But I’m not the only one with issues. For instance on a talk radio show (fastestshow@aol.com) I heard, "Let’s face it, we’re raising a generation of idiots." This was in relation to an interesting discussion about Bobby Knight. The traditional arguments usually run about his coaching abilities versus his physical abusiveness. He is also cheered on for providing good discipline and high graduation rate. Apparently the host thought this might be good for a nation lacking discipline and education. Personally I never thought he was that good of a coach so I don’t get it.
So I get up the other day and am curious as to the weather. It’s cold. No sh-t. But I found out it was 10 degrees. 10. Ten. As in 10. 10? Ten! That’s a shoe size, not a temperature. Of course this was compounded by the wind. Now I have a certain friend that likes to argue something about how the whole wind chill thing is bogus or something. I now extend the invitation for him to come out here and explain that whole thing to me – outside.
Another thing that bothers me is everyone I know tells me travel is so great. Usually this crap is spewed:
"You get to see great cities"
"You get to eat well on the company"
"Discovering new towns is fun"
Great cities huh? I’m in HOR-I-CON you dolts!
Eating well. I actually thought this might come true as well. So far the only thing that counts as a restaurant is the Ponderosa.
Discovering new town might be fun if the parts you consistently discover aren’t the slums.
But for all the bad here, there are at least some good things. The sun, the sun is good. And there’s actually a lot of sun here. It doesn’t seem to have enough effect on the temperature but at least it’s sunny while you’re freezing your ass off. Although I don’t have any movie channels here, I do get one bonus – The Family Feud! Oh yeah, this rocks. Right now I’m even getting a double bonus – Celebrity Family Feud. This one in particular is probably the 2nd best category – sports professionals.
Family Fued World Series
Philadelphia Phillies vs Kansas City Royals
The only player I recognized was Mike Schmidt
(For those wondering the all time best Feud category is Soap Opera)
Ok, this was funny. Of 100 people surveyed, the most popular response to, "Name something you find outdoors and collect." Now, I will tell you the top 4 answers were Rocks, Seashells, Insects and Leaves. That itself isn’t too funny. However, the 3 consecutive strikes by the KC Royals was:
Ok, this was close to leaves and I guess I could understand it. This was made more funny because he didn’t know the word for it, he had to describe it with hand gestures.
WTF? I mean seriously, who would collect it and what could you do with it?
Yet this still doesn’t take the cake. For insight into this last answer, we have to turn to Quinn. Although technically outdoors, I don’t think they meant
Another good thing here in comparison to other small, shit towns is the lack of dogs running out loose in the road. That’s because it’s too cold, but let’s focus on the positive. And finally, there’s polka. On the radio. Does it get any better than this?