Mickey v. Mickey

So, it's Disneyland v. Disney World for the NBA Finals. Not sure I really care all that much. I guess it would be nice to see Orlando take it all, but like I said, not sure I'll be all that interested in watching.

Dad's High Tech Solution

Dad has been up at our house the last couple days working on all sorts of things. Something I had him look at was the lighting in our basement laundry room. We had two lights in there, but the lighting was not all that good. I had asked about possibly adding a third outlet for a light, so as to brighten it up more.

When I came home yesterday, the room was much, much brighter. He had replaced the bulbs we were using with some brighter ones.

Oh yeah, that probably would fix the problem.

Rush Limbaugh and Fran Tarkenton

Fran Tarkenton ripped into Brett Favre recently over how he's gone back and forth over the last few seasons as to whether or not he will retire. Tarkenton is especially irked that he's jerking around his former team, the Vikings, as it appears he wants to get back at Green Bay for not letting him unretire a couple years ago.

When asked if he thought Favre should go to the Vikings, Tarkenton replied, "I kind of hope it happens, so he can fail."

Stern's Worst Nightmare

David Stern, the NBA commissioner, probably didn't sleep well last night. Orlando took out the Cavs in overtime and now lead the series 3 games to 1. It had already been pre-ordained an NBA finals of Kobe v. LeBron. But now it's looking like that will not be the case.

Whoever is carrying the finals on television can't be too happy either. A Nuggets/Magic final would probably be the lowest rated of all time, whereas a Lakers/Cavs would be huge. All I know is this, if it's Nuggets/Magic, I ain't watching.

Back in Action

Yikes, not a fun week. I had gotten to feeling not so well over the weekend, but still came to work. Made it through Monday and Tuesday, but just barely. Meanwhile, Dorene was not doing so well and the kids were coming down with something too. Turns out, we ALL had strep throat.

So, Wednesday and Thursday were spent at home. Anna and Cameron both had field trips at school they had to miss (although they weren't too disappointed). Luckily, we caught Allison in time with an antibiotic before she really got sick. I'd been pretty much fighting something for well over a week, but being in an extremly busy season at work, couldn't take any time off until now.

But, all is well. I'm just about over it and am back at work today. Now, looking forward to the 3-day weekend. Heading to Chicago for the weekend, then to Ohio on Monday.

When Athletes are Idiots

James Harrison, who made the 100-yard touchdown run just before halftime in the Super Bowl, will not be going to the White House this week with the rest of the team. His reasoning?

"This is how I feel -- if you want to see the Pittsburgh Steelers, invite us when we don't win the Super Bowl. As far as I'm concerned, he [Obama] would've invited Arizona if they had won."

So, Obama should just invite the Steelers over some time to just hang out at the White House? Harrison thinks the Cardinals would have been invited had they won? DUH, of course they would have been.

A Tale of Two Commencements

Next week at the Notre Dame Joyce Athletic Center, there will be two commencement ceremonies taking place. The first one involves my workplace, Indiana University South Bend. Several years ago, we ran out of space so we moved our commencement there so that graduates wouldn't be limited to the number of guests that could attend. So for one day, Notre Dame is decked out in IU red. Our special speaker is always the President of IU.

The other commencement ceremony taking place there the following weekend features a speaker you've probably heard of. Yeah, this is when Obama will finally show up in what has been a big controversy in the Catholic Church and the pro-life circles. There has been pressure for the university to rescind it's invitation, but that would never happen. Alan Keyes is coming to town to protest Obama's pro-abortion stance and Randall Terry had already set up shop some time ago. Obama has had an easy go of it so far, a little controversy and protest was bound to happen at some point. I can't say I exactly agree with his stands on abortion, so I say more power to the protesters, but it's not my thing to get out there and march.

I believe this is Obama's first commencement speech. Back in 2001, Notre Dame is also where George W. Bush gave his first commencement speech.

But They Promised Me!

Arlen Specter didn't just give up his GOP affiliation, he just gave up his seniority on two powerful Senate committees. He now drops to the bottom of the heap on the Appropriations Committee, the powerful committee that doles out $$. He also drops to the bottom of the Judiciary Committee, just as it would be firing up to question Obama's Supreme Court nominee. When it comes time to question a nominee, he will ask questions right after Ted Kaufman, who has been a Senator from Montana for 4 months, compared to Specter's 29 years.

I bet he is kinda ticked off right about now, because he said Harry Reid assured him his seniority would remain intact.