Today is the worst Saturday for sports in the entire year. College Football basically ended last weekend, with the exception of the Army-Navy game today. The golf season ended long ago...I just can't get into the silly season of golf. And, I'm not a fan of College Basketball, unless it's watching the SDSU Jackrabbits. This all culminates to make it the worst Saturday of the sports year.
Starting next week, we get NFL games on Saturday, and the College Bowl season starts soon. By the middle of January, the PGA Tour will be playing, albeit without Tiger. But, I'm not a Tiger fan anyway, I'm a golf fan, so I'll still watch golf even without Tiger. Yes, I just have to get through today and all will be well in the sporting world.
Thankfully, we had a nice family day today. We had a nice morning. Then, my oldest son wanted to watch a movie, so we settled on "The Princess Bride," which made my list of must see movies. That is always a good time. Then I got to take a short nap, because I'm getting older, and old people nap. I guess this shows that my world doesn't revolve around sports. But it is nice knowing they are there for a fall back, so I anxiously await their return.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Book Review: "The 4400, Promises Broken"
For fans of the TV series "The 4400," the show ended too quickly after only 4 seasons. I count myself among those fans. While I wasn't as disappointed as some with the final episode, I did want to know more. Well, now we have a series of books to tell us more.
"The 4400, Promises Broken" is the 3rd in a series of books that have been released since the series finale, but the first I've read. My wife picked it up for me, without knowing that there were 2 earlier books. But, in my opinion, this book can stand on its own, as long as you watched the TV series.
"Promises Broken" seems to pick up a few months after the series finale. I won't go into too much detail about the book, because if you haven't seen the TV series, it will seem like mumbo jumbo. But, I think if you liked the TV series, you'll like this book. Many of the prominent characters from the show are back in the book. This book is a little more R rated at times than the TV series ever could be, especially with language. But, it never became a distraction. Basically, a good, exciting read.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Spending Our Way to Ruin
Yesterday at bowling, I saw a crawl go across Fox News that read: President Obama says we must "spend our way out of this recession." Huh? What the heck have we been doing? What was the $787 billion stimulus for if not to spend our way out of this recession? What are the record deficits for? This has all come about recently because we have learned that $200 billion of the TARP money will be coming back into the government.
There is one thing I like in the President's latest vague proposal. There's tax breaks, which I would support. In fact, if he wanted to use the entire $200 billion to give tax breaks to small businesses and corporations, I'd be fine with that.
But then he talks about infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges and water projects. That's where I get confused. Isn't that what the Stimulus was supposed to do? I thought it was all about "shovel ready" jobs to get people back to work and get our economy going again. Or was that just a load of cow manure designed to create a government slush fund for Democrat pet projects?
Sorry Barack, but it's time you use the $787 billion we already gave you for what you said you would use it for. With the $200 billion we are getting back from TARP, go ahead use it for tax breaks that help struggling businesses. And don't make it some stupidly complicated program with conditions about doing X, Y and Z to get your tax cut. Keep it simple! Make it an across the board tax cut for businesses...that will get the economy going. Or, better yet, use it to pay down some of the $12 trillion national debt. That way maybe my great, great, great grandchildren won't still be paying off our debts.
There is one thing I like in the President's latest vague proposal. There's tax breaks, which I would support. In fact, if he wanted to use the entire $200 billion to give tax breaks to small businesses and corporations, I'd be fine with that.
But then he talks about infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges and water projects. That's where I get confused. Isn't that what the Stimulus was supposed to do? I thought it was all about "shovel ready" jobs to get people back to work and get our economy going again. Or was that just a load of cow manure designed to create a government slush fund for Democrat pet projects?
Sorry Barack, but it's time you use the $787 billion we already gave you for what you said you would use it for. With the $200 billion we are getting back from TARP, go ahead use it for tax breaks that help struggling businesses. And don't make it some stupidly complicated program with conditions about doing X, Y and Z to get your tax cut. Keep it simple! Make it an across the board tax cut for businesses...that will get the economy going. Or, better yet, use it to pay down some of the $12 trillion national debt. That way maybe my great, great, great grandchildren won't still be paying off our debts.
Monday, December 7, 2009
This made me laugh
Question: What is the difference between a Cadillac and a Golf Ball?
Answer: Tiger Woods can drive a golf ball 300 yards.
I had some serious qualms about whether or not to post that joke, because I feel like I'm piling on a little bit. But Tiger probably doesn't read my blog, and I thought it was too funny not to pass on.
Answer: Tiger Woods can drive a golf ball 300 yards.
I had some serious qualms about whether or not to post that joke, because I feel like I'm piling on a little bit. But Tiger probably doesn't read my blog, and I thought it was too funny not to pass on.
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