Greetings. So I have a couple of Excell spread sheets minimized and ready to go if I should need to bail out on this blog. I should be able to get a few days of uninterrupted writing as the office is starting to thin out a bit. Thanks for the interest in Sunday’s Colts column. Tried to write yesterday but could only sneak on long enough to answer some comments. Keep ‘em coming . . . I like the interaction with sports fan. Lord knows I don’t get it with anyone else in my life . . .

Big week for “On Company Time.” Tomorrow I have my performance evaluations, which always go, well, not so good. I’ll be sure and share. Thursday night is the annual Christmas party, which unfolds like an audition for the reality TV series, “Dull People Who Only Get Duller With Alcohol.” Haven’t heard of that one? Swing by my office Thursday PM. Should be a blast.

On to sports . . .

NFL Ramblings
Other than the Colts, the big story from week 15 had to be the Pats. I swear I had written them off. After losing to the Colts in week 9 they were 4-4. Then they won five out of their next six. But four of those wins were against the lowly Fins, Saints, Jets, and Bills. I thought they were done. Like, “Ashlee Simpson-collapsing-onstage-in-Japan” done. But now I’m not so sure. Even though Brady’s a tad gimpy, they’re getting healthy in other key places (the return of Dillon is huge).

But the biggest reason they are where they are is the return of Teddy Bruschi. Since his return, the starting quartet of Bruschi, Vrabel, Colvin and McGinest (who has always looked a little like Carl Weathers to me) have gone off for 132 tackles, 13 sacks, two fumble recoveries, one interception and 17 passes defended. Sick numbers. Just sick. So when the Colts and the Pats meet in the playoffs, do you bet against the Pats and Belichick? I don’t know if you do. . .


So the Cowboys did there best impression of the Lone Star State’s other football team by getting spanked by the Redskins. Other than the Boy’s offense, the most humorous thing to come out of the game was Parcell’s postgame comments: “We have been a little erratic and we've been a little up and down, but we haven't been in one of those [blowout] games. So I think you look at [Sunday’s absurdly one sided tail-kicking] and say, 'Hey, well, that's not really what we are.' And I don't think it is. I think we can do better." Ummm . . . Someone needs to tell Tuna that ‘da Nile ain’t just a river in Egypt. The Cowboys are done. Finished. They have lost 3 out of their last 4. And in their three losses, never once had the lead.


Did you hear that Britney Spears has filed a $20 million libel lawsuit against Us Weekly, charging the magazine published a false story reporting she and K-Fed had made a sex tape and were worried about its release? The lawsuit, filed Monday, seeks damages for “misappropriating the singer’s image to promote sales.” No truth to the rumor out of Detroit that fans there are considering a similar suit: It seems the Lions have been misappropriating the image of a legitimate professional football team for years. When Wayne Fontes and “glory days” are mentioned in the same sentence, things are not going well.

Dang. Gotta go. I’ll try and finish up later.