My new Jawhorse came yesterday. I haven’t ordered anything else, so I guess that means Christmas is really over now (interesting how, when you get older, you have to buy your own presents). Now it’s back to reality, which for me means having to take my car in to get it inspected. I usually wait until the last minute for these things, but this year I’m actually a couple days ahead. As far as I know, there’s nothing wrong with it, but it’s still a hassle to deal with. I think my van (which is probably filled with snow at this point, since the side windows were left in the pushed-open position) is overdue, too, so I’ll have to deal with that one of these days. I really need to drive it more.

Yesterday was kinda nasty: cold, windy, and snowy. Not that we had all that much snow, but I think we were all kinda thinking this would be the year with no winter. The dream is over. Fortunately, we’ve got basketball to keep our minds occupied. Both the Syracuse mens and womens hoop teams are undefeated and ranked in the Top 25 so far this season. In the case of the women, their 11-0 start is a new record for them (which they’ll hopefully add to tonight when they play New Hampshire). The boys are 13-0 after traveling to New Jersey to play Seton Hall last night. They played lousy but managed to pull out a win in the end. Their best start ever is 19-0, but after watching a documentary the other night on John Wooden, I’m kinda hoping they can go on an 88 game winning streak.

Speaking of sports, the Tiger Woods saga has now entered the obligatory “rehab phase,” following in the footsteps of David Duchovny, and Eliot Spitzer. I still don’t get why anybody (other than his wife, of course) really cares, but my hope is that he’ll lay low until August, and then make his return to the tour at the 2010 Turning Stone Resort Championship (which gets its first summer date this year, but is forced to share that weekend with the World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational). We could use the publicity (tourism dollars), and he’d steal the spotlight from the other tournament. Plus, rumor has it he already has a few babes lined up in the area.

Oh well, I’ve just been informed that it’s time for me to go. So here I go.