Random Stuff

Greetings and welcome back to The Un-Zone, the only site on the Internet devoted to all things related to Un. It's time for an update.

1. The KC Chiefs nearly proved me right yesterday. I was watching the Chiefs play the Chargers and the Chiefs were ahead 20-6 at halftime. There was a look of pleasant surprise on my face as the Chiefs actually had an offense and defense (mainly defense) playing on the field. Getting three turnovers in the first quarter against a pretty good team is an accomplishment. I was discussing the game with someone and this person said, "You were too hard on the Chiefs. It looks like they are going to win."
Um...this is the Kansas City Chiefs we're talking about. They have a history of well, putting it politely, ENDING UP BEING THE DAMN LOSER, whether or not they have the lead. Remember last year when they scored an average of nearly 40 points a game but their defense allowed the other team to score 42? And when the Chiefs had a nearly insurmountable lead but due to sheer incompetence, blew it all away in the second half, let alone the fourth quarter? Or how they had to rely on last second heroics (or stupid mistakes by the other team) to win a game they should have won much easier?
So I tell this person, "This is the KC Chiefs. They can manage to lose a game, and I mean any game. They'll find a way."
And I was being proven right. The 20 to 6 lead turned into a 27 to 27 tie...with Sand Diego with the ball and two minutes left. Yes, the perfect way to show how bad the Chiefs can get. Especially the defense. The solid Red Wall in the first half somehow developed holes. The Chargers were playing a lot better.
Then the Chiefs finally got back-to-back sacks and actually stopped the offense. For once. And the Chiefs win by three.
Yes, they won. But in an ugly way. The special teams were horrible. The defense went from an A to a C-, maybe a D. I think that the KC Star is overestimating the Chief's defense. They still have major problems with blown coverage and allowing big plays when the Chiefs have a lead of any sort in the second half. I mean, if you're going to go 9 on the line, they you've got to cover everyone and not let the other team to waltz into the end zone. The offense was doing fine. Tony Gonzalez had a fine day. Larry Johnson had a more typical running day with two touchdowns. Huard did well, but he has a problem with not releasing the ball fast enough.
A good game, but kind of ugly near the end. But a win is a win...I guess. If they were only more consistent, though.

2. What party do you belong to if you can rip holes into both party's ads. I mean, I have a field day shredding Phil Kline's ads (cause he has a problem with mistating stuff...think about the medical records ad). Paul Morrison, his ads are suspect, because I don't trust any politician when they say they are going to be honest, let alone do what is best for the citizens.
The Missouri senate race ads are just bad. Both sides exaggerate and frankly, if I lived in Missouri, I would vote for neither party just due to how crappy their ads are. Come on Talent, if the best mud-slinging ad is pulling up stuff from what, nearly ten years ago, you need better campaign strategists. I can think of a hundred better ad topics than the nursing home bit. Just like the Kansas Tourism Board's slogan, "Think big!" And Claire, why are you running ads with schmaltzy music? It's getting to be annoying.
Dennis Moore, most deadbeat dads don't go leave the country if they don't want to pay child support. They travel across state lines and hide. It's much cheaper. A lot of people don't have passports, because, unlike politicians who get junket trips to exotic locales, they stay in the country.
When you see all of the ads, you end up with the feeling that voting for either party will screw you badly. It's like choosing between getting a stick of lit TNT or an armed anti-personnel fragmentation hand grenade forcefully shoved where the sun don't shine. Even when the ads are positive and they talk about what good they're going to do for the common folks, it's most likely a lie. Once they get voted in, it's a lot of benefits for them and the rich. Screw the constituents, and get a check from the lobbyists. Your vote may count, but a hundred thousand dollars here and there speak a lot louder.

3. Anyone who runs fifty marathons in fifty days is scarily superhuman and is most likely a robot. If they consider it fun, that's even more scary. Enough said.


That's all for now.