The Gray Season

The “gray season” has arrived. Chicagoans are familiar with the time of the year between New Years and spring when the weather is just so brutally depressing. That depression can carry over to other aspects of an individual’s life. Blah!

The US men’s soccer team won 2-1 at Trinidad & Tobago, which puts them well on their way towards qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. They’re undefeated in their last 30 games against CONCACAF opponents. The real test comes next month in Mexico.

My old college pal Doc Scott, who writes the Cincinnati Reds column over at MVN has a great summary of the coming 2005 baseball season in 6 parts. Check out the link in the right column.

In an effort to combat the “gray season” mentioned above, I’ve ordered both “The Real Cancun” and “Summer Lovers” from Netflix this weekend… That’s a big change from last weekend’s double feature of “Hot Dog; The Movie” (which is good because its so dated) and “Aspen Extreme” (which was awful. It was just “Light of Day” but with skiing instead of rock n roll).

Saw “Open Water” last night which was good and pretty scary. The best part for me was the nudity. That chick is a Hhhhotttie!

I’m taking a break from “Napoleon” and rapidly plowing thru Arnold Hano’s “A Day In the Bleachers”, which I think would make a great film… Though probably no nudity...