild falcon dropping a raw fish onto a grill because she’s a vegetarian. That’s not smooth, that is insanely fucked up and obvious indicators Keith Stone is a rapist. Well, at least the quality of the commercials matches that of the beer they are promoting: Complete shit.

Alt-Tab Links of the Day: MC Hammer, Racist Skeletons, Two Toilet Based Links, and More!

Yea, it's Friday, I got lazy, here we go:

MC Hammer Creates Search Engine to Compete With Google - Hammer Don't Hurt Em! Why the hell didn't I think about that, I'm over here dead tired trying to produce new content daily and Hammer's just like "hey, I think I'll create a search engine today and see if I get some traffic." Damnit that's brilliant...Plus it gives him another chance to throw on those parachute pants one more time.

Man Living as "Adult Baby" Free to Continue Collecting Social Security Checks - Jesus H. The world is just smacking me in the face today. Kids not even dumb like a baby, he's just a dude who figured out how to game the system. Stay at home, get taken care of, drink out those bottles which are actually wicked convenient on the go. Sure sleeping in an adult crib might cramp your game with the ladies, but free $900 a week to stay home and play lego's is pretty legit. Plus those feety pajamas (video) are fire.

Darren Rovell Uncovers Greatest Bathroom of all time - I don't know about you but I'll rain three's on that hardwood, all day. ALL DAY. Don't challenge me. Might have to drive in for a layup towards the end of the stream though, unless this is like a legit basketball court complete with those towel boys who wipe down the floor whenever it gets wet. PS: Totally devoted 5 minutes to brainstorm a way to simultaneously film myself hitting from three, but not end up in some sort of Brett Favre like scandal...can't be done.

 Apparently Hanging A Skeleton With the Saw Mask By a Noose is Considered Racist in Virginia -One  complaint literally called for the skeleton to "change the black wig to a blonde wig" in order to avoid confusion. Confusion to what? Unless that's Rick James hanging up there, that black person has the longest, straightest and silkiest hair I've ever seen...Not to mention that most black people aren't going to see much family resemblance between the puppet from Saw and themselves.

Toilet Blog #2! Study Confirms, Public Bathrooms are Disgusting Cesspools - I really hope ya'll appreciate the work I put in daily from my second office. Just posting up in the handicap stall, apparently exposing myself to everything but but gingivitis. It's freaking gross. But that's just how I show my commitment to you...So do me a favor and please, pleaaaaseeee don't let Hammer out hit me. I might not recover from that.

Running Diary: Patriots vs. Cowboys 2nd Half

Yes, foreshadowing is STILL fun

Part 2: Patriots vs. Cowboys Running Diary Second Half

3^rd Quarter

15:00 Annnnnddd we are back everybody. Pats begin the half with an uncomfortable 13-3 lead, even though I feel like it should be bigger, given the miscues. Also I’m trying, to no avail, to convince myself that I shouldn’t be scared of the Cowboys, but I am. They’re bound to discover our defense sucks at some point.

-Just noticed we have the OTHER Gronkowski brother back again. Jesus, this guy is like a revolving door for our third tight end spot. Can’t we just keep him based on the awesome-ness of having 66 % of the Gronkowski brothers, regardless of whether or not he’s good?

15:00-12:20- Promising first set of downs leads to a rapid case of football blue balls on the second set. A little foreplay tease with three straight runs, the last a “Brady Special” for the first down. Then Brady can’t find a receiver, Matt Light gets toasted like a bagel on the outside for the 20485^th time in his career, allowing Brady to get sacked for the 3^rd time on the game (didn’t catch the Dallas player, I was too busy bitching about Matt Light.)

-A 3 man rush generates enough pressure to make the Pats throw it away. I feel like little Malculay Kulkin in Home Alone when he finds the picture of Buzz’s girlfriend…”Guys that drive, WOOF.”

12:15-5:48- Dane Fletcher makes a GREAT special teams play, leveling the return guy before he had time to blink. This guy has looked good in limited reps dating back to last season, I don’t know why he doesn’t get more run than Rob Ninkovich as an LB, but hooded one knows best.

-Romo’s pass batted in the air at the line, and we get to see two 350lb+ guys playing coverage on each other as Wilfork goes for the pick while some huge dude on the Dallas O-line bats it away. Fat people make ordinary circumstances much funnier.

-After stuffing Tashard Choice again, Romo finally finds Witten in the middle of the field for a big chunk of yardage. Of course, Gary Guyton was clueless, as he realized he hadn’t yet exhausted his quota of mental fuck ups for the game and decided 3^rd down was an optimal chance to use another one. Literally let Witten run right by him without a second thought.

-Romo gets ridiculous protection and finds Miles Austin all the way to the N.E 19 yard line. The defense not nearly as feisty coming out for the second half as they were to start the game,

-This upper body tackling bullshit by our DB’s has to stop at some point. Chung had Demarco Murray lined up in the backfield for a loss, but instead of making a nice, fundamentally sound form tackle, he tried to drill him in the chest, getting burned and allowing Dallas to eat up more yards. Not enough Pepto Bismol in the world for the heartburn this defense gives me.

