The greatest thing about being a David Bowie fan is the weirdness never stops.
Her
Spent the morning watching Her
It’s a lot better than I expected. Sure, it’s a romantic drama, which is Hollywood-speak for chick-flick. But, it’s very sci-fi in a subtle way. It borrows a lot from the king of all sci-fi, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Things Tom Petty don’t want you to do
Saw this, loved it, stole it:
Definitely my favorite Tom Petty video, and possibly song
Honestly, I never enjoyed the stoner Tom. That stuff is remarkably boring musically. The edgier Tom was musically a LOT more fun.
Daily coffee may protect against melanoma
That’s one thing I shouldn’t ever have to worry about.
Obama’s workforce record
This is how I like to do things here. Read this and see if you get where I’m coming from. First I’ll usually start with a statement of opinion. In this case, it’s the argument that Obama’s socialist agenda has not helped the working class. Then, I usually dig into some data to confirm or repute what I think. In this case, there would be two sets of data I think pretty much sums up the entire issue, the workforce data and earnings data. Do more people have jobs? And, if so, are they making more? That was the whole point of Obama’s last two State of the Union addresses. Let’s look, shall we?
Workforce, there were 154,210,000 civilian workers in January 2009, when Obama took office. As of December, 2014, there are 156,129,000. That’s an increase of about .33% a year. Let’s look at how some other presidents fared since 1948, when they actually started tracking this stuff:
| President | Average Annual Workforce Growth |
|---|---|
| Ford | 2.77% |
| Nixon | 2.73% |
| Johnson | 2.17% |
| Carter | 2.09% |
| Kennedy | 2.01% |
| Eisenhower | 1.87% |
| Reagan | 1.79% |
| Clinton | 1.38% |
| GHW Bush | 1.09% |
| GW Bush | 0.76% |
| Truman | 0.53% |
| Obama | 0.33% |
So far, Obama holds a very special place in the rankings for all Presidents. He’s dead last. Granted he’s improving right now. But, I don’t think he’s going to improve enough in this area to move out of dead last. His philosophy is anti-private sector. The things he does is geared for government sector. In his world, the federal government stimulates the private sector with jobs.
So far, after being the first President to actually have TRILLION dollar budgets, that hasn’t worked too well.
Deflated balls
Ok, so the NFL has decided, several days after the game is finished, that 11 of 12 of the Patriots footballs used during their 45-7 romp of the Colts were deflated. In theory, helping them by making it easier to catch and hold on to the ball during a sometimes torrential downpour.
That seems overwhelming, case closed. The Patriots should forfeit their next game. Only problem is, that next game is the Super Bowl. Ain’t gonna happen.
How much trouble would it have been to have checked the balls BEFORE the game, and DURING the game. If a ball was found to be inadequately inflated, pump them up right then? We do it during youth games.
The Patriots have been busted cheating before. So, this Super Bowl championship, if it gets to that, will be tainted.
The NFL is a joke. It runs around worrying itself to death about image, while overlooking very obvious silly things like assuring game equipment is adequate. If a player had worn an unapproved headband, the NFL would have been all over it. It’s a playground where very wealthy people make very wealthy money. How the hell it’s still a non-profit is the biggest joke of all. If Obama wants to tax the wealthy, strip all professional leagues of their tax-exempt status. Since he could care less about following laws, all he would have to do is sign an executive order. That’d go a lot farther to balancing the budget than his goofball state of the union directorates.
Charlie Sexton
OK, got a quick synopsis of all things Charlie Sexton in my life. Won’t take much, but still fun. When Beat’s So Lonely
When we partied at Smith-Ballard, that song got played probably twenty times a night. I got complaints, but that was just tough. If I was drinking bourbon, you heard Beat’s So Lonely.
Which led to
In 1986 the rumor came out David Bowie was going to be touring with Stevie Ray Vaughan. That didn’t happen. So, the rumor then became that Charlie Sexton was going to be the lead guitarist for the Glass Spider
David fronting Peter Frampton. Although probably a far superior guitarist, he wasn’t my favorite guitarist of 1986. That kinda put a damper on the show for me. When my date asked when they were going to play “Rebel Yell”, we had to part ways. That was pretty much it for Charlie and me for about 30 years.
So, this weekend my wife decides we need to watch a movie that screams not-me
The roomie doesn’t say much. And basically gives the impression of being a burned-out rocker. But, he looks incredibly familiar. I hate that feeling usually. Finally my wife fills me in on the secret. It’s Charlie Sexton. He’s apparently alive and well.
That aspect of my life apparently found satisfactory closure.
Keep Moving Forward
Disney always has some Easter eggs in their movies. Some are very, very, subtle. Some, not so much. This is probably one of the most overt, but probably overlooked ones they ever did:
How many people here can name the original author of that quote? Don’t feel bad, I had to look it up. But, on this 19th day of January, 2015, you should know.
Nowhere could I find a direct connection of King’s influence on this movie. But, I seriously believe that’s where it came from. If you think I’m full of it, perhaps your time could be better spent watching Disney’s blockbuster hit in theaters right now.
Michael Moore thinks Chris Kyle was a coward
Confession time, I hate Michael Moore. Seriously, I detest the guy. In the last ten years all he’s done is whore for publicity regardless of who he offends doing it. So, given the success of American Sniper
My uncle killed by sniper in WW2. We were taught snipers were cowards. Will shoot u in the back. Snipers aren't heroes. And invaders r worse
First of all, he doesn’t name his uncle in World War II. I doubt he had one that was killed by a sniper. Really, I do. The guy is truly that classless. The only guy we do know for sure who got killed and can’t defend himself is the guy Moore is slamming here, Chris Kyle.
January 20, 2015 update: Dean Cain, who knew Chris Kyle, responds to Michael Moore, who obviously didn’t. Seth Rogen decided to jump into the fray as well, calling the movie “Nazi propaganda”. So, Dean responded to him as well.
@Sethrogen Seth...I like your films, but right now, I wanna kick your ass. Chris is an American Hero. Period. Go to war. Then we'll talk.
@MMFlint Disparage #ChrisKyle to my face. We'll see who is a coward. #Disrespect #Coward
I was on the fence whether I was going to watch The Interview or not. Seth made my decision for me. I’ll skip it.
Richard Sherman and the Super Bowl
I really don’t care a whole lot for either team in this year’s Super Bowl. However, given Richard Sherman’s performances in the past, I can’t cheer for Seattle so long as he’s on that team.
That doesn’t even include the bizarre rants from last year’s Super Bowl.