- All the makings of a happy football season in 2007 at West Virginia. Head coach Rich Rodriguez has reversed field, declining the offer to become head coach at Alabama in order to remain at WVU. How much better can it get, a guy who had all but left, ditched the Mountaineers for a “better” job and more money, returning to coach the team he nearly left. I’m sure the players and fans won't look at him any differently just because he almost ditched them……..of course, one thing can cure any ill feelings or bad taste left in the mouths of players and fans alike: winning. You can be sure that if next season, the Mountaineers go 12-0 or 11-1, all will be forgiven and forgotten and Rodriguez will be hailed as a coaching genius, at which point we can go through this whole ordeal of will he or won't he leave again.
- Can a drive-thru window be far behind? That’s the next logical step for Stevens Creek Community Church in Martinez, Ga., which has installed two “Giving Kiosk” ATM machines outside its sanctuary. Churchgoers can give by swiping their credit or debit cards, thus avoiding the hassle of needing exact change when the offering plate comes by. I think I’ll hold out for the drive-thru, though, because who wants the hassle of getting out of your car and actually going inside of the church? I’d much prefer talking to a church representative through that audio nightmare of an intercom system they have at the bank, the one where you can't understand the garbled speech of the teller and you also get to send your materials in the little plastic tube to the building. Maybe next Stevens Creek CC can throw up the podcast of their services on iTunes and people won't have to actually attend at all.
- This can't be good for tourism. More than 150 inmates in a Cancun jail overpowered guards using knives and bats (why are that many bats available to them? they must have a hell of a rec yard) and escaped. About half of the escapees were quickly captured, by the remainder are still being sought. I’d check for them tanning on one of the fine tourist-laden beaches or at a resort, having cocktails with an American couple from Minnesota celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary. “Come bask in the Mexican sun…..with 75 escapes convicts” is a promising new slogan for Cancun’s board of tourism. Until these guys are caught, though, you might want to avoid getting into an argument over who was first in line at the restaurant, because getting seated first is not worth getting shanked in the leg.
- Hooters has competition in the shameless, pander-to-the-lowest-common-denominator arena for restaurants. Because everyone knows that guys just can't keep from fantasizing about nurses (umm, sure, we all fit that stereotype, that’s not insulting), the Heart Attack Grill in Tempe, Arizona is attempting to capitalize on those supposed fantasies. The eatery features, among food that will send you to an actual hospital for heart surgery quicker than imaginable, waitresses in skimpy nurses outfits, including high heels, knee high stockings and cleavage bearing shirts. This would be funny in a frat house, stupid, sophomoric sense, but when you start serving burgers with two pounds of greasy meat, four pieces of cheese and a pound of bacon and French fries cooked in pure lard, that’s just nasty. Nursing organizations are bent because they feel the restaurant is insulting and demeaning to actual nurses, but let’s face it, they have no real leg to stand on. Owner Jon Basso is free to operate his business as long as he’s not violating the law, even if it is insulting to nurses. But c’mon, man, America is fat enough without you serving lard fries. I’m predicting a drastic rise in heart disease and heart attacks in the greater Tempe area in the next couple years……
- Amazing how people jump at the chance to get their hands on the actual truth, at least parts of it, about the mess in Iraq. Having been fed a string of lies by the Bush administration since the debacle began (any luck finding those WMD’s yet?), the American public snapped up enough copies of the Iraq Study Group’s report in paperback form to catapult the book to No. 18 on the Amazon.com bestseller list. Admittedly, this book isn't the same scintillating reading as the newest John Grisham book and won't be making an appearance in Oprah’s book club, but it will be nice to find out what the hell is going on over in Iraq without having the facts filtered and distorted by the Bush administration, seeking to cover their own arses, not give us the truth.
- Wesley Snipes has turned himself in on tax evasion charges, thus proving that the law may not be able to get you if you are a double murderer (allegedly, eh O.J.?), but if you try to skimp on paying your taxes, you WILL be caught and punished. Snipes, in Namibia filming the ironically titled Gallow Walker (trying to cheat the IRS basically ensures that you will be hanged), returned to Florida, attended a court appearance and was then given clearance to return to Namibia, although he must be back in the U.S. by January 10 for his trial. Once again, it’s nice to see that famous people are treated the same as everyone else, because any of us would be allowed to leave the country with charges of $12 million tax fraud hanging over our heads, right? God bless America.
- I shouldn’t need to ask this, but I will. What the frak is President Bush doing (how many times do we all ask that question on a daily basis? 25? 50?) filming a humorous video for the White House website featuring…….his damn Scottish terrier?!?! The video has numerous administration officials in it, along with the Prez, Emmitt Smith and Dolly Parton. I don’t begrudge a President for needing to unwind and have some fun, but c’mon, go running, play golf, whatever. Don’t waste time and I am sure many taxpayer dollars on glorified home movie projects. And why do I get the feeling that with Barney the dog on screen with W, the more intelligent “actor” is the one with four paws and a tail?
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