MONDAY COMMENTARY – RING OF FIRE

(Listen daily for the Rod Pedersen Commentary at 9:50 am and 5:20 pm on Cat Country 98 FM)

SUNDAY EVENING ENDED UP BEING A CASE OF SENSORY OVERLOAD.

FRANKLY I WAS FEELING EXTREMELY GUILTY FOR SPENDING MOST OF THE WEEKEND ON MY BUTT SO AFTER GOING FOR A BRISK WALK AND GETTING A LUNCH MEETING WITH A MEDIA COLLEAGUE, I SETTLED IN FOR AN EVENING OF TV WATCHING.

I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE MY LAST WEEKEND OFF FOR AWHILE, SO I WANTED TO COMPLETELY DECOMPRESS. APPARENTLY DOING THAT FOR THE LAST YEAR WASN’T ENOUGH.

REGARDLESS, SUNDAY NIGHT’S TV MENU WAS A VERITABLE BUFFET. WE HAD THE SENATORS & FLAMES, DRAW 7 OF THE BRIER (WHICH DIDN’T FEATURE SASKATCHEWAN), THE NBA ALL-STAR GAME, AND THE MUCH-HYPED OPRAH INTERVIEW WITH MEGHAN & HARRY.

SUFFICE IT TO SAY, THE ROYAL INTERVIEW DIDN’T HOLD MY INTEREST. LIKE I NEED AN OPRAH SPECIAL TO TELL ME THE ROYAL FAMILY IS SCREWED UP!

THE NBA ALL-STAR GAME, TO ME, WAS A HUGE AIRBALL. I’M SORRY, BUT FOR SOME REASON I NEED FANS TO ENJOY HOOPS SO I GUESS I’M JUST NOT A BASKETBALL GUY.

CAN’T BE EVERYTHING.

SO I SETTLED ON THE FLAMES AND SENATORS FROM THE SADDLEDOME AND WOULDN’T YOU KNOW IT, THE FLAMES LOST AGAIN WHICH MAKES THEM 0-2 SINCE GEOFF WARD WAS FIRED.

I LAID DOWN AT NIGHT WITH MY MIND RACING WITH THOUGHTS LIKE, “MAYBE THE FLAMES JUST AREN’T THAT GOOD” AND “WHAT’S DARRYL GOING TO DO THAT THE LAST GUY DIDN’T?”

THOSE THOUGHTS THAT FLOOD YOUR MIND WHEN YOU LAY DOWN AT NIGHT TEND TO BE YOUR BIGGEST WORRY.

IF MY BIGGEST WORRY IS THE STRUGGLES OF THE CALGARY FLAMES, I’D SAY I’M A PRETTY LUCKY GUY.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY ON CAT COUNTRY 98.