I'm going to be honest, the idea of fantasy sports doesn't do it for me. I can easily see how most males can get into this relatively new phenomenon, but I just can't do it. Too much work. It also requires too much devotion to a particular sport. I do spend quite a bit of time at NBA.com, but this is in passing and relatively small in terms of my time budgeting. At my current workplace, people are completely obsessed with Fantasy Football.

I don't really follow football (because of reasons that are mostly linked to the way I grew up, which was in a environment where there was usually no mention of the game) so I tend to be on the outside of most conversations. Strangely, I have countered this with an extreme interest in random sports facts:

I know now that there are 12 (actually 13) major markets with all 4 (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL) major sports teams. I know the smallest market to have all 4 (Denver), and the largest to not (Los Angeles...weird right?). I now know that of all 4 year colleges and universities, the 4 most common mascots are ranked accordingly: 1. Eagle 2. Tiger 3. Bulldog 4. Panther. It seems predatory animals are big when it comes to solidifying your sports program into a cohesive identity. It also makes me wonder (granted, sometimes its pretty obvious) why there is all of the hullabaloo over teams with Native American identities. Maybe it's the cheapening of their culture, but sometimes it seems teams have a deep connection with people groups of a specific regions (like the Florida State Seminoles). The University of Louisiana has its Ragin' Cajun's, that is more or less the same scenario...regional culture group used to be the solidifying image of the University.

Ok, let me stop and explain that the caricature of these people groups is what seems to be the problem, and when it comes to mascots, caricatures happen more than a Lohan/Ronson scratchfest. So maybe there is no 100 percent politically correct mascot when it comes to people groups, (Vikings anyone?) but I would say that these mascots were originally chosen to help teams go to "war" with their opponents. Native Americans are pretty bad ass when you think about it. I was a Choctaw during my tenure as a college student, but a Pioneer as a High Schooler....what a strange turn of events. Maybe I am Kevin Costner.

I saw "The Informant" and was mildly entertained.

"Its Always Sunny..." comes on tonight. I am excited.

I've never seen someone so obsessed with a tv show that hasn't yet premiered, as my wife is with Glee. This show hasn't even truly begun and she's already planning on getting a "Gold Digger" tattoo to commemorate the choir's performance of the Kanye West classic.

Meanwhile, I'm trying to figure out a way to fund a purchase of the newly remastered Beatles tracks as well as Beatles Rock Band game. I suppose I should have a Wii first, but let's not get technical here.

Our shows this weekend were a lot of fun. Show one in Monroe had us playing to a very supportive crowd who knew our music. Show two had us playing in the Celebrity Lounge in a casino, with people who were totally unfamiliar. But, being the "make the most of it" type of guys we are, we delivered a show full of entertainment, at one point pulling a middle aged African American woman on stage who went by the name "Miss Jenkins" (I think). Jordy ended up singing "Ill make love to you" to her. I think people were mostly just licking each other in the face out there in the crowd. But the night was wild, and so were we. Then I proceeded to drive 10 hours home so I could be at work the next day. I have determined that I am a moron, and should stick to serenading middle aged women.

That is all for now.

Lish 5000 out.