My Mind on Shuffle

So much to comment on, so little of it deserving its own post…

• Nice of winter to finally make it to Chicago, huh?  I can’t remember when the last time we had that many days with below zero temperature.  Of course, I also can’t be bothered to watch the news or look it up to find out.  Oh well.  Either way, I’m ready for spring.
• Pitchers and catchers reported yesterday.  In related news the Cubs placed pitchers Kerry Wood and Mark Prior on the 60 day DL.  Pitching coach, Larry Rothschild noted that they appeared to be “right on schedule to get in their usual workload,” consisting of three in late May or early June before their arms exploded.*
• Tim Hardaway is a douche.  Oh, and apparently he hates gay people, which isn’t going to help his standing any.
• I commented on MTV’s show Engaged & Underage over in Andy’s world recently.  After watching a few more episodes, I’ve decided that this show is evil.  Although it’s nice to see MTV promoting relationships among young people that don’t involve vapid competitions**, I’m not sure they should be encouraging teenagers to run out and get married either.  Youth of America, take my word for it, “underage” engagements (which is not nearly as perverse as it sounds, as far as I can tell, all of the couples are of legal age) are a bad idea***, so I can’t imagine the marriages being much better.  I know you can’t wait to run off and get married so that you can have sex, be given away by your brother instead of your still-living-but-not-involved dad (gee, I wonder why she’s getting married so young, can you say daddy issues?****), move into a trailer on your parents’ property once you “run out of money” or slash your food budget by “living off sandwiches”***** but can’t it at least wait until you’re old enough to not be a flaming moron?  Just something to think about.
• Someone needs to end the Blu-ray / HDDVD debate pretty quick, cause my dvd player is getting kind of sad and I refuse to wind up with the BETA of dvds.  I don’t even care who wins, let’s just get it done.

*God, please don’t let any of that happen.

**See Next, Room Raiders, Parental Control and a host of other dating shows where contestants are put through various humiliating and shallow ordeals to win cash and prizes including: a date with the show’s featured single, cash money, a life time of ridicule or even the clap!

***That’s a story for another day, but trust me, I’ll get around to it.

****I knew you could!

*****These events were all taken from the shows.  My favorite was the sandwiches.  Groom-to-be couldn’t understand how they would spend eighty bucks a week on food.  “My mom just buys me like a pound of turkey and I eat sandwiches all week.  I’m good with that.”