Hail to the Redskins

October 5, 2008 - 7:18 PM by

AAGL099~Washington-Redskins-Helmet-Logo-Posters1.jpgIt’s Sunday night, and it’s football season — American football — in the U.S., which means I’ve reached the football widow period of my life. Daniel, my husband, is Maryland-born and bred (although he spent a good chunk of his childhood in Israel), and, as such, is a diehard Redskins fan. For him, it is no hardship whatsoever to get up at 2 in the morning on Sunday/Monday during football season (or just not go to sleep), and spend three hours or so sitting on the very edge of the family room couch to watch his beloved Redskins play, fingers crossed in the hopes that they win.

So really, I wasn’t much of a football widow since he tended to watch while I was fast asleep. But, as usual, technology has changed our lives. Last year, we got hooked up to Slingbox, a TV streaming device that enables users to remotely view cable, satellite or personal video recorder programming from a computer with Internet connectivity. For users in Israel, that can mean hooking up a Slingbox to a friend or family member’s cable connected TV in the States, and then being able to watch whatever they have on TV at that time, through your computer. For American sports fans, it means Slingboxing with just the right person, that is, those in one’s life who are also apt to be fans of the same teams.

So Daniel and his brother in Washington, DC got Slingboxed, but alas, something wasn’t working with our Internet connection, which meant that while he could watch the Redskins games, he ended up doing so in his office. Not the worst thing, but not the most comfortable, either. This season, he was determined to change all that. By slightly shifting our Internet account — and with the added incentive of a new, larger TV in our place — he’s now watching the game in the comfort of his own home, at the same time that it’s on in the States. Tonight, that means 7 pm, Israel time.

This does mean that I’m now an actual football widow, but funnily enough, I’m okay with it. I can, of course, join him on the couch and receive a full education on football, if I so wish. Or I can just take this time to finish up some work, read a book, clean out a closet. Hey, the options are endless. Hail to the Redskins.

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5 Comments on Hail to the Redskins

  1. Joel Katz on Sun, Oct 5th 2008 7:42 PM

    2. Great post!

    Just curious, what did you mean by your husband being “partially bred”?

    “Daniel, my husband, is Maryland-born and partially bred, and, as such, is a diehard Redskins fan.”

  2. Avi on Sun, Oct 5th 2008 10:09 PM

    3. It’s OK to be a football widow if it’s for the Redskins! We need more Redskins (and other Washington teams) in Israel!

  3. Avi on Sun, Oct 5th 2008 10:12 PM

    4. I have a (falling apart) Hebrew redskins shirt, that would be a much better image. Yay ????????? ???????!

  4. Sol on Sun, Oct 5th 2008 11:09 PM

    5. Joel,

    I think Jessica mixed up “partially bred” with in-bred.

    Sol (Cowboys fan)

  5. Sol on Sun, Oct 5th 2008 11:09 PM

    6. Joel,

    I think Jessica mixed up “partially bred” with in-bred.

    Sol (Cowboys fan)

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