Another bad idea

Nothing speaks of desperation as load as putting a bounty on someone. All it says is that we cannot get rid of someone by our own means. The Cook County Republican Party has just put a bounty on Mayor Daley. Click here for story. $10,000 for anyone who can lay a political hiring at Daley's feet.

As long as the party insists on these cheap theatrics, they might as well run clowns for mayor. Oh wait they've all ready tried that.

What if Bigfoot turns out to be someone's father?

So you think you got some of Bigfoot's hair. What do you do with it? Some folks on Canada have decided to run DNA tests on it to find out what the heck Bigfoot is. Click here for story.

But it wouldn't be right if they just simply released in results. Montel Williams should get the donors in the studio. And, with the appropriate dramatic pauses, tell them and the live studio audience just what Bigfoot is. Then the audience will give the proper response of catcalls and shouts.

I just hope it better than "Face/Off"

A doctor at the Cleveland Clinic is planning to conduct a face transplant. Click here for story.

I have now doubts about the surgeon's motives. There are several people who would benefit from such a procedure, ie those who have been scarred and injured. But I also have not doubt that eventually this will become a purely cosmetic surgery similar to breast augmentation.

Changing over all of my electronics

Hey everybody. This week I got DirecTV, SBC long distance and SBC DSL. My house is a maze of wires and boxes. Hopefully we can get the house in some sort of shape next week.

PS yes Phil I am using the desktop

What does it say about our marriage when we buy each other knives for our anniversary?

This weekend, a friend's daughter called and asked if she could show us some knives. She had signed up for Cutco and had to show knives in folk's homes. A real crap job. Well, having had similar crap jobs myself, I agreed to let her show Sarah and I the knives.

So we see these knives, and we decide that we would get some pairing knives. $84 for two knives. Now they seem to be pretty good knives, but $84 is kind of steep. So Sarah suggests that we should give them to each other for our 11th anniversary which is coming up. And as the 11th anniversary is steel, click here, altogether appropriate.

But I still wonder is it better to give or get the bigger or smaller knive?

Not having read the books, I don't know if this is good or not

I'm
a Gryffindor!

How many verbs can be replaced by smurf in 90 minutes?

In 2008, Paramount's Nickelodeon studios is going to release a 3D CGI Smurf movie. Click here for story. But the cooler news is the Transformers movie to be released in 2007.

Game On!

The NHL lockout is over. I hope I can afford to get to a Hawks game. Probably not.

Nick's first comic book

Tonight I had to meet my brother at a comic book store, in order for me to give him my computer to fix. Nothing serious, just some more memory so that my computer can handle the DSL line which will be installed on Thursday.

Well, I decided to take Nick with me to get him out of the house and out of Sarah's way so she could hold Bible Study without him getting in the way. So when I tell Sarah of my plan she informs me that I should show Nick a Captain America book. Nick had apparently told her that he had never seen Captain America in anything, despite the fact that he has a Captain America action figure.

So, we drive to the store, and find Phil. Once we give him the computer I begin to show Nick the books. There were about six teens in the store, playing some RPG that I couldn't identify. I'm sure Nick really annoyed them. As this was Nick's first trip to any comics store, he had a little difficulty repressing his excitement. Superman! Daddy, look Batman! He was just racing from mag to mag pointing. Whenever he saw a character he knew, or thought he knew, he had to announce it.

This goes on for about three minutes, and after that Nick calms down. I figure now is a good time to show Nick Captain America. And after some confusion with the filing system of the store, the clerk points out where it is. So I show Nick the mag and get no reaction. This kid spent the first ten minutes of the car ride to the store getting my assurances that I would show him Captain America. And now that the moment is upon him, he simply doesn't care.

When I had first told Nick that we were going to the store, I mentioned that if he was a good boy, I would get him a comic book. And he was a good boy, so I asked him what he wanted. He scanned the big wall of mags and finally rested on the Fantastic Four. I know he only likes them because of the movie and the relentless marketing of the toys thereof. But, he's starting with the classics, and that's fine with me.

But I hadn't bought a comic book in 15+ years. They're $2.25! What the hell. I'm shelling out $2.25 on a book that Nick can't read, and I sure ain't going to read it to him. So basically, Nick's going to be looking at the pictures. But he likes it and looked at it the whole way home. So I guess it's OK.

