I had an oversight last week. It wasn’t a mistake, and I’ve thought about the possibility of making a change, but I’m sticking with my initial script.

When I did my top 10 songs that scream the ’80s last week, Carlson (amazingly in coherent, full, well-written sentences) reminded me that there was one that he thought should be included, and possibly be at No. 1. “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” the awesome theme song for “The Breakfast Club”, Carlson said, should be on there.

Well, maybe. The Simple Minds song could be on there, and it does sound ’80s. No question. But as I looked at the list again, I seem to think it’d fall outside of those others, maybe in my top 25 or so.

The only reason is that the song itself doesn’t elicit the ’80s vibe, as much as it makes me think of the movie, which then makes me want to watch The Cosby Show while eating a McRib and drinking a Like Cola. So the movie says ’80s way more than the song reminds me of the decade. It’s small, but it’s a legitimate difference and since I make the rules here, I’ll go with my way.

(Note: Like Cola was great, but my favorite ‘decade’ pop had to be Crystal Pepsi, which I thought was an ’88 or ’89 bust, but actually didn’t suck in the marketplace until ’92. Too bad. It was so bad it felt ’80s).

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I believe in Karma, and she’s a bad bitch. No question. I tempted her one too many times in my fantasy football league this year, and I’m paying for it.

That’s fine. I’ll take my lumps and get what I deserve, and if I don’t make the playoffs, then so be it.

But I just want to go on the record where she can see it and say that in no way was I trying to jinx sugar-mama this week.

Sugar-mama has set a CCMP FFL record with 14 straight regular-season wins, breaking a record that has stood for 18 years. She clinched a playoff spot in week 8 of our season, the fastest team in league history to reach a playoff berth.

This week, I posted that I was proud of her accomplishments, and I didn’t even mention anything about her using smoke and mirrors to do it. Which she has at times. This week, she’s already posted 61 points, which is about seven points higher than an average score in our league. And she has Desean Jackson left tonight.

Now I’ve gotten some heat for jinxing her because she’s down 10 points entering tonight’s game. Just for the record: I want her to win and I want her to continue her undefeated streak. Hell, she beat my ass, so I wouldn’t mind if she goes undefeated for the year.

The fact that it would help me, possibly, in the future if she were to lose this game has no bearing on me wanting a certain outcome. Sure, I’d love it if she lost and it helped me get a wildcard spot because that’d put Convicts a game behind Bandits, who she is playing. I have wins over Convicts and Pointmongers, and if I were lucky enough to get a win over Funbags in two weeks (will be tough; they’re playing great right now) and I’d have a great shot at one of the two wildcard spots.

But, I’d rather she wins tonight and keeps rolling than worry about any of that since there’s no way of knowing how it will turnout. So there, Karma. I’m on her side and would like you to play nice and let her win.

Oh, and if you have it in your heart to let me get 11 points tonight too, that’d be awesome. Great. Okay. Bye.

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Just curious, but is cholera the new plague?

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Not that anyone in my house would need this, but do any of you have a great idea for a birthday present for a woman? In general terms, it’d be something nice, not too expensive but shows thought for someone who is turning, say 32?

It can be anything really, maybe clothes, or shoes, or purses, or perfume, or whatever. Just something for less than about $50 since there’s already a nicer combined present for the birthday/Christmas/graduation from graduate school next month.

Oh, and it’s for no one in particular. No one I’d know anyway. I was just thinking of random things I could put on a birthday list for this blog sometime, kinda like my music list last week or a favorite ’80s movie list.

And, just for the record, no hurry. It’s not like the birthday present would be for a birthday coming up in about 12 days or anything. Nor would it have to be anything that would preferably ship for free.

But if you have ideas for my list, feel free to leave them here or email me. I’m always looking for others’ input on my lists.

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If you haven’t seen Wrigley Field today, check it out here. Make sure to look at it during the day when you can see how they’ve painted it and turned it into a home field for Northwestern. I have to admit, I really like it.