10 Things to Think About on a Friday

1) Obviously the headline today is the school shooting in Connecticut.  It goes without saying that this is a horrendous, incredibly horrific act.  At the same time, do we really think that stricter gun control laws would have prevented a person intent on murder from obtaining two relatively "normal" hand guns?  I get that the immediate backlash is to say gun control, but the war on drugs hasn't stopped drugs, Prohibition didn't stop alcohol, illegal prostitution doesn't stop prostitution and even making guns completely illegal won't stop someone from carrying out this kind of monstrosity if that is their goal.  No matter what you try to control, or how strictly you try to control it, the people who want something will find a way to obtain it.

2)  Speaking of illegal things and on to lighter notes, I'll give 20 bucks to anyone who can find out where this is being served and how I can have it.  Illegal foie gras on a duck burger served somewhere in San Francisco.

3)  Are you more excited about the Fiscal Cliff or the Walking Dead half-season finale cliff-hanger?

4)  If you could have the government tackle just 1 area in the coming year, would you want them to focus on:
a) Gay Marriage
b) Gun Control
c) Health Care
d) Fiscal Cliff
e) Tax Code Simplification?

5)  You have two options: rainbows and kittens or sunshine and puppies.  Choose wisely.

6)  Survey Question: If only one domestic animal could exist, and all the others would be immediately extinct, which animal would you choose and why?

7) Y'all have been noticing that the Golden State Warriors are crushing it right now, right?  15-7 as of this post.

8) Assuming that the world will end in two weeks because a bunch of drugged out Mayans said so, are you foreseeing a Christian rapture, a nuclear apocalypse, a firestorm of asteroids, extreme natural disasters, or the sudden disappearance of the sun?  I'm gonna vote none of the above because the Mayans were nuts.  I'd hope for the disappearance of the sun though because the rest sound painful and horrific.

9) Got a laugh out of this.  That's about it.  Someone with Photoshop capabilities had too much time on their hands, and I'm a sucker for a tuxedo.

10)  I'm wondering if these girls from Penn State's Chi Omega have been following the news lately.  You do realize that your school just faced one of the most major scandals in American university history, right?  You're aware that the wave of bad press and bad publicity surrounding Penn State is like a tidal wave washing over the Poconos, destroying the face of honesty and integrity that used to be JoePa's school, right?  RIGHT?!  No?  Then surely you know that sororities are in need of more of a makeover for bad stereotypes outside of anyone other than Kanye West?  So why the hell are you posting this picture of your Mexican themed Halloween party?  They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but this one leaves me speechless.

We Are.  Penn State.