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Throughout the 398 month campaign season we've heard numerous candidates talk about how they are "outsiders" or want to bring a new direction to Washington.  If you ask virtually anyone on the street about the politicians in Washington, probably the most common response you'll get is "throw them all out!".  Change is the buzz word of political campaigns for this and virtually any race.  The question is, do we really want change?

Can sports announcers please stop referring to the current NFC Champions as the "New York Football Giants".  No one under the age of 60 remembers that there ever was a baseball team named the New York Giants.  I don't remember that anyone referred to the Arizona Football Cardinals, even when they were still in St. Louis.  I know I'm going to have to hear this repeated for the next 2 weeks and it's gonna drive me crazy.

Can sports announcers please stop referring to the current NFC Champions as the "New York Football Giants".  No one under the age of 60 remembers that there ever was a baseball team named the New York Giants.  I don't remember that anyone referred to the Arizona Football Cardinals, even when they were still in St. Louis.  I know I'm going to have to hear this repeated for the next 2 weeks and it's gonna drive me crazy.

Over the past few weeks we've seen a ton of football playoff and bowl games being played.  While some games were nail biters and some were blowouts, what was common among nearly all of them was what happened in the final minute of the game.  Some poor coach trying to ensure that his team finishes the game strong and with class get an "unexpected" surprise...The Gatorade Shower.  I put unexpected in quotes because it's not really unexpected anymore at all.

Over the past few weeks we've seen a ton of football playoff and bowl games being played.  While some games were nail biters and some were blowouts, what was common among nearly all of them was what happened in the final minute of the game.  Some poor coach trying to ensure that his team finishes the game strong and with class get an "unexpected" surprise...The Gatorade Shower.  I put unexpected in quotes because it's not really unexpected anymore at all.

Last Saturday morning I finally gave into an urge that I'd been resisting for quite a while.  I ran down to Sam's Club and picked up Rock Band.  As a bonus Sam's was selling it at $149.99, $20 less then Gamestop.  I'd been putting off the decision because I didn't really care for most of the songs on the play list and I assumed that the novelty of the game would wear off pretty quick.  At $150+ dollars, that's a chance I was hesitant to take.

Last Saturday morning I finally gave into an urge that I'd been resisting for quite a while.  I ran down to Sam's Club and picked up Rock Band.  As a bonus Sam's was selling it at $149.99, $20 less then Gamestop.  I'd been putting off the decision because I didn't really care for most of the songs on the play list and I assumed that the novelty of the game would wear off pretty quick.  At $150+ dollars, that's a chance I was hesitant to take.

I could probably write a much longer blog about how words have meaning but I only want to say this......

STOP SAYING "YOU GOT RAPED" ON XBL!!!!!!!

I could probably write a much longer blog about how words have meaning but I only want to say this......

STOP SAYING "YOU GOT RAPED" ON XBL!!!!!!!

When I was a kid I can remember going out into the garage to explore.  My parents had one of those garages that were used for storage more then housing a car.  There was all kinds of cool stuff out there to discover, not the least of which was a giant box of matches I once found.  I remember starting a few small fires in the ditch behind our house and one burning just a little bigger then I had planned.   It's amazing what the fear of a good spanking will do to crush the desires of a 7 year old.  At that point my pyromania were pretty much extinguished.