Are You Having a Laugh?

Hey yaars,

In the utter slothdom that has engulfed me over the past few days, I've managed to catch up on a lot of TV shows, watch a lot of baseball, and lose a few bucks sports betting. And now I'm getting ready for the ICC Champions Trophy (re: above picture of Shoaib Akhtar).

Nothing crazily new to report, though I have now a newfound disdain for Ryan Smyth of the Edmonton Oilers. Yesterday my proline bet was as follows :

Mets/Cardinals, UNDER 8.5 runs
Delgado/Pujols, Delgado by 1+ points
Elias/Sundin, Elias by 1+ points
Thornton/Smyth, Thornton by 1+ points

The first three were perfect going into the last game at 10:30. And after two periods Thornton had 3 points to Ryan's 1. I was overjoyed at the prospects of getting about $35 and started telling Jamie on MSN and my bro. Of course that jinxed it as Smyth managed to score a F'N HAT TRICK in TWO MINTUES!!!!! It killed my ticket and screwed me out of what was otherwise a very well chosen ticket! I know I know, even though I denied it, I am SO Brandon Walsh-ing things!

To my amusement though, it seems like I may have picked the World Series combatants dead on. Not to once again jinx things, but I said at the beginning of the playoffs that I thought the Tigers and Mets would make it to The Series. I can only imagine the look on a certain Tigers fan should they go through (they're up 3 games to 0). Go Bondo Go!

On to my random thoughts...

- So Michael Ignatieff managed to make a massive blunder in mentioning Israel in a negative manner in one of his speeches. It was undiplomatic to say the least, as was Mr. Harper's accusation of Liberals being anti-Israel. Since when did Canada become part of the Middle East?

We're SUPPOSE to be the impartial, negotiating party!!! (It surprises me that even I'm more diplomatic than a leading Liberal politcian at this point). And to comment on the claim of the Grits being anti-Israel, a Mr. Bob Rae's married to a Jewish woman and in the past has had very pro-Israel comments in his speeches, so I think it's a bit off the mark to paint them as biased.

- Apple's releasing a red ipod nano of which a percentage of sales will go to HIV/Aids Research. Do we have to reduce ourselves to picking a specific colour of iPod to justify giving money to charity? Why can't ALL iPod sales have a percentage sent to charity? Oh right, then Mr. Jobs would have less coin to use in his big money pool (a la Scrooge McDuck)

- I'm really looking forward to getting a hold of General Pervez Musharraf's autobiography, In the Line of Fire . Of course there will be a certain aspect of bias, at the same time he's managed to keep the nation together while combating numerous different foes (terrorists, India, and those wanting to "bomb Pakistan to the Stone Age"). Oooh my nationalistic fervour is brewing :P

- Madonna's now adopting a kid from Malawi. It's great that she's helping a kid out, but couldn't she manage to pretty much fund a few countries with the money she has? It seems almost as if the whole idea of adopting an unfortunate kid is lost on celebs. This isn't like getting a pet (i.e. Tinkerbell), there's a certain aspect of humanity and dignity that should be kept in mind. OK, I admit I'm a bit jealous that I couldn't be adopted into wealth!!!

- If love is blind, can it also be deaf?

That's all I got for now. Remember folks, I'm turning 25 in two weeks, get your presents ready.