Trying to distract myself from My Corporate Job
1. "My Corporate Job" is surely a good name for something: a punk rock band, a wry book from yet another cynical and smartass Gen Xer, something.
2. Do people who go so far as to have the metal Christian fish thing with the cross in it feel pressure to not speed? This mini-van driving Christian was doing 60+ mph on The Parkway this morning (speed limit is 45)--I know because they have one of those mph-radar screen things to try to shame people into slowing down, or else make them paranoid about their excessive speed flashing in big yellow letters for Big Brother to see. Do public Christians feel more compelled than others to obey traffic laws?
3. President Bush has made 7? 8? trips to the Gulf region in 6 weeks. What does he do there, and how much do those trips cost? This is from an article in USA Today: ". . . compared to the $56,800-per-hour the Air Force estimates it costs to run Air Force One." That's a lot of money.
Years ago, after watching a National Geo video about the preparations for a state dinner at the White House, I fantasized that, when I am president, I will forgo such costly delights and either not spend the money or give the money to WDC schools or something. Jimmy Carter didn't blow a bunch of money on his Inaugural Ball. I will set a similar example by being thrifty with taxpayer's money. If only an atheist female who doesn't enjoy lying and has no ties to wealth could make it . . . .
4. I made the best apple pie of my life this weekend--flaky homemade crust and everything. And I made curtains and pillows and stayed up until 1 a.m. cutting strips for my next two quilts. Sitting on the floor for that long absolutely crippled me in my 31 weeks pregnant and suffering from some oddness in my pelvic bones state, but it was worth it. Oh how I long to be a domestic goddess.
5. Can NFL coaches fine their players for showboating in the end zone? If so, they really need to get on it. I am so glad that college players aren't allowed to do those stupid dances and hold up stupid signs and otherwise act as if they were the only player who made this score happen.
2. Do people who go so far as to have the metal Christian fish thing with the cross in it feel pressure to not speed? This mini-van driving Christian was doing 60+ mph on The Parkway this morning (speed limit is 45)--I know because they have one of those mph-radar screen things to try to shame people into slowing down, or else make them paranoid about their excessive speed flashing in big yellow letters for Big Brother to see. Do public Christians feel more compelled than others to obey traffic laws?
3. President Bush has made 7? 8? trips to the Gulf region in 6 weeks. What does he do there, and how much do those trips cost? This is from an article in USA Today: ". . . compared to the $56,800-per-hour the Air Force estimates it costs to run Air Force One." That's a lot of money.
Years ago, after watching a National Geo video about the preparations for a state dinner at the White House, I fantasized that, when I am president, I will forgo such costly delights and either not spend the money or give the money to WDC schools or something. Jimmy Carter didn't blow a bunch of money on his Inaugural Ball. I will set a similar example by being thrifty with taxpayer's money. If only an atheist female who doesn't enjoy lying and has no ties to wealth could make it . . . .
4. I made the best apple pie of my life this weekend--flaky homemade crust and everything. And I made curtains and pillows and stayed up until 1 a.m. cutting strips for my next two quilts. Sitting on the floor for that long absolutely crippled me in my 31 weeks pregnant and suffering from some oddness in my pelvic bones state, but it was worth it. Oh how I long to be a domestic goddess.
5. Can NFL coaches fine their players for showboating in the end zone? If so, they really need to get on it. I am so glad that college players aren't allowed to do those stupid dances and hold up stupid signs and otherwise act as if they were the only player who made this score happen.
posted by lulu | 5:54 AM
3 Comments:
1. Or a sitcom about a guy/gurl in a punk band who needs the money but feels the need to apologize for it to bandmates you could care less.
2. Seen going southbound on I-71: minivan w/metal fish thing w/cross going 50 in far left lane while talking on phone and throwing wrappers out the window. But hey, they're not perfect, just FORGIVEN.
3. Right again, Generalissimo Lulu. We live in a very large third-world dictatorship.
4. Hmm, is this nesting behavior?
5. Right again, Coach Lulu. We live in a very large World Wrestling Federation.
Oooh-that sitcom sounds great! And the title is perfect! I shudder, though, when imagining how network suits would portray "punks". Lindsay Lohan with squeaky clean hair and 80s arm bands comes to mind.
Here is a snippet from an article about athletes pointing to the heavens to "give credit where it's due" for some amazing play. It's also another reason to love Bob Costas:
Athletes often have what might be considered a kindergartner's mentality about religion, treating God as a good-luck charm. "I think that very often athletes seem to have a very simplistic and self-serving view of what God is and does," sportscaster Bob Costas said in an interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune. "It makes no sense that a God who, for all human understanding, can appear indifferent to major pain and suffering on a large scale or the illness of a child, would intercede to help get a first down."
Does anyone remember the name of that comedy troupe who did radio stuff? They had a great bit where an interviewer is asking an athlete who just credited God with the team's win "Why does God hate the New England Patriots?" (Or some other team). Funny stuff. To elaborate on point #5, I saw a player score a touchdown yesterday and then SIT in the end zone, legs out in front, as if he was driving a car or something. He was pointing with the ball, then kinda driving with the ball? What the hell was THAT all about?
5. Flashback to his previous best-ever thrill, getting his first big-wheel full-speed down the driveway.
3. http://www.badmash.org/videos/videos_flv.php?v=george_bush_512K_Stream
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