Nobody 738

Sunday, March 30, 2008
Nobody # 738

Nobody Asked Me But:

DOWN The Bush/Chaney military machine for bringing more death than electricity to Iraq.

UP: The Bruins – three Final Fours in a row. They (and we) are off to San Antonio next weekend in search of college basketball’s Holy Grail – a national championship. (Pictures at bottom)

SIDEWAYS: The Reverend Jeremiah Wright (as filtered through The Onion) "For this land—the greatest on earth—is the land that I love, and may its song of liberty ring out from now until—what in the hell am I saying? This country and all its inhabitants can go take a flying **** for all I care."

Yes, he got carried away – but on the other hand, who among us has not said: You are the country I love, and at times you shame me?<<<

You taught me language, and my profit on't
Is I know how to curse. The red plague rid you For learning me your language! Shakespeare – The Tempest

And here’s an example of language learned:

“Over-egged the pudding.” That’s British for an extravagant claim.<<<

Forget the just before the dawn stuff. It’s always darkest when it is totally black.<<<

Here are the answers to last week’s questions

You have no doubt heard the expression “Wake up and smell the coffee!” If you could wake up every morning to the distinct smell of any one thing except coffee, what would you choose?

My first instinct was to say bacon, my second, plumeria. I’ll go with my first. I’m a reborn every day kind of person, and along with coffee, the smell of bacon reawakens the thought of possibilities.

Barb: “For me it would the fragrance of fresh-baked good – cinnamon, etc.”

Suppose you could buy stock in some famous individual rather than a company. In what particular person would you be most willing to invest a portion of your money? (Just as with a company’s stock, consider the future potential of the person in whom you are investing.)

I would invest in a Jrue Holliday. Jrue is only a senior in high school this year, so I may have to wait two or three years to get a return on my investment. He will play at UCLA next year and perhaps, but probably not, the following one. After that, its on to the NBA for this incredible athlete and the BIG bucks for him and his family, and big returns for me on my wise investment.<<<

Quotes of the week – three by Lupica: (Mike Lupica of the New York Daily News)

“Nice to see Dick Cheney out of the Federal Witness Protection Program this week.”

“No kidding, New York will soon be the first state in the union to have its own "Govs Gone Wild" DVD.”

“David Paterson apparently expects New York Democrats to start singing ‘Happy Days Are Here Again’ because he's the governor who didn't have to pay for it.”<<<

DOWN President Bill for being a dirtmeister – “I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year where you had two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country."

DOWN Hillary for claiming that - the former president was simply talking about the need to keep the race focused on issues, rather than falsely questioning any candidate's patriotism.

UP: “Lush Life” – Richard Price is a writer’s writer and this best seller is a trip disguised as a crime novel into New York’s Lower Eastside.

Sideways – “John Adams” – There are moments when I like this HBO histodrama and moments I am tempted to give it up as a big budget “You Are There” (without Walter Cronkite). Probably more of the latter than the former, but we shall see.

UP: Caribou coffee. When we were in Chapel Hill a couple of years ago, we had breakfast at a Caribou Coffee Shop. So imagine our surprise when Barb found Iced Caribou Coffee at Target last week. I had it one morning in place of my Starbucks and it was as good or better. (Sorry Starbuck’s!) And it came in a way cool container.

DOWN Elliot Spitzer, better known as the luv gov, for sex in his sox– if you are going to play, play all the way.

UP: CNN for reporting the truth about the failure of our government’s prevent defense against another terrorist attack from the sky. Only 1% of our planes fly with sky marshals.

I guess $720M doesn’t buy that much safety anymore.

DOWN: Billy Crystal for blowing his Yankee tryout by striking out. And I had him penciled in for the season to bat ahead of Jeter.

DOWN: Democratic divisiveness. Come on; pick a candidate (Obama) before McCain takes over the race.

DOWN - Joe Lieberman, for being McCain’s Sancho Panza, and for putting Israel’s interests before those of the United States.

UP: The smell of orange blossoms as we read on our patio.

UP: New Yorkers, for having the chutzpa to name the Red Sox as their fifth favorite professional team – behind, in order, Yankees, Mets, Giants and Bills.

Down: McCain – come on John, there is no Al Qaeda Iran. You know better than that. Al Qaeda is Sunni and Iran is Shi’ite.

DOWN: George Bush, for being the first president in history to veto a piece of anti-torture legislation.

Down: Me, for not being ready to start the baseball season with my annual predictions. But they will come within a few days. GO DODGERS!

DOWN: The press, for implying that Hillary is a liar. CAMERA SHOTS! She meant CAMERAS were shooting at her in Bosnia, not SNIPERS!

AND: Does anyone else feel that the Clintons are starting to make their critics look good?<<<

QUESTIONS FOR NEXT WEEK

If you had to come up with one question for a national opinion poll, what question would you most want to pose to the American public?

If you could reverse or rearrange the order of anything at all (i.e. the four seasons) what would you choose?