Wow, it's been a while. I've been spending most of my time on youtube putting up videos of Noah. You can visit: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=jmmelton777 to see the evidence. Also, I've been hijacking my wife's blog, and hanging out at my facebook. I'm only coming back here to badmouth the entire New England Patriot organization.
Recently, I had a discussion with an extended family member about the Patriots. I questioned (and still do) how any neutral fan (i.e. anyone who hasn't been a lifelong Colts or Patriots fan, or who doesn't live in the respective cities) could possibly root for the Patriots. Anyway, I still don't see it. Granted, the Patriots have a great team - possibly even the best in the history of the NFL. They are top to bottom the best team in the league this year. They have a coach and team dedicated to winning. But is that really enough? This is an organization throughout the years that has had rules changed because of their dirty play. They have been fined and had a draft pick taken away this season for cheating both in the first game of this year, and most likely in past years. Their coach shirks the media, and blows off not only ex-members of his coaching staff (and supposedly friends of his), but classy coaches like Tony Dungy. I could go on and on. But now, they are perpetrators of running up the score whenever they can, a particularly repugnant thing to do, and not at all an example of good sportsmanship. Consider last night's game, in which they won a whopping 56-10. In the 4th quarter they are up 42-7, clearly a laugher, and the first-string offense is still in - and not only that, but they go for it on 2 separate possessions to score extra touchdowns! This is just disgusting behavior, and if not properly spun, could give a black eye to the entire league. I will leave you with a couple quotes from last night which sum it all up:
"On New England's last two offensive TD drives, the Patriots went for it on fourth down as the Buffalo crowd shouted obscenities clearly aimed at Belichick. Eckel, a fourth-string running back who also scored a rub-it-in TD against Dallas, was a part of the later scores."
""Coach says he puts you out there to score when you touch it," Brady said. "He doesn't put you out there to punt.""
Classy.
Yeah, you heard me. I'm a texting MACHINE. Ok, whatever. Here's a few of the latest happenings at the Melton house.
Noah continues to grow, and get more interesting. He finds his feet all the time now, and LOVED being outside last night giving out candy to trick-or-treaters. He hasn't been sleeping well at night, so please pray for that, as well as Lacey's sanity.
I keep setting new records for no movies watched. I can't hardly remember the last time I went to one (my birthday!) or even watched one on DVD. For me, that is totally nuts. But we are hard at work on Season 6 of Scrubs, which came out on Tuesday. Man, do I love that show!
Our TV viewing week is about to get whittled down. I'm so bored by Heroes and Desperate Housewives, it is not even funny. As far as D.H., that's been on the outs for a while now. They don't even hardly bother to turn anything into a lesson any more, it's just a soap these days. And it's going. Soon. Heroes has been the most frustrating. A lot of questions. No answers. Terrible acting. Boring storylines. Crappy dialogue. It's maddening. Basically, every week I'm bored out of my mind until the last 5 minutes. They may have reached a turning point this last episode where they started to tie things together, so we'll see. But if it doesn't continue to improve, bye-bye. That would actually be good though, because Amazing Race starts soon, and Lost and 24 start up after the new year (as well as Lacey's American Idol - blech).
Indy is gearing up for the showdown this weekend. Colts-Patriots, and it should be a good one. They look invincible, but we are the Super Bowl champs, are undefeated, and playing at home. So we'll see. I'm not terribly optimistic, but I will be fired up for the game, especially since it's such a clear-cut case of good vs. evil. Belicik the jerk vs. Dungy the saint. Peyton the family man vs. Brady the skirt-chasing pretty boy. You get the drift. So tune in if you can, it will be crazy. No one in the city is talking about ANYTHING else.
Josh Gibbs posted one of his favorite SNL commercials recently, and it got me thinking about my favorite moments. I'd say as of now, even though there are literally DOZENS of skits that come to mind as the funniest, my top two are:
1.The Cowbell Skit - Walken and Ferrell at their best
2.Lazy Sunday - The Chronic (What!) Cles of Narnia
Christin gets married on December 1st, and I am TOTALLY bummed that Lacey and I can't make it. I've been looking forward to the day Christin got married for years, because I'd get to see so many old friends (oh yeah, and because Christin gets married - lol), plus it will be an absolute blast. Ugh, one of the drawbacks of living 800 miles from Monroe, and having 2 jobs and a baby. Congrats Christin and Stephen, we love you and wish you the best.
Later.