the result of a football bet against my brother, in which i was victorious

a modest apology.

11:07am Today

Hello,
Unfortunately, there are many people here that I have known or cared about who are not on facebook. If you read this and know that we have a mutual friend who is not on facebook, please pass it along. But I would like to give my most heartfelt and profound apologies to all of my friends, family, and coworkers who have been involved with my life today or in the past. At some point in our respective relationships, I might have given you advice, which I ensure was given with only the sincere hope that it would be of help to you. I wanted to help you make the best of your lives but I realize now that my "help" almost certainly had the opposite effect. Clearly, there is something flawed with my decision-making process. Clearly, the way my brain operates is wrong. I would not speculate that I have a disease in my head -- no, that would only be a crass attempt on my part to seek pity and sympathy and to shirk responsibility for my actions. But after cheering the Dallas Cowboys, only to see them lose in such a spectacular and ignominous manner, it is apparent that I make decisions in an ill-conceived manner. It was the Green Bay Packers who I should have cheered the whole time.
I have several pieces of Dallas Cowboys paraphenelia: caps, posters on the wall, various trading cards and commemorative t-shirts and mugs. I should dig a hole and bury them, then mark the place, as a final resting place for those things which show my character flaws. But in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not hallow this ground. The world will little note, nor long remember, that I turned my back on the Dallas Cowboys, but merely that I once supported them. So I can not claim redemption or hope for an improvement in my reputation, but merely to live out my life humbly until I am mercifully forgotten. Thank you, and long live the Green Bay Packers.