Mark my words, Michael Vick will become a Dallas Cowboy. Jerry will see him not only as a viable backup that he can sign for somewhat cheap, but a way to implement the Wildcat offense. I’m not saying I want this to happen, I’m just saying it will.
Mike Shanahan got fired . . . I didn’t see that one coming. This helps make for more drama in the NFL, which is another reason I love this league.
I rarely drink any alcohol, and when I do I feel real flushed and my face gets red. I was told that it was because that Asians don’t respond to alcohol very well, and with me being half-Asian, I thought that sounded about half right. I mention that because I’ve been reading a new comic strip called Secret Asian Man. Oddly enough, it’s a comic strip about an Asian man that’s married to a white woman and their child, and it focuses a lot on stereotypes and race relations. Yesterday’s strip addressed the Asian-alcohol issue.
Allow my inner geek to come out for a moment . . . I’ve seen terabyte hard drives on sale for under a hundred bucks. I remember being amazed when the first gigabyte hard drive came out.
I saw that the two most admired women are Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. In a way, I just find that strange. Both women are from opposite ends of the spectrum, and I feel both are extremely polarizing. As for me, I admire Miley Cirus. I’m joking . . . trust me.
I didn’t realize there are only 14 different calendars. January 1 can occur on any of seven days — but some years are leap years and have an additional day. Link
I may pick up the next issue of Vanity Fair because this article about an article in the magazine sounds quite interesting. Ex-Bush staffers talk about how things fell about with the American people after Katrina, how he is like Sarah Palin, and a bit about the misconception of the power of the Religious Right leadership. Edit – Or I could just read it here.
I finally pulled the trigger on that elliptical. Watch out Hugh Jackman. Watch out.
A goldfish survives out of water for 13 hours? Link
Lost will start up again in January, but I think I found their island. There’s maybe only one community on that island, and if you continue to zoom out you’ll see it’s in the middle of nowhere.
This man has not shaved or cut his hair in ten years.
DirecTV has always offered the NFL Ticket package by breaking it up into six months of payment installments. Yesterday I noticed you can now break it up to ten months. I guess they are trying to help the paying customer adjust to the rough economic times, but I don’t plan on biting.
I couldn’t fall asleep the other night and ran across one of the ESPN channels that was showing nothing but ‘This is Sportscenter’ commercial. It was good stuff, and was a great trip down memory lane. I learned that the very first one of those commercials involved only two athletes, Roy Jones Jr and Dallas Maverick Jason Kidd.
A have a few favorite ‘This is Sportscenter’ commercials, but I think I prefer the ones with the straight lace Charlie Steiner. This Melrose Place version is one that sticks out.
I’ve noticed that IHOP no longer serves warm syrup with their pancakes. You have to rely on the cold slow dripping stuff left on the table. The world as I know it is crumbling.
The NASA Columbia reports brings back some memories of that fateful day. I was in Mineral Wells about to get my oil changed when I heard the loudest boom I ever heard, so loud it shook the windows. I search around the house trying to find something that may have cause the boom, but nada. (Graphs of the sonic boom can be found here)I then turned on the local news and they were showing tape of the shuttle flying over, but what they were showing were several small flashes going through the sky. You can tell the reporter wanted to say that looked odd, but was too afraid to do so, then a few moments later they mentioned the communication was lost with the shuttle. Later the weather lady came on (Rebecca MIller) to do her forecast and the Texas satellite map showed a bunch of red particles over East Texas and Louisiana. I couldn’t find a video of it, but here’s an animated image of the radar. She stressed it was nothing to do with the shuttle and was some other kind of abnormality, but I knew better.
It was interesting to see how reporters could go over the details of how they died in detail yet without any emotion.
I remember NASA giving the family of the crew members over $26 million after the disaster. As sad as that moment was, I didn’t think that was right. I think it’s similar to when a soldier dies, they know what they were signing up for.
I wonder how much of Columbia is still scattered and uncovered.
I wonder how many pieces were found and never turned in.
It was a bit creepy watching that video of what was going on inside Colubia as they were entering Earth’s atmosphere.
If I had the chance to go into space, I would do it in a heartbeat.
If someone could arrange for me to fly in a fighter jet you would have a best friend for life.
WifeGeeding and I can’t decide if we are going out tonight. We haven’t been out on New Years Eve in about six years. There’s a small chance we will end up at Victory Park tonight. Usually we watch Dick Clark, even thought it’s been kind of awkward the last couple of years.
It’s crazy to think we are almost through the first decade of this millenium. Time flies, try to appreciate it as much as you can.
