Vacation
By Mike Szvetitz
Sports Editor, Opelika-Auburn News
Published: July 1, 2008
Starting tomorrow, I’ll be on vacation.
What’s that you say ... I’ve been on blogging vacation for, well, ever?
Ouch. That stings. But you’re right. The Lazy Blog has been struggling for content lately. Well, you shouldn’t be surprised, it’s called the Lazy Blog for a reason.
Anyway, I’m heading out to the Sunshine State 
for 10 glorious days of fun and sun and golf. A lot of golf. I’m planning to play as much golf as humanly possible on my vacation. Seriously. I’m planning on hitting 60-degree wedges at each rest stop ... that’s how much golf I’m going to play.
When I get back, football season will be upon us like a defensive lineman on a meatball. I can’t wait. Well, yes, yes I can.
I love football just as much as the next guy ... the season that is. The preseason is not so much fun. And I’m not talking about preseason practice ... I’m talking about the preseason for writers and newspaper folk. The summer is where we do all our work for football tabs, special sections, Web packages and all that jazz. Mid-July and the beginning of August is what I like to refer to as LOCKDOWN ... Getting ready for football season is like going into solitary confinement.
Just bread and water and a whole lot of planning, writing and designing. Hence the vacay now.
Anyway, when we get back, we’ll hit the ground running ... we’ve got some special things for all you Auburn football fans with a new redesign of our site AuburnVersus.com. So check that out and I’ll see you in a couple weeks ...
Cheers.
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Posted by ( ) on July 04, 2008 at 11:52 am
Mike, I just want to commend you on the quality of the content of the Sports section in today, Friday, 4 July 2008’s OA News. Imagine my wonder and amazement when I opened the paper up to see that the “Pat Dye’s pants found in Lake Martin” story spearheaded all other sports news of the day. I mean, only the discovery of the Rosetta stone by Napoleon’s troops could carry more significance. Never mind that the US Olympic Trials in track and field are ongoing with notable accomplishments being made by many of America’s finest atheletes, THIS is the kind of sports news that I want to read about. Anyone find an old pair of Terry Bowden’s skivvies, or Bear Bryant’s socks?? Please let us know. I’ll be sure to stay clued in for these fascinating discoveries.
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