The neverending story (or at least it feels like it)

Mr. Dog has very few vices. He does not stay out late carousing, not does he treat me badly, spend too much money or chase women. He is a good man, a good husband and a good dad. There are very few things Mr. Dog does that drive me batty. Unless football is on. Then he becomes a different man. No, he does not stay out late, or treat me badly, or spend money or chase women. He does, however, yell at the TV. He also becomes completely deaf to the world going on around him. I could burn the house down around him, and he probably wouldn't notice until it was too late. The children could tear apart the room, get into forbidden things or disappear completely and he'd be oblivious until the game ended. And we have Tivo. So on Sunday this is not just for one game. It is for all of the games. All day long and into the night.
I don't complain too much. Well, I try not to complain too much. Like I said before, if football is is vice, it really isn't a bad one. It makes him happy and I try to keep that in mind as I will myself not to scratch my own eyes out of their sockets. (There is really only so much football I can stand to watch.)

I don't believe it

I'm dealing with some rage issues right now. Really, I'm trying the deep breathing and all, but it isn't helping much. I just read that the Eagles have signed Michael Vick. Yes, the Michael Vick who was recently suspended indefinitely from the NFL. The Michael Vick the football player who pled guilty to financing and running a brutal dog fighting ring in Atlanta. The Michael Vick who admitted to hanging or drowning the "under performing" fighting dogs. And lying about it

As a player in the NFL he used his money and influence to commit these depraved acts. Why are they allowing him to return? Why is the NFL not concerned that allowing him to return is in effect saying that what he did was fine, that the torture and killing of dogs for sport and monetary gain is A-ok. Well fuck you NFL.

Sure Vick says he is sorry. Maybe I'm a cynic, but the only thing I think he's really sorry about is getting caught. He even says he wants to be part of the solution. Really Michael? Really? What are you doing to make that happen? Not much, right? I guess we can listen to you whine and claim to be reformed this weekend when your interview is televised. But what about the dogs, Michael? Can we talk about the 49 dogs that were taken from your criminal operation? Most of those dogs are in new homes. They were rehabilitated after the vile treatment they received at your hands, financed with your NFL fortune. They deserved the second chance. They earned it. Not you.