Wha????

So I was out doing my last minute shopping today and say an ad in the mall for the upcoming Miss America 2009 pageant on TLC.

Wha????????

TLC?? TLC, as in The Learning Channel?? It's not tender, love and care. It's the Learning Channel. What the hell am I gonna learn from this?

Here are some thoughts:

1) What Miss Minnesota's platform is?
2) Is black really slimming? I'm looking at you, Miss Idaho. You may need to cut down on those potatoes.
3) How would Miss Michigan help the Big 3?
4) What are this spring's evening wear fashions?

Really?

I guess America just doesn't have a taste for pageants anymore, unless they are in child form.

I really don't know what's worse. That the pageant has fallen from ABC just a few years ago all the way down to TLC, or that TLC picked up a beauty pageant.

At least this gives me a chance to show off a pic of former Miss America Jennifer Berry, who I went to high school with back in the day.

Guess where I'm going??

Take a look at these temperatures and guess where I'm going in a couple of days. These number sure do make me look smart! The best part is I'll be outside for the majority of Thursday evening when the numbers are at their lowest! Nearly four degrees and what has it gotten me? Perhaps a bout with pneumonia!

Proof of Larry King's Nonsense

Here is printed proof that Larry King has simply gone into the realm of mumbling old man. CNN.com transcribed an interview last night to offer the insights of Deepak Chopra. At one point, the transcriber simply had to give up and acknowledge that King was just spouting out "inaudible" nonsense.

Old people...still able to offer a good laugh...

On another note, I don't get the oxymoron dig. "Peaceful war". That would be an oxymoron. I think Chopra is pushing it a bit.

Make It a Double!!

I love this headline. If you actually read the article it says paying more means having higher taxes on alcohol...but, if you just read it and take it out of context I love it even more. Best headline CNN.com has had in awhile.

Eclectic Eccentric

So one key aspect of my schooling is that one should create a brand that best describes oneself. Frankly, I don't like this idea a whole lot. I'm a person not a product. I don't need a brand. I have an identity. But it has prompted me to ponder what's the best way to describe my identity. And I have come up with "eclectic eccentric" and I am quite proud of that....and not just with the wonderful combo of alliteration and rhyming but with the words themselves.

For those unfamiliar with eclecticism, it's a "conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws upon multiple theories, styles, or ideas to gain complementary insights into a subject, or applies different theories in particular cases."

And eccentrics exhibit "unusual or odd behavior. This behavior would typically be perceived as unusual or unnecessary, without being demonstrably maladaptive."


Psychologists have described 14 characteristics of "healthy eccentrics":

Nonconforming attitude
Creative
Intense curiosity
Idealistic
Happy obsession with a hobby or hobbies
Known very early in his or her childhood they were different from others
Highly intelligent
Opinionated and outspoken
Noncompetitive
Unusual living or eating habits
Not interested in the opinions or company of others
Mischievous sense of humor
Single
Eldest or only child

It's like someone has been following me.

Overheard in LAX

If you sit next to me in the terminal, I reserve every right to overhear you and mock you on the Internet.


"What's up, ho?"
...
"You mind me calling you a ho?"
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"I just playing."
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"Yeah, we're going to North Carolina."
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"You got what? Glasses?"
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"I had to charge my phone."
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"Alright bye."

Then he looked around wildly as a plane flew overhead.

Five minutes later.

"I love you too. But I'm getting a little impatient. You said you would call me back. It's been five minutes. I'm just charging my phone and eating my little MacFlurry. I love you, babe. Call me back."

Two minutes later.

"Mama. I'm looking at my boarding pass and it says my flight from Los Angeles departs at 11:45 tonight and it doesn't say whenever it lands. And it says my other boarding pass from Atlanta, Georgia to Raleigh-Durham departs at 7:30 am. It must be a big time difference, huh?"
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"What, a 7-hour time difference?"
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"I'm trying to figure out the time difference."
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"You sound like you're sick."
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"Well, if you're sleeping, I'll let you go." [Note: it's 1 am Eastern]
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"I just hate fucking airports."
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"You still there?"
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"My phone keeps beeping."
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"No, it ain't dead. Someone is trying to call."
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"So what you doing tomorrow?"

Then his phone died. I don't know how this happened considering it was plugged into the wall, but it did.

Vote of Confidence of the Day

So I was listening to Nancy Pelosi talk this morning about the bailout bill. This is a direct quote:

"Will it work? We'll see."