Colts Winless at Home in 2008

Who would have believed that the Colts would lose their first two games at home. Add the preseason and they are still waiting to record their first win at Lucas Oilfield.

Fiona, Graham and I sat through the game live at the stadium. This is a team that is hurting with a number of key injuries, but the biggest area of pain is that they are simply out of sync. Peyton had two drives today where he looked like the guy we love, but the rest of the game was painful to watch. Marvin and Reggie dropping passes they should have caught is just too much.

the next home game is against Baltimore and they need to take a hard look at themselves before then.

To make a bad day worse, the Europeans lost the Ryder cup. Kudos to the US who needed the win after losing five of the last six. Faldo will get crucified and deservedly so. He was a bad pick as captain and made some bad decisions. Leaving Monty out was a mistake. Monty has not had the killer touch in the majors, but he owns the Ryder Cup and the match play format in particular.

Election

My friend, Roger is clearly supporting McCain. Of course, this is simply age association.

You have to give kudos to McCain choosing someone with a personality given that he is devoid of one. I think McCain would be terrible as President, but to be honest Obama is not much better.

Obama needs to get back on point with his message. Falling into the gutter with McCain has hurt him. The key is the economy. How can you lose to a guy that doesn't even think there is a problem.

IKE

Al and Sarah are safe and have power after a couple of days without it. The city is a mess and a lot of people are really struggling with significant losses. It has been hard to watch. Houston was home for 8 years and we definitely feel for the folks down there especially those on the coast. I suspect the death toll will go higher.

All kinds of things

The month has flown by and I have a number of things to update on:

COLTS: Went to the home opener at Lucas Oil to watch the Colts lose to the Bears. I kept thinking to myself this is the Bears for goodness sakes. They looked completely out of sync as if it was the first preseason game. I suppose the good news is that the beat the Vikings in week two, but again an ugly win. This team just doesn't look ready for the regular season. They have a lot of injured players, so that probably doesn't help. Harrison simply doesn't look like he has the speed any more for the deep ball.

RANGERS: Got to watch the Old Firm game. 8 bookings; 2 players sent off and a Rangers 4-2 win at Parkhead. Enough said.

KENNY CHESNEY CONCERT: Spent 8 hours on Saturday at this concert. Fiona really enjoyed it. I enjoyed watching College Football in the suite. 8 hours at a concert. It was loud and good fun.

27th ANNIVERSARY: Friday marks the 27th year that Fiona has put up with me. We are going out for dinner to celebrate on Friday.

Gustav

It looks like the levees in New Orleans are holding up better than the did during Katrina. However, the high water mark still has not been reached. So we will see.

New Orleans is testament to the folly, stupidity and pride of mankind. Who in their right mind would choose to build a city below sea level in a hurricane zone? How many times will we continue to rebuild a city in an area that was never intended for a city to be? How much money has been spent to dat and how much more will be spent?

At what point would it be simply cheaper to return the land to swamp and build the city in another part of the country completely?

When I think about New Orleans, I think about King Canute. He was the guy who drowned as he commanded the incoming tide of the sea to go back.

I get the fact that a lot of people are suffering down there and even if the levees hold, there will still be a great sense of loss for many people. Just seems a lot of resource is tied up on an event that will be repeated again the future.