In poker, there is a term called “sucking out on the river.” It means that a player who has almost no chance gets super lucky on the very last card played and comes back to win. Usually that player jumps up in surprise, screams in victory, and then sheepishly turns to the opponent and says “… sorry.” You know you got away with something you didn’t deserve.
That’s what the Seahawks did yesterday against the Packers. Neither side played great, but Seattle was the worse of the two for the first 55 minutes. They had FIVE turnovers and their offense was pathetic. With just under 5 minutes left in the game, they were down by 12 and the only points they scored were from a fake field goal by their special teams. The Seahawks then rattled off some combination of very lucky and very skilled plays that will be remembered for a long time by fans on both sides.
I, and other fans in the house, had come to grips that the Seahawks were going to lose. It stunk but ok, whatever, it’s just sportsball. The painful part was watching them go out in such a horrible way. This wasn’t the team that had gotten to this point in the season. They were down to their last card and they sucked out on the river.
So congratulations Seahawks. Sorry Packer fans. This game was a hot mess all around, but for most of the game, Green Bay was less of a mess. At least there were no bad calls that decided the game this time.
The Seahawks head to Phoenix to face the Patriots. If the Seahawks didn’t get this all out of their system, they are going to get annihilated. They better spend these two weeks taking a hard look at what went wrong and figure out plans both to stop Tom Brady and also to wring some points out of their meh offense.
My new Flite Test 
Our two year contract with Verizon was up at the beginning of December so it was once again time for the big decision of whether or not I stay with Verizon. I’ve been their customer since 2000 so obviously I’m ok with them for the most part, but as far as Windows Phone support goes, they are horrible. For example, if you go into a store right now and try to buy a phone, they sell two ancient (2+ years old) models. The only other option is the newer HTC One. On top of that, they are extremely slow with doing updates for the phones. Our old phones still don’t have the major Windows Phone 8.1 update which was released last summer. It’s to the point where I pretty much don’t expect updates to my phone via Verizon. They hate Windows Phone.
I’m done wearing the Fitbit, at least for daily use. I might still carry it on hikes or days when I know I’ll be really active, but otherwise I’ve gotten a pretty good feeling for what a good day of walking feels like.
Here’s one more post for our fantasy season looking back at the top performers in our league. Look how many time’s Austin’s name shows up on this list! Our championships are usually dominated by power QBs but this year, he had a team full of top wide receivers, running backs, tight ends and defenses.
Tyla and I get most of our Kindle books from our libraries awesome digital section, but every once in a while, there are some specific books that we end up buying. We each have our own Kindles tied to our own accounts, so sometimes that has meant buying a book twice and that’s annoying.