While walking into The Charcoal Pit, I heard this 7-ish year-old boy say plainly to his mother, "I feel bad for old people." Empathy is so cute at that age.
There's a snow ski rental shop in town which sign reads: "Gone water skiing. Be back in November." It's not even that funny, but I laugh every time I see it.
I officially cannot figure out the Steelers. I haven't picked their game correctly since Week 1.
I bought Season 1 of Battlestar Galactica (the "re-imagined" Sci-Fi Channel version) even though I've never watched any of the series before. Why? I liked the concept - it takes place in a sister galaxy (as in, these guys aren't from Earth) where evil robots from space nuke all twelve human planets, reducing the entire population to a space caravan of the Galactica and several civilian ships. Plus, actress Grace Park is not an unattractive lady.
So far it's like 24 in space. They battle the odds, fight the Cylons (the evil robots), solve crisises on large and small scales, the military squabbles with politicians, you never know which characters to trust (the Cylons can look human! gasp!), stuff like that. Sadly, there's no Jack Bauer-ish uber protagonist that the whole audience can get behind. Also, it's annoying how the Cylons seemingly steal lines from Christian sermons - urging the humans to repent from their sins and accept the love and grace of a one-true god* - all while killing literally billions of people without so much as a warning. I guess they're going for moral ambiguity - who knows. I still like the show despite it's use of religion. Anyway, it you like some good Sci-Fi drama, check BSG out.
Should the Saints switch Reggie Bush to wideout? Maybe it's too early, but the way he's struggled running the ball but excelled in catching it - it makes you wonder.
Not a big fan of the Bronco's all-blue look. They look like 250-pound blueberry popscilces. With a hint of orange, of course.
I bought Mere Christianity the other day on a whim. Maybe I subconsciously wanted to balance out my heathen TV show, or maybe I was tired of reading endless legal cases. Either way, I'm very much enjoying Lewis's writing, especially his way of putting things in a way that I - and I'm sure many other Christians - always knew to be true but could never quite correctly express.
Adam Dunn might be available. If the Red Sox somehow trade for him, I will personally drive to Boston and hug Theo Epstein. Or at least think about it. Although it's probably just another sportswriter obsessing over strikeouts and batting average - completely ignoring how Dunn is a gives you a .380 OBP and 40+ home runs, something only a select few players can achieve.
Hey, remember when I put pictures in these posts? Yeah, those were the days.
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*FYI, virtually the only difference between the BSG culture and our own, besides the advanced technology, is that the predominant human religion is some weird polytheistic mix between Greek mythology and Mormonism. The original series was created by a Mormon, so I guess that has something to do with it.
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Yeah, I don't get them either. I thought they'd be good, they started out terrible. Then when I gave up on them they started winning again. Yeesh.
Battlestar Galactica. Wow. Don't tell me you've got a pocket protector and Pokemon...
Mere Christianity is an awesome book.
It's a good thing Dunn walks so much. Otherwise, he'd be... not as good.
I know, I know, but BSG is much less nerdy than you'd think. It's more like a military drama then something like Star Trek. There aren't any weird aliens, or lasers, or photon torpedos, or instant food-maker things. It's almost exactly like a modern day aircraft carrier or submarine, only in space, and you're fighting robots instead of communists.
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