Chance's Weekend Update: 04/27/2008

Chance's Weekend Update: 04/27/2008

"I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience."
-Mitch Hedberg

I fell off a bike yesterday for the first time in the last decade...scratch that, let me start over. North Central College has these big red grandma bicycles that you can use to ride around for free--and because of their style nobody is going to steal them. Well I don't have a car so I used one to go to work. On my way back it was pretty windy and cold, so I put my hands in my pockets--both hands. The tires on these things are like 2.5 inches wide, so I felt very safe riding along no-handed. Then I was going down a hill, picking up some speed, and I literally thought about how ridiculous it would be to crash right along such a busy street with potentially hundreds of witnesses. As one could predict, I was riding by some shrubs and a rouge branch caught one of the giant hand grips and the tire instantly turned perpendicular to the direction I was traveling and I was thrown out of my seat and over the handlebars. It was so insane, I was laying there in the grass thinking that I would never walk again, but soon got to my feet, collected the remaining pieces of my shattered ego and fled the scene. Other than a cell phone shaped bruise on my quad (my cell phone is 100% somehow) and a little grass stain I am alright, but I still can't get over how I was ejected from a grandma bike and I was smart enough to have both of my hands in my pockets. Anyways...

Some things that don't suck:

The Rather Difficult Font Game, My sister Jessica sent me an email this morning reading "I've tried this and got a whopping 2/34 correct...Here is the link," some may see this as a friendly email contributing to my weekend update. But I know my sister, so I knew she had just spit in my face and challenged me via this internet widget. A cool 19 minutes after she sent the initial message I ruined her day by making 13 correct blind guesses. Good luck...

Argonne labs has the worlds 2nd fastest computer, the exact speed of the computer really doesn't matter. The numbers are huge and I am sure it can figure problems out that we can't even read--for the tune of about $165 million dollars you could own one yourself. Oh and the other cool thing about it is that they are willing to share their new toy with the public groups conducting research.

CTA improvements announced, $227 million dollars worth of improvements....(far short of the $6.3 Billion in estimated repairs to bring the CTA "up to date"). As far as I can tell these are all infrastructure improvements, where are they getting all the money and considering the layoffs who is going to drive? "CTA officials said they have no choice except to issue bonds to finance the $227 million project in part. They hope that the bonds would be paid off with anticipated future federal transit funding." If you are wondering why I have this up here...it is because it is good that the CTA is being fixed up, but I acknowledge that it does suck that they are doing all the work on the State's credit card. (Having a feature on Google Maps is going to their heads).

Stop...Making my weekend updates Oak Lawn, in case you haven't driven through the lovely city of man-hole-cover-thieves recently...their stop signs have this great feature--state funded graffiti. Under the traditional "STOP" a sign also reads "in the name of love..." or "to smell the roses" in an effort to get drivers to pause a little longer. Kind of a cute idea, but an illegal use of state funds I guess.

Awesome!

Spy Mail, This is a GPS tracker that fits into an envelope. Now if you have an important package you do not need to rely on a website with periodic updates, you can pop open GoogleMaps to see exactly where you package is at that moment. There is even a feature that alerts you every time motion is detected, so you can really test the efficiency of your carrier. Or hide it in your kid's backpack...wait, they actually sell one specifically for that here.

Charlie Wilson's War, was a sweet movie that I saw this weekend. I looked up some things about it and found that it was pretty close to historically accurate, but the most significant part of the movie is the last 5 minutes. Now I am fully aware that everyone has their opinions on war and allocation of federal funding--and all sides make good points--but this movie does a great job at showing how one can do a great thing, then pretty much negate it all with a very simple and cheap lapse in judgment.

Being a Beekeeper, there have been some interesting articles recently about a couple of lost agricultural skills. Two which have caught my eye so far have been sheep shearing and now Beekeeping. The cool thing about bees is that they make honey--and I love honey. A second cool thing is that every time you go visit someone you can give them a jar of your very own honey. This is a link to a website about beekeeping basics...so that the skill is a little more found than it was yesterday.

Some things that do:

Being hit in the face with a fast ball (96 mph!!!), The first pitch of the fourth inning at the Dodgers game Saturday night missed the Gold Glove of catcher Russel Martin and caught umpire Kerwin Danley square in the face. As interesting as it is to read about I know that you are all eager to see it, thanks YouTube.

