It'll get worse before it gets better.

I don't know who coined the phrase "It'll get worse before it gets better" but I think the writers of some of my favorite TV shows and even the GMs of my favorite teams subscribe to this line of reasoning.  I don't know exactly what the writers of Smallville are going for but one thing is crystal clear:  They are taking their sweet time getting there!!  Friday nights episode seemed like a bizarre combo of the movie Iron Man and the Star Wars prequels.  Clark Kent is so consumed by doubt that now they are claiming he will either be the savior of Earth or the weapon of it's destruction.  Sounds an awful lot like Yoda's speech "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.  I sense much fear in you."  Only on Smallville this line of reasoning is delivered by Supergirl!  SUPERGIRL?  SERIOUSLY!?!?  She is a second tier comic book spinoff character!!  This has been going on for a damn decade!!!  And then they have Oliver decide to reveal to the world that he is the Green Arrow.  Been there!! Done that!!  It was called Iron Man!!!  So what's going to happen next week? Is Nick Fury gonna show up with friggin Bruce Banner???  I swear to God waiting for Kent to become Superman is turning out to be as infuriating as waiting to find out how Lost can be explained scientifically!!!

I realize that I constantly harp about Smallville.  I can't help it.  Superman was a staple of my childhood.  When Smallville came out I was intrigued by the concept of seeing how he becomes Superman.  In my mind that meant harnessing his abilities and learning to control them.  Smallville however seems to focus more on his learning to cope with his humanity.  Superman is not human.  Why do we want him to be human?  If he were human then he couldn't do the things that make him Superman!!!  I don't want Superman to have doubts.  Doubts are a weakness.  Maybe the master plan is for him to conquer them and come out stronger but it seems to make for more annoying TV than compelling TV.

Hawaii 5-0 is a great show.  It's like watching Law and Order meets Mission Impossible meets CSI.  The comic chemistry between Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan is on point.  And if you missed the interrogation scene with the sharks on the last episode then you should watch it on demand.  

I don't know why the Patriots traded Randy Moss to the Minnesota Vikings.  Moss and Belichik both had press conferences and nobody said anything inflammatory about the other.  In fact, it sounded more like the loved each other.  So Moss is gone and now the Patriots are going to attempt to go back to a pass on every down but try to shorten the field offense?!?!  All because according to the experts that's how they won three super bowls?  The league has changed since then.  That was why they went out and got Moss in the first place.  I guess we'll see what happens but this whole thing is just weird.

On a more personal note.  Karissa's baby shower was this weekend and it is almost overwhelming how much love and support was shown.  Thank you so much to my mother and father in law and sisters in law as well as Danni, Elise, Maura, Leigh, and Sarah.  Thank you as well to my cousins Shannon and Kelley.  It took a while but I figured out how to combine the car seat with the stroller and also how to collapse the stroller.  I think it's safe to say that my son will be a well-dressed little man and will be riding around in style.  Less than a month to go.  I know Karissa can't wait.  I love you Babe.  I can't wait to meet our son.