Pats-Ravens

Anyone else wonder how many people who defended the officiating at the Pats-Colts game are complaining about it regarding last night’s game? Maybe that’s unfair, but I’m pretty sure you could find a few people–at least among fans, if not sportswriters–who thought nothing of the Colts game, but are now acting like the NFL is the WWE and is deliberately rigging the games.

I don’t buy it–if the NFL were the WWE, the Pats would be heels and the Ravens would have won the game on that last pass.

I admit I’m being unfair here–I haven’t actually caught anyone in the act of doing this. But the general air of the sportswriters over on ESPN’s website is that the Pats caught a lot of breaks, and the site is happily printing all the Ravens’ players complaints about the officiating.


New toy blog goes live

The hard work of my webmaster, Sean O’Brien, and my friend Kate have paid off: witness the advent of Poe Ghostal’s Points of Articulation, my brand-new attempt to find some worthy outlet for my toy-related obsessions. The site looks fantastic; I can’t thank Sean and Kate enough for their great work.