Sure, I”m looking forward to watching the Rose Bowl in HD tonight; I”ve started to watch Letterman again because it”s somehow better in high-def; and just about everything on Discovery HD Theater is interesting because of all those pixels. But nothing – nothing – currently being broadcast in HD is a better use of the [...]
Archive for January, 2006
Excuse me while I commit a federal crime
January 4th, 2006
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Free room available: I have a spare bedroom / bathroom I”m offering to a slim, sexy, single, childless young woman – age 18-22 – free of charge. Caucasian, African-American, Asian, Latina, Chicana, Hispanic, Native American or Alaska Native women only. No Pacific Islanders, please. No Christians, please, unless you”re a super-cool Christian who”s not hung [...]
Somebody at ESPN actually knows USC didn’t win the national championship in 2003?
January 3rd, 2006
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On the eve of the BCS National Championship game, part of the ESPN establishment is actually recognizing today that USC will not be a “three-peat” champion if they beat Texas tomorrow night. “LSU won the title two years ago. It”s disingenuous, it”s cheap and it”s a marketing ploy to try to call this thing a [...]
30 pieces of paper
January 2nd, 2006
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Being the new year, it”s the time when I like to look back over the past year”s finances. Unfortunately, I”ve been lax in downloading transaction details from my credit card and – inexplicably – my credit card site only lets me download the past 90 days worth of data. [note to credit card companies: it [...]
Peachy
January 1st, 2006
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I suppose I owe a roundup from the Peach Bowl, lest anyone think I”m shying away from talking about a 40-3 win over the No. 9 team in the country because I”ve been a fervent non-fan of one Leslie Miles. The way I see it, the game turned on two factors: 1. Matt Flynn. I”m [...]
