Truth: Great Idea No. 46

Revolving Arenas-

You have a sports arena where the upper level and lower level revolve during the entire game. The upper level moves slowly in one direction during the game.
The lower level moves slowly in the other direction during the game.

During the game, you'll see different views of the action. When the game is done, you'll end up where you started.

The concourse level remains the same, and the playing area remains the same. The levels move a few inches per minute. At the end of the quarter/period, the level will be forced to move to the 1 quarter mark.

As a side note, on the back of each seat will be a tv screen, where you can tivo the plays, get stats information, and see scores from around the league, or other sporting events.

Truth: Great Idea NO. 45

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.. Ok I've been thinking about this one for a long time:

-A restaurant that has no waitresses or waiters.
-You sit in these booths and conveyor belts are to the right of each booth.
-These belts have small plates of food going buy very slowly.
-Plates of all different kinds of foods.
-When it comes by, you just grab a plate to your liking.
- All you can eat - one prPublishice
- No waiting, except for maybe the next crumpet to come by.
- Low overheard for the restaurant, you just need bus boys and cooks.

Inspiration - watching luggage at the airport go around the room 100 times...wishing it were a giant pizza.


When will my brilliance cease to amaze me?

Pet Peeve No. 41607

I'm not so sure this is a real pet peeve, as it is more dealing with my complete frustration and anger. Sometimes you think you've got a good handle on things and for the most part you feel grounded. Then you hear about something like the tragic shooting at Virginia Tech and it shakes you. You are stopped dead in your tracks.

Then I also read this http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/12181955/detail.html and it really ruined my day. This was a complete horror to read. I can't even think about it, it makes me sick.

What is all so frustrating is how do you rationalize such things? How can you not be disturbed by it all. All those young lives just taken away for no good reason. None.

I don't know what the answer is to prevent such things. All we can try to do is become more educated, and more prepared for such events should they occur. Short of living in complete fear what else is there to do? Life is weird, life is strange. People are stranger.

How do you get people to understand how precious life can be? Is it possible to do this? Are people so far removed from reality and caught up in their mundane problems they lose sight of this? Is this learned behavior? Is this just an inability to deal with reality? I'm a slave to reason, and this is something yet I cannot comprehend. I think it's obvious there is a mental disorder aspect involved, but that sounds like a copout don't you think?

I'm angry because of what happened. I'm angry that I can't understand what happened.

Pet Peeve NO. 41107 Twisting the Truth

There's nothing worse than someone twisting the truth, or taking an advantage of a situation to protect themselves.   This has to take the cake in the art of spin.  How this even gets allowed to happen is beyond me.   This woman threw grapes at the school board.  How is this behavior 
acceptable, let alone being defended?

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/11621417/detail.html

Fundraiser To Be Held For Alleged Grape Thrower

A potluck dinner and fundraiser will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Detroit's Central United Methodist Church to help raise money for the legal defense of alleged grape thrower Agnes Hitchcock, according to a news release. [Alleged? NO, she did it. It's on video, with witnesses]

Hitchcock allegedly[No she did it!] hurled grapes during a Detroit Board of Education meeting, according to the news release, and will appear in court on Friday to face charges in that incident.

This is the first fundraiser sponsored by The Community Legal Defense Fund, and their first beneficiary will be Hitchcock. The potluck will feature grapes as centerpieces and speakers will include Hitchcock, parents and community leaders.

The Community Legal Defense Fund was organized to help individuals "whose actions or words when they speak truth to power result in incarceration or court proceedings designed to still voices of resistance to unbridled power."

The general public is invited, and donations are not required, but those who wish to contribute may do so at the door. The church where the dinner will be held is located at 23 E. Adams Ave. near Comerica Park.

Sports: ESPN has A.D.D.

Watching ESPN SportsCenter becomes troublesome, even for someone like me who has the attention span of a gnat. This may apply to Fox Sports as well. They way they jump around from sport to sport drives me crazy. Why must they show a baseball highlight, then jump to basketball, then to hockey, then to the NFL draft...then to cricket. It never ends!

Look I want my sports highlights, women, and food the old fashioned way. Just give me one at a time so I can enjoy it. Is this asking too much? I'm a normal average guy, when I have the remote I am all over the place surfing like the wind. However, I do this in hopes I can jump back to a part of a show or game where I know it's at. With ESPN I have no clue where the show is or what to expect. Did they show the home run or did they show some pro bowler pick up a spare?

