Archive for February, 2006

The Suns Win Big

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

I was just perusing ESPN's website, and I came across a link with an interesting description: "Suns build 47-point lead in blowout win." Wow, I thought, who must the Suns have been playing? Atlanta? Toronto? I got to see the Rockets destroy the Clippers on Tuesday night, and now another ...

An Awesome Valentine’s Day

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

For Valentine's Day, Ariele got me two tickets to the Houston Rockets-Los Angeles Clippers basketball game here at the Staples Center last night. Because tipoff was at 7:30pm local time, we had to do a quick dinner, so we hit up Baja Fresh before driving downtown. Burritos and basketball...is there ...

Cheney Shoots Some Dude

Sunday, February 12th, 2006

You read it correctly. Vice President Cheney accidentally shot a man with whom he was hunting in Texas on Saturday. The victim, Harry Whittington, is in intensive care at a Corpus Christi hospital but is reported to be doing well. Now, I can already see at least a dozen Saturday Night ...

Stark Reversal of Position

Friday, February 10th, 2006

This topic already came up after the indictment of Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby, a few months ago in the case involving the leak of the name of an undercover CIA operative. However, I wanted to bring it up again, because I truly do find it ...

A La Carte Cable Channel Selection

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

I had no idea this had actually been seriously discussed before, but it turns out that a recent FCC report may be the first step toward á la carte cable. Á la carte cable is the idea that customers can pick and choose to which cable channels they would like ...

Slow Bureaucratic Paperwork

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

I was watching David Letterman's show tonight, and he did a quick segment that he calls "George W. Bush: What?!" I'm not sure, but I think I've seen other installments of this segment in the past. Tonight's was a good one. Here is the quote from President Bush: There are SBA ...