Not Earthshaking, But Still...

Every now and then, the planets align, or fail to align properly, and we get a whole week's worth of wierdness: some of it necessitating a "huh?" and some probably par for the course. In a moment, the results of my "most hated song" survey, but first, thses tidbits:

Zimbabwe officially no longer has any currency of its own. The inflation rate today was 1(followed by 24 zeros). That's a big number. The treasury secretary also today said he had a secret plan to reduce it to double figures...this was, of course, followed by raucous laughter by the media covering the announcement.

There seems to be real concern by some folks that players' long hair could be a problem in the Super Bowl...is that ALL they have to talk about now? Well, there's that Barry Bonds thing coming back and Joe Torre's book...They could also be giving some play to the Miller commercial during the Super Bowl which is supposed to be one second long.

A court in California has agreed that a parochial high school could, indeed, expel two teenage girls involved in a "personal relationship." According to a report in the Los Angeles Times,lawyers for the defense argued that because the courts ruled that private schools are not businesses and thus not bound by anti-discrimination laws, such schools would be free to discriminate against a wide variety of people. Well, DUH! Private schools have been discriminating against the not-so-smart forever, using "entrance exams" to weed out the undesirable...and special needs kids? Don't even think about it. And any kid who shows disrespect by being an independent thinker? Show him or her the door. And everybody wonders why public schools have a difficult time: they try to educate EVERYONE.

The "F-bomb" governor was thrown out of office today. Like I said, some of these are no-brainers. Talk show hosts are desperately seeking new material as I write.

Speaking of hilarity: non-partisanship remains a joke in Washington. In a stimulus bill passed by the House today, not one single Republican voted "yes." I don't know that I would have either, but it seems that at least one might have "crossed the aisle" as 11 Democrats did who voted "nay." The conservatives will crow; the liberals will whine, and the economy will soon rival that of Zimbabwe. That'll show YOU, Americal liberal voters! I don't know why we bother to think anything will ever change.

Finally, the list of songs that would serve as punishment for some of our readers:
1. "Cat's In the Cradle" (either the Chapin version or the one by Ugly Kid Joe)
2. "Who Let the Dogs Out?" woof, woof
3. "You Light Up My Life"...NOT!
4. "Last Kiss" (the Pearl Jam version)
5. "Little Blue Man" (maybe the worst of all time)
6. "I'm Not Lisa" nor are you a good tune.

Since those were the only responses I got, I figure we'd have to listen to each of them three times to make up the hour. I'd rather not even turn the radio in my car ON than have to do that. I plan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of "The Day The Music Died" next week by playing only Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper all week.

Rave on!