Monday, September 29, 2008

Adorable, Indeed

My gal Tina was back on SNL this week, riding that Sarah pony (which I figure they will continue to do until: a) election day (and just after for the concession speech); b) for the next 4-16 years (if victorious); or c) until she drops from the race.

Here are transcripts of Fey and Palin (answering Katie Couric). Which is the parody?























Like every American I'm speaking with, we're ill about this. We're saying, 'Hey, why bail out Fanny and Freddie and not me?' That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, were ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out.
But ultimately what the bailout does is, help those that are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy to help...uh...But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping the—
it's gotta be all about job creation, too. Also, too, shoring up our economy and putting Fannie and Freddy back on the right track and so healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reigning in spending...it's got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health-care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans.
'cause Barack Obama, y'know...has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans, also, having a dollar value meal at restaurants. That's gonna help. And trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing. But one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we've got to look at that as more opportunity.
But one in five jobs being created today under the umbrella of job creation. That, you know...Also...All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.


OK, that second to last row gave it away... didn't it?

Here are the vids:




Adorable.

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Oh, yeah... one last thing. Yesterday found this link on Google News...

But when you click on it, it's a missing link, a file not found. It's like it never existed. Given the story's title and the "balance" of FoxNews... I'm not surprised.

Friday, September 26, 2008

Got a second? Or 700 BILLION of them?

Just how much is 700,000,000,000 dollars?

If I gave you a dollar EVERY SECOND, of every hour, of every day, from here on...
Not only would I be dead, but so would my (take a deep breath)
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At that rate, it would take over 22,196 years... and taking the generally accepted generation length of 20 years, that's 1109 generations.

That's how much.

Again, no wonder I'm having trouble sleeping...

Sorry, another week

Another week, more time passes.

More wins for our varsity (knocking off #1 Pasadena Poly in their pool and visiting San Marcos); more heartbreaking losses for Kyle's JV (one pointers to both those teams). Another Bruin loss... jeez, how demoralizing. [but that Trojie defeat last night? it wasn't 59-0 or anything, but they've got to be hanging their heads in shame... and the injury to that thug, Rey Maualuga... well, karma's a bitch, baby... headhunter, thug, "owner" of the LAPD, asshole... really, it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.... er, dirtier player]

Where was I? Oh, yeah. Sickness and injury.

Injury?

While at the Pasadena Poly game, I tried to applaud with my note-taking pencil still in my right hand... and jammed it into my palm. They tried to dig out the lead last Friday at Urgent Care (my doc being gone on Fridays) to no avail, and they gave me a tetanus shot and some antibiotics in case of infection. A week later and it looks like it's still there... and there's a slight ring of white around it... I'll probably go back later this afternoon. And that antibiotic? I think it's given me massive nausea (I barely got out of bed on Wednesday, and today it's baaaaack) and pretty bad constipation (I know, TMI... but you getting verbal diarrhea right now, so deal with it).

Work's been a bear. And life has been stressful... our bank is in the news this morning... largest bank failure in US history. Great.

No wonder I can't sleep at night.

Tomorrow's another Bruin game... sigh.

Am I rambling? Sure, but not as bad as this:

" . . . where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, helping, oh -- it's got to be all about job creation too. Shoring up our economy, and putting it back on the right track. So healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions, and tax relief for Americans, and trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, um, scary thing, but 1 in 5 jobs being created in the trade sector today. We've got to look at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that."
--LA TImes


That, my friends, could be our next President... if the old man is elected and he should (God help us all) kick the proverbial bucket... scary.

Guess Letterman thinks the Palin/McCain ticket is scary, or anger-inducing, too...

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Bad

Sorry for the haitus: work, water polo, work, back-to-school night, water polo, work...

But I had to share this:

UCLA vs. Arizona at the Rose Bowl
Order By This Friday

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This Saturday at noon, see the UCLA Bruins take on the Arizona Wildcats at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for 40% off. A limited number of general admission tickets are only $10. This is an incredible offer and is the lowest ticket price for a UCLA Football game in over 10 years, so these will go fast.

