Raiders Win

A struggling team gets a win anyway they can. Relying on Janikowski to make a 57 yd field goal in overtime is not a way to win often but it worked today. It didn't help that the Raiders dropped a pass on 3rd down that would have got them at least another ten yards to make it less nerve wracking, but a win is a win. The Raiders are now 2-4 and are much better then KC, Detroit and Cincinnati.

Hoover Invitational Band Competition

Yesterday Sparkman participated in this. I will post video of their performance alter. Here are some photos from the other competitors.

Smithereens Behind the Wall of Sleep

Smithereens greatest song. I saw them at the Bayou in 1992, now blown up sadly. Was not on any of their albums after they made it big in 1990+.

Watching Watching The Kings The Beat Goes On

Future Socialism in the US

If this is the kind of idea that the Obama administration is going to throw out you may as well start nationalizing everything. Obama calls for 90-day moratorium on foreclosures. There is certainly no impetus to try and run a business with this kind of governance.

Oh yeah, it makes me feel like an idiot for paying my mortgage every month. One payment and I could have the 50"+ flatscreen I have always wanted.

Comment Spam

If you didn't know I write the DefenseProcurementNews.com site as well, which is about a 100 times more popular then this one. I get significant comment spam there which I have to wade through every day. Most of them are porn or prescription drug related. Today we hit the big time with "pornstar soma" as comment spam melding the two memes.

Price of Gas

I have just spent the last week in Walt Disney World. While there I didn't have internet and tried not to watch the news so for a week I really didn't pay attention to anything. The price of gas during the trip was interesting. When we left HSV it was about $3.60 and that is what we paid on the trip south through Alabama and Florida. When we got to Disney their gas station was bout $3.50. It was $3.35 when we left. On the local news by Thursday they were freaking out about a station charging $2.99. On the way home it varied between $3.60 and $3.09. At home it is now down to $2.91. I guess the economic crisis is good for a few things.

Trip to Disneyworld

We just completed a five day trip to Disneyworld. Hit all four parks with the Magic Kingdom twice. Here are a few selected shots:

Arsenal - A Tale of Two Teams

Arsenal either loses by one or blows you out. Both losses in the Premiership have been by 1 goal on set plays, but Arsenal has several blowouts. Yesterday they beat Porto 4-0 putting them will in control of Group G. After a few days of agonizing over the size of their defense, they go and control the game and Robin Van Persie and Abedayor get 2 each. Hopefully this team will show up against Bolton.

Geek Humor of the 21st Century

Combine Jonathan Coulton and IT Crowd and what do you get?

David and David "Boomtown"

Greatest hit from their only album. California rock of the early Eighties at its finest.

American Spectator Blog Wars

I am not sure who Ross Douthat is, or why he earned Robert Stacey McCain's enmity but these three posts from the American Spectators AmSpec Blog strike me as rather humorous:


"The Curse of Douthatism - Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 7:19:55 PM

Another elitist advocate of eat-your-broccoli politics:

Even though most Americans claim to oppose the bailout, the House GOP's obstructionism is widely viewed as having worsened the economic situation . . .

What an Everest of haughty Harvard-educated condescension is contained in the phrase "most Americans claim to oppose the bailout." The same establishment insiders who did nothing to avert the disaster offer their expert solution to the problem -- foisting a $700 billion burden on the taxpayers -- and the people who angrily answered, "Hell, no!" are credited only with claiming to oppose the bailout. Obviously, without benefit of an Ivy League education, nobody actually knows what they believe.

Posted By: Robert Stacy McCain"


"Re: The Curse of Douthatism - Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 8:33:03 PM


1. You have the wrong link for the Douthat item. Here's the right one.

2. Your long standing hatred for the man has led you to spectacularly misread what he had to say.


Posted By: Jeremy Lott"


"Re: The Curse of Douthatism - Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 9:11:16 PM

Well, Jeremy, considering I disagree with just about everything Douthat has ever written, I suppose one link was as good as another, eh?

Posted By: Robert Stacy McCain"

Premiership like the NFL

In the NFL they say on any given day a team can beat another no matter how much better they are by record. The Premiership this year is getting like that. First, Hull beats Arsenal and now Wigan beats Man City. Tottanham, once one of the top 5 teams in the league, has crashed so far this year. Maybe someone besides the Big Four will win this year.

Alabama Moves Forward

Despite a furious comeback attempt in the second half, Alabama beat George 41-30 on national television. They dominated the first half running up a 31-0 lead then played well enough to win in the second. This was a game they were not supposed to be competitive in, but Saban demonstrated again that he can recruit and coach.

Auburn hung on to win 14-12 over fading Tennessee relying on a fumble recover in the end zone to win.

With Florida also losing this leaves LSU, Alabama and Vandy as the only undefeated SEC teams. The polls today should be interesting.

Arsenal Stunned at Home

Arsenal somehow loses to Hull 2-1 at home. They were in first place for six days. Pretty scary loss as once again they get shots but struggle to finish. This doesn't bode well for the rest of the season, especially coming off the big 6-0 win in the Carling Cup. Maybe Wenger needs to shake his line up around.