Now I'm wondering if some so called programming genius at ESPN really thinks that I will stay to watch the entire show so I can see all the highlights? Sorry Charlie, I will not, and more often than not I do not. Yes that means I'm ignoring your advertising.

The other day I'm watching a baseball highlight, then they jump to some horse race. Are you freaking kidding me? This need to appease the populous and make everyone happy really waters down the quality of their show. I used to love it, now it truly annoys me. Hey ESPN, I won't come back unless you change your ways. Do you want me? Do you ever wonder why shows like Baseball Tonight do so well? Gee I wonder why.

This is what I want from my ESPN: I want 10 minutes of football, 10 minutes of baseball, 10 minutes of hockey, 10 minutes hoops, 10 minutes of misc. 50 minutes of sports is all I need. Keep it to the same sport for each segment Yes you can rotate which sport gets the nod first, but still keep it 10 minutes each.

Hey ESPN...I'm a guy on the go, I crave information, and I need it at Internet speed. If you won't give it to me, I will go get it some place else and get it how I want it. Stop neglecting me. You want me to be loyal to you, but you show no love to me. Where's the love? I work hard all day, and I come home to this? You are unappreciative and ungrateful. It's no wonder I seek the company of others. You've been pushing me away for years into the arms of another. I think you want me back, but you are all talk. Don't tell me you love me, show me you love me.

Pet Peeve No. 2010 Political Contributions

Patriots,
It bothers me that so much money is being raised for political candidates running for office.  I just think it's wrong, and a sad state of affairs that we've let it come this far.  It will only get worse!

Don't let the media sway you. The fact Clinton has raised 26 million, and Romney has raised 20 million dollars. And Obama 24 million...etc...is sick.  So far all the "major" candidates have raised $150 million.  Someone tell me how this is RIGHT?  

Ok so let's say Hilary raises 27 million and loses (let's hope so), all that money is down the drain.  Amazing that companies can give so much money away, yet claim they need to cut costs.  So does the money they donate return to them more so than investing or focusing on their business?  Does anyone know this?

All this money going to phone calls, tv ads, print ads, stupid lawn signs etc. This has to stop. Stop giving to money to any of these guys. Do your own homework, and vote the issues at hand instead.

If you think that it's only big companies that are donating to political parties, you are sadly mistaken.  They may have the big fancy dinners, but your neighbor is donating as well.    How can you not blame Tim Russert or Chris Matthews for alot of this?

Check out this URL to see who in your town is donating to the 2 major parties:
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~markane/i590/contributors.html

This one from 2004 is good too.  You can find out your neighbors names and how much they donated.  http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php.   Interesting how someone I know can give $2000 to John Kerry, yet not buy girl scout cookies.

I realize there's alot of laws and regulations that are supposed to protect corrupt contributions and what not.  The point is, this is silly.  Why does it have to be this way?  It's an entire industry in itself.  Crazy I say, crazy.

What's more annoying that a political attack ad?  Is that what you want to see or pay for?  

You can change this by not donating. You can change this by writing about it.  You can change this by writing your congressman or senator and saying No More!  Or you can continue to be a blind sheep thinking your contribution will make a difference, or you can go on not caring.

The bigger issue is the very rich make donations to sway and get their laws in their favor.  Wealthy individuals and corporate interests manipulate the legislative process, and this has to change.

When I run for president, I will not take any of your money.  I promise.

Sports - Tigers Opening Day

Well for those of you that arent from Motown, you must know that Opening Day in Detroit is a holiday.  Usually it represents the end of winter which is a big thing here in Michigan.   Of course I've been to opening days where it has snowed.  Anyways, the pomp and circumstance is pretty big news.   Many people skip work and school just to watch the game, or go to the game.  Many people just go downtown to hang out and party to be apart of the atmosphere.  I guess the only city that comes close to Opening day is Cincinnati, or maybe Chicago with the Cubs.

Every year former broadcaster and Hall of Famer Ernie Harwell would read this poem. This would kick off the season.  I have a tape of it somewhere.  Again...tradition...tradition in baseball is great.

For, lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of the singing of birds is come,
And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.

I love baseball.