Dallas Week

As many people may have noticed I have an unhealthy obsession with the NFL and in particular the Philadelphia Eagles. I believe it is entirely possible that if I went to one of their games I would end up booing like a Philly native.

An occasion that happens at least twice a year is called "Dallas week". Essentially it is the build-up to a Philadelphia Eagles vs Dallas Cowboys game. It is equilvilent to a derby week in football, such as Arsenal vs Spurs etc etc.

This week it gains extra significance, as the winner will take the NFC East and get a home game in the playoffs. If the Eagles win they will get a week off to help them recover from any niggles, while it is even possible that if Dallas win a repeat of this fixture will occur the week after.

To any Dallas fans reading this, all I say is
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Whoops

Well I took ages to do another blog. I can't think of anything else to say other than "Go for Gold!".

Eagles time

After their bye week the Philadelphia Eagles host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Lincoln Financial Field.
The Eagles have struggled against the Bucs recently, losing their last three matches, however these aren't the pirates of old. The signature in those games was Donovan Mcnabb being intercepted by Rhonde Barber who then took it for a touchdown. Tampa have abandoned their "Tampa 2", and Barber has been struggling in the new man coverage formations. This time Mcnabb will look to throw at Barber, as it is pretty likely that DeSean Jackson will have beaten him.
Tampa's offence started well but after a struggle against the Giants Byron Leftwich was benched and virtual running back Josh Johnson is now the quarterback. If he has to throw more than 20 passes the Eagles will steamroller the Bucs, which is the likely result.
Ali's score: Bucs 10-49 Eagles
Player to watch: Brian Westbrook-he returns from injury this week and will burn Tampa both running the ball and with pass receptions. 4 all-purpose touchdowns is a possibility.

Now thats uncanny!

You know when you glance at something, look away then realise it was interesting and quickly stare back? I had one of those moments in HMV yesterday. The picture on the front of "Dawn of the Dumb" by Charlie Brooker is the spitting image of our "convergent journalism" lecturer Richard!

Bluewater

This place is pretty impressive, it has as many restaurants as it can squeeze in, a multiplex cinema (that has TWO bars!)and is very easy to navigate around (unlike the maze that is MK). However, it doesn't float my boat for one reason. Designer brands. Bluewater is a collection of all sorts of designer clothing, and while is is good for most people, I'm not a designer clothes type of guy. I like the querky shops that sell weird gear. Perhaps it shows my naivity but assuming there would be a few of these at Bluewater. Overall Bluewater is a place for people who have money to spend. If you don't then going there may not be the most fulfulling thing you could do (I managed to spend WAY too much money there yesterday!)

Dirty Smokers

This is going to offend all smokers, but tough. You have by far and away the most disgusting habit in the world. What's more, it doesn't actually do you any good at all. If you want to feel good go and take some drugs or something! Nicotine probably gives you half the high and twice the addiction. It messes up your body and it makes you smell. I don't actually see any good reason why someone would smoke, yet loads of people do it.

All this has been brought on by an experience at a cash point earlier today. In the line I was standing behind someone who obviously doesn't have the faintest idea what the phrase "passive smoking" means. She was on the phone so therefore she had her fag dangling right in my face. I have a heart condition meaning that my tolerance of smoke is ZERO. Therefore I immediately started to cough, but Miss Dumb was completely unaware of this and continued to dangle the fag right in my face. To make matters worse, loads of other "dirty smokers" were in the queue, and the wond conspired to bring this smoke towards me.

I had to hold my breath for about 30 seconds to myself from some serious coughing. Ideally I should have just knocked the fag out of her hand, but I consider myself too polite to do things like that (O the pompousity). It took me about 10/15 mins to stop coughing from the smoke.

There is only one way to sort this. Total smoking ban!