Life in the Mind of a Modest Genius

Palin on Oprah Randomness

Don't ask me why I was watching because I still don't really know myself.  I would have much rather watched the Oprah episode featuring the chimp attack victim.  I'm fairly certain she would have been much more interesting than  Sarah Palin.

I can't believe I never brought this up before at any point during her "campaign run", but MAN is Palin's voice annoying.  I can't quite put my finger on what it is.  It's like a combination between chalk scraping on the chalkboard, someone trying to do a souther accent that can't pull it off and a whiny older person drolling on about some whippersnappers that won't get off their lawn.

I still contend that they didn't lose the election because of what Palid did as the VP candidate.  They lost because they selected her as a VP candidate.  Oh....AND because of what she did as the VP candidate

That Katie Couric interview with the magazines question still cracks me up.  Not near as much as the Terry Tate version of the clip though.  In all fairness, I seriously think she was just nervous which is why she answered so stupidly.  She finally has her chance to come clean about that on Oprah and she STILL won't admit it.  You were nervous.  It's okay to say it.

Palin did not just call Katie Couric the perky one did she?  She does realize who she is, doesn't she?  Palin's perkier than Katie could ever hope to be.  I think she got her "p" words mixed up.  She meant so call Couric the professional one.

That "Trip" baby is one of the ugliest babies I have ever seen.  They really shouldn't have showed a picture.  And the fact that Palin kept going on and on about how beautiful the baby is was NOT helping the situation.

As for her and Levi that would have been her son-in-law, I seriously doubt that.  That was only going to happen if they won the election.  Anyone with any common sense knew he would be dismissed once they didn't win.

Wait...did she just say quit because she wasn't going to run a second term?  Do you know how idiotic that sounds?  If you didn't want to run then don't run.  You're still supposed to finish your term.  You quit because you had all those ethic charges on you and you couldn't stand the heat.  Just tell the truth. 

Oh...and you can call it "resigning" all you want.  You quit.  You're a quitter.  Good thing that came near the end of the interview because that point, I was truly done.

'Nuff said.

O the Randomness

Soupy Sales died.  Many folks my age and younger (myself included) couldn't name a show and/or a single movie he played in if you paid us, but we recognize the name.  Anyway, rest in peace, Soups.

Whatever happened to Charlie Pride?

I wonder if the "Saw" movies will eventually surpass the "Friday the 13th" franchise and churn out over 13 installments.  Pretty sure it will happen.

I'm determined to win one of those prizes in that McDonald's Monopoly game.  And not one of the freebie breakfast sammiches and/or medium drinks.

If I don't win anything again this year, I am confident that those "winners" they list and name are all actors.

After a disagreement with a Papa's Murphy pizza (which I lost decisively), I am convinced I won't ever be doing any "Man vs. Food" challenges

I wonder if NFL teams have a play or two designed to purposely use that ref in the middle of the field as interference

Time to step up my game for the 31 Days of Horror Marathon.  I'll have to watch about two a day for the rest of the week to get 31 in for the month.  I don't see that happening.

It's hard to be an Iowa Hawkeye hater when they're #4 in the polls and representing for the entire state.  Although it's making their fans that much more obnoxious and we can all do without that.

The next time I decide to get out of pocket, I'm going to blame it on the rain...or the boogie...haven't decided which yet

So Lionel Ritchie's cut "Hello" was really kinda stalkerish.  Even the music sounds a little horror movie-ish.  How did I not pick up on that before?

It doesn't change the fact that I had a crush on the blind girl from that video for the longest.  Whatever happened to her?

I used to know how to make hospital corners.  I couldn't do it now if you paid me.

Now they're trying to imply President Obama is sexist because he doesn't have any women play ball with him when he hoops?  Give me a break already

A FB friend of mine introduced me to a new interesting site:  www.iseecolor.com.  It appears to be very time-consuming if you get caught up in some of the forums out there, but some of the conversations are very interesting.

