Basketball in the dark

Sounds like a profound metaphor, but it's actually just a description of my Saturday afternoon. Three friends and I headed over to my former roommate's church today to play, but all the lights were out in the gym and we couldn't find the switch! Luckily there was enough sunlight streaming in for us to play, but the passing and rebounding was a bit comical. Must be how the Nets feel.

It was definitely a fun way to get in some exercise, which can be difficult in Buffalo when you don't ice skate or ski. On the plus side, there's never a dearth of snow shoveling to do. I didn't do much (any) shoveling growing up, so I haven't yet been able to shake the feeling that it was devised by the Terrible Trivium. Perhaps Rhyme or Reason await at the end of it all, but I'd settle simply for spring.

Spring seems a distant apparition these days, though, as the snow drifts grow ever higher and the temperature continues to plummet. Between paramedic school and my various writing and reading projects, though, I'm not in any danger of getting bored staying indoors. I also signed on this week as an editor for a local Christian magazine. Its primary focus is Buffalo life as opposed to apologetics, so I'm looking forward to broadening my Christian publishing horizons.

In other news, freshman center DeMarcus Cousins has helped lead the University of Kentucky's men's basketball team to a #3 national ranking. We're not related, but I still get a kick out of headlines proclaiming, "Cousins leads Kentucky to victory!"