Insanity

Can we just talk about what an absolutely insane day this has been?

LANDON DONOVAN. What a goal for the Nats. (Some people like to abbreviate the US Men's National Team as USMNT but that reminds me far too much of TMNT so I'll try something else.) I'm with Brian at mgoblog: You can try all you want to make sports objective and not get bogged down in cliché-ridden NFL talk about "heart" and "guts" when it's really about skill and matchups... but sometimes you just have to throw your hands up and embrace it. Especially when it's a goal in stoppage time to keep the Yanks' hopes alive in the World Cup. Sure, the US had been threatening the whole game, but that's grit -- no two ways about it.

Somehow, there's a tennis match at Wimbledon that's gone to 59 GAMES ALL in the fifth set (and counting, when they start it up for day three of the match). I know I'm not breaking any news here and I know nothing about tennis, but for all that to happen the same day as THE EARTHQUAKE that I think we will all remember is just remarkable. I was in my office, on the sixth floor, and I felt something a little funny... but more than that, I swear I saw it. It may have just been because I was moving, but it was almost like a shockwave went through the building. Everything moved and I had a weird sensation like I fell, and I thought I was crazy but everyone else in the room just stopped what they were doing and looked around as if to say, "what the hell was that?"

So in the span of hours, all this happened, and all I could think of was Dumb and Dumber: The TMNT wins in stoppage time! We see the longest tennis match ever! There's an earthquake in Syracuse! Our pets' HEADS ARE FALLING OFF!!! Strange day. Oh, and there are supposed to be wicked thunderstorms tonight. Somehow, I think Ron Artest has to be involved in this.

BOSTON SUCKS! BOSTON SUCKS! BOSTON SUCKS!