http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3722783
Holy smokes. Just in case anyone is wondering: It ain't Jordan that's the problem here. No Agent Zero and no Brendan Haywood and rotating dings among the starters has lead to the 1 and 10.
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I'm shocked though, I thought Eddie was one of the good guys and could get the 'Zards there. Maybe not now ....
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I guess you can't fire the injuries.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Maybe Now Everyone Will Stop Using it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_new_wordOften, once something hip is institutionalized, it soon becomes unhip and everyone stops using it. If that were the fate of "meh," it certainly would not bother YDS. It's now as overused as "D'oh" and all of the other Simpsons catch phrases.
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Although, I've never heard of the Collins English Dictionary. Maybe I'll hold out for Miriam Webster. Until then ... meh.
An Auto Czar?
http://http//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081113/pl_nm/us_usa_obama_autos_1
All kidding about the efficacy of the Drug Czar aside, I think this is probably a good idea. The auto industry missed the boat deliberately on alternative technology and Congress and successive White Houses have let them get away with it because there is so much lobbying and money flowing from Detroit to Washington to maintain the status quo.
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We should already have electronic and hydrogen cars available to us, but Detroit didn't see the money in it, and Washington let them play along. In my view, it is always government's role to make sure that the long view gets consideration, even if it isn't profitable now.
All kidding about the efficacy of the Drug Czar aside, I think this is probably a good idea. The auto industry missed the boat deliberately on alternative technology and Congress and successive White Houses have let them get away with it because there is so much lobbying and money flowing from Detroit to Washington to maintain the status quo.
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We should already have electronic and hydrogen cars available to us, but Detroit didn't see the money in it, and Washington let them play along. In my view, it is always government's role to make sure that the long view gets consideration, even if it isn't profitable now.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Sigh.... is this the face of a racist?
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/11/12/2008-11-12_lindsay_lohan_calls_barack_obama_colored.html
A real head scratcher. Where in the world does a girl/woman like Lindsay Lohan learn the term "colored" anyway? No one I know under 40 has even heard of the term.... Only deep Southerners and KKK members even keep the word alive for anything other than used coloring books. And I'm pretty darn sure that the KKK wouldn't want to be around a drug addled lesbian like Lindsay ....
A real head scratcher. Where in the world does a girl/woman like Lindsay Lohan learn the term "colored" anyway? No one I know under 40 has even heard of the term.... Only deep Southerners and KKK members even keep the word alive for anything other than used coloring books. And I'm pretty darn sure that the KKK wouldn't want to be around a drug addled lesbian like Lindsay ....
Thursday, November 13, 2008
So much for MMA?
I don’t know exactly. I haven’t watched it again since blogging about it before. I’m not sure that it is because I’m not interested, or because I just haven’t run across it in my minimal TV watching. I see that the next “big” fight is coming up between two guys that I’ve heard of, but probably couldn’t pick them out of a line up (police or otherwise). This one is NOT on network TV but on pay per view.
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And at $45.95 per view, I don’t think I’ll be paying.
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And at $45.95 per view, I don’t think I’ll be paying.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
A blogging tradition since 2007
So, I’m celebrating one year since starting this blog. Thirty odd posts in twelve months would suggest a slow but steady pace, but being the smart person that you are, dear reader, you will notice that way more than half of those posts have been in the last couple of months. I guess I am hitting my stride as a blogger and enjoying this more.
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I look back at some of the things that I blog about and compare them to the things that I mention in my first post here. I have not really blogged about anything personal. Nothing about my X or my son, nothing about my family, and very little about my writing. I’ve even left my sports out of the discussion for the most part, choosing to go elsewhere (mainly here http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=f5aa559ffadbf2873e7224c247352eca&forumid=13 and here http://www.tarheelfanblog.com/) to read, and sometimes write about my favorite sports teams (DC United and North Carolina respectively).
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I guess that I am the kind of blogger that likes to make wry observations about the world around me and see if I provoke anyone to think about what they’ve seen. Maybe folks are having similar experiences and a small smile of recognition will play across their face as they read my latest. Maybe not. But if it does, well, that would be pretty strong satisfaction for me.
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But ultimately, this blog is for me. A blog, somewhat counter intuitively, given that it is posted on the worldwide web, is a personal undertaking. And as such, a blogger needs to write in the way that makes them comfortable and that makes sense to them. Because even though a blog is out here for everyone to read, chances are quite strong that no one actually will.
