Yes that’s right. On the first play from scrimmage after the touchback on the opening kickoff in overtime, Tim Tebow threw an accurate pass to a streaking wide receiver who blew past and stiff-armed all would be defenders to score an 80-yard touchdown as the Denver Broncos defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs. Just about the same time this was happening, the New England Patriots, who will now be hosting said Broncos at Gillette Stadium at 8pm this Saturday, announced that Josh McDaniels would be returning immediately to the Patriot’s sideline as an offensive assistant and offensive coordinator in waiting.

This story has an added twist in that McDaniels was the Broncos head coach when he drafted both Tebow and Demaryius Thomas, who caught he pass and literally bulled his way into the end zone. This should be a very interesting game to watch Saturday, and the Pats will have no one to blame but themselves should they fail to advance, as they handled Tebow and the Broncos easily the last time they met, which was only about a month ago. (and that was in Denver, where they have traditionally had very little success)

As they say around here, Go Pats!

Patriots vs Broncos at Gillette Stadium - January 14, 2012

The headline says it all. Upwards of 200,000 souls have been evacuated from their homes because of extreme potential meltdown problems in Japanese nuclear power plants that are threatening to really get out of control. If Japan’s nuclear reactors fully melt down, or god forbid go critical, we’ve got a real mess on our hands.

For years the mantra of the nuclear power industry has been that “the plants are safe” and “accidents are extremely unlikely”. Well tell that to the folks in Japan right now. Nuclear power is an extremely dangerous way to boil water, even if you can get away with it for long periods of time in many places. The numbers don’t work out. If it’s a human endeavor, and relies on no nasty acts of god to keep running AND excellent planning and execution by pretty much ALL humans involved, otherwise the health and environmental consequences are horrific and extreme, then you’ve got recipe for unmitigated disaster.

Pray we dodge this bullet one more time and then finally wise up and develop something like deep-earth, closed-loop geothermal power plants instead.