Having Small Children = Christmas is fun again - There is something to be said about the magic of Christmas when you're a kid. Before you become a jaded, cynical bastard like me after fighting the battles of adulthood, you actually believed in the "Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward Men' crap. Luckilly having a 2-year old who believes in Santa makes your day during the hectic Holiday period (along with giving parents a tool to extort good behavior when they misbehave : )
Evidently there's War on Christmas - Who Knew? - Watch the Bill O'Reilly Show long enough (why would you?) and you'll come to believe that the Godless (and/or Sodomite, and/or dirty heathen and/or Zionist) New World Order have declared some sort of covert, unofficial War on Christmas by emphasizing Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas.
This must be one of those CIA, Black Ops, Dirty War operations because vast majority of those in the Reality based community (ie: Normal people) never really knew this. I think it's safe to say if there is a War, then Christmas won big time, because it's already started creeping into October before you get hit with X-Mas shopping adverts.
Hot ticket item on eBay: US Senate Seat ($500,000) – Proving corrupt politicians need not be cunning nor smart, Illinois Governor Mark Blagojevich, was indicted for trying to sell Barack Obama's now vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder. Knowing very likely the Feds were eavesdropping on his phone calls, he still outright asked for the bribe.
Given Chicago's shall we say checkered history of political malfeasance, I'll give him a 2 out of 5 on the Mayor Richard Daley scale of corruption. The audacity was there but the execution completely failed.
Some interesting e-mail on the topic -
"Dear Jason,
What an amateur! No politician worth their salt ever brings up the actual bribe on their own. You use phrases like "I'd like to purchase some girl-scout cookies" and magically a box of Thin Mints appears attached to an envelope full of laundered cash from the Mob. Plus, that's why you hire a bagman to handle the transactions …..urr…..I mean I would never…. Uhh…. corrupt my public office. Keep forgetting the Feds can subpoena e-mails, damn it!
Regards,
The honorable Jon Corzine, Governor of New Jersey "
Celebrity Stupidity Alert – Former 50's crooner Pat Boone who rose fame with his hit album Non-Threatening Music for Boring White People and whose reign atop the charts came to a merciful end thanks to Elvis Presley. Recently took time out from his current job of irrelevance to compare the Prop 8 protests to the Terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India.
Beside the obvious that there really is no comparison between a legal, peaceful protest by Gay Marriage supporters and the carnage that ensued over in India. A more appropriate comparison would be Pat Boone's music terrorizing people with good taste. I guess that would make him along with his vapid sister Debbie the musical equivalent of al Qeada.
The Middle Class is the New Rich – In an excellent article in this month's Vanity Fair details the rise and fall of Wall Street brokers who were so super wealthy that dining out on $1,000 steak dinners and flying private jets were routine. These same brokers are now literally reduced to cutting out store coupons for grocery shopping and (gasp) having to fly commercial in coach. My response: 'Bluuu… HAHAHAHAHA!'
Good to see the Bailout being put to good use – According to auditors many of the Investment firms who benefited from part of the $700 Billion dollar bailout used over $1 Billion of it for Executive bonuses and severance pay on taxpayer expense. Right now somewhere in a Federal prison, members of the various drug cartels are thinking they got into the wrong business.
New classic Christmas tune – Having been acquitted of various sex charges, R.Kelly came out with a sure to be instant classic just in time for the Holidays: "Santa Claus is Coming (but not necessarily to town)". Actually I made that one up but would we be at all surprised if it were an actual song?
MTV's TRL 'Total Request Live' ends it's 9 year run – Can't really say I'll miss it because whenever I was in New York City for business and had to sprint to Penn Station to catch an early train home. I'd have to fight my way through mad horde of teenage girls in Times Square screaming to see some dumb teen pop group get to act like douchebags for fifteen minutes.
My favorite moment was on one of those days when I made it to the studio and had the pleasure of kicking host Carson Daly in the nuts…..oh wait that was just a dream…..never mind.
Greatest Line ever written by a Sports Reporter – One of the main reasons I love soccer is the brutal honesty of coaches, players, and reporters who cover the sport. From ESPN Soccernet reporter Paul Marshall describing the performance of French team St.Etienne: "Perhaps the most stunning lack of character ever seen outside the set of a Porn movie". Classic!
Grammy Awards get it right…..Sort Of – Proving consistency is as elusive to the Grammy's as lucidity is to Paula Abdul. This year, Grammy's we're able to take the pulse of popular music with their thumb opposed to their elbow. Some good (Katy Perry, Adele get nominated), some bad (Taylor Swift snubbed), the somewhat irritating (On whose iPod would Maroon 5 ever be considered 'Rock'?) and the really infuriating (Jon Mayer? Are you @!% kidding me!...sorry my therapist talked about this so I need a moment)
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