Going to College...When for the cost of around 1-year tuition you could buy a six-figure salary state job from the Governor!

These are two different stories relating to pretty much the same thing...The Governor is going to jail sooner or later, 3/4 of the people who contributed exactly "$25,000" were either given a State appointed position--some earning as much as $125,000 a year--or their business' won lucrative State contract work. Here is another fun fact: "Over the last four decades, four former Illinois governors have faced federal indictments and three were convicted" so far...

Chicago Police Assault Riffles, maybe it is just me...but this makes me a little nervous. Just last week the trigger happy CPD emptied their handguns into a Cougar lying down crying in an alley. Can you imagine the damage they could have done with an assault rifle? This seems to me like a great sign that there could be some serious problems in Chicago which should be addressed with a little less gunpowder and a little more common sense. For instance, maybe showing kids that drug dealers make (on average) about $3/hour and is by far the most dangerous job in the country (Alaskan Crab Fisherman / Ice Road Trucker / Logger included) as presented by University of Chicago Economist - Steven Levitt, Is Thug Life the Happy Life?

Coyotes want some press too, so they chased a woman through a Buffalo Grove forest preserve last week just days after the cougar infiltrated the city. Luckily there was no firing squad in BG and the lady escaped unharmed...but the question is still hanging out there like a big matzoh ball--why is Chicago turning into a scene from Jumanji?

Until Next time,
-Chance Kelch

Chance's Weekend Update: 04/20/2008

"We are what we frequently do"

-Aristotle

The spring is a great time to clean out all of the junk that has been accumulating around us over the cold and nasty winter. Because I have been reading a bit too much philosophy recently I also see the potential to clean more than just the physical garbage, it is a great opportunity realign our practices with our philosophies. It is easier than it sounds and will only take a minute: Write down a list list things you enjoy, or even your "priorities" if you are so inclined. Then make a second list...your average daily schedule the past couple of weeks. As obvious as it may seem, how closely these lists relate is connected to how satisfied you are with your current situation. Make a couple of easy changes, and schedule some time to do the things that you really enjoy, otherwise you will spend all your time doing the things you have to do. Anyways, have a great week, I am heading off to read the newspaper in the great weather before going to class...

Some things that don't suck:

Silly Putty, I have not played with silly putty since I was probably 7 and I can still remember that it makes your hands smell very funny...But for some reason I was very excited to see that it can be purchased in 5 pound blobs. If it seems unnatural to have a gooey clay ball the size of your head sitting around, then you can also purchase a box of 100 plastic eggs to pack it in. I might even be able to use it for saving articles...when you press it to a newspaper it will pick up the ink, sweet.

"Last Lecture" of a College Professor, I was a little skeptical when I was emailed a link to an Oprah video, but after watching this I would say that it is definitely worth your time. No introduction would do the video justice, lets just say it is a lesson in advanced common sense.

Newseum, besides being a very cool interactive Museum in Washington, DC...the Newseum website has this awesome feature--a "news map"--literally a world map with little orange dots on it. When you place your mouse over one of the dots, the front page of the local newspaper in that area will show up. It is very interesting / entertaining to scroll around the US to see what different parts of the country find compelling.

Klean Kanteen's, they are sweet stainless steel water bottles, which unlike Nalgene will not atler your brain functions. I first read about these bottles a couple of weeks ago when looking into picking up some camping equipment, but my interest was re-sparked earlier in the week when I discovered that one of my coworkers has several--because his family is very plugged into the "green" scene--and they knew that Nalgene bottles were made with toxic chemicals. To add to the panic, Walmart is no longer carrying Nalgene, and Canada has banned their baby bottles.

Building a TANK, (note: this is the second time I have referenced homemade tanks...so if you want a fast track to being mentioned in my weekend update, build a tank) This tank is so awesome, in parts its cost is around $2000, it has a 360 degree turning turret--which fires golf balls and empty red bull cans powered by a scuba tank. The article has a video, so you can see this thing in motion.

$40 glasses, apparently the topic of discount eyeglasses is causing quite a bit of hysteria in the world of the optometry racket. Instead of paying $300 for your frames and the promise of another free frame a year from now(lens not included of course)...you can take the prescription--which you paid for--along with a couple of measurement and buy the very same frames for a fraction of the cost. Now instead of tolerating glasses that you do not like for years because you paid way to much for them, just get a new pair ever couple of months (lens included)!