Facebook is killing me with their "Reconnect with" suggestions.  What they really should be suggesting is that we delete those friends since it's obvious they never use FB.

'Nuff said.

 

Things to Be Grateful For

I should just go ahead and make 'O the Randomness" a regular weekly featurelike I do Thursday Throwback or Mr. Bungles.

Of course then it wouldn't be very random, now would it?

Speaking of Mr. Bungles, after the President's speech last nite, I'll give you three guesses at who's getting this week's award and your first two don't count.

I found a new guilty pleasure on cable:  "Hoarders".  The only thing is you have to make sure you're not eating while you're watching it.  Found that out the hard way.

Allen Iverson going to the Memphis Grizzlies is about the saddest thing in the NBA since Jordan came out of retirement to play for the Wizards.  Almost.

HUGE game this weekend here in Iowa.  Iowa State vs. Iowa.  In Ames, no less.  I thought for a second there that ISU would be in trouble, but after seeing Iowa against UNI, I like our chances.

FINALLY got the tags for my car.  It would have been nice if the dealer told me they had them there instead of me sitting here thinking they were going to be mailing them to me.

My break from horror films is going to have to wait until after I watch "[REC]" which is already on its way here from Netflix.

I ashamedly admit that I have a little inkling to see "Sorority Row" after the trailers make it look rather interesting.

Then again, I though that with "The Final Destination 3D" and we saw how well that worked out.

I know they're frat and all, but I swear if get ONE more e-mail on Facebook and/or see one more post about the Alpha Eta chapter Back -to-School party...

I'm finally beginning to slowly navigate my way around West Des Moines.  Just so I can end up moving again in a couple of weeks.

New favorite site to past the time : Evony. 

Someone remind me to defrag my hard drive tonite because my lappy is running WAY slow.

So I'm guess I'm going to the Norwalk football game tonite since G wants to see my former high school play football.  This should be interesting.  Norwalk's football program has never been very impressive.

All-4-One reunited, huh?  Well I guess if New Kids can go touring, then why not All-4-One?  Even though their group is just a Boyz II Men knock-off.

I'm still holding out for that Troop reunion.

Last nite's game was a heckuva way to kick off the NFL season.  Yet an even further reminder that baseball needs to go somewhere and stay gone.

The Iowa Air National Guard recruiter won't return my calls regarding OCS.  That must be a sign.

Some folks really need to realize that closed-toe sandals were designed specifically with them in mind.  Elegant nail polish is not going to hide the fact that you got some jacked up feet.

'Nuff said.

 

 

Random Pic of the Day

O the Randomness

Seriously thinking about moving to Houston.

Not looking forward to this weekend when Elijah returns home and G leaves just to be moving to Ames shortly.

Although I will be glad when I am settled in one place as opposed to having my things in a few different locations.

Lots of crazy things going on in the news that I haven't even mentioned lately...

How did I miss the fact that we had a meteor shower?  That would have been pretty cool to see.

This kid's parents want to blame YouTube for him setting himself on fire.  Umm...if your kid sets himself on fire regardless of what reason, he apparently already had some issues that YouTube had nothing to do with.

Michael Vick may go to the Bears?  I can see that.  Lovie Smith is just the coach that he would need. 

Some woman "not in her senses" threw a mug at the Mona Lisa.  Have you ever really taken a good look at that painting?  I've always wondered why it's a classic when dude (yep...I said it) is really pretty homely looking.  Not that it warrants a mug being thrown at it, but I'm just sayin'...

State Fair starts tomorrow.  I know I said I wasn't going to go because of the whole MJ butter sculpture ridiculous but Elijah and G really want to.  So I guess I'm going to the Fair afterall.

Speaking of MJ...I swear if ONE more person comes forward talking about he/she is the biological parent of one of his shorties, I just might lose it.

And I'm still not sure what's worse...the idiots that make the claims or the idiots that feel the need to give them screen time by interviewing them.

I'm looking forward to seeing  "Inglorious Bastards" even though I never saw the original.

