Why are football coaches vermin if they break a contract early, but owners and college administrators are OK if they fire the coaches?
Why do fans get upset at players who change teams for more money when fans change jobs for...more money?
Why are steroids in baseball more horrible than steroids in football?
Why are people upset about Medicaid not covering people, when what they pay doctors and hospitals is so low that most of us try to avoid Medicaid to stay in business?
Why don't comedies win Academy Awards?
Why is negativity easier than positivity?
Why is it so hard to string 3 decent sentences together?
Why is the NBA suddenly so much better than it was 10 years ago? (answer- more foreign players)
Why is the presidential campaign 2 years long?
Why is a beautiful woman a snob if she doesn't talk to every dork that comes along?
Why do people kill people in the name of a benevolent God?
Why does beer smell so much better than it tastes?
Why not?
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Christmas Party
My wife and I just pulled off our 3rd Annual Christmas Party- in our kids' names of course. It was epic in scale and grandeur. A good comparison would be the party that accompanied the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Except we had Santa Claus instead of David Hasselhoff. If you don't have kids, you don't want the oh so cute details. If you do have kids, you don't want the gory details. Let's just say that 28 kids from 11 months to 11 years old attended , and sugar cookies were heavily involved. At one point we had 2 craft stations going while kids played stik the nose on the clown (you don't want pin the tail on the donkey with 2 and 3 year olds- real pins, real pin holes).
I can still hear the noise. It's echoing in the family room. It's sitting in the kitchen. And lingering in the playroom.
It's like all that laughter is embedded in the walls.
I can still hear the noise. It's echoing in the family room. It's sitting in the kitchen. And lingering in the playroom.
It's like all that laughter is embedded in the walls.
Friday, December 14, 2007
The Mitchell Report
More input from the Mitchell steroids report. It's mostly the same dreck, but there are some interesting viewpoints.
Curt Schilling, Red Sox pitcher: http://38pitches.com/2007/12/13/the-most-explosive-24-hours-in-the-games-history/#more-141
Thank goodness, a congressional hearing: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3154067
And the President speaks out: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/sports/baseball/14cnd-bush.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Typical sports talk drivel: http://blogs.chron.com/sportsjustice/archives/2007/12/clemens_and_pet.html
And the denials begin: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/14/steroid.report/index.html?eref=onion
And when will the NFL Mitchell report come out. No one is suggesting the Carolina Panthers get an asterix after most of their O-line (and punter) were caught buying 'roids.
Curt Schilling, Red Sox pitcher: http://38pitches.com/2007/12/13/the-most-explosive-24-hours-in-the-games-history/#more-141
Thank goodness, a congressional hearing: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3154067
And the President speaks out: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/sports/baseball/14cnd-bush.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Typical sports talk drivel: http://blogs.chron.com/sportsjustice/archives/2007/12/clemens_and_pet.html
And the denials begin: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/14/steroid.report/index.html?eref=onion
And when will the NFL Mitchell report come out. No one is suggesting the Carolina Panthers get an asterix after most of their O-line (and punter) were caught buying 'roids.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Do as I say....
State Rep. Harold Dutton represents 3rd Ward, a historically Black neighborhood that contains Texas Southern University. TSU has had a LOT of financial trouble through the years. So has Mr. Dutton:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5371263.html
Now that's entertainment.
Meanwhile the Mitchell steroid report has been issued. Thank goodness! I'm glad the whole steroid era is over and we can get on with our lives. I think the real winners in this episode are:
1. The children, who all athletes and politicians seem to represent
2. the Lawyers, who represent the politicians and the athletes and collect fees.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5375472.html
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5371263.html
Now that's entertainment.
Meanwhile the Mitchell steroid report has been issued. Thank goodness! I'm glad the whole steroid era is over and we can get on with our lives. I think the real winners in this episode are:
1. The children, who all athletes and politicians seem to represent
2. the Lawyers, who represent the politicians and the athletes and collect fees.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5375472.html
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Love thy neighbor...
A local man shot and killed 2 people who broke into his neighbor's home. He called 911 and told the operator he was going to shoot the robbers. A plain clothes policeman was in the area, but he did not identify himself and witnessed the shooting.
Now everyone in Houston is upset about this incident. Some folks are mad that the neighbor may face murder charges, others are mad because he may not face murder charges. I just have a few thoughts/questions:
1. If you can shoot people who break into neighbor's homes, how far away is someone's house to call them a neighbor?
2. Would people get upset if the neighbor missed and hit an innocent bystander?
3. Why do local minority activists rally around criminals shot by white people, but not criminals/innocent people shot by minorities?
I'm in favor of a full investigation by a state or federal internal affairs office (the municipality n question has a poor history regarding police work in general). If the neighbor broke the law, he should have his day in court. In general, we shouldn't shoot people unless our lives are in jeopardy. The risk of hitting an innocent bystander increase when untrained persons are shooting at moving targets when they are nervous or in an excited state.
Now everyone in Houston is upset about this incident. Some folks are mad that the neighbor may face murder charges, others are mad because he may not face murder charges. I just have a few thoughts/questions:
1. If you can shoot people who break into neighbor's homes, how far away is someone's house to call them a neighbor?
2. Would people get upset if the neighbor missed and hit an innocent bystander?
3. Why do local minority activists rally around criminals shot by white people, but not criminals/innocent people shot by minorities?
I'm in favor of a full investigation by a state or federal internal affairs office (the municipality n question has a poor history regarding police work in general). If the neighbor broke the law, he should have his day in court. In general, we shouldn't shoot people unless our lives are in jeopardy. The risk of hitting an innocent bystander increase when untrained persons are shooting at moving targets when they are nervous or in an excited state.
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