Have to start off by officially marking the passing of Bea Arthur. Thank you for being a friend.
(For all of the jokes that have been made about the Golden Girls, and lord knows that there are a lot of them, you have to give credit to any show that is still well known nearly twenty years after its heyday. You never hear any references to Barney Miller (well, except in regards to Abe Vigoda’s awesomeness) and even Family Ties has been pushed to the dustbin of history. But mention The Golden Girls to anyone and they will know precisely what you are talking about.)
As for the swine flu outbreak I knew that our love for bacon was going to come back to haunt us eventually. Is it our fault that they are so tasty? I rank this as slightly above allergy season and significantly below zombie apocalypse on the threat level indicator. Mainly the best thing to do right now is practice good hygiene, stay hydrated and keep your machete nearby in case zombies approach. I have said it before and I will say it again: blades don’t need reloading. This will be even more important in the case of an onslaught of zombie pigs.
In other news I spent much of the weekend watching the NFL Draft. That might on the surface sound like a boring way to spend the weekend but given who I was with it went from watching people read names at regularly scheduled interviews to something a bit more transcendent. Ok, it still has a lot of phone book moments where for some reason you are now spending ten minutes of your life intrigued as to the inner workings of a guard from Baylor but it was more fun than it should be. Some random notes from the day:
1) Best description of the draft: The world’s most expensive pick up game
2) I don’t know on what planet Matt Stafford is the number one pick. I didn’t consider him one of the top college quarterbacks last year. Hell, I didn’t even consider him one of the top SEC quarterbacks last year. They describe him as a proven winner but what precisely has Georgia won?
3) I think it should be an official rule that Mark Sanchez always be referred to as “Dirty” Mark Sanchez. To be honest I’m not sure why a professional wrestler hasn’t used that name yet.
4) The only thing worse than being drafted by Seattle is being forced to wear a neon lime green hat moments after you are drafted.
5) This year’s most awkward analyst award goes to Herm Edwards giving advice on the Chief’s draft selection. At some point I would just like him to go, “Well, given that I ran the team into the ground the best thing for them to do is the exact opposite of what I would think.”
Best of 120 Minutes: Hum. Because you have probably already forgotten the words.
The five random CDs for the week:
1) Tanya Donnelly “Beautysleep”
2) Scott Miller and the Commonwealth “Thus Always to Tyrants”
3) Son Volt “Okemah and the Melody of Riot”
4) The Subdudes “Live at Last”
5) Amy Farris “Anyway”
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