Have fun on your New Year’s out….as for me and the hubby….I think we’re staying in for the first time in 6 or more years! lol! and i love the randomness of your blogs at times….keep it up please!
Thoughts on Random Thoughts:
1) I had the same thought about Michael Vick ending up here. If we had a real NFL coach in charge of the Cowboys it would be a no-go, but Wade doesn’t have veto authority here. The only thing keeping him out of here is if Vick’s style of run and pass is incompatible with whatever system a new offensive coordinator might install. With all the running Vick likes to do, that’s just less receptions for T.O.
2) I see Denver pushing hard to get Cowher.
3) I read a few of the excerpts from the Vanity Fair article; some of those staffers and former allies really had their knives out for Bush…it will probably only get worse as time goes by. I still see Cheney as the real villain of this administration. I wonder who Dubya trusted more for advice, 41 or Cheney?
4) If you ever have trouble sleeping, tune into one of the CSPAN stations, preferably CSPAN3, turn the sound way down so you can barely hear it and then try to concentrate on what’s being said. You’ll be out in five to ten minutes.
5) The $26 million to the Shuttle crewmembers reminds me about the $2 million that went to each of the victim families after 9/11. And that does not include monies given to them by charities. The Oklahoma Bombing victim families received nothing.
6) After reading the 50 New Facts from 2008, it was interesting to learn that ground penetrating radar found massive volumes of frozen water below Mars’ surface; sad to see that dogs can be jealous; and encouraging to hear that if your kid has ADHD he may find success if he ever decides to join a tribe of nomads.
6) Happy New Year, Keith!
Thanks so much for sharing the Vanity Fair article (An Oral History of the Bush White House). I was beyond sad to read quotes from people high in the administration corroborating the beliefs held by many outside the political scene for some time – that war with Iraq was contrived for the sole purpose of demonstrating America’s might; that the very highest levels tacitly approved torture at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere; that The Deciders acted without regard for or interest in facts or consequences – acting on the basis of whim, ego, and unbridled hubris.
I truly hope our incoming president implements cultural change in Washington and hope he makes strides in uniting constituencies both within our country and between our country and the global community.
Happy New Year to the Geeding’s.
I always learn something when I read your bags of randomness…thank you! (14 calendars, indeed)
I look forward to the inspiration, humor, and just plain time-wasters you come up with in 2009!
Have fun on your New Year’s out….as for me and the hubby….I think we’re staying in for the first time in 6 or more years! lol! and i love the randomness of your blogs at times….keep it up please!
Thoughts on Random Thoughts:
1) I had the same thought about Michael Vick ending up here. If we had a real NFL coach in charge of the Cowboys it would be a no-go, but Wade doesn’t have veto authority here. The only thing keeping him out of here is if Vick’s style of run and pass is incompatible with whatever system a new offensive coordinator might install. With all the running Vick likes to do, that’s just less receptions for T.O.
2) I see Denver pushing hard to get Cowher.
3) I read a few of the excerpts from the Vanity Fair article; some of those staffers and former allies really had their knives out for Bush…it will probably only get worse as time goes by. I still see Cheney as the real villain of this administration. I wonder who Dubya trusted more for advice, 41 or Cheney?
4) If you ever have trouble sleeping, tune into one of the CSPAN stations, preferably CSPAN3, turn the sound way down so you can barely hear it and then try to concentrate on what’s being said. You’ll be out in five to ten minutes.
5) The $26 million to the Shuttle crewmembers reminds me about the $2 million that went to each of the victim families after 9/11. And that does not include monies given to them by charities. The Oklahoma Bombing victim families received nothing.
6) After reading the 50 New Facts from 2008, it was interesting to learn that ground penetrating radar found massive volumes of frozen water below Mars’ surface; sad to see that dogs can be jealous; and encouraging to hear that if your kid has ADHD he may find success if he ever decides to join a tribe of nomads.
6) Happy New Year, Keith!
Ate at IHOP this week and hot syrup was brought to the table. Don’t know if it was the waitress or if it’s store by store.
Thanks so much for sharing the Vanity Fair article (An Oral History of the Bush White House). I was beyond sad to read quotes from people high in the administration corroborating the beliefs held by many outside the political scene for some time – that war with Iraq was contrived for the sole purpose of demonstrating America’s might; that the very highest levels tacitly approved torture at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere; that The Deciders acted without regard for or interest in facts or consequences – acting on the basis of whim, ego, and unbridled hubris.
I truly hope our incoming president implements cultural change in Washington and hope he makes strides in uniting constituencies both within our country and between our country and the global community.