Thursday Random Thoughts 2/25/10

Stuff I have been thinking about:

-Have you ever seen a Chick-Fil-A drive thru that isn't jammed around lunchtime? Heck no you haven't because that place is mobbed. I bet that franchise makes a mint.

-I think that I may be having a bad hair life.

-I heard the Lady Antebellum song "Need you Now" the other day and it made me start thinking. One of the lines in the song says that she would rather hurt than feel nothing at all. Interesting question. Would you rather feel hurt rather than nothing at all? I'm not sure I would.

-The makers of disposable razor blades that charge $8000 for a refill cartridge ought to be ashamed of themselves. Yes I am talking about you Gillette!

-I'm thinking that if I didn't have a child in a car seat that I need to get in and out of my car from time to time I would buy a Mini-Cooper. Great on gas and fun to drive. Something to think about as I am going to be getting a new car in the next year or so.

-I work in the insurance industry and from time to time I hear about odd and interesting things. It seems that recently a certain pseudo-celebrity product endorser was recently in an accident where he was a passenger in a car that was hit and he was slightly injured. I probably can't tell you who it was but I guarantee that you would know exactly who I was talking about.

-Remember back a few weeks ago when I was almost run over coming out of Subway by a UM fan? Well I had a Deja-vu sort of. Monday I went for a $5 footlong and as I am exiting the Subway there is a car coming at me with a Florida Gator license plate. I refused to leave the sidewalk until that car was way out of the way... I know how crazy those Gators are!

-BTW this note is to Paige of Starting all Over Again. I am not ignoring your blog... For some strange reason my work computer eats any comments I try and make. I bet I tried 4-5 times the other day to comment on your post about the house inspection.

- I had a customer in my follow up list the other day whose last name was 'Faile' How bad is it that the first thing I thought about was that would be a cool name to have on your Twitter account?

-My wife sure does make good chocolate chip cookies!

-I got a spam e-mail the other day that said it was sent from "El Bano de Espinoza" and I had to laugh. Now I don't know a whole lot of Spanish but I do know that I guess I just got an e-mail from the toilet of Espinoza. I think the spammer meant to send it from the Banco de Espinoza. LOL!

-As the Olympics are starting to wind to a close I have gotten a bunch of web traffic because of posts and rants about the lack of success of the US curling team. The best however is someone who found YJKOBT by a google search of the terms "John Shuster Cage Match"

-My prediction for the 4 people going home tonight on American Idol should be Lacey Brown, Tim Urban, Jermaine Sellers, and Haeley Vaughn. Now who really goes home who knows. After week one the Best female singer is Katie Stevens and best male is Casey James.

Until next week...

-Doc

Colorado Can't Handle Puppet Cleavage

I just had to post this one. Heard this morning about Colorado refusing to put billboards and posters for the Broadway Show Avenue Q because of the overt puppet cleavage in its ad. I have found a picture of the ad and just had to post it.

Are we as a society wound so tight that we can't even take the joke involving puppet cleavage? Apparently in Colorado Springs they are.
Now I certainly haven't seen this show Avenue Q but from reading about it I have found that the character portrayed is called 'Lucy the Slut.' I am willing to bet this play is Hilarious and it seems to be a take off on Sesame Street where they deal with real life issues such as drinking, dating, and Internet porn. It also has characters named Christmas Eve and Gary Coleman. I must see this play!
Has anyone seen this? I would be interested to hear how it was. I also want to hear what you think about the billboards being censored. And what exactly is wrong with cleavage anyway? LOL!

-Doc

PETA isn't going to like this Olympic Sport

As the second week of Olympic competition is now in full swing the training runs for a new addition to the games are now underway. The Nordic Combined Downhill Feline Shooting Relay is set to have the preliminaries tonight in prime time and the medal round on Saturday.
You haven't heard of this event? Well it's new to the Vancouver games this year. It works like this. There are two components the down hill and then the shooting. The skier at the top of the hill does a downhill run with a .30-06 rifle strapped to their back. At the bottom he passes off to the shooter who then has to kill a Cougar, a Lynx, or a Mountain Lion that has been caged up. When the skier crosses the finish line the cage springs open and the cat makes a run for it. Lowest combined time wins. (The picture to the right shows one of the training runs)
Now NBC hasn't exactly been promoting the heck out of this competition (kind of like the way they are burying curling on MSNBC) mostly because of reports that Bob Costas is actually a covert member of PETA. Costas is "outraged" at those "Blood thirsty savages" as he calls the Canadians and plans on removing himself from the coverage. The competition will have a new host and commentator in the person of renowned big game hunter Ted Nugent. Mary Carillo however has no qualms about broadcasting the event even though she is known to be a cougar herself.
Not surprisingly the Canadians are favorites to medal in the competition and there has been much controversy because the Americans has accused them of rigging the course to let the cats get away. Be sure to tune in as this is sure to be a ratings winner. It's got to be better than ice dancing right?