Shut Up. I'm Talking, I have not read this book yet but it sounds great. It was written by a US intern working within the Israeli government as a speech writer. Besides voting on some UN resolutions and working Seinfeld references into important speeches, his memoir paints a vivid picture of a powerful government just as inept as ours. I cant wait to read it (my book list is getting pretty long).

Canada is our #1 source of oil, in case you haven't heard about it (I hadn't)...somebody predicted it in a NYTimes article written back in early April...of 1963. I was actually pretty surprised last week when I was watching a TV show about how they process the "Oil Sand" into crude oil and they mentioned how there is more oil in Alberta Canada than there is in the entire Middle East. Even though they have to bulldoze over thousands of acres of forest to get at it, at least the area is not war torn and unstable.

Sheep Shearing, With the cost of fuel at record highs, the migrant workers who usually spill into the Midwest to shear our sheep just aren't coming this year. There are two scenarios that could play out from this. #1 we do nothing--the sheep will be very hot this summer and we will be very cold next winter, or #2 we pick up some of those huge mean clippers, shave some lamb, and earn a little extra gas money.

Some things that do:

Buster isn't 101, remember the crazy old man who was all over the news for being the oldest guy to complete a marathon, it turns out that he is "a mere spring chicken of just 94" so the original record still stands (see: Dimitrion Yordanidis, aged 98). More than just that, Buster does not hold a candle to Edna Parker, who just turned 115!!!

Cougars in Chicago!!!, attn: Mayor Daley, new motto: "City in the Wild" Maybe the fear of being mauled to death by wild animals is a good things for Chicago. Citizens can bond and work together surviving their commutes rather than bitching about the CTA and pushing woman out of the way to get a seat on the train--thats right fat guy with a man purse, I saw you. Back to the point though, it sucks that instead of tranquilizing the animal, the Chicago police regressed back to their Ritalin and video game upbringing to unload their guns on a cornered animal and an innocent air conditioner.

When Cheerleaders Attack...and Dr. Phil posts bail, This story is crazy...it was sent to me last week, but I forgot to put it in. A couple of cheerleaders tricked a "friend" of theirs into coming over and they beat the hell out of her and videotaped it with the intention of putting it on YouTube. This was no normal cat fight, it was a brutal 6-on-1 beating. These girls deserve to go to jail, and like I mentioned before, the ambulance chaser Dr. Phil posted $30,000 bail in exchange for exclusive rights to the story.

I Slept through the EARTHQUAKE, this would not be an issue if I lived in California or something...I would just be sure to catch one next week. But because I am in Illinois I feel like I missed seeing Halley's Comet or something.

Until Next time,
-Chance Kelch

Chance's Weekend Update: 04/13/2008

Chance's Weekend Update: 04/13/2008

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going"

Beverly Sills

The week that was gets an A+ for awesome. Besides all kinds of interesting news and some nice weather--we (roommates, some guys from the team, girlfriends, and myself) won a game show on campus. It was called "ThinkFast", there were three rounds of trivia questions, (two qualifying, and one final) and $200 in cash to the winner. We strolled into the crowded room completely confident of the outcome, and were completely undeterred by our poor performance in the first round--we were just warming up. A big team effort put us on top as we expected going into the finals, and we elected my roommate, Kennedy to be our representative in the finals--because he reads Entertainment Magazine, and yes I know that is embarrassing. There was some strong competition, but Nate dominated the finals--I cannot recall more than a few questions being completely finished before he buzzed in. We may be confident, but we are not greedy, so we shared the money with everyone who came out to support our cause. To add to my excitement, I was given a 2007 Oak Lawn High School Cross Country shirt (my second shirt supporting OLCHS XC--a big Thank you to Mrs. Wantiez). Now I am not a billboard, but I love free shirts and this has been a good week for t-shirts. I could use some new pants though, so there is still advertising space available...just kidding. Anyways on to the good stuff:

Some things that don't suck:

Ryan Hall Ran 2:06:17 in the London Marathon, after slapping around all of the top U.S marathoners at the Olympic trials this past fall in New York, Ryan Hall stepped up his game and ran another incredible race (fastest ever marathon by a U.S born citizen). In true baller fashion, he saw that some guys were struggling when they cruised through the halfway point under world record pace, so he asked the pace setters to "pick it up" because he wanted to test the field more. He did fall off pace to finish 6th, but he went down swinging like a man, and is in great position to bring back a medal this summer in Beijing.

