SUNDAY - 12 NOON - CBS - Last Game - Jan 22 - KY wins 72-66
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Cats! Cats! Cats!
KENTUCKY 58, MISSISSIPPI 54
Kentucky's Joe Crawford drove past Ole Miss' Eniel Polynice in the second half. The Cats led 31-8 in the first half, then had to hold off two Rebel rallies.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
May I Make A Suggestion? Starbucks Had A Great Idea
I would like to suggest that all DMV's shut down for customer service training for 1 week out of the year. The press would be all over it just like they were with the Starbucks publicity stunt. The DMV would receive all kinds of free advertising and then; things would continue to operate just like they always do.
Monday, February 25, 2008
A Must See - Inside The Vietnam War
I recorded the documentary from the National Geographic Channel and finally watched it. I don't know if they plan on airing it again or not. It's the first time I have ever heard Vietnam Vets talk in depth about the war. The footage was incredible and gave me very good insight into what has to be the most confusing war ever. It was sad to hear these vets talk about being defeated. They had everything it took to win except the back bone of our nation's leaders. I'll always remember seeing the Vietnam Memorial in Washington about 10 years ago. Now however, it has even more meaning. Although I grew up with the war going on, I never fully understood the dynamics. I just remember the body counts during the evening news and the images on the news that made the USA appear to be the bad guy. It looks very similar to what we see from the media today. The difference now is we have a President with a backbone.
Am I Out Of Touch?
I do not care at all about who won what award at the Oscars. Seriously...I don't care at all, not even a smidgin.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
As I Was Cheering - The Screen Went Blank!
As the clock ticked away in the final minute of Saturday's game between Kentucky and Arkansas, something happened ... at least for TV viewers in this region. With less than 50 seconds to play, the screen went black as coverage switched to the start of the St. John's-Duke game. In a matter of seconds, viewers hammered WKYT-27 -- the local CBS affiliate -- with hundreds of phone calls, General Manager Wayne Martin said. Martin said his staff immediately called CBS in New York, where workers were able to get the UK game back on with 14 seconds to go, allowing fans to watch Kentucky pull out a 63-58 victory. Viewers in Alabama, Tennessee and Florida said they experienced the same thing. Shane Kosky, originally from Lexington, but now living in Tampa, Fla., said he saw the black screen and assumed the problem might have been weather-related. "But then the Duke game came on," he said. "Of all the games ... the Duke game? That's like salt in the wounds. That's like insult to injury." Martin, who said WKYT apologizes for the mistake, said the swap was "a CBS switching error out of New York." I quickly called Lyndsey and she couldn't believe it either. I was listening to the radio broadcast that I sync up with the TV broadcast so I held my cell phone to the speakers so Lyndsey could hear the radio broadcast. How's that for quick thinking? But she couldn't hear that well so I hung up. I then received a text message from her asking "why did you abandon me?" I felt so guilty I called her right back and by that time, the broadcast was back so we were able to watch the Cats win another one. The 36 seconds of confusion we experienced was quite unsettling.
A Billion Dollars Disappears...
A B-2 Bomber, probably the coolest aircraft ever created after the Lockheed A-12, has crashed for the first time ever. Its name was the Spirit of Kansas and it was one of the 21 $1.2 billion Northrop Grumman stealth plane ever manufactured. It fell to the ground right after take-off for "unknown reasons" at the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. Both pilots ejected to safety and, although there's no video footage of the actual crash, the mess on the runway was huge:
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Biiig Truck...
Ever noticed how it seems like some guys need big trucks and big dogs to maintain their macho image? However I think in Shaq's case, it may be a necessity. I maintain my macho image with a medium size mutt and a Jeep Cherokee.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Interviews I Hate To Watch
This morning I watched Meredith Vieira of the Today Show interview the parents of one of the students killed at Northern Illinois University. I hate to watch these type of interviews and they do it all the time, usually when the families are still in shock from losing a child or loved one. The questioning this morning I thought was more distasteful than usual. I am paraphrasing how the interview went but it was something like this. "So the coroner's report regarding the death of your daughter states that the first shot she took to the head more than likely killed her, so she probably didn't experience much pain. Do you find comfort in the fact that she probably didn't experience much pain before she died?" Are you kidding me? It reminded me of a vulture standing over a wounded animal waiting to pick the bones. I don't fully understand either why these families accept these interview invitations. I think we're all becoming so numb to seeing horrific tragedies and the stupid interviews that follow them, that some people see the interviews as some sort of sick civic duty. I just wish the media would leave the families alone until they're actually ready to talk. I talked with people in Blacksburg after the VA Tech tragedy who knew people who refused to talk with the media and they actually asked them to go away and leave them alone but of course they didn't and they won't so I'm sure I'll be subjected to these type of interviews in the future, at least until I can find the remote.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
New Orleans Gives Me The Creeps
I have been there twice. Once when I was a deck-hand working on a Mississippi towboat and we hung out in the shipyard area and the other time doing the the typical tourist stuff with a group from WVLK. Both times the city just gave me the creeps. I don't know how better to explain it. It's as if there's an evil cloud over the place. Watching the NBA All-Star game pre-game show reminded me how I feel about the city. I just think it's a very strange place.
My Basketball Britches Were Never This Long
Ramel Bradley patted Joe Crawford on the head for a job well done in the final seconds of Kentucky's win over LSU. 67-63
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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