Mikey D

I could write a whole post on this, being that I am a middle school teacher, but LZ Granderson's column for CNN.com sums up everything I would want to say (and better). It's a really good read.

"Parents, Don't Dress Your Girls Like Tramps"

I cannot believe that Abercrombie & Fitch would market a push-up bra to 7 year-olds (excuse me, 12 year-olds). That's just awful. But like Granderson said, they wouldn't market it if someone wasn't buying it...eek.

~Mikey D

This is in response to Adam's post of his second love, U of M Hockey.



~Mikey D

I was watching the Tiger's game yesterday, and they were showing Dave Dombrowski up in his suite looking down on the game. They also flashed the many titles he holds with the Tigers: General Manager, CEO, and President.

What the heck are the differences between those positions? Which is the highest in power? And can he technically fire himself from one of those positions, or is he perhaps un-fireable? I want to the know the duties of each position, or if they are all just one in the same and a fancy way of saying, "Dave Dombrowski has a lot of power".

~Mikey D

I've been listening to a lot of music lately that's different than my usual stuff (Guster, Copeland, Umbrellas, etc.). I've been really into Dev, The Cataracs, Hyper Crush, and a lot of other dance music. I know, very different stuff. But I've been really digging it for a couple months now, and so has Grace. It's just really fun music to dance and sing to, and it's definitely making car rides more enjoyable.

So along with the groups I listed above, I've also been listening to a lot of LMFAO. I truly feel like I'm the last person in the world to have heard them, judging by their millions and millions of YouTube hits, their bar anthem "Shots" (fun video, by the way), and oh yeah, their Grammy nomination. But eh, whatever. Below is a video of "Yes", probably our favorite song. We dance and sing in the car to this one...pretty much like the guys in the video.



I've also liked their newer song "Party Rock Anthem". I bounce all over the place to this one. Everyday I'm shuffling!



Anyway, something different. It's been awhile since I've done one of these posts.

~Mikey D

Why does it have to start at 9:23? That means it will end probably around midnight, perhaps longer with the championship celebration. That's too late for me!!!

This is just like the baseball playoffs. It's too late! It's not like this game is on a Saturday night. Come on now. The game is losing its younger audience who has bedtimes, and its old fogey audience (me) who goes to bed early.

Well, let me know if it was a good game. I'd DVR it, but it's just not the same.

~Mikey D

So usually when I read or hear about national or world news stories my blood doesn't boil, but for this one, it does.

Finally that pastor from Florida, Terry Jones, followed through on his burning of the Quran last month. When I first heard he was going to do this (wasn't it about a year ago?), I was wholly against it. Free speech is a great right of ours, but used carelessly or ignorantly it can lead to some disastrous results. It's not surprising then to have massive backlash against the burning in Afghanistan, which has resulted in at least twenty people dead, many of whom had nothing to do with Jones' message.

That's what bothers me the most. You have UN workers- not even from the U.S.- running for their lives in a UN compound from an angry mob, only to be captured and killed. And for what? Not for something they believed in or supported, but because some church in Florida burned something that so many people consider sacred. Whatever message Jones and his followers were trying to get out was completely lost by the way they exercised their right of free speech. How do you expect people to understand your points when you've completely alienated them to the extent they are so deeply offended they are ready to kill? It's like me saying to a classroom full of kids, "Listen up you stupid pieces shit, I've got something I want to say to you". You think they're listening to me? Hell no!

Look, innocent people die all the time, and it's a travesty, but this all could have been avoided with a little sensitivity and common sense. How could Jones not foresee any backlash? Are you that ignorant? Your burning was condemned by the president for Christ's sake! And while I do think the mobs that are ruthlessly murdering people should be the ones to blame for these peoples deaths, I can't help but place a fraction of the blame on Jones. The old legal analogy can be made that the mob was the empty gun, and Jones supplied the bullets.

But back when I first heard Jones was going to burn the Quran, I was thinking big picture. Al-Qaeda and terrorist groups are very real, and they are a constant threat. Every year we hear of some attack, or of some thwarted attempt of an attack. Just a few months ago there was the attack in the Russian airport. A year or so ago it was the potential plane bomber in Detroit. And these aren't going to go away. They are going to be a part of our lives for as long as there is unrest in the world and America is viewed as the "enemy". So looking bigger picture, what does this do to terrorist groups (especially in Afghanistan)? I can only think they will view Jones' actions as America's actions, and that we are all now lumped in as Quran and Muslim haters. I can only think that we are now going to have more determined terrorist cell groups (and possibly more groups) that are willing to do what is necessary to get their message across to the United States.

I'm just getting really sick of dumb people. It's agitating. Everyone from Terry Jones down to the idiot who goes 55 mph in the left lane of a four-lane highway on my way home from work. They are affecting my life too much, and I don't appreciate it. It's pissing me the fuck off.

~Mikey D