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But it is that chance, and that public nature of the blog, that makes me shake my head a little at bloggers who seem to live their lives just waiting for something juicy to happen in their real lives, so that they can run to the computer and blog about it immediately. Reporting about a fight with a loved one. A family squabble. A power struggle at work. A difficult client. Whatever. This part of blogging seems exhibitionist to me, and while I guess that is okay, it is not for me.
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David Sedaris writes quite openly about how his family is sometimes guarded around him, letting him know that they don’t want to read about whatever is going on in their family in his next book, or hear about it on NPR. It’s understandable on their part, but an assumed risk that they seem to accept time and time again. Having him as part of their family becomes more important to them than keeping their stories out of the public eye. And though his stories are unforgiving in tone and viciously funny, it is clear to anyone who can understand, that they are written with love. And perhaps, that makes it okay.
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Ultimately, if David Sedaris wasn’t willing to bare his soul, and that of his family with such complete vulnerability, he wouldn’t be one-third of the writer that he is. But he is an artist, and few can show through their writing the love that he does. And as a result, so much of the blogosphere comes off as whiny complaining by people about issues too trivial for anyone else to care about.
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And perhaps my blog is just the same with a philosophical patina laid across the surface. If that is true, I apologize and encourage you to stop reading. But if it is not true, the come along for the ride into the second year of Your Darn Skippy.
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I look back at some of the things that I blog about and compare them to the things that I mention in my first post here. I have not really blogged about anything personal. Nothing about my X or my son, nothing about my family, and very little about my writing. I’ve even left my sports out of the discussion for the most part, choosing to go elsewhere (mainly here http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=f5aa559ffadbf2873e7224c247352eca&forumid=13 and here http://www.tarheelfanblog.com/) to read, and sometimes write about my favorite sports teams (DC United and North Carolina respectively).
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I guess that I am the kind of blogger that likes to make wry observations about the world around me and see if I provoke anyone to think about what they’ve seen. Maybe folks are having similar experiences and a small smile of recognition will play across their face as they read my latest. Maybe not. But if it does, well, that would be pretty strong satisfaction for me.
.
But ultimately, this blog is for me. A blog, somewhat counter intuitively, given that it is posted on the worldwide web, is a personal undertaking. And as such, a blogger needs to write in the way that makes them comfortable and that makes sense to them. Because even though a blog is out here for everyone to read, chances are quite strong that no one actually will.
.
But it is that chance, and that public nature of the blog, that makes me shake my head a little at bloggers who seem to live their lives just waiting for something juicy to happen in their real lives, so that they can run to the computer and blog about it immediately. Reporting about a fight with a loved one. A family squabble. A power struggle at work. A difficult client. Whatever. This part of blogging seems exhibitionist to me, and while I guess that is okay, it is not for me.
.
David Sedaris writes quite openly about how his family is sometimes guarded around him, letting him know that they don’t want to read about whatever is going on in their family in his next book, or hear about it on NPR. It’s understandable on their part, but an assumed risk that they seem to accept time and time again. Having him as part of their family becomes more important to them than keeping their stories out of the public eye. And though his stories are unforgiving in tone and viciously funny, it is clear to anyone who can understand, that they are written with love. And perhaps, that makes it okay.
.
Ultimately, if David Sedaris wasn’t willing to bare his soul, and that of his family with such complete vulnerability, he wouldn’t be one-third of the writer that he is. But he is an artist, and few can show through their writing the love that he does. And as a result, so much of the blogosphere comes off as whiny complaining by people about issues too trivial for anyone else to care about.
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And perhaps my blog is just the same with a philosophical patina laid across the surface. If that is true, I apologize and encourage you to stop reading. But if it is not true, the come along for the ride into the second year of Your Darn Skippy.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Perhaps we are all hypocrits
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1108/Rick_vsJoe.html?showall
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Joe the Plumber gets grilled. A victim of the 24 hour news cycle and, not surprisingly, his views don't really live up even to the scrutiny of a not-very-skilled interviewer. Should I feel schaudenfruede? Should anyone? I know many must, but I don't. Why don't we know more as an electorate? There is so much information out there. Shouldn't we be able to form intellectually honest opinions guided by a well formed moral compass? Shouldn't we be able to separate truth from spin?
