Wild Card/Tuesday — 9.25.12
This morning, a newspaper colleague circulated a German word that describes all of us who are enjoying the misery of Green Bay Packers fans after sub refs robbed them in the Monday Night Football game yesterday: "schadenfreude": "Satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune." I've been on the receiving end of schadenfreude (pronounced shahd-n-froi-duh), when my S.F. Giants or S.F. 49ers fell short. I prefer being on the giving end. 'Tis better to give than to receive, after all. Besides, the football gods owe Seattle more than one for those botched calls in the 2006 Super Bowl loss to Pittsburgh. With Schadenfreude dancing merrily in my head, I'll post today's Wild Card ...