Random Thoughts 12/3/08

• Here's a great video about how you could spend Christmas. [Thanks Becca.]
• The 109th Army-Navy game is this Saturday. Go Army!
• Here's my annual reminder that Xmas is not an underhanded attempt to "x" out Christ from Christmas. The Greek letter chi, which is why "Christ" starts with a ch that sounds like a k, looks like an English x. From the beginning of Christianity, "X" has been a proper Greek abbreviation for Christ. Hence, X, Xian, Xnty, and Xmas are shorthand for Christ, Christian, Christianity, and Christmas.
• Global Warming has gone missing! The planet has been cooling for the last 11+ years but that hasn't stopped the alarmists. There is a subtle shift from "warming" to "climate change" so that if we are in the first decade of a global cooling epoch, it's still the fault of SUVs and carbon emissions. So don't worry, the government will still require more regulation and control over the private sector to save us from catastrophic "climate change" no matter which way the thermometer reads.
• Economist Peter Schiff is a genius and perhaps a prophet… but no one was listening. Watch this video of the other experts laughing at him and mocking him as he made predictions that turned out to be very accurate. His position is that this economic problem is driven by borrowing and spending and won't be fixed until we become a nation that saves and produces.
• Fantasy football is a pain in the behind. I'm the leading scorer in my conference (10 teams) but because of matchups and a lot of bad luck, I'm in 5th place (7-6 record) and out of the playoffs for now. Grrr…