Random Thoughts of a Muddled Mind

Let’s see if this is going to work, or if it is going to cause me more pain…..CNN

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Okay…I just watched the new Playstation III commercial…the one with the doll and the machine in a room.  Anyone else think that this thing is just creepy?

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As they started the third game of the World Series in St. Louis, the game time temperature was 43 degrees….not exactly weather that brings to mind sunshine and day/night doubleheaders. My guess is that players wish it were a bit warmer…and while I am a baseball guy, I am also a bit of a [...]

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I thought one or two of you would wonder where I got the numbers for the formula I put together on the board today…here is the source.

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The current debate in Washington concerns the comments by the President dealing with the issue of changing tactics for dealing with Iraq. He has consistently stated that he will not change the strategy, but that tactics would be analyzed and adjusted as necessary. Last night, during a discussion, I realized that the person [...]

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A recent blog by Professor John Mark Reynolds highlights a coming problem for our nation.
Early this year, at back to school night, I was asked,
“Why are you having the students do these blogs?”
…my answer was that this was an opportunity to teach students to read, analyze and then compose intelligent, well articulated arguments. I [...]

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The Tigers and the Cardinals (Sorry ARod…I was sort of hoping for your guys to make it) will face off Saturday night in Detroit for the first game of the 2006 World Series.

The last time these two teams hooked up in a World Series, it was one of the best in history.

The ‘68 Cardinal team [...]

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With the November elections rapidly approaching, I find it interesting that House Democrats plan to
jump-start our economy and reform our economic policy, designing it to address the needs of working families.
source
Jump-start it?
We are currently looking at a Dow of over 12,000…an unemployment level of just 4.6%…just to remind everyone…economist consider 5% or less to be [...]

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Ever once in awhile, the really smart people write down important things for us mere mortals to read. Victor David Hanson is one of those people, and this column makes some very important points about the debate currently being fueled by several books on the market.
First, note the disturbing pattern in this resorting to [...]

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You probably heard me yelling when Magglio Ordonez took Oakland pitcher Hudson Street’s pitch over the left field fence to secure a 6-3 win, and secure a spot in the 2006 World Series.

Twenty-two years ago I was a bandwagon fan of the Detroit Tigers as they defeated the San Diego Padres in the 1984 World [...]

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