My hovercraft is full of eels

Brilliant ... absolutely brilliant.

Sporting some completely random thoughts

Bunch of things going on in the world of sports, to which:

• Former Boston Red Sox gunslinger Pedro Martinez is penciled in to start Game 2 of the World Series for the Phillies. Nice. Would love to see Petey light up the Spankees and get a W for his team. Martinez has said that he would probably retire should Philly win their second consecutive title. While I'd be disappointed to see him go, it'd be sweet if the Phills could beat down the team from Gotham.
  
• Speaking of which ... like I need any more reason to not root for the NYY in this series but I came to the sudden realization that if the Spankees do win, that means Johnny Demon-I mean-Damon will get another WS ring. Ye gods.
  
• The New England Patriots had better pay Brandon Meriweather this off-season.
  
• Speaking of the Pats ... the Patriots have scored 94 points and only given up 7 over their last two games. Granted, they scored against two of the worst teams in the league but still. I would like to think the Pats used these two games to finally get their Offense going, the Defense as well. They're on a bye week this week and then face a rough November, to which: vs. Miami, @ Indy, vs. Jets, @ Saints, @ Dolphins. Not too worried about the Fish, but Indy, Jets and Saints are going to be huge if the Pats plan on playing in February.
  
• Still on football ... with the Pats and Buccaneers playing in London last week, there's renewed talk of the NFL not only expanding the number of regular season games per season but actually getting a NFL team established in Europe. Dumb, dumb, dumb idea as this would likely stretch the regular season to 17 or 18 games and expose players to more potential injuries. American football isn't known as one (if not the) most violent sport for nothing.
  
• Red Sox have a lot of off-season issues to deal with if they even want to think about contending next year.
  
• Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo and the team can't agree on a contract and it looks like he's headed for free agency at the end of the season ... not good.
  
• Bill Simmons has lost his edge. He just doesn't make me laugh like he used to.
  
• The Boston Bruins came sooooo close last season. I like their chances this year.

Record day in the snow

It's October, but yesterday it looked like December at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA, home of the New England Patriots, who hosted the Tennessee Titans.

Sixty minutes of football later and the game wasn't even close: NE 59 - Tenn. 0.

Ye gods.

The Titans are the worst (or at least one of the worst) teams in the NFL this season and yesterday's game did nothing to change that perception. New England fans have been waiting for QB Tom Brady to come back to full form since missing last season with a knee injury and this game could very well be the game in which he shook off any remaining rust.

The best thing to take away from this game is that for the first time this season, Brady was razor sharp with this throws ... he hit his receivers with his trademark zip and accuracy, which was great to see.

Needless to say, it was a record-setting day for the Patriots, to which:

• The Patriots posted the largest shutout in the NFL since Dec. 4, 1976, when the Rams beat the Falcons by the same score.
  
• Brady threw for 380 yards while tying a career high with six touchdown passes.
  
• New England set team records for points (59) and total yards (619) in a single game.
  
• Receivers Randy Moss and Wes Welker combined for 21 catches for 279 yards and five touchdowns.
  
• The Titans were held to 186 total yards as QB Kerry Collins completed just 2-of-12 passes for -7 yards ... minus seven yards!
  
• This was the Titans largest margin of defeat in franchise history. The previous record was 54 set in 1989 when the Oilers lost to Cincinnati, 61-7.
  
• Patriots improved to 11-0 all time in snowy games in Foxborough (7-0 under Brady).

And a few more random stats:

• Most points in a game - 59
  
• Most points in a half - 45 in the first half
  
• Most points in a quarter - 35 in the second quarter
  
• Most total net yards in a game - 619
  
• Most net passing yards - 426 (tie)
  
• Most touchdowns - 8 (tie)
  
• Most passing yards in a half - Tom Brady, 345
  
• Most passing touchdowns in a half - Brady, 5 in first half
  
• Most passing touchdowns in a game - Brady, 6 (tie)

So the Pats are now 4-2 for the season. Here's hoping they can build on this win and make a serious run through the rest of their schedule. Could be a fun winter here in New England!

Another reason why I hate Wal-Mart

Although they're not entirely to blame for this ...

So I admit that I like the occasional pop song. Joey watches the Disney Channel which, between shows, will play the latest videos of artists signed to its label, Hollywood Records.

Because of this, I've been exposed to more of the "tween" generation of music (Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, et. al.) than I normally would have. And, in the interest of full disclosure, some of it isn't bad, like Selena Gomez's Falling Down and the Jonas Brother's song "Keep it Real" ... they're actually well-written songs with better than average lyrics. Still not my first choice of music (Slayer's new CD drops in November ... giddy!), but once in a while, it's fun to listen to some of this stuff.

Anyway ... what does this have to do with Wal-Mart? Miley Cyrus has a song our right now called "Party in the USA" and it's a good tune and I thought I'd download it from Amazon.com. Went to the site ... no song. They don't even have the CD on their site. Weird.

Started hunting around and it turns out the CD is only available at Wal-Mart, which means you can't download the disc or any tracks. Ooooookay.

The more I thought about this, the more I don't understand why Cyrus would want to do this. I wonder how many sales she lost because people (like me) won't shop Wal-Mart on principle.

Then again, I don't think 40-year-old dads exactly fall in her target demographic ...

Whovian in 2010

Geek alert ... you've been warned.

The last of the David Tenant Doctor Who episodes are about to make their way to BBC America and the logo for the next Doctor has been revealed:


Very cool stuff.