Time to catch up on some things:

Yesterday's Browns game. I mean, really. Could that have been any worse? I continued the punishment by listening to the postgame shows on the radio. It didn't help! As the great John McKay, former Tampa Bay coach, once said, "Three or four plane crashes and we're in the playoffs."

But where do you start with this bunch? We have a rookie OC who seems risk averse in his play calling. We have a coach whose only trait different from the previous coach is he chews gum, so we know he has a pulse. We had the CBS #8 announce team and it showed..."Eric Wright is one of the best defensive backs in the NFL". My ass. We seem to have a quarterback who can't throw long, holds the ball too long at times, then other times has the quickest progression to the 3-yard dink I've ever seen.

What else? We can't run the ball. We don't seem to block very well. We don''t seem to tackle very well. And we still can't stop the fuckin' run. 186 yards yesterday. Buckhalter for a long TD. Buckhalter! I have better knees than that guy!

Truly atrocious yesterday. I subscribe to the theory that you cannot underestimate the pride of the professional athlete. But after yesterday's game, I'm convinced we have not much talent compounded by very little depth. The scary thing is that in the years since the Browns return, there have been reasonable starts where the team has hovered around or just below .500 through 6-8 games, then the season goes down the shitter. But after these first two games, I wonder if we are gonna revisit the early seasons of Browns Version 2.1 and be terrible from the get-go.

The schedule this year is not cooperating and it seems we have a whole lot of suck to endure before it gets better.

Meal of Links

20 literal album covers. "I, Jonathan" made it. As did "The Wall".

Hasselhoff has been hitting the vodka lately. So, now he's in the hospital.

Fourteen television shows about television. A great clip of "Half Wits" from SCTV. God, I loved that show. Plus, Tom Waits on "Fernwood 2 Night".

Neil Armstrong is about to be hosed. You know, he's not a scientist. Although he did walk on the moon.

What does the New York Times former food critic do now when the chore of reviewing is done? Looks like eat a lot of chicken.

I'm fed up with the word "Czar". People are bitching about the word and its use of Presidential assistants and they have little knowledge of its use or the actual role a czar plays in an administration. I saw one woman (on film) claim they were awarded land! Yes, Americans is stupid. Anyhow, I hope this ends the discussion.

Exercise Yard

The F1 cheating scandal moves on. This is one of the most heinous acts of cheating ever in sports. A Renault driver intentionally wrecking so his teammate grabs the lead in a race. But the driver who wrecked, Nelson Piquet, Jr. became the whistle blower and the house of cards crumbled.

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62 Across: Pop music's Hall & _____ (5 letters) Answer: Oates