My Dearest Wade,
I have noticed how giddy you have been during our alone time lately. It warms my heart to see you so happy…especially at Christmas.
I know you had hoped to find a contract extension in your stocking. Please don’t think I am a Grinch for not putting it there. Besides, everybody loves an Applebee’s [ Read More ]
Archive for December, 2009
Many have clamored for Jason Garrett’s termination; I have not.
Some have noted a dearth of Jason Garrett criticism in my writing. While I have called Wade Phillips everything, but something good to eat and have been vocal on the notion that he is not the type of head coach this team (or any team with [ Read More ]
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the stands
Not a person was cheering, not one single fan.
They all held their breath in the brisk night air,
And wondered if Santa would bypass them this year.
Their faces were painted all silver and blue,
With streaks of flesh-color from a stray tear or two.
And mom in her Nine [ Read More ]
It was supposed to be the perfect night. It was to be the perfect cherry atop the perfect season in the perfect place. New
Orleans, the city hammered by Katrina and then pummeled by FEMA, would show the world their indomitable spirit and their unique ability to party their way through any sort of disaster and [ Read More ]
It was the best of times (for some). It was the worst of times (for us).
And so it ends. In a few days hence, just like that, the clock strikes midnight, Dec. 31, 2009, and the first decade of the 21st Century draws to an end.
It came in like a lion, with the threat [ Read More ]
With insincere apologies to Quentin Tarrantino for pilfering his wonderful movie title (I even kept the curious spelling because it just seems to fit the blood-and-gluts glory of yesterday’s NFL: you know, before they instituted a glorified game of two-hand touch football), I give you the ten most underrated Dallas Cowboys in team history.
Some of [ Read More ]
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I –
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost
The Dallas Cowboys are 8 – 4, and as coach Wade Phillips reminded the media, that makes them winners. Unfortunately, [ Read More ]
The Dallas Cowboys beat the Giants Sunday. If you do not believe me, just ask head coach Wade Phillips. He will delight in telling you all of the good things his team did that day. He will outline all of the ways his team won.
It was, after all, a record-setting day for Tony Romo and [ Read More ]
