Snap judgments give me whiplash

I'm sure most of you see enough news (or news filtration) to know more about the potential implications of the Hillary-Obama-Thing (H.O.T.*) than me. Here's an amusing summary.

This is just my uninformed opinion, but I really don't think the superdelegates would ever try to trump the cumulative results of the primaries, caucuses, conventions, town hall meetings, hand counts, text message votes, and American Idol call-in votes. Granted, the Republicans have their own in-fighting as they talk themselves into supporting McCain, but everyone is aware that the GOP will get a leg up on the Democrats if the H.O.T. is unresolved. Having the superdelegates trump the cumulative primary/caucus/state convention/American Idol call-in votes would only exacerbate this problem.

*I think this is what we should call this issue from now on.

It's like Chubby Hubby, but just as evil.

So, I have a favorite candy bar, which is the following confluence of flavors:



However, those Blue Bunny bastiches decided to re-create this in ice cream form, destroying Ben & Jerry's dominance of my refrigerator.



It's gooooooood. Sorry if this enables anybody else's addictions.

Why did I root for the Patriots?

Last week, I kept hearing the same thing from people: "I'm rooting for the Giants." The reasons fell along the same line, from the Patriots' (and Boston's) recent success to the videotaping scandal. I found a litany of reasons to explain my support of the Patriots. I knew I would be the only one supporting them, but I did it anyway. I truly wanted to see an undefeated season; I can't expect my favorite team to achieve that.

With some retrospection, at least I can take two things from this: Tiki Barber looks like a complete jackass, and with the muse of heartbreak, maybe Bill Simmons's (the inspiration for the third G in the name of the blog) columns will improve in quality.

A morbid speculation, a conspiracy theory, an honest question (and answer)

##POLITICS WARNING: PLEASE FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS##

I know the country is better now, but I still think if Sen. Obama gets elected, there's bound to be an assassination attempt. Heck, there might be, even if Sen. Clinton gets the nomination. This pessimism was bolstered by Obama being called a "black Kennedy" in Doonesbury. Sigh.

So, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Pat Buchanan, et al. have been questioning Sen. McCain's conservatism lately. As opposed to the Mitt Romney's vacillating opinions from the last fifteen years. What if they are doing it to make him more palatable in the general election? They certainly know how uncommitted voters respond to their brand of vitriol. Has reverse psychology been used at other times in politcal history?

Will these United States ever elect another fat President? (No.)

The second paragraph is rather "re"-heavy

I really enjoy it when the folks at Slate write sniping columns against each other. Recently, Ron Rosenbaum, whom I only notice when he inveighs against something, heaped praise on incandescent bulbs last week. The Green Lantern of Slate's sector, Brendan Koerner, fired off a missive this week in defense of CFLs.

This reminded me of when the webmag's personal firebrand, Christopher Hitchens, wrote an article for Vanity Fair last year, respectfully titled, "Why Women Aren't Funny." This resulted in two responses: columnist Dahlia Lithwick's clever retort in her obituary of Molly Ivins, and Laura Kipnis's book review of humorist Patricia Marx's latest work.

There, I said it.

IPod's headphones suck. I knew about this for years, because of their utter lack of background noise cancelling abilities, which contribute to ear damage from turning up the volume. I had them on for the last 4.5 hours and I can already feel like my ears have been to a concert.

Also, the ear buds fall out constantly, which was quite annoying while I ran this morning.

I'm only making this observation now because until recently, I was able to use other headphones. No more. I think I shall follow the well-travelled Bluetooth route.

Also, I will write later about yesterday's ripping good footballing contest.