dreamed

i dreamed recently that i was on a greyhound bus. i was seated with eli manning. he sat down and said 'ok shaw, how crazy is it that i was the qb on a super bowl winning team?' i said " on the team, dude you won the game'... he said as if more surprised than anyone, 'I KNOW!' he stated and kind of asked at the same time..' i mean you are probably like me, you are always just hoping to get away with a bad decision because i have pretty much decided thats all i make." i replied quickly, "oh without a doubt, most times i called plays i hoped what i was planning on doing would just by coincidence be the right choice but never did i think quickly enough to decide the exact right choice" he laughed and said, " that is exactly what i am talking about.... if plaxico would have dropped any ball all night we lose by four touchdowns, because i would have fallen apart, the momentum just never let up...and now here i am!..i got that behind me!" last thing he said before the dream got less realistic and overall bizarre...was " how good is Tom Brady?" i explained my feelings and then the bus stopped and we got off... he said 'there is someone i want you to meet" we stepped off and archie and peyton were standing at the door of the bus.. i stepped off and reached out for a handshake,, archie came in for the real thing though. he has an incredible memory in my dream... i met archie and peyton many years ago at a football camp, and archie quickly recognized me as a Ruston boy..."your from Jones country he said" he asked if i ever talk to bert and Dub jones anymore as if he remembered us being big buddies. peyton played it cool the entire time.. my dream kind of makes since to this point.. these are all people that america feels like they can relate to... eli then says to me, 'that is not who i wanted you to meet'.. the bus pulls off like it does on extreme home makeover.. and oprah is standing there yelling at me, with this big goofy grin on her face. we were outside then but in an instant we are standing in her living room and she is showing me her fabulous home. she is so happy to have me, and i am trying to figure out why... "your wife is going to be very jealous"...i got scared that my dream was going to be ruined by oprah putting the moves on me("nnnnothing happened"joe dirt ref.) she cleared it up when she said, "while i go get ready for my show... you should take a look around my closet...i entered into a room the size of a basketball gym full of jackets, womens shoes and purses.. my wife would be jealous... but my wife would have been tempted to steal and so it was best i guess it was my dream and eli manning thought i would appreciate a visit to harpo studios as much as anyone.



special thanks to greyhound busline for making all this possible and to sears for sponsoring extreme home makeover.



gotta gotta give em what they want.

shaw tim