There’s 16 pages of Google search results that use the phrases “Client 9 From Outer Space”. Dang! I guess noone is really first anymore on the internet. It was so cool too. The contemporary Eliott Spitzer reference, combined with a hipster Ed Wood reference for added cool.
These Gen X’ers move fast!
What is it with Gilligan’s Island and pot? Sure, college kids sitting in front of the rec room tv watching Gilligan’s Island when they should be going to class are probably stoned out on pot. Then Bob Denver is arrested for posession, and now Dawn Wells!
Guess I can’t blame them. Like a lot of entertainers in the 60’s, they got screwed on the royalties.
Did you know that Carrol O’Conor was considered for the role of the Skipper? “Gilligan you meathead!”
Payback is a pain innit? So now we can add New York to New Jersey and Connecticut to the list of recently resigned governors.
I can’t say I’m sorry to see Spitzer go. I never liked the guy. I know he’s a friend of Jim Cramer, but he’s an enemy of capitalism. Going after executive pay packages is outrageous. It may make good headlines, but in the long run does very little good. It’s not the prostitution that bothers me, not even the hypocrisy. It was the fact that Spitzer was just another “let’s punish the rich for being rich” politician. There’s enough of them.
If being rich is a crime, why bother going to work? Incentive is a great motivator.
I never liked Dr. Seuss. Even as a child, I thought his stories were little more than rhyming made-up words into a story of little consequence. In other words, most of Dr. Seuss is crap.
Now a certain band from England…that’s another story. 
If you can track down a copy of their boxed set “30 Years of Maximum R & B”, I highly recommend it.
Market was down today, but all my holdings were down even more. Silver and oil continue their rallys, which I’m am missing. There’s no way I’m jumping on now. Prices are too high. I think this is fear talking, and everyone is following the herd into commodities. No rally lasts forever. There will be a correction and then I’ll get in. In the meantime, I’ll continue to build up my BAC position, since it’s falling like a rock anyway.
Today was the 99.1 WPLR Shamrock and Roll 5K race. Since I had not run AT ALL in the last 5 months, today was a great day to clear out the cobwebs, losen up my body, and get ready for the 2008 running season. Or so I thought. Things got bad before the race even started. Last night, I had a hankering for some ice cream. I went out about 9 last night and, while walking to my car, slipped on some ice and hit my right knee. Hurt like hell.
When I woke up this morning, my right knee was swolen (not a lot, just a little). The weather certainly did not cooperate. This being New England in Early March, it was freezing. The forecast said it would reach 40 degrees, but not when the race started at 9AM.
I arrived at Toad’s Place with about 30 minutes to spare. I got my number, timing chip, safety pins and T shirt, and set about pinning my number to my shirt whilst finishing up my bagel and Red Bull. Yes, Tom. I know Red Bull is probably THE worst thing you can consume outside of Tequila before a race ;). I figured this was just a fun run to kick off the running season, and it was only a 5K anyhow. If anything went wrong, I could just muscle through it on willpower.
I had run this course last year. Even though the course was in a circle, I swear it was uphill the whole way. I was really huffing and puffing most of the way trying to get up the hills. The frigid air certainly didn’t help much, causing me to wheeze as I breathed heavy, and produce a larger than normal amount of phlegm.
But in the end, I finished in 32:30. Last year? 29:07. 
Getting old sucks. But I haven’t had ANY exercise in 5 months and I’m overweight, so I’m not going to give my self too much flack. That’s a 10:29 mile. My usual is about a 10 minute mile, but that’s with training.
My knee still hurts, I have a blister on my left foot, but after that race, I was exhilirated as I drank my free Guinness after the race.
It’s 2008 and running season has begun. Rock and Roll.
I’m watching the Fox business block (as I always do on Saturday morning). Meme Roth of actionagainstobesity.com is the special guest on Cavuto on Business. Meme is accusing the Girl Scouts of contributing to the nation’s obesity problem by selling Girl Scout cookies. Among the accusations are 1) The Girl Scouts are undermining the community by selling a product that causes health problems and 2) Misleading the public by instructing the girls to tell the customers that there are no transfats in the cookies.
Me Me pretty much admitted that Girl Scout cookies are barely a drop in the fountain when it comes to the America’s obesity problem, so I don’t understand why she’s going after them. Well, other than the fact that they are an easy target, and it gets her and her organization some attention. Whatever.
Meme, when Chris Boorman of all people tells you to lighten up, you’ve got a real problem. Have some Thin Mints. You’ll feel much better. Mmmmmmmmm Transfattylicious!