I hope he can see this because I’m doing it as hard as I can.
I just saw quite possibly the stupidest “news story” I’ve seen on the news in a while. It was regarding American Idol and how some of these people may not even realize they suck so bad (my words) because they are literally tone deaf. Apparently there is a real medical condition where some people can’t tell the difference between good and bad singing, some brain condition I don’t recall the name of. They said it only affects 3% or so of people, and get ready for this… there is no cure! EVERYBODY PANIC!!
That got me to thinking, would it really be so bad to not be able to tell the difference between someone that can and can’t sing? Apparently all the American Idol people that think they can sing when they really can’t think they sound better than past Idol winners. If I thought everyone sounded like an amazing singer, I might actually be able to tolerate karaoke nights at the bar, damn my infernal non-tone-deaf ears!
The news report goes on to compare the incurable tone deaf disease to the likes of color blindness. That’s a ridiculous statement for a couple reasons. How is having a disease that makes you think everyone is an accomplished singer bad? Well, unless you are a record label exec or something, and personally I think a few of those may exist…
Second, color blindness is much worse. For starters you can’t fly a plane if you are color blind, and that sucks way more than thinking the drunk girl singing karaoke is actually good. There are definitely times I’d like to be able to say “I loved your rendition of ‘Loveshack’” and actually mean it.
This is great…
HILTON ISLAND, S.C., Jan. 22 (UPI) — A man was charged with public disorderly conduct in Hilton Island, S.C. after being observed “in a physical confrontation with shrubs” by a deputy.
The Beaufort County Detention Center’s online log said the 23-year-old man, whose name was not released, smelled of alcohol and was taken to the detention center to await prosecution, the Hilton Head Island Packet reported.
The deputy that took the man in said he was responding to a complaint the man had attempted to get into someone else’s car. When the deputy arrived on the scene the man allegedly had moved on to beating the vegetation.
The police report said the man ran across the street to get in one last kick on a bush before talking to police.
http://www.newsdaily.com/Quirks/UPI-1-20070122-17501800-bc-us-shrubwarrior.xml
I’m not an American Idol fan, but I generally try to half pay attention to the first few episodes where they get “Joe Blow” on there that can’t sing worth a crap but thinks he or she can. Usually it’s good for a few laughs… The other night though I actually felt bad for the judges with the moron that admitted to being tone-deaf and a terrible singer but wanted them to teach her to sing to be some kind of great success story. What an idiot, I found myself hoping Simon would have had the security people Taser her for being such an idiot, I even got sick of listening to her pitch.
Speaking of TV, anyone else see the CareerBuilder.com ads for the commercial they are going to run during the Super Bowl this year? I thought it was somewhat odd to have an ad for an ad, but I guess Super Bowl commercials are their own show too. (I know I know, it was still a spot for CareerBuilder.com as well…) It will be hard to top the monkeys so it better be good. Anyone know if there’s a “Puppy Bowl” again this year on Animal Planet, or did they finally give up on that idea?
Looks like the Bulls are just about done with the game and are going to beat Dallas, which is pretty surprising, the Bulls haven’t been too good lately, and Dallas has. Could be interesting to see what happens, if anything, with some of these trade rumors flying around regarding the Bulls.
Getting to watch the Bears destroy the Saints on Sunday has made my week so far. It was a pretty entertaining game and I’m hoping the Super Bowl will be too… I think one of the best parts of the win has been listening to all the “experts” on TV or the radio squirm and come up with all the reasons the Bears should have lost.
Something else that bugs me is almost immediately there were articles on Sports Illustrated or ESPN about how Rex Grossman is the worst quarterback to be in the Super Bowl in… …however many years it is. My question is who cares? The Bears don’t need to rely on a superstar QB (especially when your defense can force four turnovers in a game) so having one that is just decent will suffice for now. Some people ripped Grossman for the 140-whatever yards he threw for, but didn’t mention his back had nearly 200 yards running. Oh well, I still like Rex and hope he does well in the Super Bowl.
State of the Union address is on in a few, this should make it a little more interesting: http://www.drinkinggame.us/ looks like it could be fun, but doesn’t come even compare to the Spelling Bee drinking game or the 24 drinking game.
OK, so it is nearly two in the morning, I think I’ve got the blog software working in an acceptable manner, for now, so it’s time for a “real” post.
So back in mid-November I was out of town for a few days and when I got back I had found out that the server my web site had been on before was hacked and one of those PayPal phishing sites was setup on it. Lucky me the solution was to simply wipe all the content, restoring my site to its initial state. I had no back up so I get to start over, that will be a lesson I suppose (one I will probably resume ignoring all too soon again). I tried to re-populate my blog with some content from another blog I had, but it is all sports related…
Anyway, I’ve got no time to write up my own software and re-design my own site again so for now a canned solution (WordPress + a theme I liked) will have to work. I’ve also been thinking about converting over to a .Net web host if I get the motivation/time to do so, so I didn’t see the need to invest a lot of time in this. Let me know if you have a recommended .Net web host.
Sooner or later, probably sooner while I’m on my blog tangent, I will try put a few files back up here, such as the Yahoo movie time script and the .Net color console thing.
Tonight I got to watch the “Dead and Deader” SciFi movie that was new in December. I had wanted to watch it for a while but for one reason or another hadn’t or didn’t have the time. Well I got the time tonight and was pretty disappointed. I usually enjoy a zombie movie regardless of how bad it is, but this one was kinda dumb. But I guess that is what I should expect out of a SciFi movie.
So one last thing before I post on the Bears before tomorrow, I find this cat image fairly amusing. I’ve seen a number of the other “cat” images like this but am always up for more, let me know if you’ve got any links to them!
Imagine that, the problem was server related and not software, typical.
So I’m screwing around with the new blog software, but for some reason my damn images don’t show up…. wtf?
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