I don’t know if you’ve ever bought tickets from StubHub, but I have… Red Sox tickets, to be specific. And, when you purchase anything online nowadays, you subsequently receive loads of solicitous emails from the company. Today, I got a chuckle when StubHub sent out this doozy: “Get great seats to any Boston Red Sox playoff game”. Nice.

And then the apology which I received three hours later:

I wasn’t that upset about the Red Sox’ early exit but if they even try doing that after an untimely Patriots exit from the playoffs, there’ll be hell to pay! *waves fist*

ADDENDUM: Apparently, StubHub tortured Mets’ fans, too. It’s official: they are run by Yankees fans.

Yesterday was pretty friggin awesome unless you’re a Tennessee Titans fan or a bona fide Patriots hater in which case yesterday sucked. A few things that were awesome about yesterday:

• Scoring 59 points in the snow.
• They finally won convincingly in their throwback uniforms. Last week especially, my dad was having horrid flashbacks of the Patriots of yore.
• Laurence Maroney ran like he should. For the first time in a while, he wasn’t auditioning for “Dancing With the Stars”.
• Sebastian Vollmer looked AWESOME.
• The Jets lost to Buffalo and Harvard alum Ryan Fitzpatrick.
• Oh, and Mark “San-chise” threw six interceptions. It’s not as easy when teams actually have film of you, is it Marky? Matt Ryan you are not.

This week is gonna be much better than last.

To get caught up:

1. The Patriots loss to the Denver Broncos. For whatever reason, this loss didn’t sting even remotely as much as the Jets loss for multiple reasons. One, the Patriots always struggle against Denver ESPECIALLY in Denver. Two, it’s a Josh McDaniels-run team now. We all love Josh McDaniels and how can you not deep-down root for him knowing the turmoil he overcame in the preseason with Whiny McWhineface Jay Cutler throwing an epic temper tantrum and Brandon Marshall acting like he’s the next Jerry Rice. Three, any loss to the Jets burns a hole in my soul.

2. I don’t give a rat’s ass about the Red Sox. It didn’t feel like “their year” since April and I think I’m still in the very small “Manny” camp.

3. Monday holidays rules! Who knew you could be paid to stay in PJs all day.

4. I’m loving my new commute to work. Since the coffee shop at my nearby train station closed, and because there isn’t a Dunkin Donuts within walking distance of my office (I know, right!), I’ve now devised the perfect morning commute to get my coffee. Instead of riding the Orange Line to Downtown Crossing, I disembark at North Station, visit the DD inside (the one next to McDonalds; which is AMAZING, by the way) and hop on the next EZ Ride destined for Kendall Square. In all, it takes me roughly ten extra minutes BUT I can get off the packed train sooner and can avoid Downtown Crossing. It’s win-win!

5. Speaking of North Station, what the Boston Metro and Boston Costume forced a newspaper hawker at North Station to do the other morning is just plain cruel. And by “do” I mean, making him wear a shiny gold lamé suit advertising Boston Costume while handing out newspapers. That’s just plain cruel.

6. For the first time in ten years, I have a boss worthy of celebrating on Boss’s Day. After enduring years of abuse from Mean Boss, my boss now is the epitome of a good boss. She doesn’t take her stress out on me, she mentors me and gives me the confidence to strive to be the best I can. Her criticism is always constructive and I am comfortable knowing that I can discuss any issue with her. In other words, my boss rules!

7. Happy 29th Birthday to my sister, Kristina!

“Look, Daddy! We’re major whores and now we crossed the threshold from Barstool Sports to getting a mention on Deadspin!” (NSFW!)

I guess taking the kid to a Bruins game is now out of the question.

What’s the point of typing a recap of the Patriots game when you can just get ten better versions from professionals on the vast internet?

I would like to revel in knowing that the many idiots I talk to were once again wrong when they suggested that there was “NO WAY” the Patriots were going to defeat the vaunted Baltimore Ravens, especially with the Ravens coming off their STUNNING victory over the AMAZING Cleveland Browns. Some idiots accused Thomas Brady of being “over-the-hill” and that he would never reconnect with Randy Moss ever again! Oh, and the defense… the defense which was “too old” last season with Bruschi, Harrison, Vrabel, and Seau now “sucks” without them. Make up your minds! (Side note: Adam Schefter thinks the Patriots are going to sign Seau this week. Yay!)

Part of my motivation for even starting this site was to publicly call out supposed Patriots fans who haven’t a clue about the team/game/NFL. I’m beginning to think that if it weren’t for my dad, I’d have NO ONE with whom to discuss football. How sad.

I don’t know why I care so much.

Anyway, weren’t the pink cleats and gloves that NFL players wore yesterday awesome?! For once, pink NFL paraphernalia isn’t a weak, sexist attempt to get females to purchase NFL apparel.