Morons Know Best

If you live in Minnesota and half an interest in sports, it is impossible to ignore the Vikings. For the past five years, people have been calling in to sports talk radio shows complaining about Dante Culpepper. And for five years the talk show hosts would smugly dismiss these complaints, just stopping short of labeling these callers as idiots. The talk show hosts would say these callers had no idea what they were taling about and how Culpepper was a great quarterback, end of story.

I wonder what the radio talks show hosts will be saying Monday. It looks like all the idiot callers were right: Randy Moss is the primary reason for Dante's success. The offensive line has been terrible for the Vikings, but that doesn't excuse Culpepper's performance this year. Until he shows otherwise, it is clear Randy Moss, despite his awful behavior, has been the reason for the Vikings' success over the past five years. I can't believe I'm typing this, but the Vikings miss Moss more than I ever imagined they would.

Happy Thanksgiving

Some friends of ours from college, Jason and Meg, were in town this week. They are touring the country from San Francisco to DC introducing their two-month old son Keenan to the world. They're also going to DC to protest the war. Friday night Emily stayed home from work and she and Jason made Thanksgiving dinner because it is damn good food and there really is no reason why we have to have Thanksgiving dinner only once a year.

The dinner was awesome but as we started eating we had a few complaints about politics, crappy movies, and things like that. So we decided we were having Notsgiving. Clearly Notsgiving is alive and well, as Jason decided decide to leave a Notsgiving comment on my previous post.

Thank you Jason.

Check out Jason and Meg's blog of their trip. It does not suck.

Red Letter Day

I have been waiting for this weekend for a long time. Not because it's the opening weekend for pro football, but because James McMurtry's latest album, Childish Things is finally available.

I've heard one of the album's songs on his website, and he sang it at his show when he passed through the Twin Cities last spring. The song,"We Can't Make It Here," as far as I can tell is the first overtly political song of his. I've heard snippets of the other songs on iTunes and they don't disappoint.

But don't take my word for it. Click here for a review.

And better yet, click here for one of the better features I've read about the man.

For the likes of Steve Earle and the select few elitist Minneapolitans who openly rip the state of Texas just because George Bush gets his mail there, I'd like to give them a copy of this interview and James McMurtry's latest album and quote Ray Wylie Hubbard.

"Screw you. We're from Texas."

Funny Stuff

Due to lack of blogging it is unfortunate that my first (and so far only) post about Katrina is steeped in levity. There is no way I can express the sickness I have been feeling the past week. It has hit me harder than 9/11. Public restrooms are hard for me to use because all I can think of is the Superdome. But here goes...

Via dailykos.com:



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Figthing the War on Terror

Emily and I bought new commuter bikes this week. They look like this:


Image from www.bayareabikes.com


I had a ten year-old mountain bike that was big and clunky. But I love my new bike. I think Emily lovs hers too, but I can't speak for her.

So now I'll be biking to work regularly.

Take that Haliburton and the House of Saud.