Archive for November 17th, 2011

By the way…

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

…thanks to Jay G. for reminding us that Saturday is National Ammo Day.

I’m thinking about picking up some .45 Long Colt for one of my Smiths.

Saturday is also World Toilet Day.

We recommend you celebrate both holidays in a safe and appropriate fashion.

Hail, Columbia!

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

No, wait, we can’t.

The Columbia marching band won’t be allowed to play for this Saturday’s final game. Apparently, it bothered the administration that the band used alternative lyrics for the Columbia fight song.

Not including one-game seasons in the 1870s, this could be the seventh year Columbia loses all its games and the 11th time Columbia goes 0-7 in the Ivy League.

This, in turn, reminds me of an article I found over the weekend. (I was searching Google to see if a college football team had forfeited a game in recent memory.)

ESPN’s list of the worst college football teams of all time. Columbia (from 1983-1988) is #4. (By the way, the “teams” description is ESPN’s, not mine.)

Still alive.

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Just not much to write about, and working on a final project for school.

I feel like I should write something about the Austin F1 race, but I don’t know what to make of the situation at the moment. It feels like a huge scam, but I can’t tell who is scamming who.

I also feel like I should write something about the passage of HR822, but:

  1. Other people said it better.
  2. Okay, so it passed the House. It still has to pass the Senate, and be signed into law. When it becomes law, then I’ll celebrate. But I think there’s still a long road to travel.

I also feel like I should write something about the Astros situation. Not that I care about baseball, but I have covered it before. The problem I have is that almost all of the coverage at this point is speculative; ask  me again after today’s meeting, when a final deal is (or is not) made.

Edited to add: Okay, it is now official. Jim Crane is the new owner of the Astros.

As part of the deal, Crane was required to give baseball the power to move the Astros to the American League West. That move is expected to happen in 2013, but won’t be finalized until the sport’s new collective bargaining agreement is in place.