-In the goal to go situation, Dallas gives New England a MASSIVE break when Romo misses Murray on a swing pass where we probably would have scored, followed by an Andre Carter speed off the outside on Romo and drilling him in the (hopefully even more broken now) ribs for a 10 yard loss. A 3^rd down screen pass almost results in a “kick in the balls” touchdown as Choice weaved in and out of our unmotivated defenders to the 3 yard line. Christ. After all that time and anger, Dallas gets only a field goal to tie it at 13-13.

5:46-1:10 Pats get the ball on our own 15, and immediately try some sort of gimmick play to get Ochocinco involved. A cluster of 4 receivers sprinted out of the huddle to the right side, leaving Ochosinco on the left, Brady devliered, but Chad once again wasn’t on the right page as he was nowhere near the ball. Based on Brady’s furious body language, I’d say Chad didn’t run his route properly. I REALLY want to love Ochocinco, but he hasn’t been productive at all.

- A couple nice throws to Welker, followed by Gronk leads to a first, as well as a hurry up offense with a nice 9 yard run to BJGE. This variation in tempo’s is catching the Dallas D off balance and leading to some productive plays, very encouraging.

-After a couple more BJGE runs, another first down pass to Gronk, and more hurry up offense, Dallas wisely prepares for the quick run to BJGE and stuffs him for a 2 yard loss. Whelp, that experiment was fun while it lasted. Brady finds Herndo on third down, too bad it was well short of the first. No rhythm to our offense in the second half at all. Mesko to punt

-HAH, Dallas continues to commit unbelievably stupid penalties at a “Oakland Raiders-esque” level, with a “Running into the Kicker” call being made. Mesko embellished a little, but that’s what he’s supposed to do if he feels contact. A gift first down for the Patriots.

-Holy shit, a Danny Woodhead sighting with a run for 5 yards. This is shocking because a.) I thought he was still hurt and b.) he hasn’t factored into the offense at all due to the effectiveness of Herndo/Gronk and Welker/Branch so far this season. Good shit, right Miroki? (If you don’t get the movie reference, get the hell off this blog)

-Son of a bitch, Hernandez fumbles after a nice catch, recovered by Dallas with Welker making a huge heads up play to tackle him. Terrence Newman had a lot of green pasture ahead of him if he wasn’t brought down. On a slightly negative note, Hernandez’s hands are quickly becoming as slippery as the moves he has after the catch. He has a worrying propensity to carry the ball to far from his body or not secure the football quick enough, leading too fumbles or dropped catches. Insert profanity laced grumbling here.

-Dallas has the ball, runs it, going to the fourth quarter, still tied up 13-13

4^th Quarter

15:00-12:54- Romo begins the forth by going to Witten again. Good of Tony to finally realize “Hey, my favorite option is a nightmare matchup for these guys.” Wait, what the hell am I saying?!? FUCK YOU ROMO.

-Pats bring another blitz on 2^nd down, but Dallas picks it up as it has most of the game, and he shoots a pass to Miles Austin to the Patriots 45

-Back to Back blitzes, and the Cowboys give another early Christmas gift to the Patriots, as Austin drops an easily catchable ball. Those Ryan’s really have an affinity for feet huh? Rex gets off on them sexually, and Rob’s teams seem to enjoy repeatedly shooting themselves in the collective foot (yeah, I know Rob is the defensive coordinator, whatever, the joke was better this way.) Patriots ball off of the punt.

12:54-9:30 Patriots open up with an attempted screen pass that was incomplete, and run the hurry up once again, catching Dallas with 12 guys on the field. I feel like the biggest hypocrite, squealing with delight when the Patriots do this to get a cheap 5 yard penalty when I roared with anger every time the Colts did it to anyone else over the years. Oh well, hypocrite feeling gone, keep doing what you’re doing, Patriots.

-BJGE is getting some good lanes off of these quick snaps, with consecutive good runs chewing up 4 and 7 yards respectively. After a false start on the hometeam, the exotic species known as the Danny Woodhead gets blown up in the backfield for a loss.

-My god, Deion Branch is clutch. Snares a 3^rd down pass for a 1^st down. Guy can catch 10 for 120 and 2 TD’s one week, then be a ghost the following week until you finally need him, and more often than not he makes the play. Again, why did we ever part ways with his dreadlocked, sure-handed goodness?

-FUCKING DAMN IT, Brady pretends to be Aaron Rodgers, rolls out to his left, gets his arm hit on the release, and throws his second pick of the game. That was just an awful decision all around by Brady because even if he wasn’t hit on the play, everyone on that side of the field was covered anyways.

Note: My thoughts/scribbling from this point on were hectic/barely legible, owed to what was about to transpire. The page I’m reading from looks like a rabid raccoon dipped its paws in paint and did a figure skating routine on my notebook paper, with the occasional legible profanity.

