Season’s greetings!  Cervezahombreroberto is still on furlough from the content mines, so you’re getting a very worn out mongoose handling the reins instead.  I have been hosting relatives since December 18th.  Mostly it’s been my wife’s parents, who arrived that day, but during the last few days I’ve also hosted my brother-in-law, his wife, and their three children.  On the 23rd my mother and her husband came by, followed by my sister, her husband, and their two boys.  Which meant that I was cooking for a total of fifteen people.  Hosting such a large group was my own fault; I’d bought a 21-pound turkey at Costco the week after Thanksgiving for $6.00 (i.e. one-half of one dfo-dollar) and needed to get rid of it, so I invited everyone over.  I’m still exhausted from entertaining so many people, but I’m also exhausted from managing the household during this time, which included a very major plumbing scare that has turned out to be a very minor repair, thankfully.  I also installed a microwave, which was no picnic, then combined two broken microwaves to produce a single working SUPERMICROWAVE.

I don’t think I’ll be getting much of a chance to watch sports tonight, but you will, so here’s what’s on tap for you:

• NHL:
  • Everybody vs. Everybody Else, apparently.  Oh wait, no, that’s tomorrow.  Tonight it’s Nobody vs. Nobody Else.
• NBA:
  • All the Teams that Didn’t Play Yesterday vs. All the Other Teams that Didn’t Play Yesterday
• NCAA:
  • QUICK LANE BOWL (sorry about that Mrs. Kiffin)!
    • Minnesota vs. Georgia Tech – 5:15PM | ESPN
  • CHEEZ-IT BOWL!
    • Cal vs. TCU – 9:00PM | ESPN
  • Basketball
    • Teams with an aggregate record of 52-7 go up against teams with an aggregate record of 17-47.  Probably not a lot of excitement from this slate.

I hope your Christmas hangover isn’t too strong.  I’ll see you in the comment section for more griping.