So glad NFL has started.  Don't care if it's preseason.  I'll watch an NFL preseason game over ANY type of baseball game any day of the week.

This healthcare fuss continues to amaze me.  I see now why all the past presidents were always afraid to address it during their administrations.

I need to do a blogroll cleansing like I did on FB.  Some of my blogroll friends haven't updated their blogs in months.

It's pretty sad that when I watch "iCarly" with G, I end up laughing at more of the jokes than he does.  It is a surprisingly good show though.

Women my mom's age should NOT be getting tats.  As a matter of fact, guys my dad's age shouldn't either. 

'Nuff said.

O the Randomness

I'm a little surprised that Kobe Bryant's introduction at Staples Center is so plain.  They say his name like he's just a normal player.  I would have thought the announcer would give his name more flare since he's basically the reason the Lakers are where they are.

Isn't about time they go ahead and update the NBA logo to Michael Jordan's silhouette? 

I guess Amway is still around since they apparently own an entire arena.  That doesn't come cheap.  But I'll be doggone if I have ever seen anyone selling Amway lately.

Thoughts and prayers definitely go out to the Mike Tyson and his family for the loss of his 4-year-old daughter.  However, I can't help but wonder how in the world she was left unattended long enough to get tangled up in a treadmill cord.  Can't wait to hear the story of how that was possible.

I have a new pet peeve.  I know...hard to believe there is something that actually irritates me, huh?  Anyway, it's people that walk in the street when there's  a perfectly good sidewalk available.  Makes me just hope there's a puddle close by so I can drive thru it and soak them.

Found another off-the-wall website for you all to check out.  AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com.  I check it out at least once a week.  Those pictures are straight comedy.  See for yourself with the image I attached.  You know you got issues if you and/or your family end up on this site.

The online streaming is up and running at work again.  I can finally hear Doug and DeDe on the Ride in the afternoon. 

Now that the streaming is back, what's up with them not doing DeDe's Five Things You Need to Know Right Now anymore?  Or did they just change the time they do it and I'm missing it?

Chris Anderson, aka "The Birdman" from the Denver Nuggets is a straight up BEAST!  He could mess around and get Defensive Player of the Year next year if he applies himself.

So Ashton Kutcher might stop Twittering over some controversy about a possible Twitter reality show.  Not sure which is more ridiculous...the fact that someone thinks a reality show about Twitter is a good idea or that Ashton not Twittering anymore made one of the top stories on CNN.

As promised, I didn't watch any of the actual competition portion of "American Idol" this season.  Didn't see the point.  However, I once again think it's hilarious that folks are claiming there were voting irregularities.  "American Idol" possibly rigged?!  Get out!

I never will understand the whole sneaker collection infatuation.  It's definitely a rich people thing.  Us average folks don't have the loot to spend $100+ on a pair of sneakers that you can only wear a couple of times (or not at all) because you want to preserve their authenticity

It's been a couple of days now since we last heard from Crazy Dick.  Cheney's about due for another one of his outbursts.  Funny how he's in the White House for 8 years and the most we ever hear out of him is apologizing about shooting his friends in the face while his boss screws us all over.  But NOW he wants to act like he has something to say.  Uh-huh...I'm gonna need you to go somewhere, sit down and shut up.

'Nuff said.

Hump Day Humor

Random Pic of the Day

It's been a minute since I've done a random pic and I could not think of many more better ones than this.  Thanks Creole...

The Presidential Address

Normally, I would have had a post like this one out here much more timely.  I just caught up doing too much multitasking last night and before I knew it, I had crashed.  I was sitting there trying to keep up with the frenzied Facebook updates commenting on the speech, listening to the speech myself, getting two stubborn boys ready for bed, making mental notes on what I wanted to say....  Therefore, I figured it was best to just wait until today so I had time for it all to soak in.

First and foremost, let me say that from the moment that President Obama was announced, that entire surreal feeling overcame me again.  Is it just me or do some of you still watch him speaking and continue to think it's too good to be true that he is our President?  It's barely been a month now since the inauguration so I guess that stands to reason that it's not completely sunk in even yet.

