A Friday morning battleplan

As we speak my Dad is replaying the WVU-Pitt "Backyard Brawl" from last night, and chuckling to himself. Final score? 45-28. Guess who won? Yeah, the team with the Sophomore tandem where either could lay a reasonable claim to being a Heisman finalist. Slaton and White, both Sophomores. Pitt and Louisville and Rutgers and the rest of the Big East get to worry about them for another two years.

Sorry, guys. We won the recruiting lottery two years ago. Here's our tickets. Pay up.

Pat White threw and rushed for over two hundred yards. Each. Not combined.

Steve Slaton? He rushed for over 200 yards. And caught passes for over 100 yards.

Next topic: Spoke to Peri last night. Called and had a pleasant talk with my daughter last night. The best relationships in this life are those that always seem to pick up where they left off. I had that with my friend Dave McCoy, we'd be busy for months, one of us would pick up the phone and it would be like we'd just had lunch an hour ago. I was sorry that I had a hand in the alienation of that relationship, but such is life.

Peri says she and Brian are doing well (he is in a play right now and was out) so we discussed her brothers (my sons), her tastes in musical theatre (I got them tickets to Molly Ringwald's "Sweet Charity" as part of their wedding present) and the television shows "The Office", "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip", "Heroes" and "Lost". We're both taken with the middle two. She's a big fan of "The Office" (which I understand, but having lived that environment for years, it sometimes is a little too resonant).

Next topic: New films this weekend. I haven't been tot he cinema in several weeks, missing some films I actually have been wishing to see. I think I shall, over the next week, get caught up. I will reward myself for completing key milestones in finishing up the current book and CD projects and the planning of the book and CD launch party on December 14th.

First up? "Casino Royale" and "Happy Feet".

Yeah, I know, I'm weird. Bite me.