Post puke, Awesome Eagles via Sweden?

So my day yesterday was very low key.  In addition to my body feeling weak from my apparent food poisoning episode Sunday night, my cold symptoms were intensifying a bit as well.  I ventured outside briefly to go pull out the yard sale signs but that was about the extent of my physical activity, I was exhausted.

I spent a large part of the afternoon laying in bed watching tv.  I caught up on my backlog of Fringe episodes, man that is a great show.  I also did something you would never normally see me do, watched an episode of Oprah, myself.

I had heard Stern mention Oprah as part of her farewell season had an episode where all of the big name talk show hosts of the last 20 years were on such as Geraldo, Ricki Lake, Montel Williams, Sally Jessie Raphael and my favorite, Phil Donahue.  The entire reason I wanted to see it was to see Phil Donahue.

Growing up I was a big Phil Donahue fan.  I used to watch his show on a regular basis.  Strangely, I suppose I enjoyed him for a reason similar to why I like Howard.  I like listening to people that are able to speak their mind off the cuff in an effortless manner, an ability I sorely lack.

Anyway I was interested in seeing how Phil was doing.  He looked pretty good even today even though I didn’t know how old he was.  When I later saw he was 75, I couldn’t believe it.  He still sounds great and doesn’t seem to have lost a single marble yet.

Of course there was plenty of Oprah ass kissing since it was her show after all.  All of the former daytime hosts represented themselves well except Sally Jessie.  Not only is she very disturbing looking but she just comes off as a kook.  Anyway it was a good show.

Like I mentioned yesterday I had a bit of a problem since I canceled my cable tv last week and the Eagles were playing on ESPN last night, a station you can’t pull over the air.  Thankfully as in so many situations in my life, the internet came to the rescue once again.

I was turned on to a web site from a gym buddy where you can stream various live sporting events.  I had tried it Sunday afternoon and it seemed to work just fine.  During the day I hooked up a laptop to the bedroom tv and loaded up the site.  I was able to get the ESPN pre-game up and running in a few moments.

Once the game started I got switched on to another broadcast of the game which strangely enough seemed to be emanating from Sweden or Switzerland. I shot a video of what the commercial breaks looked like. Although the commercials were all in a foreign language, the game was broadcast normally, it was bizarre.

So the game itself was in a word, fantastic. The Eagles offense literally was unstoppable, jumping out to an incredible 28-0 lead at the end of the first quarter and never looked back.  Michael Vick was just playing at an incredible level, scoring a total of 6 touchdowns between running and passing.

To add to the satisfaction, Donovan McNabb sucked, throwing three interceptions, one of which was returned for a TD.  I told Ali how nice it was to be on the other end of his inconsistency where I could cheer his overthrows and worm burners instead of cursing them.

The game was an all-timer, just fantastic.  As icing on the cake the Eagles performance sealed a big fantasy football win for me that also catapulted me  to the top point total for the week, netting me a nifty $50.