Not Just Another Tea (T) Party

52nd Grammy Awards Mostly Good

Odd moment to have Steven Colbert run his conservative shtick to a sullen 101% liberal live audience at the opening of the awards last night in Los Angeles. Not unlike the sacrificial cow sent upstream to enter a river of pirannah as the rest of the herd crosses downstream.

I tend to not like pop music per se but something about over the top live perfomances by our alleged best talent draws me in. I liked the vast majority but was left with a huge "WTF" after the first 2/3 of the Taylor Swift performance. Second coming of Milli Vanilli ? That was absolute rubbish. Wow.

Kings of Leon were the surprise of the night winning an award for best song . That would have been a 50-1 longshot in Vegas by my guesstimation.

Rare Pete Rose Model MacGregor Glove Unearthed

Never seen a web like this before. Flaws and all it is on eBay for the next week. Model 707 made in Japan.

United Airlines Seat 26E

So I'm stumbling around the cockpit trying to find the crapper when a gaggle of do-good passengers tackle me. I have to say it was the first time I'd mixed alcohol with barbiturates but the ride was fine for about 15 minutes. Next thing I know the cabin walls start to misbehave. My first thought is to splash some water on my face and see if I can snap out of it. A second later I don't know if I have to crap or wind my watch, like drunken pygmies my thoughts were short and ran into each other.

Left Bitter About Haitian Airport Security Priorities

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car. (Kenneth Tynan)

I listened with my mouth wide open while Los Angeles public radio 90.7 KPFK blathered about how time was wasted while security was given priority over assistance in the initial hours of military control of the Haitian airport following the earthquake. Don't they remember Somalia?

The knee jerk is throw as many Doctors, nurses and rescue personnel with no security and all will be well. Great for Utopia, bad policy for any responsible group or government. The crazy thing is, had this been the previous administration, the Commander in Chief would be the one being thrown under the bus. I didn't get that from the broadcast I heard, it was more the brash and bravado military that was being called out.

This is the worst case of worst case scenario's and to downplay the possibility of actual reports of looting and weapon brandishing survivors is criminal. These folks were in a survival mode before the quake. Understand me- I am for doing all we can to assist the needy but look at the numbers to date: a news report stated there were a total of 1,800 search and rescue workers in country for near a week and less than 100 confirmed rescues. With no operational port or roads the nightmare was relegated to Zombieland level.

A Day Around Van Nuys Airport

We stopped by the day my daughter got her camera and snapped around.

American Idol Rescue Haiti

Insanely popular American Idol (AI) has the opportunity to set the standard for charity. Here's your logo design, using the one from the company that makes commercial refrigeration doors like the ones you open in the supermarket.