PC - Nothing New

Since I'm pretending like I'm not actually going to Africa in EXACTLY one month and planning a road trip up to Ohio/NY for this upcoming weekend, I'm just going to post some randomness to satiate my rabid fan base...

* I think I ate a bad burrito from Willy's Friday night, so I did the only thing I could last night: Nyquil. This stuff should be illegal. I'm still drowsy and I took a dose 15 hours ago.

* Bill Simmon's latest column is a masterpiece. His stuff has been pretty weak all summer, but his chronicles of his guy weekend to Wisconsin is classic.

* An article from salon.com examining America's Funniest Home Videos in the age of youtube.

* Rescue Me has cracked my top 3 hour-long shows (Actually, I've never really ranked my favorite hour-long shows, but I digress). The show is incredible. One scene will be the funniest shit you could think of, then the next will be ultra-serious without feeling forced. Denis Leary is an underrated actor, and the people who play Lou, Garrity, and Sheila (is she a loon or what?) are especially great. The characters are really f'd up, especially anyone related to or sleeping with Tommy (Leary), who's an example of the Tony Soprano-like antihero that the audience roots for. This show is right up there with The Sopranos and The Wire.

* Anyone who still mentions that the Braves have a chance to win the NL wild card is delusion. They've been done since their big slump in July. They were winning 11-4 earlier today, and I was still nervous - that's not a good sign.

* I despise Chris Berman (an ESPN announcer). He's in the same category as John Kruk to me: Lose fifty pounds so you don't get out of breath forming a sentence. But if this story is true, I've gained some respect for Boomer.

* Barack Obama is The Man. He's basically the only hope for progressives left, but he's probably not going to run for president until 2012 or 2016. He's pulled off a brilliant move: Instead of doing what most Washington politicians do on their August recess - absolutely nothing of consequence... just like when they're in session - he gets a hero's welcome returning to Kenya and other African countries with the press lapping it up. He really has a chance to elevate himself over every American politician, kind of like what Bill Clinton and Colin Powell have done recently. And, yes, I'm trying to figure out a way to get a job in the Obama administration ten years from now.