A glimmer of hope?

The 2005 Green Bay Packers beat the Atlanta Falcons 33-25 yesterday. It's true. All sarcasm aside, I had a good feeling about the game yesterday morning but I'd be lying if I told you I thought they would win for sure. As ugly as their 1-7 record is, the Packers are better. Almost every loss has come by a few points and no team in the NFL has had their offense decimated by injury worse than the Packers. But the team has played hard and God sent them a gift in the quick, hard-running, and humble Samkon Gado. I'm not going to get overhyped about the Pack, but I do think the newfound run game is going to get them over the hump. The defense is top 10 right now and has played consistently solid all season, outplaying the expectations of most critics. Given this equation and the fact that Sherman has actually had the team practicing and playing with heart all year, I predict a 6-2 record for the rest of the season and believe it wouldn't even be a long shot to win out. Oh yeah, if this happens, I'm still a critic of Sherman but I WILL be the first to eat my words.

I'm only a week late, but if I actually updated this thing more I would've been talking about the bathroom stall bar-sex between the two Carolina Panthers cheerleaders. There have been thousands of stories and jokes about this all over the internet so all I will say to you is that I celebrate with my fellow man in the fact that one of our greatest fantasies has finally played itself into reality. SHA'MON!

In news pertinent to my real life, I found out last week that I will be starting my "real" job the first week in December which is pretty good news overall. It'll be nice to start making some decent money and have a consistent schedule, and I am excited about going to work for the firm as it seems to be a growing organization with a creative environment. Of course any recent college grad is going to be apprehensive about entering the 40-hour work week but we all have to do it at some point. The good thing is I have a few weeks to ease out of the part-time, lax lifestyle and enjoy some free time before starting. I'm looking forward to a long Thanksgiving weekend with family and possibly being in Iowa for the Gophers game and then visiting a friend in Milwaukee the following week. We're planning on attending a game between the surprisingly-hot Bucks and the Mavericks and of course having a few good nights of Wisconsin bar debauchery. I hope to finally check out Wolski's Tavern and bring home the infamous bumper sticker that shows you closed the place.

Randomness:

If you live in Minneapolis and like the band Spoon you should be very interested in going to your local bar and trying to win tickets to their 400 Bar show on Schell. Hope I'm lucky enough to be there December 8th.

After hearing and reading about VH1's latest reality hit Breaking Bonduce, I finally caught the show by chance today. It's what else but a reality series following the life of former Brady boy Danny Bonaduce through the trials and tribulations of his marriage and overcoming addictions to alcohol, steroids, and vicodin. After one episode I'll say you won't believe you're wasting your time watching it, yet you'll be highly entertained.

I'm really looking forward to the following: having HBO and watching the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, the Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line, and listening to covers of Christmas songs by great bands in the next couple months (no joke, I love Christmas).

I'm going to leave you there. Too much blog writing make Eric something something.

- EH

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