Sunday
I didn’t sleep incredibly well last night. I kept waking up, for no apparent reason. I got to bed around 3:30 and was back up a little after 9:30. Sure, that was pretty much a full night’s sleep for me, but I had figured on easily sleeping in until at least 10:30 or 11:00.

I headed to Borders for a few hours for coffee and to (finally) do some drawing. There were a couple of kids sitting behind me playing a CCG; I didn’t recognize the cards, so I’m going to assume that it wasn’t Magic: the Gathering. For the most part, they were pretty quiet. Towards the end of their game, one of the boys got loud. And whiny. And VERY irritating. I can’t say that I was sad to see them go after that.

Then, it was back home for cooking out; Kate, Perry and Max joined us. And, Kate helped me to replace the faulty wax ring on the new toilet… which went from “Oh, this should only take a few minutes” into a :40 ordeal. *braincramp* But, we got it done.

Football
Baltimore at Indianapolis
10 – 27

Baltimore v2.0 headed to the RCA Dome to face Baltimore v1.0… uh… I mean the Colts.

The first half was a defensive battle, but in the third quarter, the Colts broke out of the corral and ran wild. After that, it was all downhill for the boys from B-more.

Given the way that the Colts have been playing, and the fact that they have already clinched their division, I wasn’t too sure whether the Ravens would come away with a win. And, with this loss, Jacksonville moves ahead of the Baltimore in the standings. There’s still hope for a Wild Card berth, but it’s slim.

Stray Toasters

  • Jonny Quest. The 1960s version. Aw, yeah.
  • EarthSeeds
  • I still think that Michael Jackson is an incredible entertainer, despite his current legal battles. But there’s just something about the fact that he still can’t stay away from kids that’s more than a little unsettling. According to this story, he recently hosted 200 children at a party at Neverland Ranch. This exchange may have been innocent, but I couldn’t exorcise the thoughts of how incorrectly this could be taken:

    “I hope you have a wonderful day. Merry Christmas. I love you,” the pop singer called out to the children Friday from the driveway of his estate.

    One of the youngsters shouted, “We love you!”

    “I love you more,” Jackson replied before putting an umbrella over his head and walking back toward his house.

    And I also wonder about the parents who are letting their children go to Neverland. *shrug*

  • : The Secret Origin That Wasn’t
  • Little Known Fact of the Day: Barry Manilow did not write I Write the Songs. It was written by Bruce Johnston, a member of the Beach Boys. Manilow did, however, write the McDonald’s theme You Deserve a Break Today.
  • I just finished eating a huge pomegranate. It was tasty.
  • Making a Federal Case Out of Almost Everything
  • Mama’s got a squeeze box
    Daddy never sleeps at night.

  • World Literature Today
  • I was going through Adbusters’ 2004 Best of.. issue this afternoon and came across a pair of ads for AGT-Seven that made me laugh:
    • Little C:5  M:90  Y:100  K:0 Riding Hood
    • A Clockwork C:0  M:60  Y:90  K:0
  • The Center for Public Integrity
  • There was another ad in that issue of Adbusters (above) that made me laugh, too:

    “Confession” :30

    SFX: Sentimental piano under.

    (Open on a nervous young man talking to his parents. He has red hair and freckles. He fidgets and stammers as he tries to reveal a secret to them.)

    Young Man: Mom… Dad… there’s something I need to tell you. For a long time now… I’ve had these feelings. Like I’m different. I don’t know… like I’ve been living a lie. I think I might be… no… I am.

    (He pauses and takes a deep breath)

    Young Man: Mom, Dad… I’m Gaelic.

    (Cut to his parents. They are both African-American. They both just stare at him. Finally the dad speaks.)

    Dad: Gay what?

    SFX: Hardcore Irish music kicks in.

    (Cut to a frosty pint of Finnegan’s Irish Amber.)

    Announcer (VO): Finnegan’s. As Irish as it gets.

  • Gilles Barbier’s Nursing Home

Quote of the Day
I caught up with a friend of mine this afternoon to thank him for a book (and accompanying note) that he sent me last week. This was from the tail end of the conversation:

[11:42] [Joe] Anyways, gotta run… Got tix for the Bucs game today…
[11:42] NICE.
[11:42] *jealous*
[11:42] Enjoy.
[11:42] Have fun.
[11:42] [Joe] Ahh, I’m not a big football fan, but they were free. 🙂
[11:42] [Joe] I shall.
[11:43] [Joe] Will try to get good pics, too. 🙂
[11:43] Not a big football fan?
[11:43] I’m not sure that we can remain friends.
[11:43] 😛
[11:43] [Joe] LOL
[11:44] [Joe] Hey, I overlook your inability to recognize the superiority of the Yankees, don’t I????
[11:44] Ouch.
[11:44] Touchè.

And with that…

Namaste.