Putin on the Hits.

I am in a good mood. I got the position I wanted at my employer. I enjoyed a very entertaining Monday Night Football game. Even the markets are starting on an mild upswing today. I really believe Obama is going to do very well in tonight's debate and I think I am going to have to plan someway and somehow to go to a historic inauguration.

So as I am checking my email, I see this headline:

Judo Black Belt Putin shows off moves in DVD.

Putin cracks me up. When Bush talked about looking into the soul of Putin, maybe it was because Putin put a nasty judo chop to his neck and Bush was dizzy. Putin is the guy that heisted Robert Kraft's SuperBowl Ring.

Vladimir Putin is 56 years old today. I am wishing him a happy birthday, so he doesn't put a smackdown on my ass or steal any of my stuff.

I think we need a showdown between Vladimir Putin and Chick Norris.

New Position

After 4 months of aggravation, I am changing positions at my employer. I am moving from the accounting department to the marketing department.

My new position is the Competitive Media Analyst. I will gather, prepare and present media information to help our clients make effective media buys. That's sounds pretty good. I will essentially be a professional information junkie. Pretty cool.

Overtime Baseball

I don't know what it is about extra-inning playoff baseball that always pulls me in. It is currently top of the 12th inning of a 4-4 game between the Red Sox and the Angels.

Each pitch can be ecstasy or agony. I love how the crowd ohhs and moans and cheers with every play.

Who needs sleep when you have playoff baseball?

It was 13 years ago today, That Mr. Simpson Barely Got Away

But not today O.J.!

OJ was found guilty of 12 counts of robbery and kidnapping in Nevada yesterday. It was 13 years to the day that he was acquitted of killing his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. I remember that day like it was yesterday. I felt sadness and I wondered how it leave race relations in America. It also highlighted the class warfare that at times transcends racial issues. Now 13 years later, we have a black man in great position to become the next president and our government has signed a new rescue (bailout) plan for $840 billion dollars. I believe race is still an issue, but class might be surpassing it. The bailout, to me, is about wall street bankers taking stupid risks, mortgage companies taking stupid risks, consumers taking stupid risks, house flippers taking stupid risks. Why? The American need for more. More house, more money. Keeping with the Britneys, Sex in the City shoes, the Entourage lifestyle, everyone wanting to be the playa or big baller. Most of us want to be in the exclusive, VIP, high-end part of life. I am guilty as anyone. I believe this is such a chance in history to re-evaluate who we are as Americans and what the purposes of capitalism and government. I just feel this is a great opportunity for America the lead and be revolutionary again. I have no reason for it, it is sometime I just really believe.

More Thoughts on the Debate.

After reading the reviews and listening to the pundits, I have some questions.

If Sarah Palin doesn't want to answer any questions except the ones she hears in her head, how can she be accountable?

Why is the country full of Joe Six Packs? What about Jane Six Pack? What about soccer dads?

Why do we need more of Wasilla, Alaska in Washington D.C.? Doesn't D.C. have enough of a drug problem?

I think my problem with McCain/Palin is their idea of main street America. That smells kinda exclusive to me. I think it is a subtle version of fear mongering. Let's face it, the country is changing. Nixon's silent majority includes people of color, gay people, people of different or no religious faith.

The debate was good. Biden and Palin are professionals. People will have to make the choice between substance and style. I must admit, I love when Joe Biden goes third person and when he held his hand up to his ear.

Thoughts of the Vice Presidential Debate

I love Gwen Ifill. Radiant in the green jacket. What great command.

Gov. Palin ask if she can call Senator Biden, Joe. Trying to disarm him.

Question #1 about the financial crisis.

Joe Biden gets the first question and hits it out of the park.

Palin is staying away from the direct question with platitudes. How does watching a kid's soccer game say anything about the economy?

Will she every answer a question?

Don't F*ck with Grandpa Al

Some people are bigger than their own legend. Al Davis just might be one of them. He is the roaring lion in winter.


Al Davis on firing Kiffin

He looks at a junior science teacher scolding his students. How many press conferences have a desk lamp and an overhead projection? This guy is a maverick.