Well, not entirely true (about the dearth of sport and for the inability to find lame arse excuses for the lack of blogging about same - more follows!).
I mean, what has happened in the sporting world since last I blogged? All I can think of is, well, there was something about that naughty boy and all round creep -
- Lance Armstrong (soooooo long overdue, and only the beginning), the slightly weakened Black Caps win a ODI series against the seriously weakened No. 1 ranked Proteas, Roger Federer doesn't win the Aussie open (but Novak Djokovic makes it three in a row, and four in total - and does it EASY), Michael Campbell not only makes a cut in a serious golf tournament, he damn near gets up to win one, the MIGHTY CHIEFS convincingly win a pre season blat against everyone's second favorite Super Rugby team, the Highlanders, Kenya beat NZ in the Wellington 7s, only to lose to everyone's least favorite rugby team, England, the New Zealand Test Cricket side open up a rich vein for Pakistan betting syndicates to mine as Pakistan get bowled out for 49, the NZ Breakers win 10 in a row, smashing the Perth Heat at the Vector Arena in front of a sell out crowd, to atone for the two early season hidings they suffered at the hands of the same, Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans makes history (possibly world sports history - and not just the American definition of "world" ie America) when brothers will coach the opposing Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers to contest one of the biggest sports events on the planet, HP Baseball's two premier sides start the season off well with a couple of wins (details on their subsequent progress has been sketchy due to me having other commitments on the weekend?!?!), "A Rod" Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees third baseman, appears, amongst others, to be as dirty as sin again being named as a customer of a now defunct "rejuvenation clinic" in South Florida as being a user of HGH and other performance enhancing naughtiness (way to kill any shred of sympathy you might have had, dude). Other than those couple of minor events, and some Davis Cup tennis, pre season rugby and league, Shane Warne being true to his new plasticated form in the Big Bash, the BCCI being just a bit silly with regard to the DRS system in Test Cricket and trucks heading out of the snow at Major League Baseball clubs to places where the sun always shines (unless a hurricane or tornado get there first) for Spring Training, and I haven't really missed a thing. Just as well, as I wouldn't want to post too frequently (which is essentially the lame arse excuse).
Wall-o-text For The Win!!!!
So, what's coming up that I'm excited about?
Well, at Casa del Wansbone we're having our *probably* 10th annual Super Bowl Monday party where we try and go all American, with out going all American (although I came super close to buying some little American flags to decorate the lounge). On tomorrow's menu are potato skins, my seriously excellent "what, no meat?!" vegetarian chilli, honey soy marinated buffalo wings, hot dogs with ketchup and mustard, and the nearest I can stand of beers mass produced in the USofA, Millers Genuine Draft (I simply WILL NOT EVER buy Budweiser, and there's nothing you can do to make me, other than giving me free stuff, because I'm a total sucker for free stuff LDO). Some Pop Tarts with chocolate milk for breakfast and we'll be flying! I'm not sure who I'm barracking for since the Colts couldn't get there with their rookie QB Andrew Luck (but at least they fired some shots this year). Baltimore play against the Yankees in the American League East conference of the MLB, so it could be them, but their poster boy, Ray Price, sounds like he's all types of dodgy and I'm not sure I can really support them. San Francisco already hold the MLB "World Series" so they've had some sporting success, but they do have a bit of a story in their QB Colin Kapernik, but they also have a complete bell end in Randy Moss as a wide reciever, I've not found what I've heard of him particularly likeable. Meh, I'll probably just go with San Francisco because the weather is better there. WIN!
That's all for now, I've gotta go finish off my Refritos so my chilli appears mighty meaty, even though it isn't. Mighty meaty. Because it's got no meat in it. Because of the refritos.. you get the picture.
So, until the next exciting edition of "what the f@ck is he on about now?", here's me signing off. See ya all 'round now, y'all!
