Rivalry Week

Dear Texas A & M fans, 

We have Matthew McConaughey on our sidelines.

You have....

him.

 


Go sit down, little brother, before you get hurt.  The big boys are playing.

Hook 'em.

I swan, rivalry week has got to be the best -- and worst-- week in college football, and this year, it was, as the young people would say, it was lit.  From eight overtimes, to massive brawls, to renewed rivalries...the only thing missing was Bedlam.  

For you football muggles, Bedlam was the rivalry game between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.  Even though I'm not a fan of either team, the game was always entertaining.  This year, they had OK ST playing Colorado -- or being obliterated by them rather, and OK playing LSU -- which they're trying to make into a rivalry, but it just isn't.  

Me, I don't see why they can't keep Bedlam going.  There are lots of non conference rivalries out there.  Georgia vs Georgia State, Florida vs Florida State, South Carolina vs Clemson just to name a few.  

Anyway, it's also the worst week because you know football season is over.  Only conference championships and bowl games to go, and this year the 12 team playoff -- which will be decided by a committee.  How is that any better than the old BCS system which the playoff replaced?  I stand by my opinion that they should just do away with a national championship and go back to the days when bowl games meant something.  

On a similar note, the local high school will be playing for the state championship next Saturday.  I don't think I'm going to subscribe to that streaming service again.  I'll just listen on the radio.  I'm sure the local station will be broadcasting it. 

In other news, I had to go back to work this morning, and man when that alarm went off at 3:30 I wanted to cry.  Alas, somebody has to pay the bills around here, so off to work I went.  Where I discovered that one of the Vitally Important Machines in tubing was down -- and stayed down pretty much all day, which meant we couldn't get the Vitally Important Parts we needed to make our header assemblies. 

But did they let us go home early?  Of course not!  Don't be ridiculous!  

Not only did they not let us go early, they made us stay until 3:00.  I'd thought I might run into the store afterwards, but nope.  The deer will have to wait until another day to get corn.  

But I'm getting ahead of myself.  As if having a Vitally Important Machine down all day wasn't trouble enough, it seems every single order I got had something wrong with it.  At one point, after I'd had to go to tubing yet again, Group Leader Shark saw me grumbling to myself, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I just had to order a header because someone can't count to sixteen."  I snapped. Then I said, "I don't mean to be like this.  I'm just frustrated!   When every order I get has something wrong with it, it's so frustrating!"

She said, "I know." 

And I didn't say out loud, but you're the group leader!  Fix it!  Make them do right!  But I sure thought it. 

On completely unrelated note, the first batch of Christmas cards went out this morning.   Alas, my replacement book of stamps, which was supposed to arrive today, did not.  Apparently they're stuck in Jackson.  On a more positive note, according to the tracking number, my battery laden gift for my nephew has safely made it to Fairbanks.  Looks like I won't be going to prison after all. 

And finally, today's Advent figure is the palm tree. 

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, planted in the house of the they will flourish in the courts of our God. -- Psalm 92: 12-13