All trivia and no Lions

  COCO IS STILL very upset about the Lions losing Saturday night. She's also ticked off I didn't watch the game with her.

Coco, of course, thinks she's a Lion. And she's only become interested in the Lions since they started winning a few years ago. She's a bandwagon fan, like most of the Chiefs fans around here, but Coco doesn't sugarcoat it. "Look, I've only been alive a few years. I'm not bitter and old like you," she says.

A month or so ago I got invited to be on a music trivia team by Justin Sievert. It was the same time as the Lions playoff game. Oh well ... I left the game on for Coco and headed out.

Fellow Prospect Road member Alicia McCarl was also on our team. I learned a few things Saturday night - don't argue with Alicia about the name of the stupid Belinda Carlisle song, for starters. Also I actually knew the words to a Queen song but learned them wrong. And yes, I did know that Vixen sang "Edge of a Broken Heart" which is both gratifying and terrifying at the same time.

Anyway, Emily texted me from sunny Florida and let me know the Lions played badly and blew it. So my blood pressure stayed a lot lower by going to a music trivia contest instead of watching the game. Even Coco eventually agreed I was better off. She was depressed all day yesterday and is still in a funk. As usual something else made her finally boil over.

"What? You bought a heated cat bed for the garage alley cats? You ... you .... TRAITOR," she meowed.

Emily was born in Michigan and lived for many years in upstate New York, so she's also a Bills fan. A long time ago she said, "Dad, at tailgate parties these crazy Bills fans jump off of campers and into tables like wrestling!" That was enough to hook me and now I'm a Bills fan too.

Even Coco was glad the Bills won yesterday. We are both wondering if they will get flagged for breathing on the Chiefs quarterback this Sunday. "That KC quarterback flops like a fish," Coco said. She's right. All the time.

So we'll probably watch Sunday, and Coco will either feel better about it or really get ticked off. Cold January days and nights are tough enough to get through and I want Coco to be happy.

C'mon Bills! Beat the floppers. And make life a little easier around here for Coco. And me.