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1. Driving in my car today and listening to the classic country station, I first heard "Stand By Your Man", by Tammy Wynette. That was followed by "The Grand Tour" by George Jones. Is it only me that noticed that the station played both members of the Classic Country "IT" Couple one right after the other? (Answer: Probably So)



2. News of the Weird: An artist from Ottumwa has created a reproduction of the Mona Lisa entirely from Sticky Notes. I guess every artist has to have their medium, but Sticky Notes?



3. A couple of athletes have won multiple gold medals and set world records at the Paralympics. Why is it that once the regular Olympics are over, no one seems to pay attention to the Paralympics? It seems to me that the athletic feats in those games are even more incredible, considering that they're accomplished by people missing various limbs and/or senses. Somehow they seem more able-bodied than us so-called "normal" folks.

4. have you ever noticed how when a commercial comes on, and you start switching channels, that every other channel is at commercial at the same time? Is there some conspiracy where the networks are going to make certain that you have to watch the advertising whether you want to or not? And what's up with paying for cable TV, but cable TV showing commercials? Doesn't it just make me the one to be paying for the commercials?

5. And finally, congratulations to the BYU marching band on celebrating their 100th Anniversary! They have been a big part of BYU events since before there was even an athletic department. I have great memories of my one season in the band, and congratulate them on behalf of all marching band geeks everywhere.

Comments

!nge said…
1. You're probably not the only one to notice, but I bet you're one of the first.

2. Why and why not?

3. My personal opinion, they should have the paralympics first, THEN the olympics.

4. Ditto and yes, it's a conspiracy.

5. GO BAND GEEKS!
September 19, 2008 at 1:47 PM
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