Dog Bites and Bee Stings

The NFL playoffs are here. Life might be good this time next week as the Bills look forward to their next opponent or we might be in the gutter, yelling at each other about why Coach McDermott should be fired. It feels like life or death. I heard someone say once that part of the thrill of being a sports fan is that sports can bring great emotions out of us while not actually meaning anything. After all, they are just numbers on a scoreboard. We do risk things though, because people love making simple things complicated. We put money on the line, our personal relationships get strained, and our livers get tested. Maybe one February day it will all come together for the Bills and the suffering will be rewarded with a life-altering Super Bowl championship, which will swiftly be forgotten about the following autumn after a few bad plays and we will settle into our suffering once again. Go Bills.