A house for $100 and 500 words, instead of selling their Colorado vacation home in a sinking housing market for the appraised $171,000, the Ludlow family has decided to hold an essay contest--accepting 2000 entries with a small fee--to get rid of it. But wait, "how does this work?"...2000 essays x $100 + media attention = $200,000 in their pocket and a $100 house all to yourself. Pretty sweet idea I'd say.

Automated Restaurant, who needs waiters when every table has a touch screen for orders and a roller coaster system to deliver your meal. Now we should have known after the whole space race thing, and probably even before that with the invention of calculus (Leibniz--not Newton), but coming up with a way to avoid paying tips at a restaurant finally seals the deal that Germans are smarter than us.

Subway Car Reef, Surprisingly enough, throwing our giant rusting garbage into the ocean is a good thing. For the past several years, the state of Delaware has been building a HUGE artificial reef on the barren sea floor with old New York City subway cars. These luxury condos for fish are more than paying back in dividends. The new population of small fish that now call these cars home is drawing larger fish in from the deep in record numbers that commercial fisherman can hardly keep pace with. You could read all about the stats if the New York Times online didn't suck, so you are just going to have to take my word for it.

CTA via Google, for an out-of-towner, getting around Chicago can be tricky. Until now, most everyone had their CTA authority to call--girlfriends dad, a friend, or a teacher that lives in the city--you tell them where you are standing and without a moments hesitation they tell you a bus number or the nearest stop and all connections you need to make to get where you are going. Everyone else was stuck just hating everything about the city. But now the CTA has teamed up with Google (the savior of the free world, GOOG--really you should buy some while its still on a fire sale for the next couple of months) and added a feature to Google Maps, where after searching for your directions you can click the "take public transit" link...here is an example, Union Station to Navy Pier--$4 round trip p/p instead of $22 per car.

Being Famous, well maybe I am not famous, but the limerick that I wrote to save Wrigley Field was published on the Sun Times website (along with tons of others) and that is pretty sweet. If you want to check it out, you will probably have to search for my name with "ctrl-f" or you will be scrolling all day. As far as the contest goes--I think they have dropped the ball seeing as there were never any results posted last Friday as promised. And further, the page which promised the free t-shirt to the top 100 has been taken down. Fortunately for me, Katie saved the day and she surprised me by ordering one. This could be taken one of two ways: she doesn't think I can rhythm well--and she potentially has a lot of evidence to support this theory--thus failure to acquire a shirt by my own devices, or she is a wonderful person and will not stand for the newspaper disappointing me. To keep my ego intact I am going to lean towards the latter...

Giant Pumpkin Season, Last year I set out on a mission to grow a giant pumpkin, but unfortunately I lacked an understanding of the birds and the bees and I only planted one...thus no pollination...so despite having a child sing to my plant every week, all I grew were giant leaves, my $1.69 giant pumpkin seed was completely wasted. This year is going to be different though and with prime planting coming up in about two weeks, it is about time to order seeds! I love contests, so if you want to participate, send me an email or something and you can be my gardening nemesis until the fall when the proof will be in the pumpkin / giant jackolantern.

A Spy Watch, this is straight out of the movies...a cell phone watch...this is that dorky calculator watch on drugs--only it doesn't look terrible. The numbers for dialing are on the band--to avoid a huge face, there is over a gig of storage, an mp3 player, a camera, and a touch screen. It costs about as much as an iphone, but I blame that on the exchange rate. It is overpoweringly cool though.

Illegal Immigration slowing down, this may come as a surprise, but it is happening because Mexico is cracking down on their migration problem. As it turns out, a large portion of the migration flow is stemming from Central America--where poor immigrants are heading to Mexico for higher wages and opportunities for work (sound familiar?). Mexico is becoming more intolerant of this flow and thus it is slowing down at our end. I had no idea that this flow existed, but reading about it was pretty interesting.

Some things that do:

Psychologists don't know math, but we'll let them off the hook this time because it is a little tricky. If you have not heard about this then you are probably living under a rock, but in the spirit of clarity, mathematicians recently discovered that one of the basic assumptions used while designing cognitive dissonance experiments the past 52 years was wrong. The counterintuitive phenomenon can be observed by playing the "Lets Make a Deal" game famously known as the "Monty Hall Problem" (the link is provided in the left hand margin of the article). If you would like to look through the actual argument made my the Yale Economist, click here.

