On a side note ... I've gone all-in with Apple. In my estate, I now have two iPhones, two iPads, one iPod (for my youngest son) and one MacBook. I'm ready to buy an AppleTV cube so I can stream videos from any of those devices to my TV. Five years ago I never would have considered having anything more than an iPod, preferring instead to cast my lot with Bill Gates when it came to my personal computing needs. But once Verizon got the iPhone, I became smitten with the Apple bug and desired all the shiny toys from Cupertino over everything else. So what's the next step in personal technology??? When do those appliances from the Jetson's start showing up in stores??? I think the Jetson's was set in 2062 ... I'll be 90 by then ... hmmmmmmmmmm ... maybe I would prefer Dr. Emmett Brown's DeLorean ... It went to 2015 ... and I'll only be 43!!! 43>90 in my mathematical world!!!
Speaking of mathematics, apparently it's Pi Day today ... you know ... 3/14. Excuse me if I'm a little confused, but doesn't Pi have an undetermined absolute value? If so, how do we know exactly when Pi occurs on the 3/14? Furthermore, how did the Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Egyptians, Indians, Mayans and Incas develop such precise circular measurements without knowing the exact value of Pi? If these ancient Geniuses - not be confused with my local Geniuses - didn't need to know the true value of Pi to be successful, why do I need to know Pi's true value? If I don't need to know the true value of Pi, why did I waste all that time in Geometry? True wisdom is knowing the difference between what you need to know and what you know at this moment in time. So here's what I know ... the only Pi I like is strawberry .. and pumpkin .. and pecan ... and black walnut .. and cheesecake. Best Pi scene in a movie? Probably the kitchen scene in American Pie followed by the pie Andy Dufresne got from the warden in Shawshank Redemption. Best Pi scene on TV? Ross Perot's 1992 Presidential campaign TV spots with pie charts followed closely by Aunt Bea's pies on the Andy Griffith show.
No politics today friends, I got my weekly rant out of the way yesterday. So instead it's time for a little sports talk ....
It's Free Agent Season in the NFL, so let's examine this hypothetical situation. You are the owner/general manager of the team with the largest amount of salary cap space in the league. You've been to the playoffs in two straight years and three of the last four years, but haven't won a playoff game since 1991. You have big-time needs at a couple positions: 2nd wide receiver, safety, linebacker & interior o-line. A change-of-pace running back would also be a nice upgrade. Do you:
A) sign several of your own free agents, including your punter, long-snapper, kicker, and two defensive ends
B) franchise tag one of your defensive ends
C) sign the free agent All-Pro safety from the team who lost in the Super Bowl
D) sit on your piles of money because you own the team and it is the main source of your wealth even though the last labor deal put a salary floor in just because of your repeated use of only 75% or so of the available salary cap (most of which is provided by TV & merchandising contracts shared by all NFL teams - in other words it doesn't cost you a penny to make it to the salary cap), but you know the salary floor rules don't apply yet since it is spread over several seasons
E) sign no players of any consequence and say, "That was our plan all along!"
If you answered C, you would be talking about the owner/GM of a team who was serious about winning and you would be INCORRECT!!! We're talking Daddy Mike Warbucks Brown here .... ain't nobody got time for free agents!!! Daddy Mike Cheapskate doesn't make deals unless he has the upper hand, and he doesn't have the upper hand early in free agency. Daddy Mike Losingest General Manager/Owner in NFL History will wait until all the players who are in demand have signed elsewhere and then swoop in like a turkey vulture to pick the bones of desperate for $$ free agents. Remember Terrell Owens .. did anybody else want him? He got cut by the Buffalo Bills for crying out loud before bringing his nuclear waste-like toxic attitude to Cincinnati, played one season, got hurt and was last seen in the Arena League. The answers here are clearly A, B, D and E. If you've ever gone to a festival/carnival and tried to play the midway games (the ones that are rigged so you always lose but still have a little bit of hope because they look so easy to win so you willingly throw good money after bad trying to win a goldfish in a bag ... yeah ... you've been there too!), then you know how most Bengal fans feel during free agency. Daddy Mike I hired David Shula just needs a little bit of hope to sell tickets, and he's already got that in AJ Green & crew. August in Ohio makes it rain more than Daddy Mike Never Gonna Measure Up to Daddy Paul. Oh well ... at least we have the Redlegs!!!
I'm off to get my MacBook from the local Geniuses .... everybody have a great day!!!
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