The Writer's Life 11/17 - Get Back

NFL: The Giants again proved inept at clock management. Why didn’t OBJ pull the near-reception toward his body rather than sticking the ball out? Was he unsure of his location and reaching for the goal line, or was he showboating? Big Blue can win the division, possibly even at 8-8. How good can the Eagles, who lost to the Dolphins at home, be? Are the Redskins really improving?… The Jets have four consecutive games in which they should be favored. They may have to win them all to make the playoffs… It’s sad how Peyton Manning’s level of play has deteriorated. He is among the worst QB’s in the league… I guess it’s time to take the Vikings seriously… The Seahawks are a shadow of what they were, but the Cardinals victory in Seattle was still impressive… At one point Rams’ head coach Jeff Fisher was considered one of the best in the NFL. Although the team lacks a top QB, the rest of the roster seems loaded. If it doesn’t make the playoffs, I don’t see how Fisher keeps his job.

According to an article in the NY Post, European researchers have come up with a promising product in the battle vs. obesity -- a pill that once ingested produces a balloon the size of a grapefruit, lending a feeling of fullness. It is designed to be excreted after four months. 34 people involved in a trial lost an average of 22 pounds.

Gotham has once again become interesting. Still as violent a prime time TV show as there ever was, it is exploring an old theme --  the dark side all humans combat. Last night's episode had me recalling the famous quote from Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche: “He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” This is Detective and future police commissioner Gordon’s epic struggle. Also, two psychopaths have bonded, the future Riddler, Ed Nygma, rescuing the Penguin. At work we’d all chuckle when someone cited that serial killers seem to have three names. The two actors who are so great in these parts are Corey Michael Smith and Robin Lord Taylor. Have they been type cast?

My thanks to the kind folks who bought and donated books on this glorious day, especially Yury, who purchased Rising Star. I had a visit from Ol' Smoky, who was wearing a headset, listening to music on his new phone. He was speaking loudly, as people wearing a headset are apt to do. He was practically shouting advice to an old timer who complained of back pain. I chuckled when later he started singing along to the Beatles' Get Back.

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