Week 7 - All Fired Up

It has been a strange week here in San Diego, so this week's entry will be brief. The firestorm had direct impacts on me at my work, where the agency that I work for suffered a number of losses and had about 20% of our service area turned to ash. My home was out of harm's way for the most part, although we did get an evacuation warning, but never an order. If this is going to happen every 4 years perhaps we should reschedule it for election year instead - that was the misery of the election season can be punctuated by massive devastation from fires rather than Americans electing a moron to the Oval Office as has happened twice in a row now....

On to football

4th Round Pick - the Raiders shopped and shopped Randy Moss around and the BEST offer they got was a 4th round pick. Hello? This guy is leading the league in nearly every receiving category! I guess if your QB can stand there in the pocket with nary a grass stain on his knee and hurl them up for you all day you have a better chance than on a team that gave up 72 sacks last year. Randy is showing some drive to actually go and get the ball, which was not in evidence when he wore the Silver and Black. At this point the Pats are still unbeatable.

Daunte's Inferno - while it was not all his fault, he gets a lot of the blame for the Raider's loss. It seemed that his vision was limited to 5 or 6 yards down field - every pass was to the outlet receiver from the backfield. The few times he did launch it it worked well - why not do it again, moron? One other thing, as you are driving down for the game winning FG attempt, ball security is not kind of important, it is the only fucking thing you need to focus on. That last pick was a killer.


Beers

I have spent a little time contemplating the right beer for a firestorm and there are a number of factors. How well will the beer wash the ashes out of your mouth? How will it travel with all of your belongings in the back of a truck? What is the availability of more on a moment's notice when people are making a run on the 7-11? Finally, which beer can you drink in sufficient quantity to always have a fire hose in hand, just in case the flames come too close? Based on these considerations, I have ruled out fancy beers and microbrews because they fail in items 2 &3. Bottled beer in general does not travel in as compact a space per unit volume than does cans, so they are out. And when it comes to availability, you got to select what is available at 7-11. The winner (no surprise): Bud Light. Yes, it was rigged....