Random Thoughts 3/24/06

• Do the computer geeks in Silicon Valley call the San Francisco 49ers the 110001-ers?
• Public opinion is slowly turning against abortion. A new Zogby survey revealed that Americans are trending toward the sanctity of human life. The survey asked for opinions on the following: abortion ends a human life (59% agree, 29% disagree); abortion because of the sex of the fetus (86% agree should be illegal, 10% disagree should be illegal); when life begins (50% believe it begins at conception, 19% believe life begins at birth); a 24-hour waiting period (56% agree with waiting period, 37% disagree); laws that charge a person who kills a pregnant woman with two murders (64% agree with such laws, 23% disagree).
• Bob Huggins was confirmed as K-State's new basketball coach Thursday. *Insert snide remark about Aggieville bars and intoxicated driving here* Actually, I hope a coach as talented as Huggins will be able to draw better recruits to the "Little Apple" of Manhattan, Kansas. Something tells me that kids playing in New York or Los Angeles, who've never heard of the other Manhattan, might just recognize the name "Bob Huggins."
  
• Are you as offended as me by the three peace activists that claimed to be "released" when as a matter of fact they were rescued by commandos who raided the house and untied them? And the religious organization they belong to and the families involved are still calling the rescuers "illegal occupiers" and still showing sympathies toward the terrorists who murdered one of their group. They say they blame American troops for causing the terrorists to take them captive. I guess I just don't understand.
• The BBC took a survey (in the UK of course) showing that 1 in 4 parents had an adult child living at home and that 1 in 7 have re-mortgaged or taken out a loan to support them. I moved out at 18, went to college, and got married (and have a great relationship with my folks, thanks) – so chalk this up as another phenomenon I don't understand.
  
• We haven't gotten the bill yet for Graham, but we've been told it will be significantly larger than our mortgage. This should be interesting.