random thought of the week - olympic edition

Here we go with another random thought, delivered in a semi-weekly fashion.
I, like all Americans, have been watching Olympic swimming, and nothing else.
Anyways, At the start of the Backstroke races, I did not know that a start was required than from the blocks. So, when everyone jumped in the pool to get set up, I just thought that they were splashing around. I know that I would have yelled 'cannonball!!"

This may be one reason why I'm never going to the Olympics.

random thought of the day

It has come to my attention, that Isaac Hayes, the singer of the famous and iconic song "Chocolate Salty Balls" has died.
you have to realize that somewhere out there, there are people who don't know about Shaft.

random thought of the week - olympic edition

Ahh, the Olympics. the spectacle, the glory of the gold, the blatant attempts on the part of the presenters to avoid saying something that would piss off China. Because I don't care about China getting mad at me, I'm doing a special olympic edition of my blog.

Now, WTF is up with these parade uniforms?

This is not the PGA Tour from the 1950's, I swear.

Designed by Ralph Lauren, a designer who really wishes he were from England, these outfits aren't very... American. These scream "British". Well not scream, that wouldn't be proper, but they at least say it in a firm but polite tone. They look like something out of an Agatha Christie novel. The only thing you can do in one of these outfits that doesn't look weird is walk around going "Hurr Hurr Hurr".

because "too soon" is not in my vocabulary

today marks the one year anniversary of the 35W bridge collapse. To this day, I still feel like singing hat nursery rhyme 'London Bridge' makes you an asshole.

In other news, we have reports that as many as one fourth of bridges in America are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. You're less likely to win the lottery than to be involved in some sort of bridge incident. Have a nice day and please don't pull a Chappaquiddick.

Google does not need my expertise

As many of you know, Google has made their wikipedia clone 'knol'. the difference is that an expert in a particular field creates and moderates a page... something on which they are an expert. Sadly, Google does not share my opinion that "not getting laid" is article worthy.

random thought of the week

4chan is down. I only recently started visiting the site, so I'm not aghast at the fact that I can't view the scrapings from the very bottom of the internet barrel. 4chan is the asshole of the internet, but if you haven't shit in 4 days, it is cause for concern.

a random thought

I'm in Rapid City, South Dakota right now, so I'm at a crossroads for a number of tourist traps. A billboard advertising for Deadwood offers 'Free Gunfights Daily'. I think Detroit needs to highlight this angle.