-Doc

Weekly Poll 2/22/10 - The Tiger Situation

After this past Friday's apology heard around the world what is your feeling on the state of the Tiger situation?
Tiger in very awkward fashion came out on Friday and admitted to the world what he has done and apologized to everyone for everything. After getting to watch replay of it and reading the text I have a feeling this was not the way he wanted to do this but his 'rehab' may have mandated it. He read from a prepared speech and did not come off as being totally sincere but he is awkward in this way normally. Apparently he is back to rehab and his golf career is on hold.
What is your opinion of this mess? I have a poll up that has a bunch of different choices and you can select multiple answers. Would love to hear your comments as well.

-Doc

Pulp Fiction Movie Diagram

I think this is great... It's a simple diagram that dictates the entire plot of the movie Pulp Fiction:

Have a great Weekend.

-Doc

How have I posted twice this week on curling?

With apologies to Jay who also has a post on the same subject today (give it a read if you haven't yet) I simply have to post about curling again this morning. If you haven't met John Shuster yet by all means let me introduce you. Shuster who is the Skip (team captain) for team USA has managed to guide them to a stunningly abhorrent 0-4 record in round robin play. Only a miracle will allow them to continue on in the tournament. The issue that I have with Shuster isn't that they got beat it's his cavalier attitude about it. Last night I watched an interview where he says the reason they lost wasn't his poor shooting ability but in fact "The curling gods were against them." Oh really? Another quote from Skip John "I've always said everything happens for a reason and for some reason it just apparently isn't meant to be," Shuster said. "If it was meant to be we'd be 3-1 right now instead of 0-4" I am sorry John but athletic competitions are won on good performance NOT on the fates of the gods or other mystical entities. I think you are just a choke artist. People who perform in the clutch don't make excuses like this. Your teammates may not be willing to tell you this but I will.
USA curling has had a great opportunity this week to make their case to the country that their sport is relevant and deserves to be followed. It's compelling and has some interesting characters worth following but the teams are a combined 0-7 in Vancouver. Unfortunately I would rate their performances as a gigantic fail.

-Doc

**BTW - Just a caveat here. The social media coordinator from Team USA has been e-mailing me asking me to blog and tweet about Team USA and the Olympics. (and provided me that sweet banner ad above and access to their site) Not sure this was what you wanted Liza... Sorry but I call them like see them.**

Thursday Random Thoughts 2/18/2010

Stuff I have been thinking about:

-Anyone who watched the Daytona 500 on Sunday has got to agree with me that the pothole that shut down the race for hours at a time has GOT to be the most expensive pothole in the history of the world.

-While we are on NASCAR I have officially had enough of Danica-Mania. OK so she is a good looking woman who can also drive well and she may end up being really good some day. However she is a rookie who admittedly has a little idea of what she is doing in a stock car. Media, please give it a rest. If she looked like Dan Patrick instead you all wouldn't care as much. Seems almost sexist to me.

-I am sure glad that I am never going to be a guest on "The View." Those ladies are ruthless.



-OK, so I have to know and take your opinion into account. Who do you think was hotter, Jeannie from I dream of Jeannie or Samantha from Bewitched?

- I have decided to give up facebook for Lent. I couldn't be as hard core as Matt-Man or Jay in their sacrifices, but Facebook I think is a really good compromise. (I bet a few of you are wishing that I had given up blogging for Lent)

-I am thinking that if I am Taylor Swift's manager and I want her career to keep heading on it's way up that I have her disappear for about 18 months and come back as a more mature singer with a new album, drop the whole teeny bopper shtick and come back as more of a woman and less like a girl. Not Lady Gaga type but you all know what I mean. I mean she's like 19 or 20. She can't sing about being in high school forever.

-I am sure that the blue lines in the snow at the Olympics on the skiing and snowboarding venues are there for a safety reason, but damn are they annoying.

-I am pretty sure that Shaun White's nickname "The Flying Tomato" is the coolest nickname ever. Or at least since "Doc" Gooden.

-After watching the team short rack speedskaing last night I am now convinced more than ever that combined with the cross country snowboarding there is an audience for these winter sports on TV. Seriously if people will watch Flava Flav they will watch short track speedskaing and snowboarding. All they need to do is show these peoples personalities.

Until next week.

-Doc

(edited to add new picture of Samantha on request from Mrs. D - Even though this wasn't quite how she looked on the show)

Tweet of the Week Feb 17, 2010

Once again it's Wednesday and that means sifting through all the tweets from this past week and finding one that stands out. This past week was a great week as afar as tweets go but we had to narrow down to one winner. Please let me introduce this weeks winner Mandy from GameCockMamma:

Please give her blog a read sometime. She has a unique perspective on things. Mandy's tweet came during a tweetstorm this past Sunday during the Daytona 500. for those of you who don't know there was this little pothole that came up in the track that took hours and several different attempts to fix making the race take much longer than needed. Mandy's take on it is this weeks Tweet of the Week:


@MandyVaughn: Oh, I see...it's the 24 hours at Daytona...

Hilarious and timely reference to the previous race run at the Speedway! Here is your award Mandy:




Enjoy the award and until next week everyone keep tweeting!

-Doc