Day: March 6, 2015

Listening to a podcast on the origins of life I find myself thinking about life itself, the things I’ve accomplished and the possibility of more. It is no secret that I’ve hit a bit of a dip and a plateau, though not in that order. I came to a realization that I needed more out of my life. I need to eek out every bit of opportunity, intelligence, and advancement I can before I check out. In other words, I have to start remembering how to be ‘me’ and give a shit about the universe.

Caring means doing and researching and striving for understanding. This is, and the complexities that define human relationships are the basis of my fiction. This is also why reaching into the zeitgeist has been so difficult lately and has begun to reflect an inability to, in the fantastic, connect with the real.

Soon I’ll be headed back to NYC, and taking that opportunity to reconnect with what I find to be the world’d most important city (how could I not–I mean i’m from there). It’s been less than a year since I was in that hallowed space and that trip was not one in which my mind was in the right space to absorb the energy the city has to offer. I will do so this time. I will write free of obligation and reconnect with the soul of what I do.

Some Thoughts:

1. ISIS is destroying ancient ruins, burning people, and chucking gay dudes off of buildings. Can someone explain why every group in the middle east and beyond (including Israel) isn’t banding together ID4-like to wipe these creeps off the planet?
2. My first born officially decided to adopt the flash as his football persona/alter-ego. Gear soon to follow…
3. Speaking of football, Brandon Marshall is likely to be a Jet. I like the sound of that.
4. Thanks Neil DeGrasse Tyson et al for the best podcast ever. Bronx Science continues to represent.
5. Presently redesigning my bedroom and I’ve come to understand that home builders offer extreme large bedrooms for basically no purpose whatsoever. I have space for nuthin.

Remember the name Kiko Alonzo.

That and eight other names are linked to Chip Kelly from the Oregon days. Alonzo is a top notch LB and someone who, if healthy, can add a lot to a defensive scheme. How Kelly came to reacquire his college LB is  a bit of NFL gossip fodder. Alonzo was traded straight up for Shady McCoy–an elite NFL running back in the prime of his career. This led to an important question: Is Chop’em Chip Kelly crazy? I say yes–if you can call money ball crazy.

Consider Kelly’s history. He came into fame at Oregon by recruiting 3 star players with a lot of speed and putting them in a scheme that highlighted their talents. He coached as opposed to getting better mainly through recruitment. His scheme was so fast and unpredictable that few teams ever stopped him. I have doubts about how well that will continue to work in the NFL. From all I’m hearing he let McCoy go because the RB didn’t buy into the system. Kelly brought in yet another guy that does and seems to expect to replace McCoy through free agency or the draft. These days everyone thinks the RB is pretty easy to replace. The same can be said for the wideouts, as Kelly has failed to reign in any talent at the elite level save for Maclin who himself could be on the move.

I think Kelly believes in his system entirely. That system is based on a line and a smart QB. He has the line but not the QB. Maybe these moves are about making the space to get that QB in the draft. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him pick up more ducks along the way.