Just A Couple Thoughts

-There is something positive to be said about having the leader of your country being in good physical health. It really does feel good knowing that our President (Elect) could take any other President out there in a 1v1 basketball game.

Seriously, how confident would you be if Obama was at an impass with another President and just said,

"Listen, this discussion isn't going anywhere. How about we just shoot for it?"

Is there anyone out there that you would even have to worry about hitting rim?

-I'm test driving the Paleo diet for a month. So far it sucks. Almost every meal requires me to cook 2 or more items. I guess this wouldn't be so bad if I had the slightest clue on how to cook things. Until now, my only real stove-cooking experience involved boiling water in order to make pasta and the such. Sadly, all of that type of food is cut out in the Paleo diet. The over/under of my lasting on this diet is about 3 days.*.. which would be Wednesday. Wish me luck.

*To be fair and not hold back any information, I should probably state that there is a candy bowl with almond roca in the reception area at the office. Everytime I pass by it takes every ounce of willpower I have to not eat any. This will be my downfall... it is really only a matter of time.

-Can anyone tell me what the difference between chopping, cutting, dicing, slicing, and mincing is? Are they just fancy words that cook book authors use so they don't sound repetitive, or is there actually a difference?

-Bill Simmons has it made. Half the stuff he puts out there is directly from his readers. There has to be at least a hundred people out there who could start ghost writing for him and no one would be the wiser. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this already happened a la The Princess Bride.

"Well, Roberts had grown so rich, he wanted to retire. He took me to his cabin and he told me his secret. 'I am not the Dread Pirate Roberts', he said. 'My name is Ryan; I inherited the ship from the previous Dread Pirate Roberts, just as you will inherit it from me. The man I inherited it from is not the real Dread Pirate Roberts either. His name was Cummerbund. The real Roberts has been retired 15 years and living like a king in Patagonia."

Except in Bill's case, he is probably broke and living in Vegas.

Side note: I can't wait for someone to make a movie about this. Can anyone say Nicholas Cage?

-My new favorite word is "Pood."

Pood (n): a Russian unit of weight, equal to 36.11 pounds (16.38 kilograms).

It is extremely fun to say. Just try it...

...did you try it?

......when you tried it did you also stick your neck out?

It's like a natural reflex for me when I say it.

Pood... Pood... Pood!

-Fiat is considering buying a stake in Chrysler right now. I'm pretty sure that would spell doom for the Dodge Viper. This saddens me.

-Speaking of cars, mine is back from the dead. Long story short, the fuel sensor went haywire, which prevented my car from starting as a saftey precaution. Thank you Mr. 4 year/50,000 mile warranty!

That's all for today.

-dunkie