This offer is only good until this Friday afternoon at 4pm, and will NOT be available on gameday.


After the 59-0 debacle... they're having ticket sales issues... whodathunk?

Kyle's JV team won its first game against Oaks Christian (Kyle had a good game: seven saves against 6 goals allowed [two of which came on breakaway 1-on-1's, three on man-down situations], plus at least one assist [there were two other passes that led to goals... still need to find the official rule as to how an assist is defined in water polo... is it more like basketball, or more like hockey?])... varsity won as well... today we travel to play #1 Pasadena Poly... should be exciting.

Late.

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Got distracted... the video's bad, but the audio is great...


Sunday, September 14, 2008

Sarah is not my gal... but you're right, Jim, she DOES look like Tina...

Friends, Fear and Football

Yesterday, between games, we were out eating dinner when Lisa got a call from a close friend of ours, Diana, who lives in Washington with her family (who had visited us back when this blog was just starting up in April). Her son TR plays football in up north. Diana called to tell us that he had been involved in a collision and both players had been placed on the boards and rushed to the hospital. Kyle kept in contact with Diana's daughter Melanie via text (she had gone in the ambulance with TR). She was very worried, needless to say. X-rays and MRI followed. Lisa called Diana just before the second game, and got to Diana who was by TR... he was conscious and able to talk. By the end of the game, the results had all come back negative. He was up and walking, but in pretty bad pain. We're waiting for more info this morning... hopefully, it'll all be good.

I love football, but at moments like these, I'm thrilled that Kyle is playing water polo.

Loss and more losses...

Sunday morning. Licking wounds.

Water polo lost the late Thursday game, again big (no one remembers the exact score), then we dropped two heart-breaking one-goal games yesterday (the first in sudden-death... er, -victory overtime).

So we're 0-4. Ouch. It reminds me of my JV football team back at HHS: we were 0-9. But it built character.

Right......

So there must be character building in Westwood right about now: Slick Rick's UCLA football squad flew into Utah for the game against BYU and came back with a brutalizing 59-0 defeat. Lisa couldn't listen to it on the radio (as we were heading to Kyle's games). I can't bear to talk about it now.

Whoever drank the koolaid two weeks ago must be throwing it up now...

Thursday, September 11, 2008

And the season begins...

Just got back from Agoura and the first game of the junior varsity tournament... gone are the days of scrimmages (just two days ago, where RM fought Pacifica to an 8-8 tie)... now we're in real games... these don't count toward the league standings, but they tell us where we stand, er, tread water.

And where are we?

Sinking nowhere fast.

Westlake kicked our ass, 2-9. They outshot us 5-2 in the first quarter, and despite Kyle's three saves and a steal that period, we were down 0-1 at the first break. The second quarter was no better: outshot 7-2... Kyle had four saves and two steals that quarter, but we were down 0-4 at the half [in this quarter, Kyle made his only bad mistake of the game: he wasn't watching the shot clock, so he didn't call out to his team to dump the ball at the end, and the other team took the ball, drove to a breakaway 1-on-1 goal on Kyle... {two of the other goals that quarter came on another breakaway that left Kyle stranded and a lucky rebounded shot after a great save by Kyle}]. Even though the third quarter saw us shooting finally, matching them shot for shot, Kyle let four goals in (two of which came with the shooter unguarded, one on YET ANOTHER breakaway, and one in a man-down situation [outnumbered 6-5])... but he also had four saves and a steal in that quarter. The fourth quarter saw them outshooting us again, but at least we scored two goals... one on an assist from Kyle (a beautiful long bomb of a pass to an open Brenden, who without having to reach, took the ball off water, lifted it up, and shot it past the goalie). Kyle let in one last goal, but had another two saves.

At the end of the game, two moms came by and told me, "Thank God Kyle was playing... or they would have killed us." Nice praise. Then again, great game: 13 saves, four steals, and an assist. And while he gave up nine goals, one was extra-man, three were breakaways on a stranded Kyle and two more were with the shooter unguarded. A damn good game.

