communication breakdown

Streams of Consciousness

I had some free time and some random things on my mind, so I figured i'd spill my brain for the world to see. Beware...

It's July. It's 57 degrees outside. And it's raining. There should be a law against this.

There's only one thing better than buying a Papa John's Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Pizza: getting a Papa John's Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Pizza for free. Did you know that if the people in the pizza store don't pay attention to the stoves, the large circulating surface cooking the pizzas will just dump them onto the floor and continue on their merry way? God Bless industrialism (and God Bless the angry customer on the phone, who kept the cashier busy so that my first pizza fell on the floor)

I could have sworn an e-mail I sent to Bill O'Reilly was gonna make it on the Factor tonight. He read several letters about his recent interview with Al Sharpton (which was pathetic, by the way), and I thought mine was just pithy enough for inclusion. Apparently he thought otherwise. Strike one...

I'm not sure how I feel about Coach K not going to the Lakers. On the one hand I wanted him to go so Duke would suck and he could finally fail at something (just like my nemesis Steve Spurrier), but on the other hand I like the disgrace the Lakers feel by being turned down, and I like the guarantee of Shaq leaving and the unholy duo being split up. Maybe what I really wanted is for California to just break off and float away while he was out there for his interviews...

ESPN's Biggest Sports blunder of all-time: The Cal-Stanford game where the band runs out on the field while Cal runs back the kickoff at the buzzer for the win. I totally agree, since this was my own choice for #1 when they did the user poll on this subject a couple days ago (I also nailed the #2 blunder as well - Leon Lett being stripped at the end zone by Don Beebe). It doesn't get much funnier than seeing that Stanford band member get plowed over as he gets in the way of the eventual touchdown. I would have paid good money to see that live...

It seems like every once in awhile there is a random sport that I seem to take an interest in for about 2 weeks, and then forget it ever existed. In 2002 it was soccer and the World Cup. This year it's the Tour de France. I've never really paid attention before, but I was reading up on it on ESPN and it's pretty fascinating. Fascinating for about 2 weeks, that is...

The DVR/TiVo is still the greatest invention ever. I've said this before, you say? I'm repeating myself? Deal with it - it's stone-cold truth. I'll probably repeat the same thing every time I ramble like this...

What is the freaking deal with Canada and France? One is harboring 2 military deserters and considering their request for refugee status. The other is staunchly anti-American and is doing everything in their power to prevent a stable and free Iraq. Why do we put up with this crap? It's like the captain of the football team allowing his 8-year-old, mentally-deficient little sister to pick on him. Are you kidding? We need to get our head in the game and show them what's up...

Radiohead + Led Zeppelin = Secret Machines. Check them out - a great new band with promise (unlike 99.99% of what you'll hear on the radio...)

Two words: Extreme Dodgeball. Game Show Network. Go watch it now. Simply amazing.

Along the same vein, here's one more word for you: MXC. Spike TV. Follow instructions above...

OK, that about does it for tonight. Back to the normality of reality...