Fantasy Football Winnings

I spent my winnings today on a new pair of running shoes (Asics) and a Garmin Forerunner (GPS, monitors pace, speed and time). These two items, along with this post, hopefully will get me remotivated to start running again. The last serious run I had was back in April in a corporate 5K, and before that it may have been my half marathon back in December of 2004. It's difficult for me to believe that I actually was able to run up to 14 miles in a row just two years ago. It's highly doubtful that I'd be able to run five miles straight right now, as I have gotten very out of shape. I'm not a huge person for resolutions, but I need to get back into good physical condition.

This is the second time I've spent fantasy football winnings on sports equipment. Three years ago I won a league and bought a weight bench and set of free weights. They are still looking great, sitting in my bedroom. They get dusted every two weeks. Who knows? I may even start using them again.

Cowboys

How does a team choke like that, in a huge game at home? Against a rush defense that has been horrible over the past eight weeks, how can you not score from the one yard line, given three attempts? How can your defensive line allow a journeyman quarterback so much time to complete throws to guys on third and long that for some reason are not even covered? How can you gift wrap the NFC East title for a team without its star, after fighting so hard to get to the top of the division?

How?

What a lousy Christmas gift.

Grats to the Eagles, however. They showed up ready to win.

On a somewhat related note, I won my fantasy football league this season, which was a very nice Christmas present ($360). Thanks to the two owners drafting ahead of me this season who went with Shaun Alexander and Larry Johnson. I would have made the playoffs even without Tomlinson, however, because some of my later round picks really turned out to be good ones (Phillip Rivers, Maurice Drew-Jones, Marion Barber, the Ravens' defense). I won my last 11 games, something I don't think I've done in any arena since playing one-on-one basketball against my childhood friend Steve (who in all fairness is a foot shorter than me).

An unused blog

This is the main reason I was hesitant to start a blog - I wouldn't be motivated to write something regularly, and what I did post would be much less interesting and of lower quality than others'. Recently, however, I decided that I would just post. No one really reads this anyway, so why should it matter whether it's any good? With that amazing build-up, here's the reason I am posting today:

I was pulled over by an undercover policeman on Friday on my way to work for "improper use of horn". Warning, no ticket. I'm obviously a serious criminal who deserves incarceration, however, as the last time I was pulled over (approximately four years ago) it was for windows that were tinted too darkly. How, I ask you, is it possible for me to maintain my unbelievably cool image in a 1997 Honda Accord without darkly tinted windows?