Sorry for the lack of updates. Nothing interesting happening on this side of town. The only real news is that I managed to somehow bomb the police qualifying tests, so that's out of the picture for now. There's a local bureau hiring that I might stick my name into, but I'm no longer going to be putting all my eggs in one basket.

Now I'm stuck somewhere between conventional, scholarly pursuits such as getting into a grad school for whatever subject strikes me as appealing, or going completely insane and traveling around the world. I've looked back on the past year or so and realized that I've accomplished absolutely nothing, so it's time to get moving again. Whether I start getting in with the professors at the local university or taking a job in Alaska shooting pictures of fish, I need to get off my ass and do it.

As for the Steelers - they're heading into Green Bay this weekend to face off against the struggling Packers, who are 1-6. Normally I'd be comfortable with this game, but Monday night's game against the Ravens was a nail-biter when it should've been a blowout - and now our quarterback, Roethlisberger, is injured, and out for Sunday's game. Which is a very, very, bad thing. We'll see how it goes.