Among the several things he said that struck a chord with me was that he indicated they are going to cut about $1 trillion off the deficit in the next decade.  Once he starts making good on his promise to get the troops home, that will make a HUGE difference in saving our money.  Just as President Obama stated, in the past, the administration never wanted to talk about the price tag of the war, but it was that very philosophy that has been having our tax money spent needlessly   abroad when it could have been doing more benefit at home.

If I did not know any better, I'd think Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was the president of the President Obama fan club.  She couldn't jump up to give him standing ovations fast enough.  It's almost as if she was having a competition with the rest of the officials there to see if she could be the first one standing.  The funniest thing about that was that you could tell VP Joe Biden was getting tired of it.  That's what I like about that guy.  It's hard for him to be disingenuous because his facial expressions always let you know where he's at.

The story of bank president Leonard Abess was very impressive.  Not many American CEOs today would take a $60 million bonus and give it back to his employees.  However, I'm not buying the whole thing about him not telling anyone and the local newspaper just happened to catch wind of it.  How much do you want to bet they were "accidentally" tipped off?  Still, it was a fantastic gesture on Abess's part. 

Events like that always make me a little nervous from a security standpoint.  Not so much when Bush was in office, but definitely now that President Obama is.  They have the President, the VP, the entire Supreme Court, the Speaker of the House, the President's cabinet...all of those folks all in one place.  If someone took out that one building, we would be screwed for leadership. 

President's Obama's speech sounded much more like a speech he would give trying to get into office rather than one while he's already there.  It was full of many ideas and plans of how we're going to get to a better place, but not many specific details.  However, I have no problem with that at all. What he was doing was laying out the syllabus for us.  Again, he's only been there less than a month so the details are still getting worked out.  Much of it requires Congressional support so part of the reason for the speech was to hold them accountable as well.

As for the GOP rebuttal by Governor Bobby Jindal's rebuttal, it was pretty useless.  I tuned out after just a few minutes into it.  You would think the Republicans would have found someone more charismatic to represent them for a retort.  You can't follow up an eloquent speaker with someone that looks and sounds like they are struggling to read from a cue card. What happened to Rep. J.C.  Watts?  I thought he was supposed to be the GOP's ace-in-the-hole for moments just like this one? 

I can never get enough of hearing President Obama speak.  As I have often mentioned before, it is SO refreshing to have someone in that office who possesses the intelligence to represent our country.  This was the first Presidential Address I have watched in its entirety and thanks to the fact that we finally have a President who knows what he's doing, it won't be the last.

The Presidential Mulligan

We all saw the Inauguration that made history, right?  Which means we all saw how Chief Justice John Roberts had a little mishap with the oath.  It seemed inconsequential at the moment, but a lot of folks are blowing it way out of proportion.

I seriously can't believe there has been such a big deal made out of this.  It's just more proof that the President Obama-haters out there really have nothing better to do.  More than that, they are so desperate to take any potshots they can at his administration just because their sorry excuse for a candidate (...cough...McBush...cough...) didn't have what it takes to make it.

My favorite part of the whole story was where it clearly stated that per the Constitution, Obama became president at noon Tuesday without taking the oath. 

In other words, Obama didn't even have to take the oath to become the President.  For those that need the proof in black and white, here it is straight from the original document:

Section 1: The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin...

So contrary to what the online jokesters imply, no...Condi Rice was NOT the first Black President.  It clearly states "their successors".  The President Elect is the rightful successor to the President so there you have it.

Still, it does amuse me that there has been such a big hubbub out of the whole thing.  So much that they felt compelled to do it over again?  President Obama knew it wasn't necessary.  He knew by the terms of the Constitution he was already President.  As a matter of fact, he didn't even have an unkind word to say about the Chief Justice for screwing it up.  He even scolded (albeit visually) his Veep when Biden tried to joke about it.  Because that's the type of class that President Obama brings to the position.  Too bad that hasn't been seen in that office in a LONG time.