Thursday miscellanea #114

  • I’m glad for Auburn fans that doubts about Cam Newton’s eligibility have been mostly removed.  I tried to imagine how I would feel were it Alabama in that situation, and I wouldn’t much care for it.  It’s hard to quibble much with pieces like this and this, though.  Little Johnny didn’t know I was whoring him, so he’s good?  This might be over for Auburn, but it definitely isn’t for the NCAA at large.
  • Another season, another round of just-OK sideline babes.  I was spoiled early and forever.
  • Watched an old favorite—Time After Time—on streaming Netflix last weekend, and was delighted at how well it has held up.  Wanted to watch Somewhere In Time right after, but it wasn’t available.
  • I’m down to four (marginally) presentable pairs of jeans.  Reason #482 that I have to keep my weight moving in the right direction is that I’m not buying any more jeans this big.
  • A friend of mine is on Kwajalein on business right now, which isn’t uncommon for folks ’round these parts.  It’s out of the question for me now, but I wish I’d known about jobs there when I was younger and single.  Those who’ve been a bunch say (fairly consistently) that it gets old sooner than you might think, but I bet I’d have enjoyed it for a good 60 days total, anyway.  (Beyond the obvious island activities, how much fun could I have had with a shortwave radio?)
  • Lea brought home a bottle of Mountain Dew White Out yesterday for us to try.  It tastes like hyper-sweetened Fresca, and I’m not going to tell you what it looks like.  I’d call it a thoroughly unfortunate product, but sales are strong.  (Feel that?  That’s my relentless slide away from the hot demographic accelerating a little bit.)
  • Something interesting on astrobiology is due today from NASA.  I really doubt it’s the big one—confirmed extraterrestrial life—but it sounds significant.
  • November wasn’t good for fans of Thursday miscellanea.  Thanksgiving’s a constant, but this year Veterans Day was on a Thursday too.  Thanks for your patience.

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8 thoughts on “Thursday miscellanea #114”

  1. All the SEC sideline babes look anorexic and underdeveloped to me. No cleavage anywhere! It’s a shame.

    As for the “relentless slide away from the hot demographic accelerating a little bit,” I just checked out the Grammy nominations. I don’t think I’m totally past it when I recognize a many of the names, but sheesh … I have heard like only 4 or 5 of the songs nominated this year.

    http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/2010-12-01-grammy-nominations-list_N.htm

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  2. Falcon, I didn’t know her. Very pretty in a girl-next-door way. Very Mary Ann. 🙂

    I like Wendi Nix, and part of the reason is that she’s not heroin-addict thin.

    Wxchick, I hear you. Everybody always screams “Erin Andrews!” when I say no one’s worthy anymore, but she does absolutely nothing for me. She’s a beanpole. I like Heather Cox best of those currently working, I think, until BamaDan points out that she has Skeletor hands.

    And I don’t know half those artists, much less the songs.

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  3. The college football sideline reporter babes drive me crazy. Being a chick, I’m not concerned with the ‘babe’ aspect as much as the ‘does she know what the hell she’s talking about’ aspect. IMO, there are/were only 3 – Lesley Visser (in the 90’s), Andrea Kremer and Suzy Kolber (now) – all NFL sideline reporters. I can’t stand a woman pretending to know football just so men can make googly eyes at her. Either know it for real, or get off my TV.

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