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By Pat Bataillon
Those “I’m a Mac” and “I’m a PC” commercials are beginning to drive me a little crazy. I use a Mac, and I once used a PC. Personally, I like the Mac better. That doesn’t make me a better person than a PC user, though.
Posted on August 10, 2006
By Pat Bataillon
Last night I saw some great footage on the CBS local news at 10. It was a clip from a political show called The Bleeping Truth. One guest called the other a liar and the other responded in typical politico fashion with an emphatic denial. Things got a little heated and one guest left the stage in a blind rage, but not before feeling it was necessary to hurl a plastic chair at his debating partner. That is classic politics.
Posted on August 9, 2006
By Pat Bataillon
ESPN covered the first day of Notre Dame’s football practice in four straight shows yesterday: Rome is Burning; Around The Horn; Pardon The Interruption; and SportsCenter. Amazing how the fourth-ranked team in the preseason polls gets so much coverage. Perhaps the three teams ahead of them practiced too? We’ll never know.
While Notre Dame has its share of anti-fans, it’s striking how many really eager fans still remain ready to root for their beloved Irish. I am pretty sure that the same people that love the Fightin’ Irish love the following teams: the Yankees, the Lakers, the Patriots, the Duke Blue Devils, and the (pre-strike) Detroit Redwings.
Posted on August 8, 2006
By Pat Bataillon
I was having an enjoyable Sunday evening watching television until I saw the preview for World Trade Center. Now I am not going to go into some “terrorists winning” babble like our beloved president does so much. Nor am I to go into some America-support-our troops-in-the-War-on-Terror nonsense. am going to speak the truth. The truth is something we rarely hear any more so this should be refreshing.
Ludicrous.
Posted on August 7, 2006
By Pat Bataillon
Since it’s Friday, I don’t want to dwell on the past too long, so I’ll make it quick. Two lessons learned – or re-learned – last night. From It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the useful tenet “That’s politics, bitch!” From The Wedding Singer, that Drew Barrymore is still extremely annoying. I only got to watch It’s Always Sunny in Philly because of an intense game of Scrabble with my girlfriend. She is most likely blushing now. Picture that. She bested me by a score of 241 to 237. I was taught to take a loss in stride and congratulate my opponent on a game well-played. I must take this opportunity to congratulate her. Congrats!
I couldn’t string any points together. I was just out of it. I had to think about what was different about this night. And then it hit me: Drew Barrymore’s squawk box was melting my brain. Listening to Drew Barrymore “act” last night took me completely off of my game. She has always been a pain in my brain, but I never thought she could through my entire thought process out of whack. But she did.
Posted on August 4, 2006
By Pat Bataillon
Being that this is my second installment on this Internet daily, I thought I would take it seriously. That was obviously a mistake. I thought I would choose a program to watch and then write about it. I chose Pee Wee’s Playhouse on The Cartoon Network at 10 o’clock during their Adult Swim portion of programming. Watching that show for the first time since Paul Reubens was arrested for viewing movies inappropriately was a little frightening. I learned a lot about myself while watching for a half-hour. I felt exhausted; I got up at a commercial break to take a break for myself.
Posted on August 2, 2006
By Pat Bataillon
I watched the D-backs work the Cubs last night, that’s all there is to say about that. If I were smart enough to realize that the Cubs would never win five in a row this season, I would have watched what was on real TV. After looking through the local listings from last night, I found that there was really nothing on. Hell’s Kitchen on FOX, WWE Monday Night Raw on USA, The Simple Life on E!, and The World Series of Poker on ESPN2 . . .
Posted on August 1, 2006
Who: Rev. Peter Popoff.
Where: Upland, California.
Organization: Peter Popoff Ministries.
Brief History: Peter Popoff preached his first sermon at age nine and conducted his first crusade at age 14.
Posted on July 27, 2006
What It Is: Northwest Arkansas’ premier planned community.
Description: An overwhelming cornucopia of residential property, recreational lakes (eight of them, fully stocked with fish) and golf (126 holes).
Posted on July 18, 2006
