We have an idea for a new sport — cross-country football.  It’s like American football in premise, but the field is 6 miles long and half a mile wide.  And you have more players per team.  Even if you get an opening in the defensive line, you need to have some serious endurance to score a touchdown.  For an individual player to excel at this version of football, you’d need to be an uber-athlete.  And you wouldn’t want too much of your defense to be 300-pound linemen, unless they’ve got some running speed and endurance.

It’s a weird idea, I know, and it’s way outside of the box, but think about it… then share your thoughts on this in the comments section.

Would you rather eat a napkin or a heaping spoonful of mustard?

Not to keep talking about the weather, but, I’m going to.  🙂  The heat continues to get more extreme here in Arkansas.  Today is the 7th straight day of temperatures over 100, and it’s predicted for another 6 days.  The high today is 106, and on Wednesday it’s 108.  For those of you who live here, you know how bad this is and why.  This isn’t some “dry heat” like in Arizona — we have lots of humidity.  So when you step outside you start sweating almost instantly.

We’ve been upgrading the heat status here, going from “crazy-mad hot” to “stupid-hot”, and we’re trying to think up a term for these 106-108 degree days where the heat index is over 115.  We haven’t decided on the next term, although unofficially I’m saying it’s that-ain’t-right hot.  If anyone has any suggestions for what to call it, feel free to speak up.

I realize there are places with worse weather, but this past weekend I saw a map that showed Arkansas having the highest temperatures in the U.S. right now.  Why is that?  Why are we being picked on?  Who’s going to do something about it?

I wonder what my boss would do if I took my shirt off at work… I might get to work from home.  Or, he might say to go home and not bother working anymore… 🙂  But at least I wouldn’t have to go outside.