July 15th - 13-13

Michael and Michael Have Issues. Watched it last night. I watch all shows created by The State people (although, oddly, I entirely missed "Viva Variety"). It's good. It's funny. The premise overdone at this point, but if there's one thing I've learned from The State, it's that they can make dumb, overused ideas seem fresh and, more importantly, funny (see "Role Models"). Tieraney like it much more than Stella. I'm not nearly that enthusiastic about it, but I did laugh much more in the first show than I have at Reno! 911 in quite some time.

Hockey schedule. The Wild do have a home game the Friday before the Seahawks head to town, but that's too distant from the Sunday game. I'd have to drive to Minneapolis on Thursday, then drive back on Monday. Too much time away from family, and three days off from work. Sunday night would've been optimum. Saturday could've been workable. But not Friday.

On the other hand, the opening game of the season is a Saturday night in Columbus, so I'm likely going to go to that. Steve Crane and I have already talked about getting tickets for that and for a January game between the Blue Jackets and Blackhawks. Good times. The Arena District in Columbus is a great place to spend an evening, so I'm happy to do it multiple times a year.

Not much else going on yesterday, although there's potential for big news. Former comedy troupe member turned theater director Alicia Dempster told me on Facebook yesterday that my play co-written with Jim Jividen, "Spoon Millionaires," is being considered for production during her theater's 2010 season. I'm not optimistic about its chances, but that's because I'm never optimistic, not because the play isn't worth the production. The play kicks all kinds of ass. I have no idea how long it'll be until a decision is made, but I can wait. Other projects, you know.

Life can't find an open receiver and tries to scramble, but we drop him behind the line of scrimmage.

Life's ball: 2nd and 12 on their own 32.