Simple pleasures

A little tennis, a little football, a little snack food, and a chubby purring lap kitty on a lazy, chilly Sunday. It doesn't get much better than that.

Since today's ESPN showing of the men's final of the Australian Open had the potential to conflict with the Super Bowl this evening, I recorded the 3:30 am tennis showing before I went to bed last night so I could watch it before the foootball game tonight. Have to get my weekend sports fix, ya know.

Then, I got all efficient and did some pre-preparations for tonight's snacking menu which included spinach dip, pigs in a blanket w/honey mustard dipping sauce, and a carmelized onion and roasted red pepper cheese puff recipe I created.

All that was left to do was curl up in my comfy chair, snuggle under my flannel throw, and entice my beastie boy Buster to come up and get cozy on my lap. We then watched the tennis match together. Well, I watched -- he purred, slept and kept me warm.

When football time came, Lew joined me and we settled in for more TV. We've munched heartily, enjoyed Bruce rocking on at halftime, and the Steelers are winning as I type. All in all, a good day of simple pleasures.

Oh, my heart and soul!

I just don't know how to act -- two in a row on the road! Loving me some 'Skins 2nd half playing! I say it again... SUH-WEET!! :)

Redskins - 23
Eagles - 17

Suh-weet!!

That's all ... just SUH-WEET!!

Skins: 26
Cowboys: 24

Bummer :(

Well, poo! As some of you may know, I'm a tennis fan and rarely miss the Grand Slam events on TV, regardless of who's broadcasting it. I always knew where to go for the US Open, though, and never had to channel hop around to watch. The USA network has carried it for the last 25 years.

This year's Open, however, is USA's last telecast of the event. Apparently they are giving up their sports programming (with the pitiful exception of some kind of World Wrestling Raw nonsense and the Westminster Dog Show) in favor of more original series production.

What a disappointment!! Their coverage was excellent -- major matches were shown live, in their entirety, without the annoying editing and tape delays that other networks resort to to fill time slots. They gave us hours and hours of pure tennis enjoyment.

In the future we'll get to watch it on ESPN or the Tennis Channel (which my cable company doesn't even carry) and have to endure their butchered version of what they want us to see. Weekend coverage of championship matches will still be carried by CBS Sports, but again, most likely edited and/or delayed for prime time viewing.

I'm really gonna miss USA coverage... a lot.

It's about time!

My most favorite player of all time, and one of the classiest gentlemen of the game, Redskins wide receiver Art Monk finally makes it into the NFL Hall of Fame. Yay!! No one deserves it more.