Well, my fantasy football team’s hopes of a championship were just torn shredded along with Donovan McNabb’s ACL. This season’s fantasy football MVP also just happens to be my stalwart quarterback. Now he’s done for the year. All this as my team is gimping toward the playoffs in the midst of a two (about to be three) game skid. Ugh. Maybe I can pick up Jeff Hostettler on the waiver wire?
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In other sports news that stinks for me, it looks like the Cubbies have doled out 130 mill over 8 years for Alfonso Soriano. This caps a flurry of moves for the Cubs over the last month (inking Lou Pinella to manage, re-signing Aramis Ramirez for the hot corner, trading for Neal Cotts, re-signing Kerry Wood). No matter. They still have holes in their rotation, a righty-heavy lineup and…oh yeah, they’re the Cubs. This just in: they’ve already been mathematically eliminated from the ’07 division title. Maybe if they’d won a championship in the last hundred years or so I’d be worried. Enjoy the money, Alfonso. And enjoy all that free time come October, too.
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This week we’re weaning Abby Kate from her pacy. We did this with Joshua a couple months ago, just haven’t had the energy / patience to do it with our more “passionate” child. Pray for us. Tonight wasn’t too bad, though. Maybe that Nyquill I gave her had something to do with it.
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Is there any better music on the planet than the Vince Guaraldi Trio on the Charlie Brown Christmas album? Have I mentioned that I love Christmas music?
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In June, I wrote about Andy, my fat cocker spaniel. This summer, he tipped the scales at a rotund fifty pounds, prompting us to severely cut down on his food intake. No table scraps, special dog food, etc. Five months later, Andy is no longer “obese”. In fact, we’re guessing he’s right where he’s supposed to be: between 25 and 30 lbs. If there was a Biggest Loser for dogs, he’d be the champ. Maybe he’ll get a turkey bone this week as reward.
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Sunny and I own the first 7 seasons of Everybody Loves Raymond on DVD. This week, we’ll work our way through each season’s Thanksgiving episode. My favorite: the one where Marie makes the tofu turkey. There are fewer things I enjoy more than watching this show with my wife. It just makes us laugh and that’s great.
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This week, I’m reading A Generous Orthodoxy by Brian McLaren. I’m trying to further wrap my mind around this whole postmodernity thing for a grad project I’m working on. I have to admit, much of this conversation makes me uncomfortable. I know that makes me “traditional” and “antiquated” and “mired in modernity” and all that, but it’s the truth. I’m just never quite sure what to make of this stuff. Anybody else read much McLaren? Thoughts?
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I hope this week will be an opportunity for us to reflect on the spiritual blessings we have in Christ, per Ephesians 1.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.