Random Thoughts 4/27/07

• The Chiefs have their work cut out for them in the draft Saturday. So say it with me: "We are NOT one player away." They need as many long term prospects as possible: offensive and defensive linemen, wide receivers and defensive backs. Almost any position on the team could use a long term investment. Unfortunately, true rebuilding means trading away the old faithful. So say goodbye to Dante Hall (traded to Rams), Trent Green (to be traded to Dolphins?), Will Shields (retirement), and Sammy Knight (cut) among others. Though the Chiefs deny it, the Packers have supposedly offered their 1st and 4th pick for Larry Johnson with four other teams interested, which would be an excellent move if the Chiefs can get a little more than that. Why get rid of Johnson, perhaps the best runner in the league? Because the Chiefs are not likely to get their act together while Johnson is still in his prime, especially with a reduced offensive line, while running back may be the easiest position to replace.
  
• We're surviving without Mom, barely. She went to Joplin to a Women's Retreat at Ozark Christian College, leaving her five men home alone. We haven't gone crazy yet, but we are climbing the walls.
• Poor Nathan Fillion. He's my favorite unsuccessful actor ever. Every time he gets a starring role the show gets canceled, including his most recent effort, Drive, which Fox canceled yesterday after just four episodes. It wasn't even that bad of a show, but right now reality shows make more money than dramas and dramas stick to the basic lawyer, doctor, cop formulas or don't survive. How depressing and monotonous, especially for those of us who like good drama.
• We received a free magazine, unsolicited, in the mail yesterday. It was obviously a random thing because instead of a magazine about ministry or homeschooling or cooking or science or something we actually care about, it was… well, not a good fit. We received Imbibe magazine, the "ultimate guide to liquid culture." Though full of fascinating reviews of wineries and recipes for cocktails, I'm just not the "sophisticated lush" type of person. In fact, I'm more your fundamentalist teetotaler type of person. Nevertheless, I think I'll hang on to the magazine, it'll make for a good prank to leave it on my mom's coffee table before guests from church come over.