Thoughts

You just cannot replace the Space Shuttle with Ares and Orion. Can anybody tell me that these look nearly as good as the Shuttle? Do these inspire as much as the Shuttle? I understand that they’re capable of reaching the Moon and beyond, but for low Earth orbit work… WHY RETIRE THE SHUTTLE? Why not build modern ones? I cry. WATER landings (or possibly parachute land landings)? Is this the 60’s again?The Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle and Ares I Launch Vehicle lifting off:Orion in space:The Ares V cargo launch vehicle on the pad:Now compare to the shuttle:Liftoff:You’ll never see this again… no flying with Orion:Liftoff, again:If nothing else, a generation of photographers weeps.

As if we didn’t already know this, this should make it clear that Jon Stewart should be the one running for President.

Jon Stewart on Arlen Specters tape destruction investigation.

Arlen Specter is an embarrassment to this country. I dearly hope his constituents remember this next time he comes up for reelection.

If Jon Stewart didn’t make this so funny, if we just saw this as it is… we’d be crying, not laughing.

Now, The Onion is something I no longer read regularly. It’s more or less predictable humor that gets old fast. That being said, there’s occasionally a gem. In that vein, I present to you: Do we really want another black president?

I do think the article is missing some facts, however. Despite giving kudos to President Huge Black Guy, it forgets that HBG also planned a strike against the evil Mr. Zorg that decimated the fleet to no avail. In fact, it increased the power of the evil.

So, I’m still trying to decide what to do with this blog, or even if it’s worth continuing.  I go through spurts of writing in it, but obviously I don’t write regularly… and really, who wants to read a general purpose blog about nothing inparticular.  Perhaps I should find a niche.  Or stop.  I’ll probably do neither, of course.

Best. Song. Ever.

http://www.burlysports.com/video/20402#/search/videos/relevance/ryan+parker+superman

OK seriously, this Sunday night Superbowl stuff needs to stop.  I want to go get drunk and watch the game (esp when the Giants are in it!).  But I’m like, a working professional or something now.  I have to go to work in the morning.  Even if I can handle being drunk the night before, it means I can’t go far to watch the game (this year I’m going up to Boston… no idea how I’m going to get to work on time in the morning).

Since the NFL is obsessed with Superbowl Sunday, I propose a different solution.  Move it to Presidents Day weekend.  Sure we (as professionals) don’t generally get the day off, but a lot of people do, and we can at least plausibly take it off.  Perhaps combine this with the talk about going to an 18 game season (and eliminating pre-season) that has been going around.

So I hear on the radio on the way to work this morning that tonight is Bushie Boys last State of the Union address.  What is he expected to talk about?  Iraq.  Iraq and how we’ve improved their lives, their country, in the long run.  Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not.  I don’t really feel like arguing about it.  But last I checked, he wasn’t the president of Iraq.  He was the President of the United States of America.

Tell me one thing he’s done for the United States.

The problem with blogging is that whenever enough is going on that you have something to blog about, you’re too busy to blog.

What has happened in the last couple weeks?

The Giants are NFC Champions.

Bush is a giant turd (nothing new there).

Fred Thompson dropped out of the race.

Stewart & Colbert are back on the air.

Eli Manning is my hero.

I need a permanent job.

Eli is the real Manning.

I beat the interwebz.

Solitaire is awesome.

But I don’t have time to blog about any of those.

There’s nothing worse than being at work, except for being at work with nothing to do.  I swear, I must have defeated the interwebz.  I don’t even remember the end guy being particuarly difficult.

It has just been that kind of day, where there’s no one at work and nothing to do - even when I purposely go looking for work!  I drafted one complaint today (I work for a law firm) and that was it.  Hell, I didn’t even finish the complaint, because I need feedback from a senior partner before I’m sure I’m doing it right, and he either hasn’t been around or has been busy all day.

If I have to be at work, I want to be busy at work, it makes the day go much faster, no?