More Politics and More Hockey

So the DNC rules committee decided that the voters in Florida and Michigan are worth half a vote. I am reminded of a Monty Python skit about pet licenses and "Eric the Half a Bee." This halving of the delegate was to punish the states for holding their primaries earlier than Feb. 5th. Enter the New Hampshire question. Although NH by state law must have the first primary, they moved their primary to an earlier date, but suffered no penalty. Did NH violate DNC rules by moving their primary to an earlier date? If so, why not penalize them as well? Also what does the penalty prove?

Game 4 ended Det 2, Pens 1. Det leads series 3-1. %$##@!#$!

Word of The Day

Yardarm
either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship.

Well, since the sun is over the yardarm, I guess it is O.K. to have a beer.

I might even make it a yard of beer to go with the theme.

GO PENS!

GO PENS. Again, I like the Red Wings, but I like the Penguins more. It would also appear that I love yelling at the TV.

Drunk Amateur Astronomers With Machetes

The following is true and the names have not been changed to protect anybody.

"Don't worry about it, Becky. It's just something you do when you're drunk." Nick said as he walked out of the house carrying a machete.
How the house was able to carry a machete, I'll never know. But seriously, we needed the machete to "girdle" a eucalyptus tree in order to bring the rapidly disappearing moon back into view. Anyway, even although the tree survived, and astronomers called it an eclipse, you can thank Nick, Greg, and myself for saving the moon.

The Sudden Realization of the Intuitively Obvious

Star and Bear have been driving me crazy for half the day. I finally realized they needed their walk -- DUH!

I took time to remember those who hsve served today, did you?

I'd better start behaving.

My wife looked out the window this morning at the snow, sleet and rain and complained that she wanted to sit outside in the lawn chair. I told her she still could. The look I recived told me that if I were to continue that line of thought, she would turn me into something that sounds like "unix", but starts with the letter E, and ends with the letter H.

It's not rain, it's not snow, it's SNAIN

Yep, snain. And don't think I mean sleet, because it's really snain. Cooler temperature, higher humidity, but still mild enough for that last mile or so bike ride to work. I find this double-digit R.H. business refreshing. Did I mention a lack of morning traffic on campus, or that it is Friday, or that it is pay day, or that it is a three day weekend. Kind of has the makings of a good day.