Real American Hero

Pat Tillman. He walked away from millions to join the army. Today, he is among the dead in our "war on terrorism." I think this death will be worse for army recruiting and troop morale than any other.

Be safe Steve, be safe.

Ready Freddie

Former Duck Freddie Jones is making a name for himself recently. I've said it before and I'll say it again: He is the most dominant player I have ever seen play at any level. (I will say that I think Theo Ratliffe is great, and is dominating at the other end). He can shoot from the outside (which I knew all along, but the people in Indiana didn't), he can drive, he can steal, and he can leap out of building bringing the entire place to its feet.

I wonder if they meant for it to do that?

So I am drinking a Diet Coke with Lime. Not with a lime, a Diet Coke with lime flavoring. It doesn't taste too bad. It actually tastes like a stiff rum and coke.

On a completely different note, today is bring your kids to work day. I don't recall being taken to work by my parents on such a day, but I imagine if I did I went with the one who lost the coin toss.

Classic

Okay, so you'd have to be familiar with Swingers to truely get how great of a dialogue this is. Your a bear, man, and she's a rabbit. You've got this big claws, man, do you even know what to do with them?

You are so money and you don't even know it.

Overturned

Maurice Clarett and other underclassmen were declared ineligible for the draft an appeals court ruled today. That means that Maurice and the rest of the early entries are kicked back to either college or a supplemental draft. I am happy. I think this protects the college game.

Irony

McDonald's new healthy alternatives meal options came too late for their CEO who apparently he had one too many big mac attacks as he recently died of a heart attack. mmmmmm.... big mac....

Yeah, so this isn't a suprise. Hot women aren't having much problems with the recent downturn in the economy. I, on the other hand, might have some problems.

Jen

So, Jen, why the new morbid look? Perhaps I missed the post explaining the change, but I liked the optimism that your old design had. You talk about the way your perception of the world has changed (and more specifically how your world has changed) and I guess I always liked feeling like despite it all you had this clarity that it would all work out. This new design seems to display a lost optimism, not quite pessimism, but of overwhelming angst.

Things taken on planes

Jake points me to this story about things people have tried to bring on planes. My "friend" (read quasi-ex since we only quasi-dated) has told me of much more interesting things people have brought on planes. Generally what she deals with is what people put in their luggage. Apparently you can't take paint, fuels, fertilizer, nuclear waste, radioactive material, oils, bullets, stoves, and much more on the plane at all. There are lots of things that seemed innocuous to me that she said you can't bring. Just so you know, when you fly next time, you might have problems taking your bottles of pure oxygen with you.

www.cleanroom.org

I am in the process of picking up my room, and recently cleaned up my desk, but perhaps I should conform with Chris' new "file, take action or toss" philosophy. I guess the philosophy isn't so much new as it is new to Chris.

As an aside, cleanroom.org actually exists, but it has nothing to do with cleaning your room through organization as I had intended.