WHERE'D THE YEAR GO... NOVEMBER

As 2006 draws to a close, we are reminded of a few of the events that brought us closer to you: Dick Cheney shooting a guy in the face, premium ice cream price wars, dogs that were mistakenly issued major credit cards, and others who weren't so lucky ... In our continuing quest to secure a lower rung on the inferno, Out of Left Field looks back at the wild 'n' nutty month of November.

The tip-off to the NBA season reminds us of the night late in '05 when we learned to love the Raptors.

Ricky Williams was a ramblin' man in Toronto, except when the Argonauts quarterback handed him the ball. We still like him, though.

Raptors fans, don't mess with Adnan Virk. We have his back.

Best. Drunk. Call. Ever.: "I'm sure there were two things that on the day we entered high school, that we never thought would happen. One, that a girl from Napanee would be on the cover of Maxim, and that two, that someone from Napanee would be mentioned during a NBA telecast. Back when we were watching Jordan, we never thought we'd see that."But it happened. Now hell's officially frozen over and I'm sure you have the Eagles album to prove it."

Explaining the Manitoba/Saskatchewan corollary. Basically, it's duelling football teams, a curling rivalry and a stack of Miriam Toews novels vs. a stack of Corner Gas DVDs.

It wasn't meant to be for our Queen's Golden Gaels this football season, but the women's soccer team did finish No. 2 in all of Canada.

Is it possible people are too footballed-out to watch Friday Night Lights? Either that or they'd just rather watch a crappy reality show.

A movie about a gay Toronto NHLer? Anyone who makes a Wendel Clark/Glenn Anderson joke is going to find out what the five fingers said to the face.

I wanna drive the Zamboni.... to make a burger run. This actually happened.

We've spent way too much time watching The Simpsons, especially the sports episodes.

Maybe someone else live-blogged the Grey Cup, but we haven't found that person.

If you don't want to vote for Mark McGwire for the Hall of Fame, just say so. Don't use fuzzy math and half-baked logic.

No offence to Windsor's Daryl Stephenson, but he's no Hec Crighton winner. Meantime, it's another Vanier Cup for the Laval Rouge et Or.

Some Internet geeks start a write-in campaign to get journeyman defenceman Rory Fitzpatrick elected to start the NHL All-Star Game. Surely this will peter out after a couple days.

That's all for now. Send your thoughts to neatesager@yahoo.ca.