It’s been a while…

The world has returned to normal. No, the economy is not fixed. No, Britney isn’t back. Well wait, maybe she is. Anyways, the reason why there is peace on earth (or lack thereof actually) is the Yankees. They are back in the World Series, a place where they annually belonged for much of my early childhood. It has been a long six years, full of collapses (2004) and messes (2008). 2003 was the last time the Yankees were in a World Series and 2000 was the last time they won a World Series. Let’s look back at 2003, the last time they were in the position they are in now. I was in 6th/7th grade, and didn’t even know who Josh Beckett was. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won best picture for 2003, with the event being held a year later. We went to war with Iraq (some things haven’t changed). Ohio State beat Miami for the title in college football. The Bucaneers beat the Raiders (some things have changed) in the Super bowl. And the Spurs beat my beloved Nets in the NBA Finals. LOST had not yet started. The human genome project was completed. Vancouver was announced as the host for next year’s Winter Olympics. Arnold Schwarzenegger was declared governor of CA. Technology was pitiful compared to how it is nowadays. There was no twitter and (gasp!) no Facebook. The first “Pirates” movie came out, along with 50 First Dates, The Passion of the Christ, Kill Bill, Holes, Finding Nemo (he was found), Freaky Friday (when Lindsay Lohan was normal), School of Rock, Bruce Almighty, Elf, The Matrix Reloaded, and Scary Movie 3 (This year had some good movies! And some not so hot ones too). That’s all I’m going to talk about 2003, because after all, it was only six years ago.

FAVRE. LIONS. GMEN. BIRDS.

I just watched Brett Favre lead the Vikings 80 yards down the field with no timeouts and a minute and a half left…and score. On what was pretty much their last chance, he threw up a bomb which was just barely caught in the endzone. Wow.

Also, the Lions won. No that’s not a typo, they really did win. Against the Redskins too! Yipee! The Skins have some serious issues, glad I never liked them.

The Giants breezed past the Bucaneers, 24-0. I’m pretty sure we’re the best team in football, and I’m not really being biased.

The Ravens are rolling, but they have also played the Chiefs and the Browns, but hey, you don’t get to pick who you play against. It’s not their fault they’re playing bad teams.