This column should be read while listening to “Stairway to Heaven” by Heart featuring Jason Bonham (running time: 6 minutes, 42 seconds). It’s worth a look on YouTube if you haven’t seen it.

• With an NFL playoff game today featuring two rookie quarterbacks, it brings to mind Steve McNair, who (by design) went two seasons after being drafted by the Houston Oilers before becoming his team’s full-time starting quarterback. By today’s standards, that was time wasted.