Police caught off guard by revolving door, an inmate escaped this past week while being escorted into a hospital because you can only go through a revolving door one at a time...so his restraints had to be removed so that he could use hit crutches alone...then he went through first (bad choice policeman) and when the police officer came through he was promptly hit in the face with a crutch, haha. The prisoner then exited the revolving door and ran to a waiting car--apparently they completely expected this lack of good judgment. This article is very watered down compared to the first one I found, but it is all that remains of the incident. As a follow up, the guy was caught later that same day--staying with relatives.


Subcategory- Local Idiots:

Gov. Blagomoron, I spoke too soon last week when I said, "at least with all eyes on Gov. Looks-like-a-chipmunk, he wont do anything else stupid..." because within 12-hrs of me posting that comment he signed a bill for Illinois to bypass the electoral college. The upside, the popular vote would actually elect the president. The downside, small states wouldn't matter at all really, and any error would require a national recount instead of a small localized reelection. I wrote all about it January 20th of this year, here.

Mayor Daley, beyond challenging legal precedence and the public opposition to plopping the children's museum down in Grant park a stone toss away from the colossal failure of the parking deck project to pay for Millennium Park--the Mayor has upped the illogical ante by championing a movement to change the city motto from "Urbs in Horto" (City in a Garden)...to something like "City of Children". So maybe I am being repetitive here, but what a dumbass. Changing the city motto is not going to make up for squandering millions of tax payer dollars on half-baked ideas which in no way benefited the city or the children he loves so much.

St Xavier Student, they haven't caught the kid yet...but I am sure once the school posts a reward of like $1000 dollars or a stack of man hole covers all of his friends will be standing in line to turn on him (or her--girls can be stupid too). The note reading "Be prepared to die on 4/14" was written on a bathroom wall by a student who just can't wait to go to jail. Classes for at least Monday have been canceled on campus and at four nearby schools.

Until Next time,
-Chance Kelch

Chance's Weekend Update: 04/06/2008

Chance's Weekend Update: 04/06/2008

"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us... they can't get away this time"

Lieutenant General Lewis B."Chesty" Puller (when surrounded by 8 enemy divisions)

Last week was a rough one for news. In fact, I believe the only articles that I actually cited are negative stories. That is really too bad...on a positive note though, I found a decent amount of other things that are awesome. On top of that I am trying my best to keep the newsletter short, but sometimes I still get too excited and start linking things like crazy. I haven't gotten any complaints yet, and as far as I know people are still reading this, but I figure that if I draw things out too long you may lose interest. Anyways, it is way too nice outside to write anything more. Have a great week!

Some things that don't suck:

Frank's Blog, not the kind old man next door that drives my dad insane, the Frank from my cross-country team. As you may, but probably did not notice, he commented on my update last weekend. Before that point I knew that he had a blog, but his actions triggered my curiosity, so I clicked around until I found it and then for the next twenty minutes or so I laughed my ass off. Check it out, you wont regret it.

Modern Products, Vintage Advertising, this was such a sweet idea. I am super into old things, and a huge geek...so this is really the best of both worlds for me. The first page is definitely all the best, but if you are already there you might as well click around some.

Pocket Memo Pads, this isn't even a link, I just changed the font color to blue. It is too simple, but also too perfect for a link. As another old school throw back--I have been carrying around a little 3x5 flip top notebook for the last two weeks. I make a lot of lists, but because I do not have a top hat like Honest Abe, I also lose a lot of lists. But with my new accessory, I have instant access to the lists of movies I want to see, books I want to read, things I need to do, items for my upcoming weekend update, and of course my favorite feature is my "words" page. As I am reading, I sometimes come across vocabulary that I am not familiar with. I used to just ignore it and move on, now I write it down, look it up, and try to work it into my vernacular. (write that down). All of that, and I didn't even need a $400 blackberry...I just needed a $.99 notebook.

Tours of Wrigley Field, for just $25 a person you can explore the Cubs clubhouse, press box, visitors clubhouse, bleachers, dugouts, on deck circles, mezzanine suites and security headquarters of the soon to be 2008 World Champions via a 90 minute tour of Wrigley. It sounds like a great time to me...even though it is a thinly veiled attempt to squeeze more money out of the fans to pay for the restoration.

