blairprovence | This 'n' That

The Texas A&M Aggies have hired a new head football coach, Mike Sherman of the Houston Texans. See Article. He comes to us fresh from 8 years in the NFL, six as head coach of the Green Bay Packers - Cheeseheads!!! He also spent two stints as an Aggie assistant in the 90s, back when we were good at defense. (I might have met him - he was there when I was, and I worked camera for the coach's show, but I only remember RC Slocum and Bob Davie.) In general I'm not in favor of Pro Coaches as College Coaches or vice versa, because it's not the exact same job, really, but I'm going to be provisionally happy about this. He's an offense guy, and clearly we need one. He's also taking 200,000 less than Fran, ostensibly to free up money for good assistants.

I do like that it didn't drag on forever.

Still cannot decide about the upgrade for Torchwood, and am torn about asking for Doctor Who DVDs for Christmas, as they are so relatively expensive. How can a show like House, with 24 eps a year, have a DVD that costs only half as much as Doctor Who, with 13 eps a year?

Wonder if they'll discount DVDs on a truncated year of House, if the strike doesn't settle?

Wonder if they'll use a rerun after the Superbowl? (I vote for "Three Stories")

Wonder, wonder, wonder.....

I need a sandwich.