It's still a frog...

(From my Queer Eye for the Straight Guy Desk Calendar (don’t ask): “It’s a special kind of woman who is impressed by your ability to play computer games – and we haven’t found her yet.” Ok, so maybe I am doing something wrong after all. But Monty Python quotes, those are sure to draw in the ladies, right?)

Sorry for last night’s post being slightly delayed for those of you who need it the instant you check the computer. Blogger was giving me some issues and it took until this morning to work them all out. That said, while I’ve had some technical difficulties in the past I can’t really complain about Blogger. It’s a free service and it can handle all of my needs well so no complaints. Other than the spam comments but that was probably unavoidable.

A couple of news stories out today that are worth mentioning. They’ve announced the list of artists eligible for induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Sex Pistols and the Stooges are representing punk. I’d go for the Stooges. Sure, the Sex Pistols had more notoriety but other than their attitude, they didn’t have any real lasting input. Induct their manager and maybe Johnny Rotten. John Mellencamp is up and I will only vote for him if he guarantees that he will be referred to only as Johnny Cougar during the entire ceremony. Athletes get to choose their team, we should get to choose the name.

The one I’m really pulling for is the J. Geils Band. Because no band exemplifies the early MTV era than the J. Geils Band. I think entire days of programming were based around the videos for Freeze Frame and Centerfold. And like many in my reading audience, the video for Centerfold is one of those watershed moments of our youth. Other generations had the moon landing, we had a song about a high school girl being a centerfold. Sad to say, those events are probably on par with each other in a number of Gen X’ers minds.

Oh and speaking of moon landings, I’ve taken a look at the new NASA plan for going to the moon and Mars and speaking as someone who has dreamed of working for NASA since I was seven years old my response is: don’t follow this plan. There’s no real logic or purpose to it and it is something that a nation should do when it is fat, dumb and happy. Right now the U.S. probably qualifies for the first two but definitely not the third. Keep sending the rovers, which are doing incredible science and work really well. Wait until we settle out some of our problems down here and then we will go back to exploring the universe.

And one last random story for the night. Saw the Yahoo headline that a Netherlands television station is going to broadcast someone injecting heroin live on the air. Add this to their version of Big Brother, which may feature a woman giving birth, and one must ask the obvious question, “What the hell is up with the Dutch?” Seriously, are they that sick of windmills? Do the wooden shoes cause their brains to cramp up? Hey, I’m all for the liberalization of the media but even I’m going, “Huh?”