Things That I Used to Have That I Can't Find and Want Back

1. sweatshirt-like UNCW blanket.

My sister gave me this item.  It is surprisingly warm for it's weight.  I used to have it.  But, now I don't.  Now I am cold despite living in Southern California.   If you know of this blanket's whereabouts, please call Kelley at 214-735-2492.  She will then regift.

Thanks.

Frost/Nixon

There is a movie to be released just after Christmas titled "Frost/Nixon".  It's direced by Ron Howard and looks like it will be a good movie. 

My problem is the title.  That's the worst title ever.  It's not even a title, it's just two character's names.  It's really lazy and really stupid.

I realize there are other movies with two characters names as the title.  "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" come to mind.  Those titles work though.  I think they work for two reasons.  1. They have interesting and not everyday names.  2.  The word "and".  

The word and makes it a title.  Using the slash in Frost/Nixon really doesn't work at all.  It's stupid.  I think at one point it was probably The untitled Frost/Nixon project.  Then they couldn't think of a title and just dropped untitled and project.  There's our title, Ron said.  Stupid idea, Ron.  Slashes have no business being in titles.  Neither do commas.  And that is why "I, Robot" is a dumb title, among other reasons.  

Are we dancer? Really?

I like The Killers.  I don't own any of their albums or know a whole lot about them.  I know they are from Vegas, but that is about it.  I don't even know how many guys are in the band.  I don't consider myself a fan, but I like them to the extent that when I hear a Killers song on the radio, I think, oh sweet.  Killers.  Then I listen to it.   

But, the song "Human" might have the dumbest lyrics in the history of music.  And on top of that, the song sucks.  

It says, "Are we human?  Or are we dancer?"  What the hell is that even attempting to mean?  It is using the adjective of human.  Fine, are we human?  Dumb question, but okay at least we know what they are asking.  Then it tries to turn dancer into an adjective.  That doesn't work.  You can say, "Don't blame him, he's only human."  You can't say, "Don't blame him, he's only dancer."  That's just stupid and has no meaning.  

You can answer the question "How would you describe that living entity?"  with "It's human", but you cannot answer it with "It's dancer."  

So, let's pretend The Killers use the word dancer in its correct form, a noun.   Thereby, they add an s at the end to make it plural.  "Are we humans?  Or are we dancers?"  Okay, it is now a sentence with correct grammar and real words.  However, it's still absolutely retarded.  Dancers are typically humans, unless it's a dancing kitten.  You don't lose the fact that you are human by simply becoming a dancer.  STUPID.  What a stupid lyric.  

"Is Bryan Boitano human?"

"No, he's ice dancer."  

Wikipedia tells me that the lyric pertains to a Hunter S. Thompson quote that America is raising a generation of dancers.  Ok.  Well, still, dancers are humans.  It's still idiotic and makes no sense even when you try to put it into the context of what the Killers were apparently going for.  

This song sucks.  Take it off the radio.

My Gas Tank Cap

Is somewhere on Fairfax.  I didn't shut my tank after I filled up gas yesterday.  Something fell off the roof of my car, and I remember thinking "What the hell was that?"  

I know the answer.  IT was my gas cap.  Now I'm incomplete.

A World of Idiots

A few days ago, I turned on CNN for 15 minutes.  The stupidity was far too depressing for me to go on any further.  They aired a clip from a recent Palin speech in which she addressed off shore drilling. She said that Obama switched his stance on it for the first time during the second Presidential debate.  She was wrong, and unfortunately, not in the way I'd like her to be wrong. It actually wasn't the first time.  Obama had first stated he might back off shore drilling in late July/early August.  

Palin then said, "It seems Obama is not willing to drill for oil, but is willing to drill for votes."  The crowd cheered and erupted into a "Drill, Baby, Drill" chant.  It was ridiculous beyond belief.  It was less like a campaign rally and more like a scene from a movie mocking society's sheer ignorance.  How do these people not open their eyes and see what we're doing to the Earth?  Have they heard of global warming?  Do they plan on having grand children that don't have to try to live on Mars?  I want cheap gas as much as the next guy, but I'd rather have a fucking planet.

Rather than look for alternate energy sources, advance hydroelectricity and wind power, these people want to suck the world dry of all of it's oil and continue to kill the planet.  The only reason I can possibly fathom for this, is that this is what we know.  And, it's easier to go on doing what you know.  Who wants to actually buy a new energy efficient car?  Who wants to figure how and where to charge an electric car?  Or where to fill up a car on Hydrogen?  Who wants to take a train or the subway?  Who wants to turn down the AC?  And god forbid, who wants to walk a three blocks to the grocery store?  That just seems like too much to ask in order to save a planet.  Because, hey, I didn't make it.  I don't own it.  I'm not paying any rent on it.  I'm just living on it.  So, who cares?  

Well, this guy cares. 

And this this guy cares, and he's pretty smart.

And this guy will care when his world is dying.

 I hope that Palin's joke is the one thing she is actually correct about.  (Is it too far fetched to think that she may be right on something?)  I'd much rather have Obama lie to garner votes, than to actually continue down this path of oil dependency.  I am Liberal, and I'm voting for Obama.  I agree with probably 75% of what he says, and I feel that is a pretty high percentage. But I do not agree with either candidate on this issue.  I've heard Obama talk a lot about alternative energy sources, and hope that is the path he pursues when in the White House.  But hoping something happens, and actually believing something will happen are two different things.  I believe we do not need to continue to "rape" the world of it's oil and burn it into the atmosphere.  I believe we (we being scientists and engineers, not the people at Palin's rally) are smart enough to figure out other options.  But, fearfully, I can't say that I actually believe that will happen.

A statement that is repeated over and over in election time is "We need to put an end to our dependency on foreign oil."  That statement is almost true.  To correct it, you just need to remove the word foreign.  Do that, and I agree 100%.  

If we don't, I can picture the world 100 or 200 years down the line, barely surviving.  They'll be wondering, how were our ancestors so stupid to do this?  Then, they'll dig up that clip of Americans shouting "Drill, baby, Drill" and they'll just have to find some 250 year old that can explain the stupidity to them.  He'll say  "Our lives were comfortable, there was no reason to change."  And I agree.  I don't even know my grandchildren.  They might be assholes.  Why should I do anything to help them?  Let's kill this planet.

For your record books

Post Season Appearances since 2006

Chicago Cubs  2

Saint Louis Cardinals 1

Post Season Victories since 2006

Saint Louis Cardinals 11

Chicago Cubs 0

Yea. 

99 aaaaaaaaaaaaaand  100.

But hey, there's always next century.

My College football top 25

This is the real top 25 as of 10/1/08.  Argue if you will.

1. Oklahoma

2. Alabama

3. LSU

4. Mizzou

5. Texas

6. Texas Tech

7. Georgia

8. Florida

9. Auburn

10. Kentucky

11. Kansas

12. Vanderbilt

13. Oklahoma St.

14. Colorado

15. Ole Miss

16. Nebraska

17. South Carolina

18. Tennesee

19. Kansas State

20. Texas A&M

21. Baylor

22. Mississippi St.

23. Iowa St.

24. Arkansas

25. Saint Louis Rams (they'd be about here if they were in college)

Others Receiving Votes

Penn St., BYU, Utah, Northwestern, South Florida

Penn St