Hurry Up and Wait... and Do Some Blogging

12:24 pm Live blogging from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

You plan, you pack, you figure the time needed. You stand in line at the kiosk waiting to drop your bags. And you find that your flight is delayed. The bad weather we were having here forced the incoming plane to turn around for fueling. Then they had to change the plane. The result will be about a three hour delay.

At least we're not sitting on the plane waiting.

Of course that means that by the time we get to the motel in central Pennsylvania will probably be around 11:00 tonight

Oh well.

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The Favre Saga Continues

As Brett Favre continues to work at harming his historic career and image the Packers are trying to protect theirs. They have reportedly offered Brett $20 million over 10 years to stay retired. My guess is he won't take it since it probably isn't about money for him. If he doesn't take the offer the gossip is that he may very well be traded to either the Vikings or Bears.

Just remember what I said a week ago-- I would not want to be the GM or President of the Packer organization that traded The Great One to a major adversary and then they went on to win the Super Bowl.

But I think the Packers are right in what they are doing. Brett has been acting like a kid who decided he wanted to change his mind after it was too late to do so. I read on the SI website the other day a commentary that talked about this. Brett was probably taken aback when the Packers didn't bow to his demands. He is doing with this issue the same thing that made him great as a quarterback. He plays what's right in front of him, he makes it up as he goes along. But it doesn't seem to be working this time.

The Packers are ready to move on- right or wrong. Aaron Rodgers may be able to move the team on- or he may not. But it is time to find out.

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Watching the News

Sitting here in the airport I have had a particularly long time to watch CNN Headline News. One of the big stories is about two political ads. The first from McCain and the second Obama's response. So far I have seen them four times, played in their entirety during the top 5 minutes of each half hour. Then they point out:

The ads are playing in less than a dozen battleground states but YouTube (and oh yes, news outlets) are giving them national and even international coverage.

Like CNN. Why should the campaigns pay big national bucks when the news outlets are running them to a national audience free of charge twice an hour. What a deal.