Morning Coffee - 8/2/08

"So what was that you said about the island of Lesbos?"
As referenced in an earlier post, the island of Lesbos could be a nice recruiting tool for Greek basketball teams. The latest rumor...that LeBron James could be their next target. No offense to Josh Childress, but if this actually happens this move would send shockwaves thru the NBA.

Let the fat rejoice!
Who needs the food pyramid and healthy food groups when fat Americans can now eat healthy potato chips! Good for you California, I think your intent was correct with this lawsuit but I think the outcome could just wind up being the obese endulging themselves even more.


Obama, Moses. Moses, Obama.
No matter who you are for, the lates McCain ad is kind of funny. Calling Obama "The One" is rather hilarious, he is quite full of himself now isn't he? If you have a minute take a look at the following. Note - I am NOT endorsing McCain with this post!

Morning Coffee - 7/31/08

I'd be smiling too...
According to this story, the Packers have offered Favre upwards of $20 million to stay retired. By a show of hands, how many of you would take $20 million to retire?!?!?!? My guess is he still reports. He has so much money it is not about that, it is about playing the game.

Manny on the move?
If this trade happens, you would have a very unique outcome. Manny by himself would make more money this year than the rest of his Florida Marlins teammates COMBINED. It makes you wonder why the Marlins think they need him? They are one of the most efficient teams in baseball and appear to have a good clubhouse, throwing Manny into the mix could jeopardize all of that.

Lunch Reading - 7/30/08

A chicken sandwich, Wheat Thins and...

For only $300 you get a $50 Gas Card and...
I actually read this in a direct marketing magazine this morning. Apparently the price of gas is so bad that even brothels are now offering free gas cards as an incentive for customers. Let me get this right: some very hard up loser is sitting in his house, wants sex so bad he can taste it, hears that there is a FREE GAS CARD with every "purchase" at the Shady Lady Ranch so he jumps in his car and pays for a hooker!?!?!? The sad thing is this offer is probably working.

Here is a cat fight to go along with the cat ranch
Apparently Annika Sorenstam and Paula Creamer don't like the fact that Michelle Wie is playing in a PGA Tour event this week. Welcome to the club ladies! She should atleast have to beat the WOMEN in an official event before playing in another MEN'S event. In my humble opinion Michelle Wie could wind up being the most mismanaged athlete of our time. She showed so much promise, yet she has failed to deliver even once.

This commercial requires no witty commentary

Lunch Reading - 7/29/08

A Chicken Taco Salad from Taco Bell and...

The Economy stinks, we are at war...and now slavery?
Lets clear this up right away - I am not a racist! That had to be said so I could then question what our government is working on RIGHT NOW. Seriously, people are out of work, the cost of gas is preventing people from doing all kinds of things, the price of food is thru the roof, people are losing their homes, we are at war...so why is Congress taking time to apologize for slavery right now? Seriously, is this the time to be doing this? This must be taking hours and days of people's work in the District. Don't get me wrong, slavery should be apologized for but is there anyone out there who still thinks that the government is for such a practice? I would gather that many people would say, "haven't we already apologized for slavery?" Oh well, Washington continues to amaze me.

We are sorry for slavery, now get out of your house!
See the story above as well as this one. The price of homes continue to drop and more are being foreclosed. Yes, Congress did pass a housing rescue bill but is it addressing the cause of the problem or just slapping a band-aid on the wound?


Excuse me sir, would you like to dance?
Is Obama getting close to naming a running mate? I wonder how the Hillary supporters would feel about this?

Back to work!

Lunch Reading - 7/28/08

PB&J, Wheat Thins and this...


Move over Google! Did I just say that?
My lunch reading today really focused on just one news item. According to this article the first serious threat to Google Search is on the horizon. Cuil will start to accept search requests on Monday and promises to be an intriguing alternative to Google. It has been created by former Google engineers and promises to have a search index three times the size of Google! That's 120 billion web pages...crazy. I love it when someone challenges the Big Gorilla in any industry. I wish Quil well, you can't find a bigger Gorilla than Google. To find out more about Quil go here.

Back to work!