On Notice

I haven't Done this in a while, so here it goes.

Mel Gibson - You know what I'm going to spend alot of time doing this weekend? Not watching Apocalypto.

Michael Richards - Speaking of intolerant assholes, I feel bad that I haven't mentioned the whole Michael Richards thing on this blog until now. Seriously, Kramer, what the fuck?

The BCS - Stupid Wisconsin-screwing-over entity.

Actors who aren't Forest Whitaker - Speaking of things I've been meaning to blog about, Forest Whitaker was crazy good in Last King of Scotland. So if you're an actor who's not Forest Whitaker, you need to go see Last King of Scotland right now and learn something. Then sit the fuck down when Oscar Night comes and let Forest get his, because if he doesn't get one it will be a travesty.

Ben Stiller - Ben Stiller is an example of an actor who's not Forest Whitaker. And Night at the Museum looks like the biggest waste of comedic talent ever.

Vegemite - Oh, vegemite. I've never tasted you, but I'm scared of you.

People who can't hold onto Wiimotes - What's the newest fad among pre-teen boys? Throwing their Nintendo remotes around and breaking TVs and windows. Granted, this is probably an advancement over some of the fads of my youth, but still, these kids are On Notice.

Santa Claus - Oh, yeah. I went there.

He's Only Fifth Worst

Funniest thing I've read so far today, from Michael Lind of the Washington Post:'

It's unfair to claim that George W. Bush is the worst president of all time. He's merely the fifth worst.

Minimum WAGE!!!!!!!

In 1996, I was a 19 year old student at the University of Illinois who needed a little spending money and took a minimum wage job driving a van of audio/visual equipment around campus and setting it up in various buildings. When I took the job, I was making a whopping $4.75 an hour, the minimum wage at the time, and at some point, my hard work earned me a $0.25 raise, to an even five bucks an hour.

In 1997, I got another raise... this one, a federally mandated raise to $5.15.

As Bob Geiger points out, this was the last time the minimum wage was raised, a record length of time without an increase.

Right now, there's probably some kid driving around the University of Illinois campus making the same money I made, at the same job, nine years ago.

So Florida gets to play Ohio State....

Florida vs. Ohio State for the national championship. What do I think?

Ok, stop me if you've heard this one.... College football is all messed up and the BCS is a bunch of crap.

Do I think Florida deserves a chance to play for the national championship? Yes, but so do Michigan and a bunch of other teams. The only solution is a tournament, and the only realistic way for this to work is an 8 team tournament.

So let's break this down, school by school, teams that got screwed by the BCS.

Michigan - Obviously, the most screwed of them all. I think they deserved the chance to play Ohio State again. This is no dis to Florida... as I said the whole system is messed up and it can't be fixed without a tournament. But if there are a bunch of one loss teams, and one of them only lost to the #1 team in the country by three points, that's the one that deserves to play in the national championship game.

Wisconsin - Wisconsin lost one game all year, and it was to the team that ended up as the #3 team in the country. And not only do they not get to play for the national championship, they don't even get to play in a BCS bowl. Wisconsin got majorly screwed by a BCS rule that limits itself to two teams per conference. Even worse, freakin' NOTRE DAME got their spot.

Boise State - Hmmm.... I might have to take back what I said about Michigan. I don't care what conference they play in, any undefeated team deserves a chance at the national title.

Louisville - One loss, to Rutgers. Rutgers ended up the season as #17, and Louisville lost by only 3 points. And they get no chance at a national title.

Those are the main teams that got screwed.... There should be an 8 team tournament, and 6 of the spots should got to Ohio State, Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, Boise State, and Louisville. Two other lucky teams get a shot too... probably LSU and USC but arguments could be made for other schools as well.

But we don't really need to do this. NEXT year the BCS will work great and will be controversy free. Right? Right?!?!?!?!