Pavia Versus Manziel

Diego Pavia and Johnny Manziel are both relatively short for the quarterback position in the NFL, but so are Kyler Murray and Russell Wilson, who both proved successful to varying degrees in the pro ranks. Pavia and Manziel could both sustain plays with their legs and were good downfield runners. Johnny had better talent and depth at Texas A & M than Diego ever did at Vandy. Without Manziel, the Aggies would have still had a winning record, but without Pavia, I doubt the Commodores would have prevailed in five games. In the right circumstance, I believe Pavia can be a winning professional quarterback, at least in the short term, while Manziel was not able to pull that off. 

Devil in Details

The devil might not be running around your neighborhood, but he does seem to have plenty of local representatives. I am not saying they are Satan incarnate or even always evil, but at the crucial moments, count on these folks to let you down. They are the ones who are fair-weather friends, but in the clutch, they look for an angle to exploit you. They may be strangers who come to help you after an ice storm has felled your tree and want to charge you $1,800 for a four hundred dollar job. There may be good people that come to the fore in crisis but do not count on it. 

Brain Back On

After ten days in the deep freeze with no electricity, the power thankfully is back on at our primary residence where the temperature inside had fallen to twenty-eight degrees (28!). Without the electric, my blogs went offline for several days, and it has become difficult to resume the habit of three separate posts (at least) being published on three different venues. My main despotinwaiting.blogspot.com, my americanlaststand.blogspot.com, and my substack fell by the wayside, and it is not easy to rev back into the former swing of publishing. I imagine at some point I will regain the rhythm from before the ice storm but am not there yet. 

Lights Back On!

It took ten days at our primary residence, but we finally rejoined the Age of Electricity yesterday. I think I learned what it is to an extent to live Amish, and I am not up to it. I like my HVAC, and my electric blanket, and the delicacies in my refrigerator not spoiling. I am spoiled for my hot showers and my dark roast coffee in the morning. I would not have done well as a Spartan because the creature comforts are for me. Praise the Lord though that power is finally restored. 

Weather Altering Tactics

Could a foreign adversary be affecting America's weather? Could our unusual ice storm be something other than entirely natural? Cloud seeding is reputed to work, but could other world powers deliberately be changing climate patterns to hurt America? 

Not Much Warmer

February started with bitter cold and fluffy snow that thankfully was easy to brush off the SUV. The day was not ultimately as cold as the days that ended January, but it was not exactly a good time to tan. I managed to do a good portion of my daily five mile walk in the mall and found a hitherto unknown portion of Macy's by pressing the wrong button on the elevator. The mysterious 1-M, which obviously was not meant for public access, with some boxes of "inventory", and some closed doors, at least one of which was likely the loss protection office. So I found a two floor retailer that actually had effectively four levels, with 1 and 2 open for shopping, I-M that obviously is not meant for the public, and three, listed as "offices and restrooms". At least the store was nice and toasty. 

A Warmer February?

It would be hard to imagine the weather in the new month being as awful as the previous month's, but it is not starting off with promise. It is sixteen degrees and snowing, just what we did not want or need. Of course, one day does not a month make, but it is not an auspicious start.