Stupid Things I’ve been thinking about

I think Rush Limbaugh is still using drugs. Every drug addict I've ever met has relapsed at least a dozen times. Do you believe for a second he was able to kick the habit without dabbing into the medicine cabinet for a fix?

When you think of quality of life, do you think of iPods and DVD players? I don't, but that's how it's measured. I think that quality of life is relative to the access to education, health care and a steady pay check. I think most people would be willing to give up there iPhone for that stuff. Of course I could be wrong. There were some crazy mobs trying to get an iPhone.

America will experience a social revolution within my lifetime. The problem with any revolution is that there's always a counter revolution that sometimes as influential as the initial revolution.

In terms of the environment, we are probably screwed. But that doesn't excuse further abuses.

Do you know how good animal crackers are? Between the ages of 10 and 30 I probably ate 5 animal crackers. Now I eat bag a week.

Nothing makes me more constipated than fiber. Does that mean something is wrong with me?

Oatmeal really doesn't have any flavor. I only eat it because it's good for me and it's nice to have something warm in the morning.

In the long run, the US will spend more money in Iraq after the military leaves than while it was there. The frailty of government cannot be overcome with money. I think civil war is likely unless we keep pumping money in.

The thought of a dirty bomb scares me less than letting my mom drive. What a hoax.

I think we'll see a new internet in 5-10 years. I imagine it will be more like cable TV. You'll sacrifice revealing your identity for the security. Don't worry, it'll still have porn. The old one will be there, but you'll be crazy to put your credit card number into it.

I think the first email I ever got was that chain email saying Bill Gates was giving away money to people who forwarded this email. It was probably 1997. My mom sent me the same email a couple of months ago.

I developed a theory in my younger day's called "the Bottom Ten Percent". It's still on Urban Dictionary. I've thought about using it as a theory for a grad school paper just to see how my professor would respond.

Fantasy football isn't cool anymore. Really, any idiot can go online and download a sheet, follow the updates by some fool on ESPN.com and finish in the top 4 or 5. Back in the day, you actually had to know a thing or two about football. I mean, my sister plays.

I think we need newspapers. It's unfortunate that besides one or two, they haven't been able to become profitable. Can you subsidized a newspaper and expect to get freedom of the press? I sort of think you can.

The medium sized city in the US is dying; Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo, Philly, Pittsburgh and Kansas City. Would you willing move to any of these places?

The Twins will finish below .500 this year. I don't think they did themselves any favors moving out of the dome. They lost their home field edge.

In the near future, I expect to see a huge food contamination problem. Worse than mad cow or the peanut butter scare. It's bound to happen.

I've had this long standing belief that Northern Ireland's stability is directly related to the economic prosperity of the region. Seeing recent violent activities really solidified my argument. My theory probably works anywhere in the world where there are two sects of people with a violent past.

Having a dog around with a little kid makes cleaning up after meals world's easier and sort of fun. Anything Lucy doesn't eat, ends up as Kelly's treats.

The US has had a trade embargo against Cuba since Eisenhower. Isn't that sort of like a college football team running the same offense since 1960? Let's give something else a shot because I don't think this is working.

Most blog's I've read are completely useless but entertaining. I don't think they'll ever take the place of more conventional news sources.

People ask why Bernie Madoff did it. Really, you don't know? Money.

If you don't think he had an insider within the SEC, you naïve in my book. No way he gets away with that without some help.

Did I mention I think deregulation is a bad idea?

I think the tax on gas should be about $2 a gallon. What? You wouldn't be able to drive your SUV to work with no one else in it? Get a bus pass.

I have mixed feelings about Thomas Friedman. He's a pretty smart guy who's from Minnesota and he's astutely aware of what's going on in the world in terms of economics and environment. But I really question his faith in the market.

If NPR is subsidized, why can't a newspaper be subsidized?

I must tell myself 4 times a month that I should write more. I usually follow that up with a beer and TV show.

I've always thought being a vegetarian would be hard. Now, I'm not so sure. Being a vegan would be difficult, but as long as I got eggs and cheese, I'd be cool.

I can't believe we haven't developed a better way to recycle. We still don't have a solution for tires. Aside from high school tracks, they are just pilling up. I'd trade the Joint Strike Fighter for a way to recycle tires.

I'm flying to Spain in a day and I'm hardly excited. Hopefully it's better than I'm expecting.