Eagles trainwreck, paper patriots, coffee sticklers

All the build up, all the anticipation, all the feelings of revenge, all for nothing. The Eagles opened up their beautiful new stadium with a PATHETIC effort. It was almost an instant replay of the NFC championship game, only a little worse. I can’t imagine a less desirable way to open a season, all my optimism for the season is a burning pile of trash now. Donovan looked terrible, despite all of the glowing reports of his newfound accuracy. He is still inaccurate, still gets skittish when his first option is unavailable and still throws mostly passes under 5 yards. If they don’t show a major reversal in playing level asap there is going to be a mob mentality up in Philly. The best part of the game was the MNF intro with Stallone, it was cool. Looks like Sly is back in shape again, good for him.

In my industry, a popular term is “paper” MCSE. What this represents is a person who has passed Microsoft’s certification exams but has no real world experience in the computer industry. These people typically fail miserably when placed in an actual job because all they know is how to pass the tests and little more. Yesterday I thought how there is a lot of paper patriotism. I saw a truck with flag seat covers, the cars with the flag stickers, the infamous tattered flags that attach to the window, flag hats, flag pencils, the list is endless. I got my window flag after 911. I still have a patriotic sign in my window at home. Does that make me a patriot? Nope, not at all. It’s the lemming mentality. Look at me I have a flag, I’m a patriot. Actions always mean more than words and the vast majority of us in reality do nothing that is truly patriotic. It isn’t a major inconvenience and requires little work for people to adorn themselves with something patriotic so they do it. It’s easy. The soldiers that defend our country are patriotic. Most of the rest of us are hypocrites.

You know you are a person that is addicted to coffee when you order a super size Dunkin Donuts coffee that is half decaf, half regular with 5 creams, everyday.

My moms car is in our driveway. After work last night, I quickly gave it a much needed bath. I think the prior owners NEVER washed it. It looks much better after a little elbow grease.