The MOST Wonderful Time of the Year

Awesome blog nonwithstanding, I knew I had a higher purpose in life - and NOW i have figured it out - to bring football to people who think they already have a life. (does this count as missionary work?). Turns out Californians have better things to do on sunny Sunday afternoons than to watch football games (something about beaches....enjoying what's left of the environment...stuff like that). Aren't there any dark, smokey bars in this town? So WHAT if the games are on at 10 in the morning - you people are okay with Bloody Mary's every OTHER day of the week. Get in the game.

Now that the Titans are in the playoffs (however temporary that may be), I am getting REALLY obnoxious [What? - you thought I was ALREADY obnoxious?? Are we still talking about football?]. Some examples:

• Someone gets their car tagged with one little old Titans' car magnet and next thing you know they're moaning about their clear coat. Listen - you have a Nader sticker - I don't want to hear about your precious clear coat.
• If you think a car magnet is bad, you should see LoMo's car back in Nashville - Titans window flags flapping in the breeze, pom-pom's peeking out of the back hatch and a car magnet on every panel. Come Sunday, LoMo looks like she's joining the presidential motorcade (except she would have to tone it DOWN to get into a presidential motorcade).
• Quit calling my team the flaming thumb tacks (really - look at the logo)
• Rita keeps telling me NOT to hang that Titans' flag off the front porch because "someone is going to egg the house". But by "egg the house" I think she REALLY means "think I'm a redneck". (HA - wait til gameday when she sees the twelve-foot inflatable lineman I borrowed from Judy. And YOU thought you had to own a gas station to get one of those things. All of Kensington will be talking =)
• I have noticed that certain football-watching rules are different here. Apparently, the "it-doesn't-count-as-cussing-in-front-of-the-kids-if-it's-during-a-football-game" rule does NOT apply to California (and they don't teach their kids the good cuss words as early either)
• Regarding the weekend invitation to our house - you don't come over to watch ME watch the game, you come over to watch the game - what am I, a zoo animal??

GO TITANS!!