Just when is it right to wear the "dinner party bra"

A recent investigative report by the Australian Consumers' Association detailed the failure of high end stores in Australia to fit women into bras that fit. Click here for story. A panel of experts found that only eight of the forty nine bras were the correct size for the woman who purchased it. But the experts also determined that women simply put up with bras that don't fit.

The comments of one of the experts is telling. Deirdre McGhee, a sports physiotherapist, said she regularly treated patients with pain caused by bras. Ms McGhee is a lecturer at Wollongong University and is researching breast biomechanics. Most women chose their bra based on how it looked and did not know that fashion bras were not designed to be supportive or worn for long periods, Ms McGhee said. She called many of the bras her patients wore the "dinner party bra", telling them to throw it out or reserve it for short-term occasions, such as "when you plan to take your top off".

They must have more interesting dinner parties in Australia.

It's amazing that people will pay for my junk

On Saturday, Sarah and I held our first ever garage sale. After living together in marital bliss for almost eleven years, we have managed to accumulate a large amount of crap which we at one time or another decided to keep. But with Amelia taking up the last bedroom upstairs, it became obvious that we needed to get rid of some of our stuff.

The sale went better than I expected. Considering that we were not selling any big items we still managed to make a profit of $80+ bucks. Which is amazing cause I wouldn't have paid $40 for the whole lot. And we still have a whole lot left, which we will be donated to Sarah's former employer.

Most astonishing bold faced lie of the week

Many critics are not only panning Herbie Fully Loaded as being a bad movie. They are also calling it a bad commercial due to the overwhelming amount of product placement ads in the film. Click here for story. In this New York Times Article, David Leener (marketing expert) claims "The 'Herbie' deals were not about money." But instead they were necessary to get the cooperation of Nascar.

This maybe true, but its still all about the money. Herbie Fully Loaded was not some impassioned screenwriter's, director's, producer's or actor's pet project. It's a schlock piece of work that everyone will forget about buy this time next year.

Sox sweep Tampa Bay, Cubs mercifully rained out

There's that scene in Bull Durham where Crash bets that there will be a rain out for the next game. He then proceeds to break into the stadium and turn on the water. Maybe Dusty has something going on with the Tropical Storm that hit Atlanta today. The Cubs haven't won a game in July and are two games below .500. Pathetic

The Sox on the other hand just swept Tampa Bay and have a Major League leading record of 57-26 for a 10.5 game lead over the Twins. And I can still get tickets to the Sox games without going to a broker. In fact, on Monday, September 19 I can still get lower level half price tickets for a game against the Indians. Anybody up for going?

American Beer has a whole Month

The great state of Wisconsin is having a great time honoring everything from root canals to amatuer radio. Click herefor story. Even Emus get a whole week. But lets not forget that July is American Beer Month. Click here for more info.

Well they did invent the "chip"

Jacques circa, which would be a great name for some animated Frenchman, has dissed English cuisine while at the G8 summit in Scotland. Click here for story. The offending remarks were "The only thing the British have given to European farming is mad cow disease." He added: "You can't trust people who cook as badly as that. Apart from Finland, [Britain] is the country where you eat the worst."

Chirac added that France's differences with Nato began after its Scottish former secretary general Lord Robertson offered him a local Scottish specialty, believed to be haggis. Believed to be haggis? What is this world coming to when the head of France cannot identify haggis.

All haggis is a sheep's stomach stuffed with vegetables and suet. Hey the French want you to eat snails.

Who is that masked man challenge!

I've been racking my brain trying to figure out which superhero Michael Stipe looks like.

Looking for an Eighth.

With two months to go until draft day, I need to find one more Coach for the fanasty football league. Due to her father's health problems, and the constant care he needs, Lisa has decided to take a pass this year. So we wish Lisa only the best.

But I still need someone to take her place.

Saving up for the fireworks tonight

Naptime on the Fourth

Fourth of July Photo Op goes bad

Doesn't this picture look like Bush is wearing a huge patriotic hoop skirt?

The Thing prevents a human torch.

At a promotional party for the Fantasic Four, Michael Chiklis saved the wife of the former Australian PM when her boa caught fire. Click here for story.