Ok, sometimes I even scare myself. For those of you who caught yesterday's posting you saw that I made some predictions about what the most hyped event of the summer was going to be. I made two suggestions. The first was that there would be an amusement park ride that killed some people and the second was in regards to clowns who were also bankrobbers. Well, less than 24 hours later, I saw this. If you don't believe me, you can check the time-stamp on when yesterday's posting made it up to the site. So, this obvisously can mean only one thing: somewhere in America there is a clown trying to figure out how to get a ski-mask over a gigantic red nose.
~Creskin
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
I know its not Monday, but....
A couple of news items to get to in the post. First, to comment on all the comments that everyone left regarding the Global Warming post, I couldn't agree more. And by saying that, I mean that I agree that you should be agreeing with me. Glad to see that my years of subtle influence are starting to pay off.
Also, I want to comment on a tangent that was started in the comments section regarding the media and their ability to hype certain events. The current floods are a great example of this. Also, is it just me or is this the first time you ever remember weathermen saying that the floods were going to start at a certain time? For those of you who do not live in the northeastern part of the United States, we have had substanial rainfall over the past week. The National Weather Service has been issuing flood watches, warnings, etc. However, last night they actually said that the flooding would start at X hour today. I never remember this before. I thought floods were things that just happened. Like you're at home and sitting in your Lay-Z-Boy and all of the sudden you see the microwave floating by.
As an off-shoot of the Death Pool, we should take side bets on what the most media-hyped event of the summer will be. Last year it was the hurricanes. A few years ago it was shark attacks and the DC sniper. My guess is that this year its going to be either some kind of amusement park ride that kills mutliple people or clowns who moonlight as bankrobbers. Could go either way at this point.
Today I caught wind of a piece of legislation that is currently being debated in the U.S. Senate. Now, realize that we are currently mired in a war that is costing billions of dollars a year, the country lacks universal health care coverage, and the government is starting to pry into our phone records and bank transactions. And we decide to focus our energies here. Awesome. Glad to see that our elected representatives are on top of things. All that money I spent on rhinestone sunglasses and a Don "Magic" Juan replica goblet is down the drain.
Finally, as some of you may know, today is one of my favorite days of year. Why, you ask? Its NBA draft night, thats why. Another year to put the now famous "Cleofus Theory" (you'll have to scroll down a bit) to the test. And I figured that this would be the perfect time to review how wonderfully the Theory performed in the past year. Quite frankly, I haven't seen busts like this since that Jenna Jameson video. My god, I even picked a guy (Fran Vasquez) who didn't even feel like playing in the league last year. Now, I know what you're going to say. "Dumbass, you picked 3/5's (Bogut, Williams, Villanueva) of the league's All-Rookie First Team." It's ok. Genius is often confused with insanity. My only reply is....wait. We'll see how these guys look three seasons from now. By the way, Rookie of the Year, Chris Paul, not on the list. So, score one for the good guys. Expect to see the '06 Cleofus list sometime in the near future.
That's enough for now. I'm going to go put on a poncho and wait for my crib to float away.
~Kevin
Also, I want to comment on a tangent that was started in the comments section regarding the media and their ability to hype certain events. The current floods are a great example of this. Also, is it just me or is this the first time you ever remember weathermen saying that the floods were going to start at a certain time? For those of you who do not live in the northeastern part of the United States, we have had substanial rainfall over the past week. The National Weather Service has been issuing flood watches, warnings, etc. However, last night they actually said that the flooding would start at X hour today. I never remember this before. I thought floods were things that just happened. Like you're at home and sitting in your Lay-Z-Boy and all of the sudden you see the microwave floating by.
As an off-shoot of the Death Pool, we should take side bets on what the most media-hyped event of the summer will be. Last year it was the hurricanes. A few years ago it was shark attacks and the DC sniper. My guess is that this year its going to be either some kind of amusement park ride that kills mutliple people or clowns who moonlight as bankrobbers. Could go either way at this point.
