...a premiere back. 

For anyone interested in some of the issues George raised this book is a must-read:

It would be, if the Vancouver GM didn’t often miss the wall entirely.

Noticing how he’s not so boyish anymore, I thought they might try that oldening filter the Millennials came up with, and start aging him progressively as the season progresses.

Except there is no process with Jim Benning’s administration.

That may be the rule or practice nowadays, but back then I think the way they justified TNF was it would be an outlet and a showcase for the Mark Brunells and Jon Kitnas of the world.

Fuck Norm Green, and fuck the Dallas Stars.

So on Christmas Eve, I slipped a raw potato from the fridge into his stocking...

That lead photo, is it just me, or is that a completely unfortunate pose?

The sports talking guys on the radio this morning, desperate for any subject to talk about with hockey in its dead season, leapt on this firing, wrestled over it like dogs over a juicy bone.  The consensus was that this wasn’t just a decision that he was not doing a good job, but more of an owner and a GM butting…

Perseveres, sure.  Endures, perhaps...  Not ‘thrives’ though.

Get a load of moneybags here, with his toaster and fresh tomato.

As I remember it, and I can never find the quote or article to substantiate this, but the rationale for Thursday Night Football was that it would feature the less popular teams, it would give the viewers a break from constant Giants-Cowboys-Patriots games. Until the next year when they looked at the ratings, kind of…

Morgan had a very strong entry for Submission of the Year though, with his undefeated 2-0 season and impatience for the coming season, and a picture and everything.  I almost feel sorry for Morgan.

I was going to re-post and highlight this too.  

They lost to the Titans 9-6 in a game that was somehow NOT played on a Thursday night.

True enough, and managers get caught in this bind, they want the revenue for the restaurant and have to balance that with having a motivated and engaged staff.  

So they let people move around the store filling a cart for up to an hour?

Various restaurants have various policies on this. Heck, one manager one night will be a hardass (“Sorry, we’re about to close in fifteen minutes, we can’t seat you.”), and the next the other manager will be a hardass in the other direction (“We’re here to work and make money, we’re not here to go home early.”)

I’m succeeding at being humourous, thank you very much, and at being rigourously logical.