The good, the bad, and the delayed

I've been absent from ZN for a few days now. I am truly sorry for not keeping all of you up to speed on what's going on, but that's what this post is for. So, let's do this.

• That's right, Phil Steele

I got an email from one of Phil Steele's staff assistants. In it was an invitation to join his team this football season. No, I won't be going anywhere. That's the best part. As Steele's Penn State blogger, I will be able to continue Zombie Nation just as always. So, yeah, I'm quite excited about that.

• Wow, that sucks

Most of you have seen in the chat box below that I lost my job on Monday. But actually, I'm not too down about it all. Two summers ago, I almost died. So, I've been worse. This will probably be it for me in the news media. Working in newspapers was fun, but unless I'm someday offered a job covering Penn State football, it's one career field to which I will not return.

• First Look: Minnesota

Even though everything else got screwed up this week, for some reason, I'll be able to have First Look '09: Minnesota Golden Gophers posted by the end of today. The Daily Gopher will join us for a quick Q&A. It could be 11:59 p.m., but I promise I'll have it done today.

That's pretty much everything. Talk about a weird start to the week.