There comes a point in time when you have to stop being called a pessimist and start being called a realist. I think for me that time is now. I said that Purdue would go 7-4 this year. They did. I said the Browns would go 5-11 this year. They'll be lucky to be that good. Everyone said how I was crazy because both of those teams were better than that. Apparently I'm not crazy. Apparently I'm just good at predictions.

I just got back from seeing Trans-Siberian Orchestra at the Gund. The light, laser, and pyro coreography were great. At times the guitars drowned out everything else, and there were some echoing problems with the singing. Other than that it was good. I especially liked O Fortuna from Carmina Burana. At the end of the show they played a rendition of Cleveland Rocks, which it of course does. We had a limo take us to the concert and bring us back, so that was nice too. We didn't have to deal with traffic or parking hassles.

I'd give it a 7 out of 10.

I saw Oceans Twelve today. I disagree with those that say "If you liked Ocean's 11 you're like Oceans 12." I thought 11 was great and had a very slick coolness attached without. In 12, the characters were all back, but the story was MIA. It wasn't slick. It wasn't cool. It wasn't anything but a disappointment. The whole bit with cast member X playing cast member X in real life was contrived and didn't advance the movie at all. The so-called great cameos weren't great, they just seemed like a big failed inside joke. Blah.

4 out of 10.

I won. I finally won at poker. Too bad it was only with 7 people. Not bad though. I walked away with $80. I finished in 2nd once and 3rd twice, but this is my first victory.

One final down, one to go. Finishing early gives me the opportunity to watch the Purdue - Oklahoma basketball game. It's 3:30 into the game and I finally know the name of one Purdue player. Not his first name granted, but a name that I could yell out and he might look.

Hey Ford! Step it up out there!

Here are my picks for the best bowl games to watch and predicitions for each:

Sun Bowl
Purdue - 41
Arizona State - 30

Liberty Bowl
Louisville - 51
Boise State - 38

Outback Bowl
Georgia - 24
Wisconsin - 20

Orange Bowl
USC - 28
Oklahoma - 26

The BCS: Bring College Football one year closer to a playoff.

I'm feeling a little scrawny right now. Does anyone know where I can get some flakseed oil? Maybe I can also use some cream for my arthritic knees.

If my head happens to become the size of a watermelon or my biceps increase in size by 40 inches, it surely must be because of my workout regimen.

I think it's high time Iraq adopted our colored homeland security level scheme.

Monica Crowley. Me likey. Laura Ingraham. Me likey too.