I write these words moments after my beloved New York Jets came up just short of the Super Bowl for the second straight year. I am legitimately depressed right now. After just staring into space for the past 30 minutes, wondering what went wrong and going through all the “what if” scenarios of this game, I decided to vent my frustrations by writing this blog post.

Throughout the game, my emotions went on a wild roller coaster ride. I went from despair (Jets trail 24-0 in 2nd quarter), to hope (Jets cut the lead to 24-10), to excitement (Jets have 1st and goal, trailing 24-10), to frustration (Jets get stuffed at the goal line thanks to retarded play-calling), to unbridled enthusiasm (Jets get safety and TD to make it 24-19) to devastation (Steelers run out the clock to win the game).

It was a crazy ride that left me mentally exhausted—and I’m certainly not alone. Millions of football fans across the country experienced these same swings of emotion today. No matter what the sport, die-hard fans have these strong feelings for their team throughout the year. Few things in life can conjure up such uninhibited emotions like sports can.

And this begs the question? Why do we care so much? Why are sports fans like myself so passionate about it? Think about how silly it really is… (more…)

A hot topic around this time of year is New Year’s resolutions. Everyone wants a fresh start and plans on improving their lives in some way, shape or form with the coming of new year.   It’s usually a lofty goal that is abandoned once the calendar turns to February.

Typically, people will vow to lose weight, advance their career or perhaps fall in love.  These are often tough goals to meet because they require hard work, perseverance and even a little bit of luck.   Most people lack the resolve to achieve these goals.

I say why set ourselves up for failure? We need to lower our standards. Why not set some new year’s resolutions you can actually meet? With that in mind, I’ve come up with a list of ten new year’s resolutions that I am confident I can keep.

1. I will put off going to the gym and limit my exercise to being intimate with my wife and playing Nintendo Wii.

2. I will blow off church every Sunday during football season so I can properly set my fantasy football lineup. (more…)

Here is this week’s edition of Links of the Week.  Every week LwB scans man blogs for some amusing and informative content.  This week we have 9 high school classmates you’ll see over Christmas break, a baseball hall-of-fame debate and much more. So check it out.

Girls and Relationships
In light of Tara Reid posing for playboy recently, Spewf suggest three other celebs who should follow suit.  I wouldn’t mind seeing any of these girls in Playboy. It’ll never happen though.

For those that are married, here is some good marriage advice from Engaged Marriage

Lifestyle
From the Art of Manliness, here are 13 things a man should keep in his car.  I have maybe two of them. However, I have AAA so I should be ok.

A great debate here by Muff Slap. Would you rather be Tom Brady or Justin Timberlake?  Tough call but if I had to choose, I’d probably go with Justin Timberlake. Having to deal with Bill Bellichick everyday is not something I’d want to do. (more…)