- Moving the time change back a week or whatover it was throws me off. I’m not use to waiting so long to hand out candy. I also think parents were a bit confused as to when to let their kiddos start going out since dusk occurs later than usual.
- There was a man in my neighborhood that always gave out dimes for Halloween. That memory came up as I found out the kids in Sacramento used sidewalk chalk to put a Candy Code outside of houses. Link
- There’s a man a work that wears a turban everyday. I saw him wear it on Halloween, but I wonder how many visitors thought it was a costume.
- A lady refused to give candy to the children of Obama supporters. Link
- The BBC interviews a Redneck that supports Obama. Link
- The end times must be near, North Texas had several earthquakes over the weekend and Texas Tech is the highest ranked football team in the Big 12. The next thing you’ll know the U.S. will have a Black president.
- I thought Sarah Palin has lost some weight, the rumor is that she’s done this by a shake made by former NFL bad boy Bill Romanowski. Link
- Here’s an interesting chart comparing the actual vote to polling trends from 2000, 2004, and 2008. The line in the middle represents the actual vote, the other lines were polling numbers.
- McCain was just fantastic on SNL.
- I’ve never seen SNL end so early, the credits at the end just seemed to roll forever.
- This is pretty cool, you can just keep on zooming in on Yosemite Glacier Point. Link
- I think I just saw the guy that played Ed on Northern Exposure in a Sierra Mist commercial.
- I never really watched the show when it was on, but became infatuated with it when it was on syndication.
- I don’t think I have ever watched a Texas Tech game until this weekend, and it occurred to me that their fight song was the exact same one my high school used.  Our school song or alma mata sounded just like Oh Christmas Tree.
- I’ve said it all year long, I didn’t think Texas was the number one team in the country.
- There’s one thing I would like to change about ABC’s college football coverage. They should always display the down and yards to go. It disappears right after the play, and it’s right after the play that I always want to know at least the down.
- As much as I can’t stand Texas Tech, I have to admit I’m happy for that community that is stuck in the middle of nowhere. WifeGeeding was talking to her best friend who is a middle school teacher in Lubbock and she said instead of having a bell for dismissal, the Texas Tech fight song was played. Add that along with College Game Day making an appearance for the first time ever to that campus you can’t help but feel good for the folks in that community. Not to mention, it was their 500th win in football and their first ever win against a number one ranked team.
- However, with the loss I didn’t think the sun would come up the next morning. Turns out it was just the time change.
- I’ve only seen three Hitchcock films:Â Psycho, Rear Window, and Lifeboat.
- I pulled the trigger on some gas logs over the weekend, but I had a little trouble with installation. I get a bit worried working with gas as I had an uncle die in a gas explosion. Luckily I used the power of The Google and found a nice instructional video.
- I think I like ABC News political analysis the best.
- The Boston Globe provides instructions on how to nap. Link
- I think Chris Berman has lost weight.
- That was one painful Cowboy game to watch.
- The Simpsons Halloween Special was so-so. I think this was the first time the aliens didn’t have a speaking part.
- I hear 30 Rock is trying to get the cast of Night Court to make an appearance. That should be pretty cool. I wonder what Bull looks like nowadays. Edit: I checked out the 30 Rock link on IMDB and found the cast listing for the Night Court reunion on the show. Looks like it’s only Harry Anderson, Markie Post, and Charles Robinson (Mack). I think every guy has a soft spot for Markie Post.
- I got this cool little email from one of my most loyal readers. I never wanted to be a Starbucks manager so much in my life:
- Thought you would find this interesting. This week I traveled with 10,000 other management of Starbucks to New Orleans where we held our leadership conference for the first time in 4 years. We had 10,000 people in shifts for four days helping rebuild the city as we were in and out of leadership training. Very cool!The highlight was on Thursday when Howard Shultz, CEO of Starbucks, announced that our company will join product Red this holiday to help fight AIDS in Africa. And wouldn’t you know it, Bono jumps out on stage! It was AWESOME!! My whole team of managers and I were no more than 5 feet from the stage and got to see him up close and personal.
He had a great message and I am excited to work for a company that is working with him on this project. Here is a site with some news about the event.Thanks again for the blog. You rock!
- Thought you would find this interesting. This week I traveled with 10,000 other management of Starbucks to New Orleans where we held our leadership conference for the first time in 4 years. We had 10,000 people in shifts for four days helping rebuild the city as we were in and out of leadership training. Very cool!The highlight was on Thursday when Howard Shultz, CEO of Starbucks, announced that our company will join product Red this holiday to help fight AIDS in Africa. And wouldn’t you know it, Bono jumps out on stage! It was AWESOME!! My whole team of managers and I were no more than 5 feet from the stage and got to see him up close and personal.
Tough break for Texas. I was looking forward to a Penn State-Texas BCS championship game, but now that will need some help. I have actually seen Texas Tech play a game in person, whatever year they opened the season at Penn State (1995 maybe?). PSU beat them but Tech made it a very scary game for us Nittany Lion fans.
The Sierra Mist commercial didn’t have the guy from Northern Exposure, it was Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite!
and the wife and I flipped a police cruiser on Saturday night after the big game…Party!
1. My son-in-law is the technical director for ABC-TV coverage of the Grant Park Chicago Obama rally tonight. See if you like how he switches! I’m pretty sure you will like the Obama victory speech.
2. Get your free Starbucks coffee after you vote –just tell them you voted — and then immediately watch all the other Hitchcocks. Start with Vertigo., Notorious, but above all my total favorite, Strangers on a Train.
3. Gotta turn that Red state of Texas Blue, don’t we.
4. Yes, I am up late again due to election tenterhooks jitters . Shalom.