Bowling and the Light in the Window

A half-moon hangs in the winter sky above Brooklyn, gentle and friendly, reminding a young man that you can look through any window and see light. Even on the eve of the clash between two sinister empires – the crimson tide (whatever that is) and the burnt orange steers (we know what they are) – the world keeps turning ‘round.

What more could a sporting man want than this bowling season? Dan LeFevour (what a name!) for Central Michigan vs. Levi Brown (what another name!) for Troy battled it out for the glory of the General Motors Acceptance Corp., which we assume is the entity behind the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. Did the U.S. taxpayer shell out for the scoreboard and goalposts? We’ll have to look it up. In any event, the to and fro overtime show was worth it. Luckily, we got in with Central Michigan minus two before the spread shifted to minus three. No, we aren’t lucky, we’re infallible.

But of course we are doomed in the end, incapable of securing tomorrow’s newspaper today, however much we continue to seek it, however much we wish to believe it is just beyond the horizon, like turning lead into gold. Believe, we must, though, as the teens begin and the aughts die.

In 2010, we have these resolutions; well, call them expectations:
Abdominal muscles to be six-packed.
Bread to be plentiful.
Cakes to be decorated with sprinkles.
Dads to get Old Spice.
Elin to work on her iron play.
Fun.
Good Lovin’ (saw a band at Turner Falls in Indian Territory that played the heck out of this song)
Help! I need somebody!
Igloos not melting.
Jills with Jacks.
Kraut, of the Sauer type, on franks at the park.
Lemon meringue pie.
Merry gentlemen.
No mercy on the tennis court.
OU beating Texas the second Saturday in October.
Peace on earth, good will toward…
Quilting parties.
Rest for the weary.
Sand wedges that splash with soft aplomb.
Treats for the sweet.
Underdogs covering.
Vivaciousness.
What was I thinking?
Xavier over Fordham Prep next Thanksgiving.
Y’all.
ZZZ’s that make the next day bright.

Oh, and take Alabama and give the four points.