Random Thoughts 9/25/06

• In fantasy football I'm now 3-0. My receivers (I can play up to four at a time) are Fitzgerald, Holt, Coles, Driver, and Bryant among others. I also had John Kasay kicking for me this weekend when he set the NFL record for most field goals over forty yards in a game (4).
• What the deal with the Madden curse? The player on the cover of John Madden video game each year seems doomed to failure that same year. Check out the Snopes article on it! Now Shaun Alexander has broken his foot! The funny thing is I went out and got his backup almost a month ago for just such an occasion.
  
• So is Osama bin Laden dead or not? Apparently nobody knows for sure, at least until a recording shows up that can prove he's alive.
  
• Gas is now $2.00 here in KCK and still dropping. The economy in our country is as strong as it could be in almost every way that it can be measured. Yet a week ago or so there was a poll that said Americans are more concerned about the economy than anything else, including terrorism. I really wonder why? Even if it's not good for you, it's not like we have soup lines and double digit unemployment as a country. What real, hard evidence does someone have for a bad economy right now? The (falling) price of gasoline, maybe?
  
• Brennan's birthday is tomorrow; he'll be six. We had a party tonight, where he received the last three plastic dinosaurs on Earth not already in his collection. He doesn't even hesitate to identify relatively obscure dinos like Kentrosaurus, Baryonyx, and Styracasaurus.
• Maps of War has an interesting history of the Middle East in 90 seconds. It's worth a look by clicking right here. The religion of peace has this short video for you.