Random Thoughts 10/08/10

• Sunday is 10/10/10 and a lot of folks are hurrying to get married on that date, i.e. perfect 10's.  It sounds like a gimmicky reason to me; how about some solid pre-marital counseling instead?
• Check out this short video about the flight-testing of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner.  That's just a beautiful plane.
• Unemployment is now 10.1% and those are just the folks who are still trying to get a job. The real number might be something like 17.1%.  Yikes.
• How are the Chiefs the only undefeated team in the NFL?!  Surely, that's a sign that the Apocalypse is upon us.  That said, the Chiefs game two weeks ago was the most entertaining non-playoff football game I'd seen in two or three years.
• Our Wii's optical drive died a few weeks ago, probably due to high mileage.  The boys play the Wii a lot and we've taken excellent care of it: our discs are scratch-less, the accessories are cleaned regularly, everything is in its place, etc.  At this point, I'm facing a repair to a heavily-used, three-year old system or paying to replace it.  Helloooo, Craigslist.
• The Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder play tonight in KC.  The game will feature a number of the NBA's biggest stars, in addition to Jayhawk alums Mario Chalmers, Cole Aldrich, and Nick Collison.  It's too bad… the Thunder, formerly the Seattle SuperSonics, could have moved to the Sprint Center in KC… but no.  I'd like to think the Sprint Center would get a regular, big-league tenet but that seems less and less likely all the time.