Thursday Random Thoughts 4/10

Stuff I have been thinking about:

-Is there anyone else out there who doesn't give 2 rips that the "New Kids" are back?

-OK so I don't agree with China's human rights abuses at all. I think they are a deplorable and stifling tyrannical regime however come on folks... Leave the poor people trying to run with the Olympic torch alone. It's not their fault that China is the world's great Satan. Boycott the Olympics if you want but leave the poor runners alone. Those poor folks look scared to death.

-The Masters starts today, which signals to me that today is actually the first day of spring. Is there anyone out there who would be willing to bet me if I had Tiger Woods and you had the rest of the field?

-Like my good pal Mt. Cat I am happy that baseball season is back. It's too bad that my Mets have stunk it up so far... Yeesh.

-Anyone watching Idol Gives Back last night HAS to agree that Fergie was absolutely awesome. That chick can flat out sing... and the no- handed cartwheels were a nice touch too. Oh and Sarah Silverman sucks... That is all.

-Interesting search note of the week: Someone from the Imax corporation searched and read Mt. Cat's post about the Rolling Stones Imax movie Shine a Light... Kinda Cool huh?

-Who knew that anteaters were such interesting creatures?

-I just don't get this whole polygamist thing. I mean I have a hard enough time trying to keep up with the one wife that I have why on earth would I want more. Yeesh! (disclaimer. I have said the exact same thing to her before and she laughs)

-I heard on the radio that the scientists who invented the Internet (No not Al Gore) have created something called "The Grid" which dwarfs the Internet's capabilities. This Grid will download entire feature films in seconds and transmit holographic images. It's planned to be used mainly by the scientific community for research and communication. Uhhhh yeah right. Wait until the gamers get a hold of this thing. It will become commercially used in an instant. There are a boat load of those World of Warcraft players out there.

-This week Charlotte NC has had airplanes "crop dusting" the entire city to spray pesticides and kill cankerworms. Well it seems that my building was in their line of fire because all day Monday and Tuesday there were these little World War II looking planes were buzzing and divebombing us over here. It was kind of cool actually even though some people were scared because they weren't prepared for it. I think that fellow blogger Reggie said it best when he commented to me that "The entire SouthPark area sounded like Pearl Harbor." HA !!

-Reason Number 24967 on my list of reasons not to live in Wisconsin can be found HERE.

-I think it's pretty sad that the kids of today are only going to know Bruce Jenner as Kim Kardashian's step father. (editorial note - I wrote this note to myself on Tuesday before I knew that Mt. Cat had a random thoughts about Kim Kardashian... Odd)

-OK so the other day I was watching Yo Gabba Gabba..... (Just Kidding)

-The Charlotte NC area has been under severe water restrictions due to a drought for the better part of a year now. We have all been under mandatory water restrictions. What is the reward that we get for this? Well the utility commission for Mecklenburg county is losing money due to less water being used so they just decided to raise the water rates. Go figure right. I wonder if they will lower the rates once the drought is over? Doubtful

-I heard that on a recent trip to Africa Paris Hilton actually inquired about purchasing a Cheetah. This is a true story! Unconfirmed reports also surfaced that she asked the game warden were she wanted to purchase said cheetah if it would sit around her house wearing sunglasses and eating Cheetos.

-Doc