This how they should handle cheating in baseball

STLtoday - News - Missouri State News

Jones, 60, is an avid angler. A divorcé with no family nearby, he sometimes stayed at the shop for hours. He had friends here. So when he placed second in a fishing tournament two weeks ago, the regulars expected he would show up the next morning to crow about it, just as he did after a win the week before.



But his moment of triumph — his trophy plaque and $886 — was the one that got away. He left the winner's circle that day in handcuffs, facing a felony count of theft by deception. Fishermen at the boat ramp cheered his arrest. Others were moved to anger. Fishermen can forgive all kinds of transgressions, but not cheating.

I found this story fascinating. Who knew that cheating was so rampant in professional fishing? Even in rinky-dink tournaments like this.

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Loaded Questions #13

Hypotheticals: If you were to give yourself a creative title for your personal business cards, what would it say?
Cog in the Machine

Anything Goes: What do you consider the most noble field of medicine?
Oncology

No-Brainers: What is the biggest advantage of being small?
I used to be really short, and it was easier to move through crowds. That was I liked the most.

Personals: What person have you always wondered whether or not they liked you?
Good one. I would probably have a whole list of young ladies actually.

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More global-warming BS

I love global warming stories. The more studies that are published, the more full of shit enviromentalists appear. 2 more news articles about global warming:


Agriculture: We are what we eat - National - theage.com.au

The world's livestock (mainly cattle and sheep) are the fastest growing source of agricultural greenhouse emissions, already producing more greenhouse gases than all the world's planes, trains and automobiles.

Targeting rice paddies may reduce greenhouse gas emissions

I am certain that eliminating rice paddies will go over real well in Asia.

So to save the earth all we have to do as a global community is quit eating meat, quit eating rice, stop driving our cars, going on airplanes, never use coal again (that will make winters pretty tough), don't breath to hard, don't listen to rap, or Neil Diamond. Sounds easy enough to me...

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A weird side note to the Virginia Tech Shooting

Cho sold Peach Bowl tickets to University students last winter - News

The students plan on selling the ticket stubs, and donate the money to a charity for they Virginia Tech shooting families.

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Loaded Questions #10

Hypotheticals: If you were a professional wrestler, what would your ring name be?
Any of the million nicknames people have given me: Hat Trick, Hairball, Trevino, Travisu, Travinator, etc, etc. Pick one. Pick 'em all.

Anything Goes: Who makes the most stylish clothes in the world?
No clue, I pretty much stick to t-shirts and jeans. Never payed attention

No-Brainers: What is your favorite kind of chocolate bar?
For me it pretty much begins and ends with Reese's Peanutbutter Cups

Personals: What is the biggest inconvenience about the place you are currently living in?
I don't have near enough space.

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So which is it?

An interesting news story:
FOXNews.com - Study: Global Warming May Suffocate Hurricanes - Science News | Current Articles

So since 2005 we get all of these weather "experts" that global warming is going to give us all of these Katrina-like hurricanes, and now some of them are saying that global warming retards hurricanes.

This is why they are all full of shit. They can't tell me if it is going to rain tomorrow, but I am supposed to believe them when they tell me that it is going to be 5 degrees hotter 25 years from now.

William Gray of Colorado State University expects at least nine hurricanes, with a good chance one will hit the U.S. coast.

Really? Wow, way to go out on a limb there fella. I could have told you that. What next snow in New York this winter?

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Under New Management

I went to my favorite fast-food restaurant today for the first time in a LONG while. Gourmet China in Dallas, Greenville and Forest Lane. It is just too far away from where I live now. I just happened to be in the area today. I was quite dismayed to see that it was being run by new management. I figured since I was there I would get something to eat.
Big Mistake.
When I got back to work, I found that they had forgotten my egg roll. That wouldn't have been a big deal, except not one time in the previous 12 years of the old owners did they once forget anything. And I ate there I lot more regularly then.
The food tasted similar, like they were using the same recipes, but there was just something off about the food. One thing that was noticeable, was that it was significantly greasier than it had been before. It was the first time that plain fried rice really tasted oily to me.

I really don't know if I will be going back....