Today I caught wind of a piece of legislation that is currently being debated in the U.S. Senate. Now, realize that we are currently mired in a war that is costing billions of dollars a year, the country lacks universal health care coverage, and the government is starting to pry into our phone records and bank transactions. And we decide to focus our energies here. Awesome. Glad to see that our elected representatives are on top of things. All that money I spent on rhinestone sunglasses and a Don "Magic" Juan replica goblet is down the drain.
Finally, as some of you may know, today is one of my favorite days of year. Why, you ask? Its NBA draft night, thats why. Another year to put the now famous "Cleofus Theory" (you'll have to scroll down a bit) to the test. And I figured that this would be the perfect time to review how wonderfully the Theory performed in the past year. Quite frankly, I haven't seen busts like this since that Jenna Jameson video. My god, I even picked a guy (Fran Vasquez) who didn't even feel like playing in the league last year. Now, I know what you're going to say. "Dumbass, you picked 3/5's (Bogut, Williams, Villanueva) of the league's All-Rookie First Team." It's ok. Genius is often confused with insanity. My only reply is....wait. We'll see how these guys look three seasons from now. By the way, Rookie of the Year, Chris Paul, not on the list. So, score one for the good guys. Expect to see the '06 Cleofus list sometime in the near future.
That's enough for now. I'm going to go put on a poncho and wait for my crib to float away.
~Kevin
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Global Warming warning
First, let me just preface all of this by saying that I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about. None whatsoever. I hope that someone can point me to some scientific study that refutes all my arguments.
Anyway, I keep hearing all of this talk about global warming. In fact, just today there was an article that I read showing the effects. However, am I correct in saying that there have been a couple of ice ages in history? I think so. So, evidently there were points a long time ago, before "greenhouse gases" and ozone depletion, when the Earth's temperature climbed dramatically. Also, am I wrong in being slightly sceptical of temperature readings done 200 years ago? Let's revisit that by-gone era for a moment, shall we? Think about what daily life was like for them, and try to correlate that with scientific accuracy. Doesn't happen for ya, doesn't it? Or, at the very least, is it wrong to at least bring up the idea that temperatures that have risen 1 degree over the past century have been incredibly STABLE?
Call me crazy, but maybe we are just using the terms incorrectly. We have been conditioned to equate "global warming" with a rise in the Earth's temperature, due to man-made factors. Maybe we need to agree that the temperature may be rising, but it might not have anything to do with the cars that we drive or the factories we build. Maybe our "global warming" is just the latest upward trend in a cycle that has last millions of years.
Again, your comments are appreciated.
~Kev
Anyway, I keep hearing all of this talk about global warming. In fact, just today there was an article that I read showing the effects. However, am I correct in saying that there have been a couple of ice ages in history? I think so. So, evidently there were points a long time ago, before "greenhouse gases" and ozone depletion, when the Earth's temperature climbed dramatically. Also, am I wrong in being slightly sceptical of temperature readings done 200 years ago? Let's revisit that by-gone era for a moment, shall we? Think about what daily life was like for them, and try to correlate that with scientific accuracy. Doesn't happen for ya, doesn't it? Or, at the very least, is it wrong to at least bring up the idea that temperatures that have risen 1 degree over the past century have been incredibly STABLE?
Call me crazy, but maybe we are just using the terms incorrectly. We have been conditioned to equate "global warming" with a rise in the Earth's temperature, due to man-made factors. Maybe we need to agree that the temperature may be rising, but it might not have anything to do with the cars that we drive or the factories we build. Maybe our "global warming" is just the latest upward trend in a cycle that has last millions of years.
Again, your comments are appreciated.
~Kev
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
This is only a test
I am thinking about switching my blog provider because the old one is beginning to irritate me greatly. Also, I am just waiting for this blog to go global, and I'm not sure that the old one would be able to support all that traffic. Just let me know what you think.
~Kevin
~Kevin
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