With man gone, will there be hope for gorilla?

Ok so I lied, the MNF is on and I am powerless to change the channel, so here sit trying to type something. I have a feeling this post may meander a bit, so if you want something short and concise go read some Hemingway. So there's this whole thing with Shel being impregnated again, which is cool, except now we have to make some choices like: which baby get which room, what will we have to buy for the new baby, is Luka old enough to sleep in a bed, are we still going to get a new bed, what color are we going to paint the spare room, where the hell is Luka (in the basement probably), who is going to watch the new baby, can we afford to send the new baby to RC daycare if necessary, is the new baby a boy or girl, what will be the new name of said boy or girl, what is the hell is Luka eating, who do I need to start in fantasy football this weekend, and other topics of various peril and impart.

I got Madden 07 the other day and I am no good at it. I think they have finally reached the saturation point where I can't possibly handle all the options anymore. Did you know that defenisvely before the snap these are all the options you have to choose from:

Defensive line audibles
Spread the defensive end outside the tackles
Move the line in tight between the tackles
Shift the line left or right
Crash inside or outside
Crash left or right

Linebacker audible
Spread out the linebackers
Move linebackers in tight
Shift linebackers left or right
Put all linebackers in hook zones
Blitz all linebackers
Blitz left or right linebackers

Coverage audibles
Put DBs into press or loose coverage
Show blitz
Shift safeties and linebackers into better position to cover their assigned man
Shift safety coverage left, right, or out

Zeesh! It makes my head hurt. On the plus side I actually returned a kickoff for TD on the Pro setting, although I think the Pro setting is too easy (the All-Pro is too hard for a schmuck like me).

Other than that I've been spending a lot of time playing 360 and watching football while patiently waiting for Shel to get over her morning, noon, and night sickness and I think we are nearly at the end. This is a good development.

And for my grand finale Gabe has shown me the city council meeting brilliance that is this video. Beware of rogue helicoptor pilots! A quality effort on Gabe's part to get this information out to the public.

Last week I read Over The Edge of the World and would highly recommend it to any history buff. I couldn't put it down, why don't they make movies about this type of stuff? Who knew how absolutely fraught with danger and derringdo the first trip around the world was? I've now begun reading Ishmael, which comes as a gift and highly recommended by Loren, it's something a little bit outside my normal reading lists and so far it seems to be focusing on a telepathic gorilla. We'll see where it goes.

Over and out, I'm going to bed I think.