Random Thoughts 7/21/10

• Avoid eye strain while reading my blog! Follow the 20-20-20 rule. Every 20 minutes, focus on something 20 feet away, for at least 20 seconds.
• Cpl. Dakota Meyer, USMC, may be the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor in more than a generation for heroic actions in Afghanistan last year. Nothing has been decided yet as these things take years to mull over nowadays.
• I was at the Y the other day and they wouldn't let me shoot baskets in the gym. It was ten minutes until the top of the hour (when basketballs would suddenly become permissible) and nobody was using the gym. It was totally empty. So I had to sit and wait, watching an empty basketball court, for ten minutes before I could go shoot free throws. Wow. Thanks for being slavishly anal with your gym schedule, YMCA. You're awesome!
• Afghanistan is more dangerous than ever and things seem to be getting worse. I've had several friends and acquaintances go to (and some are currently in) Afghanistan but the news, good or bad, from there seems to be pretty slim.
• KU football is expected to be in the middle of the pack this season. According to the Big 12 Media Preseason Poll, Nebraska the treasonous scum just north of here, Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri should be the stronger teams in the conference this year. Colorado the treasonous scum a little ways west of here are expected to be horrendous. Again.
  
• British Prime Minister David Cameron flew on a commercial British Airways flight to Washington on this last trip. He saved his government hundreds of thousands of dollars and shocked the other passengers on the flight. He's my favorite British PM since Thatcher.
• What does it really cost you to use that credit card? Check this out: www.therealdamage.com
• I'm doing a wedding this weekend up at the Church camp. Congrats, Andrew and Karen!