Random Thoughts 2/8/07

• A Bears fan, formerly known as Scott Wiese, lost a bet and now has to legally change his name… to "Peyton Manning." He's reportedly going through with it, though probably not permanently. After all of the embarrassment, I'll wager he stops betting on sports.
• The Airbus A380 had its first media flight yesterday, hoping to impress potential customers. It's the world's largest passenger plane, double decker all the way. It's also an over-sized headache. Because of delays and other problems, many customers have canceled their orders and gone with trustworthy Boeing 747s instead. Boeing has also made a killing by predicting where the market was actually going, selling ultra-modern and efficient medium sized aircraft like the 787 Dreamliner instead of super-jumbo jets. Ultimately it's better for both companies to be successful but it's hard not to root for the Americans, especially when they're on a roll.
• We're having a movie night at the church tomorrow. After all of the guff about Super Bowl parties being "illegal" if the screen was over 55 inches, you have to wonder if this is okay either. Fortunately a church can get licensed to show movies just like we are to play copyrighted music.
  
• I just watched a news piece on name brand fur coats, such as Tommy Hilfiger, that was not synthetic "faux fur" as advertised but instead was real dog hair from China. Hmmm. That's disgusting.
• Arena Football starts in March. The Kansas City Brigade have added some new players including former Saints TE Boo Williams, former K-State QB Michael Bishop, and former Chiefs backup QB Jonathan Quinn. I got to go to one game last year and I'd gladly go again if the opportunity presented itself. It's a lot of fun. I especially can't wait for the Sprint Center to open up.
• Our Sunday School classes are collecting vitamins to send to Belize. A guy I went to Bible College with is now a student at KU Med and they intend to send tens of thousands of vitamin bottles to the Central American country. They want multi-vitamins, children's chewables, pre-natal vitamins, etc. before the first of March.
• Our church took an offering for the soup kitchens in Kansas City last Sunday. The total was $1002 dollars, which goes entirely to those ministries.