My Sick Mind

F alling far short of their programming needs, today, ESPN decided to broadcast the World Championships of Paintball. I know what you're thinking ... there's a championship of paintball? You bet there is, and it's on TV, which makes it a major event. I happened across it while touring the dial trying to avoid watching the Phillies. A team from one of those Nordic countries was playing a team from Great Britian, and the announcer made a remark that made me think. Go figure, thinking during a paintball match. He was talking about one of the players (are they called players?) named Lundquist - guess which team he was on - and he described him as "the Zoolander of the sport of Paintball." That bought to mind three questions... 1 - Who the heck is Zoolander? 2 - Is Paintball a sport? ... and 3 - What the Hell does 'the Zoolander of paintball' mean? If you can figure it out, feel free to post a comment, because I need to catch up on my sleep. Meanwhile, you ma...

Yes, you - Katie ! That "thing" on the Germany babe's cup (the one she's holding, not the one that is holding our attention) is a drawing of the World Cup. So, I find that my readers are indeed the ones with the sick minds, and I am merely the "enabler" when it comes to the sickness. Check the photo above and compare to the cup with the babe. Take all the time you need. God bless your sick little minds.

A fan for Germany looks on prior to the start of the Ecuador v Germany 'Group A' World Cup soccer match at the Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, June 20, 2006. The other teams in Group A are Costa Rica and Poland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) I really need to figure out this soccer deal. ...and, why is the dope with the camera pointing it at the GAME?

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chief executive officers in the United States earned 262 times the pay of an average worker in 2005, the second-highest level in the 40 years for which there is data, a nonprofit think-tank said on Wednesday. In fact, a CEO earned more in one workday than an average worker earned in 52 weeks, said the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. The typical worker's compensation averaged just under $42,000 for the year, while the average CEO brought home almost $11 million, EPI said. ------------------------------------------------- That seems fair. After all, golf is expensive, and who's going to pay for the gasoline in their big, expensive company vehicles? We are. I would like to be able to explain why one person is 262 times more valuable than the people who are actually doing the labor, but words and logic fail me. But, at least our legislators have a grip on the situation, right? Read on if you dare... WASHINGTON , D.C. (Reuters) - The Senate ...

WEST HOLLYWOOD , California - City leaders adopted a resolution Monday night calling on sheriff's deputies not to target certain adult marijuana users. The City Council backed the nonbinding resolution 4-0, said city spokeswoman Tamara White. The resolution directs the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, which contracts with this left-leaning city, not to "target adult marijuana users who consume this drug in private and pose no danger to the community." Minors and drug dealers would still be subject to arrest, and smoking in public would still be prohibited, the resolution says. The resolution is not legally enforceable, but sends a message that law enforcement officers should "leave the pot smokers alone" and go after more serious crimes, said Councilman John Duran, the resolution's sponsor. How revolutionary -- that people who do things in the privacy of their homes should not be the target of persecution because they pose no danger to the community. T...

Here are some interesting facts to take with you to the water cooler, or just hang around the house with, if you don't happen to have a water cooler at home. Most popular name for girls in 2006: Wynonna. Most popular name for boys: Wilhelm. "99 Bottles of Beer" was Benjamin Franklin's choice for the National Anthem of the United States. Terry cloth was invented by former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw. 1 out of 5 Americans make up 20% of the population. Unleaded gasoline contains trace amounts of gold and platinum. Doing the 'Hokey Pokey' is illegal in 17 states. There is no Chinese word for 'smooch'. Dogs cannot hear women screaming at them. "Thousand-legger" insects actually have 998 legs. Half of the money you pay for car insurance goes to Donald Trump. The moon landings were not filmed in Hollywood, but the World Cup soccer matches are. Geneologists say that by the year 2075, humans will be born with a cell tower in their...

Supreme Court Affirms Wetlands Restrictions Narrowly, but a narrow victory is better than losing....or is it? WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the government can block development on hundreds of millions of acres of wetlands, even on land miles away from waterways, as long as regulators prove a connection to the waterways. Stevens said Scalia's opinion "needlessly jeopardizes the quality of our waters." He laid out a history of the 1972 Clean Water Act and said "the importance of wetlands for water quality is hard to overstate." Yes, it is hard to overstate, and much like the global warming issue, I would ask, "What is the downside?" Virtually any land in America would be covered under the government's interpretation of the law, Roberts and the court's other three conservatives complained in an opinion. The court's four liberal members said the conservatives would have opened up sensitive wetlands to polluters. Complained? ...

Oil and Gas Company Executives Defend High Pump Prices As Essential to Maintaining Supplies WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans paying $3 per gallon at the pump have it relatively cheap when compared with prices globally, say oil and gas company executives who defend their record profits as essential to maintaining supplies. In parts of Europe and elsewhere in the West, gasoline prices are more like $5 per gallon to $7 per gallon, said the chairman of ConocoPhillips Co., James J. Mulva. Mulva and two other executives who appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" said they are optimistic about keeping a lid on domestic prices, unless their fears come true about the potential for damage to U.S. energy production from the hurricane season that began June 1. "I do understand why consumers are concerned. The thing that concerns all of us, I think, is that we're heading into hurricane season again," said the chairman of Chevron Corp., David J. O'Reilly. Excuse me ... uh ....