I commemorated the tenth anniversary of my last full-week vacation by . . . taking another full-week vacation.
But this one wasn't really a vacation. We're barely two weeks into our partnership with NBC, so I was spending a lot of time banging away on the official PFT laptop from the shores of Sandbridge Beach -- just south of Virginia Beach and not too far from the place where Mike Vick is wrapping up his two months of house arrest.
Still, it was relaxing and enjoyable and I feel refreshed and ready to roll as training camps prepare to open.
So it's time to buckle down. No more vacations, no more non-work-related travel, no more tomfoolery.
Just like the guy from Scrubs told Denzel in Remember the Titans, it'll be "zero fun sir" until, well, after the 2010 draft.
Fortunately, we think it's plenty of fun to spend every day doing this. And we'll be doing it more than ever during the 2009 season, now that I've ignored the time-honored advice to not quit my day job.
We're back from the beach
Posted by Mike Florio on July 18, 2009 11:24 PM ET
Welcome back. Now make football season start already!!
Why didn't you take Vick out and improve the world?
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♪ Welcome back! Where you dreams were your ticket out.
♪ Welcome back! To the same old place that you laughed about.
♪ Well the names have all changed since you hung around
♪ But those dreams have remained and they've turned around
♪ Who'd have thought they'd lead ya? (who'd have thought they'd lead ya?)
♪ Back here where we need ya (back here where we need ya)
♪ Yeah, we tease him a lot, 'cos we got him on the spot
♪ Welcome back!
♪ Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back!
♪ Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back!
i'll drink to that
Hey Florio,
I used to live near Sandbridge in Pungo, VA just outside of VA Beach.
So I worked the ESPY's this past week (I'm a comedy writer kinda like you). Got to ask a bunch of funny questions of Wade Phillips, Namdi Ausomwa (sp?), Kellen Winslow, Ken Hamlin, etc. Even asked Santonio Holmes who's hotter: David Beckham or Tom Brady...and surprisingly he answered not realizing it was a joke.
Check it out if you get a chance this Tuesday on Versus. The show's called "Sports Soup" and airs at 10 Eastern.
Keep up the great work.
Rich Williams
writer of "Sports Soup" and "Howie Long's Tough Guys"
Welcome back Kotter...Florio...whoever.
now even the comment posters are hawking their wares..........geez louise.
I have a 13 year old toaster for sale on craigslist #46578293 check it out!
now get back to work. you've got an ookie to ban, so get to it.
I bid on that toaster.
Hey Florio, I've never been to Virginia!
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Sorry that some of you slapdicks aren't interested in seeing some of your favorite NFL stars in a funny light :)
Keep on hatin'. I'm getting my popcorn ready.
Rich Williams
Writer of Everything that's Ever Been Written
richwilliams.com
There.
I saved you some time.
J/K! Who cares! ;)
Damn, Florio, you were in my neck of the woods. If I would have known, I could have given you the Mike Vick tour and shown the dog fighting house in Surry, his childhood home, his high school, and where he lives now. I could have even arranged for you to attend a dog fight. LOL. Just kidding on the last part, don't send PETA after me. Speaking of, you do know PETA's main HQ is in Norfolk, not far from where you stayed.
In all seriousness I hope you had a good time in Sandbridge. It's so much nicer staying down there than on the strip in Va. Beach.