Is there something in the water? Did I miss a memo? Nearly everyone I know is off taking a trip - GOOD trips. Hawaii, Australia, Cancun, Colorado….

*sigh*

The sad part is that come March I’ll have a chance to take a really great trip - but everyone else is scheduled to be broke by then.

MUST LEAVE COUNTRY. Seriously. At this point even Canada would count.

Suddenly it’s tempting to take a year off and teach english somewhere interesting.

frenetic mode off. Time to recharge.

Wooooo!!! Cal had a pretty amazing run this year, but their final game vs. southern miss just wasn’t as much of a domination as it should have been. Even so, it’s still pretty much a toss up between the two teams - I’m just happy that this too-close-to-call moment tipped in our favor. Of course, I’d go to the cotton bowl in a split second if it meant the election could swing the other way but that’s just crazy talk…

It’s sad that there’s no way to really see what aspects of Texas’ game pulled us ahead of cal in the computer rankings…BCS worked in ut’s favor this time around, but it’s still a pretty oddball way of handling championships. And yet despite all of the bitching about the system, there hasn’t been a viable alternative proposed yet. Playoffs would be even more of a nightmare…what are the criteria for the 4, 8, or 117 teams allowed into the playoff system? Making the selection even more subjective would be an invitation to endless arguments over which factors of a team’s gameplay should trump another team’s.

That said, I have no idea what the idiots in the bleachers are thinking when they proudly display their “Go BCS!” banners…they’re rooting for an automated algorithm? Are we bowing to the machines already?

I, for one…