Preemptive Strike

I decided to proactively change my Facebook avatar to the original Oscar the Grouch in anticipation of the NFL draft. I'm glad all the pre-draft amateur guesstimating, arguing and speculation will finally be over, but I'm not convinced the results will be all that stellar when it comes to actual winning of games and not going 5-11ness.

It did not surprise me one bit to learn that the original curmudgeon of Sesame Street was not green but orange, despite no obvious connection between the Children's Television Workshop, Jim Henson and the Cleveland Browns.

The only presumption one can make is:

Orange + Trash  =  Browns

Poor Browns :(

*giant sigh*

One day I want to be able to write good things about this team 

and stop being so bitter and grouchy as a defense mechanism.

But then Bitter Orange & Brown would be obsolete and we'd probably have to write about 

the Indians or Cavs or *shudder* how great Cleveland is like dozens of 

bloggers out there trying to convert the masses. I'm not drinking your Kool-Aid,
silly local bloggers, and I never will!

In other words, I'm not buying your makeup, you Mary Kays*!!!
(Loyal readers will know I've been dying to use that one for ages...)

Hey, we may be a little grumpy and pessimistic at times, but at least we're 

the REALISTS of the local blogosphere.

I truly hope Tom Heckert can pull some magic out of his hat tonight.

What are the chances??


*Inside joke explained here.