Our field needs to shoot more. They also need to pass better. And move. And play defense.

But it's not all their fault. The varsity coach has been assuming many of the duties while our JV coach works. Today was the first time the team saw him since school started. He doesn't know them as a team (as individuals, yes, but as a team, not so much)... and more importantly, the players don't know him as their coach. As another mom said, "We've got too many Indians (since we have enough players for both a frosh/soph AND a JV team, but we're only playing JV games), and no Chief." And one of the other moms said, "Yeah, and our Indians are teenage boys." And we know how well they listen.

Have to head off to Jack's back to school night... from what I hear all went well at school... Jack's with Grandma B... and I'll probably pick up Kyle later tonight after he returns to Rio after the second game.

The only plus side is that after this loss, we get to sleep in on Saturday (our games will be in the afternoon).

Not So Random

So today is the 7th anniversary of the first event in my memory that forces the question "Do you remember where you were/what you were doing when you hear [blank] happened?" (I was only 8 months old when JFK was killed, 5 years old when MLK was shot... don't remember those... I have memories of the moon landing in '69 [though not specific] and of '74's resignation [but that is mixed with so much of that summer's Watergate hearings]... [and yes, I have memories of '81 assassination attempt on Reagan... but that event didn't change the world])

I remember waking up early, as usual, to check email and news websites before going to work. The LA Times had a small bulletin in the upper left corner of its homepage, saying that one of the towers of the WTC was on fire. Hmmm. That's random. By the time, I was done and ready to shower, the page had updated to say that the fire had been caused by a plane hitting the building. Huh? That's bizarrely random.

At that point, I got up and turned on the TV in bedroom; Lisa was already in the shower. I told her, and the coverage was still on when she finished and I started my shower. Which was interrupted by Lisa coming in and saying that a second plane had just crashed into the second tower.

What the fuck? This is not random at all.

And the day went on. News got worse. A great boss sent all us home from work to be with our families. Just about every kids' parents showed up at Bard to pick up their kids.

And our world changed.

Today, the candidates were to make a joint appearance at Ground Zero. McCain, instead, bailed and showed up at the crash site of United 93... the politically cynical side of me says he chickened out of being on the same stage as Obama in a purely speech-making event (instead of a "town hall meeting" setting)... and maybe at this point I should watch my animal metaphors (given the outrage in the last couple of days over the "lipstick on a pig" remark). And, of course, this gives McCain the chance to show up at the site of the plane that had passengers who "fought" against the terrorists... since the old man wants us to believe that he will "fight" for change for us... sigh.

[my bad... they meet at GZ later today... but my cynicism remains]

More animal metaphors lately: old fish wrapped in a newspaper still stinks (this followed hot on the heels of the "lipstick on a pig" reference... and I actually heard a republican [on Fox, natch] say that not only was the pig a reference to Palin, but the "old" fish was a reference to McCain... though I'm shocked that talking head didn't say that the stinky fish wasn't a reference to Palin on so many socio- and physio- logical levels [sorry]). Oh, yeah... and don't forget "vetting" ... which originally meant to refer to veterinarians checking horses to be bought to ensure their health before purchase.

Now, back on the "world changing" front... is it just me, or did the reality ("YOU can be a star") shows really blossom (and note I didn't use an animal metaphor there) after 9/11. Maybe it was that people were so unsure of being alive tomorrow (as 3K+ people were snuffed out that day), that these shows preyed on those fears and allowed viewers to accelerate their fame collection. Maybe it was the glorification of the "everyman." I don't know.

But I do know Sarah Palin is our American Idol candidate... you, too, could be a heartbeat away from the White House (if only John McCain would have picked YOU)...

Randomness

Jack finally went back to school today (his temp hit 100.0 and hovered there for about an hour and a half yesterday, but he was cool this morning, so we sent him off). Whether he's able to stay the whole day is another matter, but we'll deal with that as we will. Had he missed today, he would have been absent twice as many days as he's attended... that would be bad.

