Random Thoughts

Here's some random thoughts of mine:

• *It's looking like the most likely presidential matchup for this fall is going to McCain vs. Obama. I am very thrilled at this outcome. Being the pessimist that I am, I was naturally certain that the race would be Huckabee vs. Clinton. McCain vs. Obama, though, is a much better alternative. It will be a refreshing change of pace to watch a race between these two men, whom I both respect. Of course, they will proceed to spend the next eight months spending millions of dollars to badmouth the other one, distort their opinions, or use the lowest common denominator, to get people to vote for them, but hey, at least I respected them before this entire dirty political process began.

• *I've always been impressed with the creativity coming out of the inner city when it comes to naming children. All one has to do is peruse a football roster at most any SEC school to see that new and interesting names are popping up every day. That said, I think we can do more. Why limit ourselves to only the 26 letters of the alphabet? I predict the next new fad is going to be inserting numbers into names. Are you going to tell me that 4'Kwando or La3teeus don't sound like perfect wide receiver names in the next couple of years?

• *It's been several months, and I still don't know if replacing Angel Pagan with a Japanese guy named Fukudome is increasing or decreasing the awesome name factor on the Cubs.

• *I will not leave my feet with this current ND basketball team. I will not leave my feet with this current ND basketball team. I will not leave my feet with this current ND basketball team. Aw, screw it: who wants to buy Final Four tickets with me?
  

All right, that's all I have for right now. I would probably have had more to write about, but it took me the better part of forty-five minutes attempting to remember what the html code for bullets was. They do look pretty impressive, though, don't they?