10 Things to Think About on a Friday

While 2008 seemed to fly by, it's maybe an even scarier thought that we're already a full week into 2009 and looking at the first 10 things to think about on a Friday...We've almost cleaned up all the things that needed tidying from last year...we have a National "champion" in college football, the Super Bowl is around the corner and we're 11 days from being done with the Bush regime for good. As for what we'll be reading about this year? Guess we'll have some time to find out. Here's a few things to ponder as you gear up for your first full weekend of the new year (I figure you were all recovering too much from NYE last week to make a full weekend of it...)

1) If you're a ranked team in college basketball, like Boston College, you do not want to be the first ranked team another school has ever beaten in their basketball history. Especially when the team you lose to is cross-town Harvard.

2) I'm infuriated by the bailout. A bunch of companies and CEOs who got greedy, failed to adequately manage their businesses and are now facing bankruptcy. I'm not sure when we decided that it was the government's job to bail out failing businesses, considering it should be the business's job to make sure they remain viable. That being said, I can't help but admire the recent attempt by two of our country's more famous pornographers asking for bailout money.

3) I'm very unclear on how being a star works. A few years ago, Michael Jackson was facing bankruptcy, a child molestation trial and reports that his spending far outpaced any earnings he made, even off the Beatles' song catalog. How then is he renting a $100,000/month home in Los Angeles?

4) I love Akira. For those that have missed it, it's one of the most celebrated Anime movies to come out of Japan, ever. Which makes me wonder...why does Leonardo DiCaprio think that he can move the story out of the dystopia of "Neo Tokyo," move it to New York, and then exchange the animation for live action and actors and make it....better? I'm a bit afraid for the sanctity of Akira...

5) Hey all you trenchcoat-wearing, boom-box-holding, guitar playing kickboxers out there...sorry to tell you, but Diane Court is now married. I hope you didn't already give her your heart in exchange for a pen or something like that...

6) I can't imagine sitting down for my entire life, so my admiration for people who deal with wheelchairs is considerable. But check out this medical device that might help them stand up and walk...

7) The problem isn't that I know USC would have won the BCS "championship" game...I can't know it. The problem isn't that Utah may have deserved to be in it more than Oklahoma or Florida...we can't know for sure if they did. The real problem is that we can't answer who deserves to be in that game, or who out of the top 5 is the best in the country, and without a play-off system, we never will, and we won't have a true Champion. Just votes on a piece of paper and one team holding a crystal ball...wonder if they can see the future play-off system in there...Obama can.

8) If you like Pi and Requiem for a Dream, you'll enjoy Darren Aronofsky's take on a down and out wrestler played by Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler. Excruciating to watch, the movie examines the character of a man that has lost so much over his life that he's got nothing left to lose. But it's managed to propel Rourke from Hollywood outcast to a buzz actor being talked about to play a lead villain in Iron Man 2. But how did he go from 192lbs to 235lbs for the role? Apparently, a ton of eating and even more working out...

9) Those guys over at Apple just keep the hits coming...now they're talking about a webcam that would go behind the screen so you wouldn't have to look from the camera to the person you're webchatting with...the applications for online sex chats appear endless...

10) And not to be outdone by Apple, car companies are starting to integrate computers and other high-tech gadgets into their cars. If you need 22 satellite TV channels or the ability to create an Excel spreadsheet while driving like Za, your options are coming.

That's it for today folks...be good to each other and enjoy the weekend. And don't forget to check out the all new blog feature "Domino" for a running tally of our weekly domino game...Wednesday's game served to move Bini up into 2nd place and watched Nah fall from 1st to 3rd. Who knows what next week will bring...