As a San Diego Charger fan you kind of get used to disappointment.

• The high of the '94 AFC Championship victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers was quickly replaced by the record setting crushing defeat at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers.
  
• The miracle 12-4 season of '04 ended too quickly at the hands of the underdog New York Jets in the last seconds of overtime.
  
• The dominance of the '06 season ended prematurely as well to the upset-minded New England Patriots as fumbles

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In my Battle of the Bands blog entry I wrote about how I was torn between buying Rock Band 2 or Guitar Hero: World Tour.

After talking to a few people and a little more research I ended up buying Rock Band 2 from Toys R Us for $110 with a $25 gift card included.

It just so happened that I needed a $25 gift card from TRU for my nephew's birthday present so the RB2 bundle only set me back a net of $85.

Not bad if I do say so myself.

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In case you didn't read some of my other blog entries, I recently moved to southern California from northern Virginia. I was born and, for the most part, raised in SoCal but my family and I spent the last four years in the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan after my assignment there.

We first moved to northern Virginia nearly four years ago exactly and spent our first Christmas there in a hotel. There was a little bit of culture shock as the D.C. metro area is extremely work focused...

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Thank God the Chargers play the Raiders twice a season. At least, for one night, the Chargers don't look as bad as their 5-8 record (two of those wins coming against those hapless Raiders).

Now if San Diego can just figure out a way to play the AFC West five times apiece each season they'd actually have a shot at living up to their potential.

For you Raiders fans: I'm sorry. On the bright side, it doesn't look like Al Davis has too many years left.

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I stand corrected.

Count me, among the many, that was sure the Houston Texans made a potential mistake the likes of the Trail Blazers passing on Michael Jordan when they took Mario Williams over Reggie Bush in the '06 NFL draft.

Although Bush has had more success this year (pre-injury) than he has the previous two seasons, it appears to me that the team has to adjust its offensive gameplan to fit his strengths, a lot of times to the detriment of the team.
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