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I worry that with so much information there is simply no way to know what is truth. So many complain about the liberal MSM, but why not change the channel? Buy a different magazine. Listen to a different radio station. Their truth is how they report it. I don't know that there is a "mainstream" to the media.
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Joe the Plumber gets grilled. A victim of the 24 hour news cycle and, not surprisingly, his views don't really live up even to the scrutiny of a not-very-skilled interviewer. Should I feel schaudenfruede? Should anyone? I know many must, but I don't. Why don't we know more as an electorate? There is so much information out there. Shouldn't we be able to form intellectually honest opinions guided by a well formed moral compass? Shouldn't we be able to separate truth from spin?
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I worry that with so much information there is simply no way to know what is truth. So many complain about the liberal MSM, but why not change the channel? Buy a different magazine. Listen to a different radio station. Their truth is how they report it. I don't know that there is a "mainstream" to the media.
Friday, November 7, 2008
This is fun too.
Been meaning to try this and what better time than in the middle of the night? You have to register, but really, who gets enough spam? http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/main.html
This is fun
I've always been a SP fan. But here's me as a SP kid.
Now you try. http://www.southparkstudios.com/fans/avatar/?cid=cons:0;208134073;30224305;3111743;#/Notebook-notebook_centrino/
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
What does this say about me? A continuing series...
Sometimes just opening your email can lead to a crisis of identity. Case in point: A few days ago, I got this gem in my inbox:
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Dear Amazon.com Customer,
As someone who has purchased or rated books by William Makepeace Thackeray, you might like to know that The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures is now available. You can order yours for just $16.98 by following the link below.
The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures William Makepeace ThackerayPrice: $16.98.
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Really? Amazon thinks I might like to know that a series of lectures about 18th century humorists is available? I think I had better laugh, because if I don't I might cry.
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I hope none of my flesh and blood friends think I might like to know that The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures is now available.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Mirror, mirror ...
Just set this blog up to mirror the one I have on IMVU at http://www.imvu.com/catalog/web_mypage.php?user=12407173. I'll fill in as time goes by, so that both blogs are the same.
I also want to thank my friend, Greg, for being brave enough to blog here about his challenges as well. Read all about his adventures with his alien at http://gregsalien.blogspot.com/
That's all for now. There will be more. DS.
I also want to thank my friend, Greg, for being brave enough to blog here about his challenges as well. Read all about his adventures with his alien at http://gregsalien.blogspot.com/
That's all for now. There will be more. DS.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
A Mite Too Seriously
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081023/ap_on_fe_st/as_japan_avatar_murder
Having your avatar hacked and murdered because it got married to someone in cyberspace that is not your spouse irl? This is a bad way to go. And a weird thing to get vitually murderously upset about.... But I will tell you that I have certainly met plenty of folks in IMVU who take their relationships in here VERY seriously. Which is fine, I guess, until you start to have negative emotions or associations about your interactions with people on IMVU.
Isn't there enough drama in our real lives that we should do our best to avoid drama in here? If someone gets too intense, too angry, too intimidating, too demanding, just leave them be. Don't we have enough difficulty with commitment irl to be trying to live up to "real" commitments with imaginary people?
I do my best to be non-judgmental, because IMVU is definitely about tolerance and letting people do what they enjoy. So if you are someone who takes their roles on here seriously, please don't take offense. I'd like to understand better.
But know beforehand that I don't quite get it.
Having your avatar hacked and murdered because it got married to someone in cyberspace that is not your spouse irl? This is a bad way to go. And a weird thing to get vitually murderously upset about.... But I will tell you that I have certainly met plenty of folks in IMVU who take their relationships in here VERY seriously. Which is fine, I guess, until you start to have negative emotions or associations about your interactions with people on IMVU.
Isn't there enough drama in our real lives that we should do our best to avoid drama in here? If someone gets too intense, too angry, too intimidating, too demanding, just leave them be. Don't we have enough difficulty with commitment irl to be trying to live up to "real" commitments with imaginary people?
I do my best to be non-judgmental, because IMVU is definitely about tolerance and letting people do what they enjoy. So if you are someone who takes their roles on here seriously, please don't take offense. I'd like to understand better.
But know beforehand that I don't quite get it.
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