Of course, his cough's worse (just like Kyle's when he was done).

Kyle's first scrimmage went well Tuesday... he plays the first games of a two-day tournament later today (though we'll miss the second game as I have to go to Jack's Back-to-School Night tonight.

Pa's sleep test came back... he passed it (as opposed to my failure)... he has sleep apnea and will get the CPAP machine... hopefully, it will help with his fatigue.

Oh, yeah... and yesterday something happened to Kyle.

This was Kyle back in June.


Then July


And yesterday


The seniors sheared him. He was for it (the hair was becoming a hassle).

He says he's faster in the water now...

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Punched n the Gut

We're all tired and run-down. Pa's sleep test has come back with the sleep apnea diagnosis. Both Lisa and I are dragging. Kyle is tired as well.

And Jack's cough is much worse, an almost cackling, hacking affair.

And the fever's still here: 100.5 as I type.

So school tomorrow is out.

He's horribly disappointed.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Not Stereo

Jack's fever is still here.

We thought it broke Friday night, as his, er, our sheets were soaked with sweat. But sure enough, it was 100.2 on Saturday. Yesterday, much the same. Today, 101.2.

So we called in the doc. He said that the news was disappointing. Duh. It'll probably run its course in the next day or two.

So when should we get concerned again.

After 7-8 days.

From now? or from the beginning?

How long has he had the fever?

This is day nine.

Let's get some labwork done.

And so we went to the doc, picked up paperwork, went to the lab, did the blood test (with a little screaming), but couldn't do the urine test ... so we went out to lunch and returned for the cup job.

Results will take at least two days.

But the doc thinks it's mono.

Sigh.

Friday, September 5, 2008

A Bridge Too Far

OK, I love Jon Stewart. But last night's Daily Show went too far in its attack on Palin.

Look, I'm no fan of hers. I find her scary. But I thought his attacks last night bordering on crass and tasteless.

This one was about the only one I found both funny and on-target:



But his interview with Huckabee was awesome.



Huckabee's a funny guy... but just as scary as Palin.

Who Drank the Kool-Aid

OK, after posting the Jack entry, I looked over at the survey, just for fun.

Who drank the kool-aid? Who thinks we're heading for an 11-win season?

Leave a comment or drop me an email. Really, this scares me more than Jack's fever...

I know good therapist.

On Fire (differently)

Jack still sick. He's never sick this long. Never had a fever this high or this long.

It got so bad, that after Wed night, when he had complained of an earache (when we used the digital thermometer), we considered the possibility of an ear infection, and were ready to call our doc yesterday morning.

But when his fever was only 99 at 8am (following his 6am blast of motrin... 101+ at that point), we called off the call. At lunch, he complained of a "headache in his ear"... so Lisa took him in after school.

Chronis, our pedia, never gives out antibiotics... everything's always a virus. He took a throat culture (which did not go well... Lisa having to pin down his arms... sounds like me at 4 in Georgia when it took two orderlies to keep me down for shots)... but it didn't look like strep. The ear was fine. But the doc didn't like the sound of his cough or his lungs. So he sent Lisa off with a prescription. Huh? Really? That's weird.

Then when picking up the Amoxicillin, the pharmacist did a double take: the prescription was for the highest dose possible, 500Mg... when the usual dosage is half that.

So Jack's never been this sick. Chronis never gives antibiotics. The pharmacist rarely has seen this high a dosage for an 8 year-old.

So the level of concern is up. We're not worried yet (though his 101+ fever this morning, 8 hours after the first dosage isn't comforting)... through motrin the temp is back down to 99+/-... and certainly nowhere near panic level.

But we were supposed to go up north to our neighbors' parents' ranch... but I'm thinking that's a no-go, now...

Thursday, September 4, 2008

On Fire

Wow... Jon Stewart was ON FIRE, last night:



Repubs

Last night, Palin hit it out of the park.

She will be a pitbull (in "lipstick") to run against.

Unless, of course, videos like this keep popping up:



Scary.

