The Chris Hill Festival -- The Time Has Come, the Walrus Said, to Talk of Many Things...

Today I got to ride in a Segway, and it was every bit as nerdy but fun as you would imagine. There is a Segway store in the Plaza next to our apartment complex, and the store offers tours of the Plaza. I got one for Eileen for Christmas last year, but we waited until today to do it because the weather was perfect (and in fact probably won't be this perfect again for 2 or 3 years).

The Segways are remarkably durable for something that is basically trying to constantly balance you with gyroscopes. We were able to go over pretty significant bumps and rough road without any problems. It was difficult to start and stop at first, but even I was able to get the hang of it pretty quickly and I'm unable to rollerblade on surfaces other than carpet. When they first came out, the ads said that you would eventually move without even trying, like if you just thought about moving forward you would subconsiously lean enough for it to move you forward. I could definitely see this being the case. If you're as big a fan of unnecessary technology as I am, I highly recommend a test drive. Although the $4500 price tag to purchase a Segway is still a little steep.

DET at CHI: The Lions have long since ended their awful streak of losses on the road, and the Bears are definitely a horrible team, but where the Bears have a great defense and a bad offense, the Lions have a mediocre defense and a quarterback primed for a miserable game. CHI

MIN at CIN: So yeah, everything I said about Randy Moss last week...umm...perhaps the Vikings do need him. CIN

BAL at TEN: This has all the makings of one of those games where the Ravens offense gains about 30 total yards but the defense scores 2 touchdowns on turnovers and they win anyway. BAL

SF at PHI: Hold your horses, Niners fans. Last week was not the rebirth of the glory years with Roger Craig and Joe Montana and Jerry Rice running that play where you could gain 12 yards and a first down every time even if the computer guessed your play correctly. It was simply the reality that is Mike Martz's final year of being the target of so many jokes. PHI

NE at CAR: ...Unless the visiting team is the 2-time defending Super Bowl Champions. NE

PIT at HOU: I'm telling you, the Steelers aren't all that good this year. And I will continue to pick against them until I am vindicated. Upset special. HOU

STL at AZ: After last week's debacle, I'm quite sure the Rams will finish last in a terrible terrible division. AZ

ATL at SEA: The Falcons didn't impress me much last week, but the Seahawks haven't impressed me in the 10 years I've been watching football. ATL

SD at DEN: No, Broncos fans, that was not a dream last week. You really got your asses handed to you by Gus Frerotte. SD

CLE at GB: Brett Favre has one or two great games left in him. I'm thinking he wastes one of them this week against the hapless Browns. GB

MIA at NYJ: Now this is an intriguing game. Chad Pennington played last week like he was holding a water tube instead of a football, while the Dolphins shocked the world by...well...winning. The Jets have got pride though, don't they? NYJ

KC at OAK: This is another good one. The Chiefs looked inspired last week, but I wonder how much of that was an improved defense and how much of it was Chad Pennington's inability to retain possession of the football. OAK

NYG at NO: So I'm rooting for the Saints to win because it would be a good story, and I'm rooting for the Giants to lose because I can't stand Eli Manning and his ridiculous demand to be drafted by them instead of San Diego. This is a win-win game for me. NO

WAS at DAL: And then there is the actual Monday night game. Not nearly as entertaining. How do 2 teams that didn't even smell the playoffs last year get a Monday night game? DAL

One place that you might be able to "test drive" it is at the Saint Louis Science Center. They've started doing Segway orientations (which if you went about buying one you would have to do it anyway). I know this because I used to work there and they were talkign about it then (last I checked the webstie http://www.slsc.org) they had a link for that stuff.


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