Darren's (almost) weekly words of wisdom part 3 along with a free soap opera update

Thats right a free soap opera update. I used to watch soap operas alot, now it seems I dont have time to at all. When I was younger, I was amazed with the twists and turns of the plot of each show and as I watched more and more, I knew how things were gonna turn out. So why wasnt I able to sense the outcome of some of sports most compelling stories this summer. First Jeremy Mayfield, a talented driver with somewhat of an attitude problem. He begins the NASCAR season starting his own team and qualified for the Daytona 500. Thats a "feelgood" story if there ever was one. That is until he "supposedly" tested postive for meth and was suspended. The love affair with the fans almost lasted three full months, longer than alot of soap opera marriages. But now is when the twist comes, Mayfield sues and is reinstated but doesnt take a car to Daytona for the July 4th race, then his step mom gives an affidavit to the court saying she has seen Mayfield use meth several times. Mayfield is suspended again. Mayfield counters that by saying that that his stepmom is responsible for the death of his father. Stay with me now, this past weekend Jeremy Mayfield's stepmom was arrested for tresspassing onto Mayfields property, and assaulting some of Mayfields staff. I cant wait for the TV movie. However this ends, and we can only hope it ends soon. it will not be good for NASCAR or Jeremy Mayfield. ********As we move on to our next update remember that Brett Farve is called VIKING SEASON KILLER in this blog************ Each soap opera has a villian, you know, one that you think is killed by the good guy and then suddenly comes back to terrorize the community months later. (Usually, it is because the actor who plays the bad guy gets a part in a TV movie and has to be gone for awhile) Most of the time the villian shows up again out of the blue on a Friday and leaves the viewers guessing until Monday. It's what they call a "cliffhanger". In the Vikings soap opera the villian would have to be VIKING SEASON KILLER. What will it take to get rid of him? It seems he just wont go away and now VIKING SEASON KILLER is set to sign a 10-12 million dollar contract to be the quarterback of the Vikings, and play like the hall of famer he is for the first half of the season. In fact I could see the vikings with a 7-1 or 6-2 record to start the season. Then VIKING SEASON KILLER will start to talk of a "tired" arm and they will tank down the stretch. You knew when VIKING SEASON KILLER was lying didnt you? When his lips were moving. :) Now we will get to see an endless stream of purple #4 jerseys running around, young kids believing the purple will win it all. Only to see their dreams dashed, like mine were in the seventys. :( Only problem with this plot is the fact that there is no "cliffhanger" here, only a sad and painful ending for Viking fans everywhere. At least Madden'10 is already out and he wont be on the cover, or is he already? And finally every soap opera has a "good guy", one that is just too naive,or just too stupid to stay away from all the bad people and bad situations. If he could it would make his life somewhat normal. But always the "good guy' makes the bad choice that seals his fate. Brad Childress fits the mold of the a soap opera "good guy" he had a perfectly good team this year and just couldnt stay away from the temptation of VIKING SEASON KILLER. Now his job is, and should be, dependent on a 39 year old athlete that has seem his share of punishment. Childress has everything riding on the hope that they win the Super Bowl this year. "This Rolaids moment is brought to you by VIKING SEASON KILLER, when you think 2009 Vikings, think R-O-L-A-I-D-S, Rolaids spells relief." And another thing, have you noticed that ESPN isnt chasing after that list of baseball players who failed the steriods test back in 2003 now that it has leaked that a couple of Red Sox players were on it. That seems fishy to me but I have to get back to work, more on that later.