9:00-5:14 Swing pass to Murray for 8 yards. Gotta say, the rookie out of Oklahoma has looked like a good change-of-pace back for Felix Jones/Tashard Choice.

-Holding call, which negates another Gary Guyton fuckup (missed a tackle on a runner in the backfield)

-You have got to be kidding me, 3^rd and 12, and Romo runs for 17 because no one decided to spy the QB. Why is he being smart all of a sudden? I hate him even more now.

-Terrible throw by Romo, almost picked off, Haynesworth (wow, he’s playing?) forces the issue

-More fodder for the “Devin McCourty is Regressing” argument, as he whiffs on a tackle on Laurent Robinson (who?) who runs for 34 yards down the sideline.

-Pass over the middle complete, and receiver somehow still alive even after Pat Chung made every attempt to murder him on the hit

-1^st and Goal-screen pass to the New England five, this is getting painful, as William Wallace would have said, HOLD!!!

-2^nd and Goal-pressure gets to Romo, forces an incompletion. Heart rate unhealthily high for a regular season game.

-3^rd and Goal-What the hell?? Terrible playcall by Dallas, inside shovel pass to an RB gets blown up by Spikes, settle for field goal again, but take the lead 16-13 Dallas.

5:14-3:46 Written at the top of notes prior to the drive, verbatim, is “Brady, work some of that clutch magic baby” Let’s see if he listens.

- Gronk screen for 9 yards, good start boys

-Running play cut down in the backfield, fuck me.

-AGHHH, pressure forces incompletion…we have to punt…and rely on our defense to make a stop…oh my god.

3:36-2:31 Spikes rips through the line, cuts down runner for 1 yard loss.

-Another run stopped for a 2 yard loss

-False start on Dallas, 3^rd and 18 coming up…and I’m still insanely nervous we can’t top them

-Run for 7 harmless yards, holy hell we stopped them…but what is up with the playcalling??? Three straight runs with a chance to put a dagger in our hearts? Whatever, thanks Dallas, we have one more chance at this bitch. Pats ball, all or nothing here

2:31 to end of game Blitz comes, Brady gets it away to Herndo for 16

-Brady CRUSHED, but somehow gets it to Gronk on sideline, clock stops

-Quick out to Welker for five yards, 2 minute warning.

-Another one to Welker for 5, 1^st down baby

-Dump off to Woodhood for 9, up to the Dallas 30, only down 3.

-Incompletion, another Brady Special for a first down

-Woodhood for 15 more on another underneath route, holy shit, visions of ‘03 patriots obscuring vision.

-Welker for 6, despite excellent coverage, holy balls. Timeout Pats, 27 seconds left in the game

-Brady hangs in pocket, good protecting, fires a missile to Herndo….FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, FUCK YES!!!!

-Dallas finished the game with a hopeless attempt at a hail mary.

Final Thoughts

-In the moment, I didn’t see how the touchdown play developed, but Gronk took the top off the coverage by running out while Herndo ran in, double coverage followed the wrong guy, Brady looked at Gronk, then fired to Herndo, who got sticky hands are the right moment.

-The defense, while stepping it up big time, is only partially responsible for this win. The Dallas play calling on their last two drives was pathetic. No looks downfield, ball completely out of Tony Romos hands, and it probably cost them the game. Seriously, their game plan in the last 6 minutes was more conservative than Rush Limbaugh.

-Unsung Hero-Vince Wilfork-on most occasions where the other D-lineman and linebackers could shoot the gaps and cause havoc, the big man in the middle was commanding double teams in the trenches while also causing a fumble. Continues to be one of the best players on the field despite not always getting the media blowjobs other players receive.

Social Security Income To Boost 3.6%, Don't Worry About Me, Happy to Fund it.

WASHINGTON – Some 55 million Social Security recipients will get a 3.6 percent increase in benefits next year, their first raise since 2009, the government announced Wednesday. The increase, which starts in January, is tied to a measure of inflation released Wednesday morning. About 8 million people who receive Supplemental Security Income will also receive the 3.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, meaning the announcement will affect about one in five U.S. residents.

I'm so happy for everyone collecting social security, really, I'm glad you're getting a raise, kudos to the government, you guys deserve it.  Don't worry about me, I don't mind funding this increase, more than happy to do it.  Sure my private sector COLA this year will probably be like a 1-2% raise (if we even get one), but it doesn't bother me at all that tax payer funded income is raising by more than the actual tax payers income. Not one bit.

And no, it doesn't bother me knowing that Social Security probably won't exist by the time I'm at retirement age, I'll just happily keep paying in, supporting baby boomers and having less money to save for my own future, which ensures that I'll need social security, at least as a form of supplemental income, except, again, it won't exist at that point...because it'll be broke.

But like I said, more than happy to pay, really glad for everyone getting a nice bump in income this January. Smiling ear to fucking ear. Seriously.