BTW, in the same address, she asked the ministry students to pray for a gas pipeline... would that be that "largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history"?

How come none of this "task from God" stuff (or even pro-life (er, anti-abortion) stuff) didn't appear in last night's text? Oh, yeah... she couldn't bash (and lie about) Obama that way.

Here's hoping she doesn't have a prayer.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

She's Palin by Comparison

Speech on Friday:

I championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress.

Well, kinda...

Again, from the speech:
In fact, I told Congress -- I told Congress, "Thanks, but no thanks," on that bridge to nowhere.

Uh, not so fast.

Again, from the speech:
I signed major ethics reform.

And yet...


And there's more...

Answer on 2006 Gubernatorial Candidate Questionnaire

Will you support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education instead of for explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics, and the distribution of contraceptives in schools?

Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support.


Right... how's that working out for you?



But how about this one (again from the questionnaire):

Are you offended by the phrase "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?

Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I’ll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance.


"Founding Fathers"??? Uh, written in 1892: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all" ... In 1923 the National Flag Conference called for the words my Flag to be changed to the Flag of the United States. The reason given was to ensure that immigrants knew to which flag reference was being made. The words "of America" were added a year later... In New York City on April 22, 1951, the Board of Directors of the Knights of Columbus adopted a resolution to amend their recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance at the opening of each of the meetings of the 800 Fourth Degree Assemblies of the Knights of Columbus by addition of the words "under God" after the words "one nation." ... "under God" officially added in 1954 [Source: Wikipedia]

Wow, Founding Fathers... that's the kind of education you can only get at home:

(again from the questionnaire)
Will you support the right of parents to opt out their children from curricula, books, classes, or surveys, which parents consider privacy-invading or offensive to their religion or conscience?

Yes. Parents should have the ultimate control over what their children are taught.


Even if it's historically inaccurate, even if.

But the bigger question is: what does this say about McCain's judgment?

Uh, wow.

Back home. Yesterday was the season opener against Tennessee. Expected a fun time pregame, not so much during the game. And expectations were filled, but not the way I expected.

Pregame tailgating with friends from all over (Oxnard, the OC, near Pasadena) was wonderful and relaxing. Jack came down with a fever, though, and they took him to first aid during the second quarter.

We left just as the second half was beginning... and we weren't too sad to be leaving, as our new starting QB had tossed FOUR ints (including a pick-six) in the first half. And we had lost three offensive players (major skill guys at that, but more on that later). And we were down 14-7 (but luckily only that... it could have been WAY worse if the defense hadn't played really well).

So we left and listened to the game on the radio. And by the time we were back in the county, we had listened to our boys in blue make a wild comeback and stun the (probably really overrated) #18 Volunteers 27-24 in OT. Un. Believable.

So unlike the last few years. COACHING!
Special teams coach saw that the UT punter was taking his time with the ball, so he sent the house and we blocked a punt for a TD.
Craft throws four picks, all on the outside and in attempts to go behind (rather than under) the coverage. Chow alters the game plan throws under the coverage and in the seams in the second half to great effect.
Walker's already stalwart D, clamps down on the running game hard in the second half.

Flipside: UT Coach Fullmer is a prick:

"They were crying about the quarterback situation; I knew darn well they'd be ready for us," Fulmer said. "We made enough mistakes tonight to fill three or four games.

"We will play better teams than UCLA is, and I know we're a better team than we were tonight."


Ahhhh, it's good to be a Bruin today. Realistically, we're still probably only a .500 ball club, but I don't think we're going to be out of any game this year.

Jack's staying home today. Kyle has a sore throat but has already left for practice.

I'm exhausted, as is Lisa. But we're happy. The only downer are the injuries to Paulson (out 6-8 weeks with a broken foot), Bell (day to day, high ankle sprain), and Everrett (a couple of weeks, dislocated toe). And those are just the offensive injuries... more worrisome is Reggie Carter's knee tweak (and we won't know the severity of that until later today)... he's the QB of our defense... this isn't good.

But it's a great start to a NEU era.

Go Bruins!