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April 26, 2004
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT ALREADY!
Sheesh! Let a guy try to make his mark in the world and see what happens! After a few comments from people (Shari, Erika, MG) and a couple of other e-mails, I guess it's going to be harder to stop doing this than I thought. Actually, it's very flattering to have people complaining about not being able to read my writing - thank you, guys.
However -- I still do have every intention of writing a novel, in fact I am even more determined now. So, I'll make you a deal... I'll try to post as frequently as possible, maybe even keep up the daily blogging, but I won't be able to do as many as usual. Maybe like one or two subjects per day... okay? Will you guys get off my back now? (grin) Seriously, thanks for the nice words -- I do appreciate them -- and I'll try not to abandon you.
But if never write my novel now and end up stuck miserably working for The Man and writing in relative anonymity for the rest of my life, I know who to blame. (grin)
Quick thoughts:
THERE'S NOT A JAIL CELL CRUEL ENOUGH St. Louis Rams defensive end Leonard Little was arrested and charged with felony DUI and speeding Monday in Ladue, Missouri. That's bad enough -- driving under the influence is unacceptable under any circumstances anyway. But what makes this case truly galling is that this is Little's second such arrest... the first came in 1998, after he'd drunkenly gotten into an accident that killed a woman. Somehow he was allowed to plea bargain down to involuntary manslaughter, served an 8 game sentence, and returned to the field.
See, it's crap like this that makes me unable to watch much pro sports now. This guy is a freakin' slimeball; he killed another human being. And yet because he's got mad phat skillz, some jackass coach and organization let him keep playing football. And clearly, he's learned nothing.
For one, Leonard Little should be permanently thrown out of the NFL, and his pension revoked. No games over suspensions, no plea bargaining. In this game, it ought to be two strikes, you're out. And he's given up his right both to play in this league and to reap the financial benefits of having done so. His pension should legally be delivered each month to the family of the woman he killed. The St. Louis Rams should also be forced to donate Little's salary to a drunk driving education program in St. Louis. And Little? He's best left to a cellmate named "Blade" who once lost a child to a drunken driver. I hope this jackass gets thrown in prison, and gets the Jeffrey Dahmer treatment while there (ie, knifed by a fellow inmate while unsympathetic guards sit and watch him bleed). In a sports world full of jerks, this guys is by far one of those least deserving of an un-forcibly sodomized existence.
I TOLD YOU SO
The noose tightens: Barry Bonds was not only asked to testify to the grand jury in the BALCO trial, but now it is coming out that he was in fact provided the steroid THG by Victor Conte. Sure, it's only a report right now... for now. But the noose gets tighter and tighter, and it's becoming harder and harder to deny it or to save his asterisk-laden reputation. This juiced up 'roid freak is soon to get his... and it won't have happened to a nice guy.
