No lesson today, just some thoughts on electronic paper

So I hope everyone has had a wonderful week. I am just sitting here on Sunday afternoon trying to figure out if I am going to be productive today or if I am just going to sit around and think about being productive next weekend instead. I figured I might as well write a little update on the ol' blog. Please allow me to apologize about the stream-of-conscious feel that this may take.

First - Barry Bonds tied Hank Aaron's all-time home-run record last night. I would just like for it to be on record that I think that Barry Bonds may be the single greatest cheater in the history of professional sports. While I certainly understand that he has not been convicted in a court of law, and the evidence as it currently exists is not enough to even bring a case against him, the burden of proof is a little bit different for the Court of Timmy and he has been tried, convicted and is scheduled for record book "asterisk-ification." Here is to hoping he blows his knee out before he can hit another one.

Second - I have noticed a trend in websites to include an embedded sort of spell-check for when people are typing emails, comments, blogs, etc. I am a fan of this trend and look forward to its expanded application. There is one thing that makes me laugh though and that is that when you are on MySpace and you actually reference MySpace in your message or blog it is marked as being spelled incorrectly. Wouldn't you think that the marketing/branding department for MySpace would have made sure to right-click on MySpace and add it to their dictionary? That makes no sense whatsoever.

Third - I was driving out of my neighborhood the other day and I saw a guy taking the tarp/cover off of his car. I have never been one to worry about the protection of my car from ...really anything (the elements, my propensity to use it as a trash can/laundry basket, other car's trailer hitches), but I can understand why someone would want to protect a car, especially a new car/classic car. Here is the thing though: The car was neither new or a classic. It was, in fact, an Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera.This guy has put a cover on that car?! That takes it to a scary Danny Tanner level (that Danny Tanner link is a little dirty, so click with caution).

Fourth - Is anyone else as obsessed with Wikipedia.com as I am? I could literally spend days on that site. May favorite thing to do now is to post things that are mostly true and see how long it takes for people to realize that there is something wrong with it and fix it. It seems that the Buffy site keepers are the best at it (it only takes around 5 minutes before they realize something is wrong).

Finally - A dear friend of mine, Lila Stevens, has been diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer and is currently receiving treatment in Houston. There is a website that you can go on and get updates on her condition and sign a guestbook letting her know you visited. The prognosis is not the best, but they are holding strong to hope and are fighting this with everything they have. Lila is one of the greatest women I have ever known, and I know that she will do everything that she can to defy this disease. I love you very much Lila!!

Sorry to end on a depressing note.

Have a great week all!!