There Was Nothing to Fear and Nothing to Doubt

I don't want to start a disturbing trend on this blog of linking to stories about Halo or video games, but this article on ESPN.com was just too good to let go. When I read the article I tried to cultivate some kind of arrogant ironic distance, but it's hard to maintain that type of stance when I'm a currently unemployed law student and the article's subjects are college dropouts with 3-year contracts that promise to pay out $250,000. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

In other news, yesterday Liverpool was saved from their second home loss in less than 5 days by an injury-time equalizer from Fernando Torres. "El Nino" headed home Steve Finnan's long cross in the 92nd minute to bring the Reds back on terms with visiting Tottenham Hotspur at 2-2.

The Reds now must wait until after the international break for a chance to return to the form that characterized their early success. On October 20th, Gerrard & Co. will face Everton F.C. in the semi-annual Merseyside Derby, and on October 24th, the Reds will travel to Istanbul for a Champions League Group A encounter with Turkish side, Besiktas JK. It's not going to get any easier from here on out, but if there's one thing that I've learned about the Reds so far, it's that they don't enjoy themselves unless their backs are against the wall.