Well I could almost taste that championship in October 2003 when the Sox made it to the ALCS and lost. I’ve been enduring the inhumane torture of championship blue balls ever since. I was starting to wonder if it would ever happen!

And it finally did, when the Pats won the Super Bowl last weekend, 3 1/2 long months thereafter. You can imagine what it felt like as those final seconds ticked off the clock. About 100 days of that unbearable and yet strangely libidinous fever, that anticipation for a title waxing within all coming to a lascivious, smirking head within that one moment.

And afterwards, during the post-game interviews, Tom Brady said “None of it would be possible without these guys and all the fans we’ve got back in Boston,” all but confirming that the trophy belongs as much to him as it does us faithful denizens of the Town of Beans. At that point it was too much to bear, and we erupted in cheers, as Brady said something about “tearing that thing down.”

Well that was all we needed to hear as we spooged forth from the bar, a tidal wave, a veritable orgy of chaos and destruction as we overturned cars, looted stores, jostled authority and wreaked general havoc on the streets of Boston. Oh yes, it was good. It was oh, so good.

Later I found out that Mr. Tom actually said “Don’t tear that thing down tonight.” But you know, whatever; it was an honest mistake.

Ok, ok that’s not really how it happened. But it was still fun times. And the parade on Tuesday started just a few blocks from my apartment, on a day when I didn’t have any classes, so I didn’t really have any excuse not to go. Yeah it was a great experience, one of those things that I’ll be able to tell to any person who happens to be passing by when someday I become one of those crazy old storytelling men, like the guy that tells me his weird Johnny Cash war stories every time I walk by him and I’m carrying my bass. I don’t know, it’s kinda crazy just to see the comaraderie and general good humor that arises from something as simple and seemingly insignificant as a national sports championship.

So in conclusion, congrats to the Pats.

In other news, GenealogyBlog.com has quoted and linked one of my blog entries, which is always an awesome thing. When that happens. So thanks to them. Check them out if you’re into the bloggy… genealogy… stuff like I am.

Ugh.. overslept, and then there were horses tethered outside of Little Stevie’s. Needless to say I am very disoriented.

Well the Red Sox are headed to the ALCS, despite playing a horrible, sloppy series in which they didn’t seem to ever get any hits. I’m not yet one of those rabid Sox fans, in part because I’m generally against the adoption of teams just because they are doing well. I’ll always be a Colorado sports fan at heart. However, I’m rooting for the Sox to make it to the Big Show, because man, how cool would it be to have a World Series being played two blocks from where I live? And how insane would it get around here? The answer to both of these questions as far as I’m concerned is “pretty damn.”

In Colorado sports news, everyone lost. I didn’t see the Broncos game because, as we all know, here in New England, nothing west of Buffalo and south of D.C. actually exists. I hear from my brother that they got screwed by the refs, which is never a fun way to lose a game. But at least it was close, which makes me feel good about where they are this year. Should be a good one.

CU.. well let’s just say I’m glad I don’t go there anymore. And I have been informed that the Nuggets are thinking about trying out Dennis Rodman. That would make their games slightly more entertaining. I guess anything’s more entertaining than “excruciatingly boring.”

The big news in the NFL this last week, funnily enough, was surrounding Rush Limbaugh’s comments about Donovan McNabb. Granted that Rush’s comments, as always, were stupid and inflammatory, but that’s not news. To me the public outcry was really sad and fascinating. On one of the NFL pregame shows one of the commentators said something to the effect that “race is just something that you don’t talk about.” Which immediately begs the question, Why?

I didn’t find Rush’s comments to be that inflammatory, but instead to be highly debatable, and there is an important difference there. Just the notion of respecting others dictates that blatant racism is wrong. But is it really too soon to have a healthy debate on the subject of race? Is it really still that sensitive a subject? And I must plead ignorance here, because I honestly don’t know how bad the problem is. I don’t see it, I don’t have problems with it, and because of the strict censorship in the media, I don’t hear anything about it. I guess I just feel that if there’s a problem, the best thing to do is to talk it through. And, from my perspective, it seems like as a society we might be ready to do just that.

I could be wrong. I shouldn’t be considered an authority on anything this week, but especially sports, because my fantasy football team just got crushed by Ian’s. Which is just so embarrassing.