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Comments by YACCS

 
Speaking of insomnia, does anyone know if insomnia is a side-effect of the drug Prevacid? If so, it would explain a lot.....
so wrote Leper around about 2:43 AM

 
Ahhhh, insomnia......gotta love it. *snort*

In any case, check out this article from Al-Ahram Weekly Online from Cairo. Kinda puts a different spin on the "innocents" in the refugee camps, doesn't it? (via Sgt. Stryker's Daily Briefing)
so wrote Leper around about 2:42 AM

 
Interesting article in the LA Times about the Middle East & Dubya's insistence on invading Iraq. (via This Modern World)

As far as the whole Middle East thing goes, Colin Powell had no chance of succeeding & Dubya knew it. Sending Powell was a whole "smoke & mirrors" thing to make it seem like the US actually had some control over the Israelis. Sharon doesn't want peace, he's too busy trying to dismantle the Palestinian Authority. Arafat doesn't want peace, he's too busy playing for sympathy from the rest of the world for the situation that he brought upon himself. (Quoting the Daily Show paraphrasing Arafat from memory "I have no control over the suicide bombers, but if Israel will withdraw I can stop them.") Dubya doesn't really care one way or the other, he just wants to invade Iraq & needs support from the Arab world to do it.

"Compromise" is not a word that exists in the Middle East right now. [Note that "promise" is an integral part of the word "compromise".]
so wrote Leper around about 12:12 AM

 
I'm a huge hockey fan. I've been glued to my tv the past two nights watching the opening round of the playoffs. The best thing about the playoffs? You get to see teams play their A-game every night. There really aren't many fights in the playoffs, either. Now, I'm not against fighting in hockey. In fact, I firmly believe that it's an integral part of the game that serves a very useful purpose. I just don't want to see two guys go at it without a damn good reason. It slows the game down. Right now I'm watching the LA Kings play the Colorado Avalanche. 12:00 minutes left & it's tied 3-3. A good, high-spirited, tight game.

I've completely lost interest in other sports. Basketball has become all about dunking. Baseball was dull to begin with, but it's even more dull now that the main focus has been on who's leading in the home run race. Golf? Give me a break! Golf is all about making afluent white men pay $500 for a graphite stick. Boooooring! Football? With 10 seconds of action separated by 30 seconds in between plays, it's almst as bad as baseball. If I wanted to watch fat guys run into each other, I'd watch sumo wrestling. Couple to that the bland color commentators that feel obliged to ramble on and on about nothing just to fill the dead space in the action, and you can count me out. Don't even get me started on pro wrestling....

Why is hockey better? Allow me to make a list:

• A hockey game has constant action. Sure, a game takes three hours to play, but 40 minutes of that are the two period breaks. Each team gets only one time-out, and those are rarely used. You've got constant movement, checking, 100 mph slapshots, and the occasional fight. [note: the NHL hasn't had a bench-clearing brawl since 1987. How many did baseball have last season alone?]
• There are no fat guys in hockey. Football is all about fat guys running into each other. Baseball has more tubby guys than a Chicago all-you-can-eat buffet. Basketball? Shaq could play Santa at the Lakers' Christmas party (granted, a really tall & dark Santa, but Santa nonetheless).
• Fighting in hockey plays an important purpose, rather than the simple goonery in other sports. Hockey fights are all about respect. If an opposing player doesn't respect your team's players, the opponent can count on being given a reminder to mind his manners (anything from a verbal indication to a punch in the head). In fact, it could be argued that many of the recent day injuries stem from dirty or careless play, something that wouldn't have been tolerated by players 20+ years ago. Nothing will remind you to keep your stick on the ice quite like a tussle with the likes of Tie Domi or Stu Grimson.

And that's just off the top of my head!
so wrote Leper around about 11:46 PM

 
From The Onion: Home Buying Up Among Lame-o's.

Y'know, I know a couple that just bought a house, too.....I wonder.....
(LM & SB, you know I kid because I care, right? Hello? Is this thing on?)
so wrote Leper around about 11:06 PM