Things I Think I Think...

It's been a while. And I'm still busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest, so this may be a short one. However, in the great tradition of SI sportswriter Peter King (love him or hate him, the man can write), I submit my current list of things I think I think...

1a. I think I think that Merle Haggard would not be nearly so famous if his first name did not rhyme with "girl". Listening to anything he has recorded is just painful.

1b. I think I think that the concept of blue jeans and pearls (which also rhymes with "girl") was born from a country songwriter desperate for a rhyme. Unfortunately, far too many songwriters have stolen this deplorable tactic. Blue jeans and pearls just don't go. Think pewter and turquoise.

2. I think I think that one should always look in the same direction which they are walking. If you are looking in a direction that you have no intention of walking, then by all means, STOP. The life you save may be your own.

3. I think I think my list of things to do around the house is only getting longer and my time to get them done is only getting shorter.

4. I think I think that the New England Patriots are screwed. Papa Goodell is gonna bring the hammer down.

5a. I think I think that maybe Joe Gibbs should go back to racing after this season, even if the Redskins win the Super Bowl. However unlikely that is...

5b. I think I think that Russ Grimm should come home next year and take the helm.

6. I think I think that LaDainian Tomlinson has proven himself enough to supplant Lawrence Taylor as "LT" without some moron asking "Which LT? Tomlinson is not LT..."

7. I think I think that's enough football for this list.

8. I think I think the world is not as dangerous as our government tells us it is.

9. I think I think that we are not as safe from harm as we think we are.

10. I think I think that life is too short to worry about such things and we should get busy living.

11. I think I think that when someone close to you is diagnosed with cancer, you wish you could snap your fingers and cure them, you realize your own mortality, then you sadly come to the conclusion that all of it is out of your control and that all you can do is live and love as if there is no tomorrow.

12. I think I think that money is not the root of all evil, but it is certainly a good sized branch on the tree.

13. I think I think that trees fall over sometimes. (Related to #3)

14. I think I think I've heard enough about Britney and I am sad for her and those like her.

15. I think I think that after 10 years in the grave, Princess Diana deserves a dignified rest.

16. I think I think my daughter is already growing up faster than I want her to.

17. I think I think I'm getting close to the end of this list.

18. I think I think that a study discovering that curly hair tangles less than straight hair is money that could have been better spent elsewhere. (Like toward CURING CANCER)

19. I think I think that we are not alone in the cosmos, but I doubt we will find proof of it.

20. I think I think that music is the sound inside its creator's soul.