Looks like someone has a case of the Mondays. Hello everyone. How was the weekend? Mine was pretty good, albeit a little weird. Started things off by getting some free tix to the Cubs game Friday afternoon, which we won in convincing fashion. Friday night I went out with Gate et al, but we turned in early (3:00) so we could get up and play cards before hitting the bars for the Iowa game Saturday. We turned in another stellar Saturday morning performance, although the Hawkeye defense looked vulnerable and the players knew it after the win against UNI. We can safely assume that if we play like we did against UNI or Iowa State next weekend at Ohio State, we will get beat by 4 touchdowns.

We didn't prove to have the longevity on Saturday as we did last week, opting instead for dinner in Lakeview, a few beers and bedtime. The Bears, on the other hand, looked dominating in a blowout win over the Lions, with TDs on offense, defense, and special teams. I would say there is no more wide-open division than the NFC North right now... The Vikes and Packers still haven't won yet, the Lions looked very beatable, as did the Bears in Week 1...8-8 could well win the division. That's good news for Bears fans, because 8-8 may be the best we can muster.

It's a rainy day here in Chicago, dark and windy in the morning. This week is going to be a long one, I can just tell...what are you up to this week?

Finally, last night I saw the movie Lord of War with Nick Cage and Jared Leto. It was fairly average, I thought it did a good job of telling the story, but had some absolutely terrible dialogue and Nick Cage as narrator can be a little tough to pull off at times. It had some cool scenes, and since a lot of it took place in West Africa (Sierra Leone, Liberia, and some unnamed places), there were some gut-wrenching scenes too. Overall, worth seeing I suppose. I read some of the reviews, which were surprisingly positive, before seeing it and one person commented that it may work better as a documentary, since it was based on real events and real arms dealers did a lot of the consulting and loaned the crew a lot of the weapons/vehicles for the set. It they are all there and all the stuff is real, why not make it a documentary? Anyway, I thought it was an interesting comment. Next up for me is the Constant Gardener.

Have a good Monday. 6 days until Ohio State.