I have no idea....
About a lot of things. The topic at hand, however, is a seemingly well intended project involving a lovely young lady named Gina. The project is
Pinups for Vets. It involves you buying or gifting a modern replication of the old WWII pinup calendars to assist the troops. The calendar is tarty but tasteful, just like the WWII ones of such fame. I immediately had 3 thoughts about it (well 4, but the first one is obvious).
- I somehow doubt that soldiers in Muslim countries can post them in their barracks
- I somehow doubt that soldiers in a VA hospital are allowed to
- I am not clear on how much of the $$ you shell out goes to the charities mentioned
To solve 1 & 2 above maybe we need a calendar with girl next door head shots with big eyes and wide smiles. Or maybe we need to just let our warriors be men?
At any rate, a cute idea even if it doesn't solve all the worlds problems.
Tiger Woods named athlete of the year?
Warning: Potentially Highly Offensive post ahead.
I will admit that I have no idea who the
AP athlete of the year was last year or any year before hand. I will further admit that Tiger is legitimately the most successful individual competitor of the year given his incredible season. I further admit that Tiger seems like a fairly athletic guy (fit, slim, seemingly in great shape). But I have a problem with calling a golfer an athlete. Golf is a competitive game. To play at the professional level it is a very difficult and massively competitive game. So is chess at the professional level and we don't call chess a sport and we don't call chess masters "athletes".
Sports have an offense and defense. There is some other person or group of persons actively working to prevent you from scoring. Sports also require, or are at least highly assisted by, being in superior physical condition. They require running or some equivalent thereof, not driving a golf cart.
By man-rules, I hereby declare that the following are not sports and ergo the participants not athletes.
1. Golf
2. Bowling
3. Skeet
4. Trap
5. Pistol shooting
6. Billiards
I further declare the following athletic competitions are not sports due to the lack of a defender. Good practitioners are definitely athletes but they are not sports in the classic sense.
1. Weight lifting
2. High jump
3. Long jump
4. Shot put
5. All other track and field events which are done 1 competitor at a time
6. High diving
7. Synchronized swimming
8. Almost everything done in the X games except snowboard racing which is a sport and is fun to watch.
Badminton is a sport... a kinda weird sport, but a sport none the less. It requires a level of hand/eye coordination and you have both offensive and defensive components.
There is a real grey area for marathoners, sprinters, swim racers, etc. While there is no true defense there is at least a level of head to head competition in real time. I am happy to have them called sports even though I sucked at all of them.
Everybody clear?
Santa can now go back to driving his bus
Some whacko in Long Island decided it was inappropriate for Kenneth Mott to wear a Santa hat while driving his school bus during the "holiday" season. After a
brief fight, he won the right to wear his hat. Score one for little kids getting a little holiday cheer and harmless fun.
A Soldiers View of Why they fight
If this post at
Slaglerock doesn't bring a tear to your eyes you are either a heartless bastard or a lefty moron.
Silly String for the Troops?
I would have never thought of this but some aspiring McGuiver in the US military did. It turns out Silly String is useful for detecting booby traps. I am now wondering how many cans of Silly String fit in one of those standard rate USPS boxes.
Tammy has the contacts and details for those interested.
