This is why I don't want to be a goddamn journalist anymore...
I go to lunch early, in order to get back here because I figured if I'm going to hear from Jason Taylor, it'll be in the mid-to-late-afternoon. I get back (after taking a shorter lunch to begin with) to be greeted by "Andy, you missed Jason Taylor. I tried to call him back for you, but he didn't answer. You also missed the Dolphins D-line coach and the PR department said call them."
So, I missed them, and I've been trying to get them all week long.
Now, you may ask why I went to lunch...well, I had NO indication that either of these people were calling me at that time.
Hopefully I will be able to get ahold of Taylor on his cell later today or sometime tomorrow...the D-line coach is a lost cause for this week.

Dammit, I hate journalism.

On the lighter side, I've decided that Soundgarden/Chris Cornell/Audioslave have created some of my favorite "Make a Grand Entrance" songs...check out the Audioslave album -- it opens with the song that's out on the radio now (Cochise) and sounds much better...the radio version, for whatever reason, sounds all static-y and stuff, but the album is, of course, clear as a bell.

By the way, the answer to the riddle posted earlier: Nothing. Think about it...

Enough for now...back to work...

Here's a riddle for ya that just made my day because I came up with the answer to it in minutes...God, I love it when my capacity for rational thought is actually working right...and that isn't often anymore. Here's the riddle...answer to come later...I have to edit the Pro Football Weekly cover, which has a neat little green jet flying across Chad Pennington...

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it and the rich need it, but if you ate it you would die?

Sidenote to the riddle: Most of us have it as well.

Off to the cover. I hate working.

I thought that I was going to get stood up by a freakin' kick returner for the Dolphins a minute ago, but lo and behold, Robert Baker just called me to talk about Madden and NFL Blitz for a story I'm planning on doing...wasn't a great interview...but he did give me a nice quote about how Blitz ain't realistic and that's why he likes Madden and that people need to be able to separate the real football from Blitz when talking about the illegal hits and such.

Favorite thing from the interview though...
Andy: "Well Robert, thanks for talking to me about this stuff and maybe someday I'll run into you online and we can play." (He said he was going to get the adapter ASAP earlier in the interview)
Baker: "Yeah, man, I'll definitely let you know when I get it."

Suffice to say, I'm not holding my breath.

Sidenote: Troy beat me on Saturday, as you may have read at Urban Therapy, and it was quite an embarrassment...But that's what happens when I take the lowly Bills and he takes the decent Seahawks...final score was 48-7, just for the record.

Well, enough...I should work now. I hope Jason Taylor stops standing me up...

Well, I've crumbled under the intense pressure...ow. Like a feather duster, I tell ya...anyway, I've created this damn thing, now let's see if I can update it and not get in trouble with anyone... :)
Off to the bar I go! Oh, wait...maybe someone will be angry at that...