Google Custom Time, "Be on time. Every Time." is the slogan for Google's new feature which allows users to change the 'sent time' of an email to lets say, 6 hours ago. Late papers, deadlines; no longer an issue:

April Fools!!! yeah they got me too. I thought it was a little bizarre, but I would never put it past Google to come up with something this sweet.

Photoshop Express, The best--and one of the most expensive--photo editing programs ever has just gone mobile. Thats right, you no longer have to go home to use your bootlegged copy of Photoshop to put your friend's face on someone else's body...you can do it online! Just upload your pictures and edit them. You can even host them from the site using a free account. Pretty Cool. Now that we have hard drives we can carry around on our key chains we don't need them anymore.

The Last Alarm Clock you will ever need, I am a sleepy person...worse than that, it is tough to wake me up. Sometimes my sleep schedule needs to be flexible, but my alarm clock is just so damn rigid...so I shut it off instead of changing the time--and I miss my noon class. crap. But not anymore, this "ninja alarm clock" has seven independent alarms (that means you can shut one off without wiping the rest out) as well as a variable nap alarm (1-120 minutes) and adjustable snooze.

The sky is not falling, this is one nice, positive, well researched, and informative article that floated to the top in a world of negative editorials. 2008 is not the next Great Depression, and technically it is not even a recession. Yes growth has flat-lined, but we have not even had a negative quarter yet and we need TWO before we should start dropping the R word. Also, the economist that wrote this article did a great job outlining why the Euro will probably never eclipse the Dollar on the world stage. Sorry Fox News.

R.E.M is coming to Chicago, so is M.I.A (my favorite female British rapper)...that last one was a link to a video...and so is this: R Kelly, Trapped in a Closet, this R Kelly song came about a long time ago and the video said "to be continued" at the end. I had no idea until this past week that he continued it 22 times!!! I watched them all and it was probably one of the most entertaining 60 minutes that I have had in recent history. Sorry in advance to your employer.

Some things that do:

3rd Graders Plotting Murder, this is insane. Back in the good old days when I was in 3rd grade most of our plots involved "Cooties," not hitting our teacher over the head with a blunt object, handcuffing her, and then ultimately knifing her. I apologize Georgia, but I am forced to file your state under "crazy" until such time that you redeem yourself.

Mayor Daley's Children's Museum Statement, if you have not yet heard, the city of Chicago wants to move the Children's Museum from its current high traffic spot on Navy Pier to the beautiful open span of greenery separating congested Michigan Ave and the tranquil lake front, Grant Park. Not to bring up old news or anything, but back in 1839, when the former Fort Dearborn became part of the townsite, the plat of the area east of Michigan Avenue south of Randolph was marked "Public ground. Forever to remain vacant of buildings." If you can get past the fact that the Mayor sounds like a bumbling idiot you will be able to see that he makes almost no case for overturning the Plan of the City, which has been closely following since its publication 99 years ago, except that he'd rather fight for a 5-year old rather than anything else...and we all know that 5 year olds hate parks...

Oak Lawn criminals follow the commodities market, noting the record high prices of metal, thieves have recently stolen at least 8 manhole covers--weighing in around 125lbs a piece--while it is still unknown where they are turning them in to scrap for cash, this prank is getting costly for taxpayers...but if I were a cop, I would probably check one of these places for a stack of man hole covers. On the flip side--if I were a criminal--I would be stealing catalytic converters, not manhole covers. Converters contain three of the most expensive metals at the moment--platinum at $2,000 an ounce, palladium at $450 an ounce, and rhodium, which sells at just less than $9,000 an ounce. You may need more tools, but it would be much more lucrative. Just a thought, and please don't try it, or tell anyone that I told you to.

Governor Recall, a riding the momentum of Gov. Blago's downward spiral into the abyss of bad statewide decisions, Rep. Jay Hoffman called out "Stop the Bullshit!" championing the bill (that passed) making it conceivable to revote for a replacement governor...i.e. California. I think this is a terrible idea--mostly due to cost--but also because at least with all eyes on Gov. Looks-like-a-chipmunk, he wont do anything else stupid...whereas a replacement might feel the need to make all kinds of changes without thinking them through.


Until Next time,
-Chance Kelch