It's the second day of Winter and we've already got a foot of snow on the ground. Some parts of northern Ohio will apparently get 20 inches. Fantastic.

Normally I wouldn't mind, except that on this particular day my family is driving up from South Carolina and will be doing so for multiple hours in white-out conditions and mixed sleet. Great.

They should be here in about 3 more hours, so hopefully they'll make it with no problems.

Why is Syracuse even in a bowl game? They're horrible. I realize that Akron is the only bowl eligible team that didn't get an invite, so why don't they fly out at half time and replace Syracuse. They certainly couldn't do any worse.

So Vince Carter tipped off the Super Sonics during a game. Here's how I envision the conversation going:

Vince Carter: "Hey guys, I gotta tell you something."
Super Sonics: "What's that?"

Vince Carter: "I suck."
Super Sonics: "We already knew that you fool."

Vince Carter: "Oh yeah? Well I'm also over-rated."
Super Sonics: "Tell me something we don't know."

Vince Carter: "Okay. I will. We're going to run the high screen and roll to the right. I'm going to fade to the corner and kick it back to the key. What do you think about that bitches?"
Super Sonics: "Thanks for the info."

The hot stove league never disappoints and also never fails to point out the payroll imbalances. Does anyone really think that if Oakland had $100 million more a year to spend that they would have traded Hudson and Mulder? Obviously not.

My prayer is that President Bush steps in, kicks out Fehr and Selig, and installs a salary cap, strict drug testing, rookie pay depending on where you were picked (ala the NBA), and stiffer penalties for teams signing free agents.

I have way too much Christmas shopping left to do. It will be pretty sad if I have to take a vacation day in order to get it done.

Get your Washington Nationals souvenirs while you can. If they move, I predict that any item with a Nationals logo will be selling through the roof.

I applaud what Washington DC is doing in regards to MLB. Is it really so unreasonable to ask the team to pay for half of the stadium costs? Who gets the benefits from a new stadium. I do believe it's the team. Why shouldn't they have to pay for half of it?

This whole argument irritates me greatly. Why should taxpayers pay for new stadiums at all? If they do pay, then they should get some of the freaking revenue. I understand the whole argument of "well a new stadium brings new people, which brings in new businesses, which makes more money for everyone." Well that doesn't always pan out. Look at Detroit. Do you think the area around Comerica is thriving? I sure don't. It looks to be as dead and run down as it has always been.

Things I've bought for myself for Christmas so far:

Window tint for my car
Moon roof wind deflector for car
Another TiVo
USB ethernet for another TiVo
Spider-Man 2 DVD
Lord of the Rings Return of the King DVD
Enviracair Humidifier
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas for PS2
Bomberman Generations for GameCube
Sly Cooper 2 for PS2

I might be done buying myself things, but I'm not sure yet.

I don't think I ever posted a picture of what my car looks like now that I've tinted it and added the moon roof wind deflector, so here it is.

The Browns.

They are good.