Derrick Brooks becomes the third Tampa Bay Buc to be elected to the NFL Hall of Fame. It was considered a lead pipe lock that he would make it. Congrats to a class act and perhaps the best outside linebacker ever!
What a cab driver will do to make a living is beyond what most people can handle or comprehend. One thing we do is go into very bad areas of town and pretend it is normal. At least I still think it is normal. Like the Pakistani store owner who sells smokes, beer, lotto tickets and blunts to the people who walk in his door while all the time hoping he doesn't get shot, you begin to think this is normal. I got this call about 4 in the morning today. Things got a little weird. Not to bad, but not what I was expecting. It was the Downtowner Motel, one of Tampa's swankier joints. Its the kind of place that has "weekly rentals" and calls them apartments; imaine what kind of crowd that will draw. The dude was on the balcony and very anxious to get going, a clear sign that someone wants to buy drugs. I guess his buzz has worn off and he needs to get more. He and some chic with sunken cheeks and a glazed stare get in the backseat. They seem to have a bunch of nervous ene...
Er Tim, Derrick Brooks was a great linebacker,,,one of the best, and if good citizenship counted for anything I wouldn't be writing this!
ReplyDeleteHaving said all that LT (Lawrence Taylor) was the greatest outside LB, he changed the game from the first game he played, ask the QB's in the NFC east. Tom UC 123