Three Winners And A Choke -- by J.O.B.

1) I was reminded again over the last couple of days as to why I want to move to Cali so bad - to fight fires! No, actually I had a great time. Truly a business/pleasure trip. Went to Disneyland, worked on some music and got hooked up with the Assistant to the President of Warner Bros., as well as Romany Malco (aka the Black guy in 40-Year Old Virgin.) I just love southern California. Saw a couple other stars (Lisa Kudrow, Patricia Clarkson) but I'm not really a star-crazy kind of person. I just like the lifestyle. Enough to deal with a little wild fire action ...

2) Cedric Benson still sucks. Normally I am the guy that gives his team a break after a victory, unlike most Chicago sports fans, but jeez-o-pete does this guy suck. It's not the line's fault because they were able to protect for Griese just fine and everyone knows that run blocking is simpler than pass blocking. Benson blew chunks and Griese was forced to throw more than 35 passes yet again. Fortunately the Eagles offense was so inept that they only put up 16 points. Ya' think Rex could've gone 97 yards in 1:34? Nah, I didn't think so.

3) I don't buy a lot of movies on DVD. I just don't have a tendency to long for even some of the best movies I've seen. Don't get me wrong, I've got some of my favorites (Fight Club, Usual Suspects, Blade Runner,) but I almost never go running out to get the latest DVD release when I know it will be in the "4 for $20" bin at Blockbuster in 2 months. Well, I actually purchased my second 2-disc special edition DVD of the year on Friday, adding Transformers to my purchase of 300 earlier this year. Unless We Own The Night or American Gangster comes out on DVD before the end of the year, I think this might be it for me in this territory before 2008.

4) I need Brown Buddy to come tell me some more about how great his Indians are ...