My Sick Mind

It's nice to back a winner once in a while. Especially when you're a fan of Philadelphia sports teams - or a Democrat. So there I was , (geeky fan) talking to my TV set - "Don't get down, Paula, there's still 3 holes left." after she parred the 15th and, still a shot down with 3 to play it looked like Jeong Jang was going to win. Screw you, JJ. Paula birdied the last three holes to win the tournament and make being in Hawaii in February even better than it seemed. It's especially nice to be a fan of a winner when I had to (didn't have to ) listen to a radio debate on WIP between most of their air staff over what is wrong with the Eagles, our football team. Lucky for them, overnight host Big Daddy Graham and morning host Angelo Cataldi were absent, because other than the screaming and over-talking, there wasn't much to listen to. The station and their web site wants us to vote on who was the "winner" in the debate. The real winner wa...

The 80th Annual Academy Awards will be given out on Sunday night, and unlike previous years, this year I've actually seen some of the nominated films. Regardless, it doesn't stop me from having an opinion, because I'm an American, and I don't have to see something to know what I think of it. To wit, here are my predictions: Performance by an actor in a leading role George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" If anyone besides Daniel Day-Lewis wins this award, there should be a federal investigation. I haven't seen a performance like his that I can remember, and when one recalls great acting performances, it should be about actors who gave us something memorable. His work is far too deep and emotional to ignore. Performance by an actor in a ...

We're surrounded. Resistance is futile. Any minute now - it's 9:25 - the bastard snow will come and make our Friday commute to work a minor disaster. There's nothing more irritating than the overnight snowstorm on a weeknight. It means that I have to get up a half hour earlier than usual, which translates to actually getting up when the alarm goes off rather than rolling over and listening to the radio. Then, it's the slippery trog to the car to enjoy the wonderful experience of sweeping snow off the windshield, headlights and taillights; trying to get the wipers thawed enough to actually sweep a clean line and trying to keep the windows from glazing over with fog or whatever that crap is that starts when the car starts moving. What adds insult to injury is that during the day it's supposed to change to rain, so the overnight snow is nothing more than a cruel joke played by nature. Clean it up, suckers, I'm going to wash it away while you're at work. The l...

Oil Jumps Back Above $100 on a Texas Refinery Outage and Possible OPEC Production Cut NEW YORK (AP) - Oil futures shot higher Tuesday, closing above $100 for the first time as investors bet that crude prices will keep climbing despite evidence of plentiful supplies and falling demand. At the pump, gas prices rose further above $3 a gallon. It's a continual source of amazement to me that we, as a generally progressive thinking people continue to base our economy and life on such a fragile element as the production of oil. It's the infant child of products. Every little issue affects its production. Storms, spikes in production, limits on resources, holidays, seasons, consumer sentiment ... you name it. Did you notice the word "possible" in that headline? I didn't make it up, that was the actual story headline. They can raise prices based on something that they think might happen. If it doesn't happen, do prices decrease? What do you think? HINT: The answer i...

I can only imagine the chagrin that comes from the steadfast Google-searcher who, after typing in "Little League Coach pitch tournaments Hawaii 2008" stumbles on this mess. After comparing the current state of Deal or No Deal to coach-pitch baseball, who knows what kind of odd searches could uncover my little rant. I have no idea whether the searcher read through the essay long enough to realize that it would be two minutes of his life he would never get back or whether he found enough to make him a "returning visitor". I'd prefer a comment: Screw you pal. You didn't say anything about the Little League, now I have to do another search . I'll assume he's pissed. My work here is done. Why isn't my Blogger spell check working? In my sadder contemplative moments I realize how much I'm going to miss my cat when he eventually meets his kitty maker. I try not to think about it much, but since he's been extra-chummy lately I have little c...

That Deal or No Deal show has turned into television's version of coach-pitch Little League. You know the kind, where nobody strikes out and everybody gets a turn at bat. Tell everybody they have a chance even if they suck. Since they've never given away a million dollars, they're trying every mathematical trick in the book to try to help their contestants get the money. They've tried 7 million dollar cases, cases with more than a million and even as many as 10 out of 26 cases with a million dollar prize inside. Still no big winner. Tonight , they put 13 million dollar cases in the show and told the contestant that they had a 50/50 chance of winning. Makes sense, right? 26 cases and 13 with a million. The trouble with that fuzzy math is that the contestant only picks one, then whittles her way down to her case and the one remaining. The odds are always one out of 26. The show was kind of cool when I started watching it, but tonight was the first time I watched it in ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - President Bush on Sunday said Congress should renew his global AIDS program and preserve a requirement that steers money into abstinence efforts. Ain't that just like Bush? Promote something that is socially impossible while making it look like he's looking out for your best interests? Tell people that they have to resist something that is against their most primal urges, while they would appear to be working toward a global good. That sounds a lot like his war in Iraq. Politically, money thrown at something is a good thing, but throwing it at abstinence is throwing it away. If you're like me (and I hope you're not) you wonder what happens to those Super Bowl shirts and hats that proclaim the loser as "Super Bowl Champion". You are, right? Well, for a mere $40 (plus shipping) you can have your very own New England Patriots 19-0 T-Shirt. Click here and make your bid. If it wasn't for the sake of the 40 bucks, I'd get one mys...