i've been slacking

i know i haven't been posting on here much lately, but that is because i have been very busy with work and getting ready for the holidays (should i celebrate saturnalia or festivus this year?).

As you know, I'm a BIG bears fan and they are 9-3 right now and currently leading the nfc north. Of course they will make the playoffs, but their offense is just dowright abysmal with the team only carried by their number one ranked defense. No matter the case, they've won their last 8 games and snapped an 11-year streak of losing to green bay at home tonight.. this is all undeniable. However, to get anywhere in the playoffs, they will need a multi-pronged attack... that is, one in which offense is a pinnacle for the team. They have a talented o-line and a great rookie quarterback (kyle orton) that can throw strikes without flinching like the best of them; but somewhere down the road, a strong team is going to figure out how to exploit the few weaknesses of their defense and their offense certainly will not be able to carry them in such a game. Though, given the current state of the NFC it is entirely possible that the bears will make the superbowl and would likely face indianapolis (my favorite AFC team). Should this scenario happen, i'm not sure what would happen. In pre-season play this year the bears beat the colts, but IMHO that's not terribly relevant because the first-stringers on both teams did not get much time on the field then. On one hand, I saw that the steelers figured out how to shut down the colts' offense this year (even though indy won), which leads me to believe that the bears have a shot at winning such a game... but on the other hand, the indy offense strikes fast and hard which is unlike the offenses of most of the teams the bears have played so far this year.

Final score of the super bowl? Colts: 14, Bears: 16


Also, if you haven't checked it out lately, i went roller skating for my work's family christmas party and mrs. mabus caught some incredible footage of my supreme incompetence landing me squarely on my back side. CLICK HERE TO SEE IT (windows media 9 format)