Random thoughts

The next post will be heavy on the statistics, so here is some light fare for Friday night:

1) Everyone from my generation (born, oh 1968-1976) considers Extreme's "More Than Words" to be one of the top 10 awful songs from our school days.

So why in the hell does this character named "Frankie J" feel the need to remake it? That's like Christina Aguilera remaking Maria Muldour's "Midnight at the Oasis" or something like that...

(and yes, I still have the "Pornograffiti" cassette).

2) I heard the sports news on the radio yeterday, and they played a clip from the Pacers' radio network- the clip was a dunk by Jermaine O'Neal... the announcer referred to him as "J.O."

Um........
That's like if Penn State running back Curtis Enis had a brother named Paul, some announcer would nickname him P-Enis.

I guess there are no more good nicknames anymore.

3) I see that Michael Schiavo has entered the political spotlight and publically announced his support for Tim Kaine. Why does this matter? Is he even a resident of Virginia? And will this turn the election over to Kilgore?

4) Why doesn't anyone like "57 Channels" by Bruce Springsteen?

5) The Grand Victoria casino played - back to back on their soundsystem - "Eternal Flame" by the Bangles, followed by "Knock Three Times" by Tony Orlando & Dawn. I was in heaven. Don Hershey, who was with me, quickly jumped three seats away from me.