Buffalo Bills: Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

Sunday is a day when we mostly sit back and enjoy the ride.  This weekend, for some of us, a few helium balloons became our biggest opponent.

As dinner was being cooked, I paused the Bills/Chargers matchup to prepare a few items and avoid a few of the thousand commercial breaks.  As I fast-forwarded, I noticed I was now watching the Steelers playing the Bengals.  How can this be?  First the Bills had a crushing loss to ponder for two weeks, and now the stadium has no power, and only two beers into the game!

With a racing mind and angry friends ringing my cell phone off the hook, I went into panic mode.  Quick thinking yields success; I grab three beers and head for my car, where I have satellite radio.  Ahhh, much better, and there were no State Troopers around to question my alcohol consumption while parked outside of my house.  I don't think this is illegal, but I'm willing to risk it.  War line rings, the game is back, and I head in.  

It's not long after my heart rate levels out when the power blanks again.  A friend in the Philly region informs me he is about to rip somebody's face off via text message.  So it's back to the car, where I listen to the call on the radio via cell phone on WGR 550.  This is living; all bases covered.  I'm a fan to the proudest degree.  

In preparation for the next black out I grab the portable radio unit (good thinking, Sirius) and head back in, where I now had to climb onto my roof to get a clear satellite signal.

Success! No longer having to crank beers in my car, I was back to the comfort of my plasma screen to catch highlights as I listened to the half time report.  I'm careful, but not too careful, because if my wife finds out that this amount of multitasking occurred, life could get complicated in a hurry.

Power restored and so is my faith in the Bills' defense, and ball-controlling offense.  J.P. is safely sitting on the sidelines watching the game and not playing it.  Dinner is almost done.  Bills win; Monday just got easier.