Short stack, tall stack, progressive stack

I'm used to the stacks at a pancake house - short stack of 3 pancakes and tall stack of 5 pancakes.
Professor Jacobson tells of another stack - the progressive stack.
It takes just one sentence to totally mock the concept.
Final note:  Mama Grizzlies don’t need a progressive stack to make their voices heard.

Big Sloth and the American Autumn

Mark Steyn looks at our luxury college digs and sees why the Occupy Wall Street crowd is upset - real life sucks.
In the old days, the tribunes of the masses demanded an honest wage for honest work. Today, the tribunes of America’s leisured varsity class demand a world that puts “people before profits.” If the specifics of their “program” are somewhat contradictory, the general vibe is consistent: They wish to enjoy an advanced Western lifestyle without earning an advanced Western living. The pampered, elderly children of a fin de civilisation overdeveloped world, they appear to regard life as an unending vacation whose bill never comes due.

Lonely boy

A year out from Election Day, we continue to get analysis to explain President Obama's failure.
Let the snark begin.
He came to change Washington.
If he doesn't change fast, he'll be leaving Washington fast.

Saturday song

Will Hank Williams Jr. return to open this week's Monday Night Football game?
No matter what happens, we know a country boy can survive.

Facebook quote of the week

All seven kids (three of ours and four of someone else's) are finally quiet. My eyes are getting bleary. We had a fun night--it was great to have so many children around. Tiring, but fun. And to think, six of them are poor, homeschooled children who get no socialization. You couldn't have proven that in my house tonight. They socialized very loudly and with lots of laughter and silliness!

Are you ready for a new song?

Troglopundit offers his choice to replace Hank Williams Jr. on Monday Night Football.
Why not this?


Then again, ESPN could hire Rebecca Black to rewrite her song.
"It's Monday, Monday, we play football on Monday."
or how about "Running with the offense, Fighting with the defense."
The possibilities are endless.
And we know Dustbury would approve.

Sunset, moonrise on the mountain

I'm hanging out in southern West Virginia for the weekend, where the leaves have started the change.
Even though it's going to be a warm weekend.

On the radio

I like the short, top of the hour radio news breaks.
The past week, they have mentioned the OccupyWallStreet antics right next to the Wall Street report - how it shows the economy is doing today.
The unserious and serious sides of Wall Street, put together by the radio networks every hour.

End the Occupation

Thanks to Tucson Tea Party and via Instapundit, the real occupation to protest.

Weekend watchdog

The WNBA championship could be decided this weekend. Then it might be a long time until there's pro basketball on TV.

While the start of the NBA season is delayed by lockout, the Dream and Lynx battle for the WNBA championship on ESPN2. Minnesota won the first two games at home, and Game 3 is Friday at 8 p.m.

If the Dream win, Game 4 tips Sunday at 4 p.m. from Atlanta. If necessary, Game 5 will be Wednesday from Minnesota.

Then it might be a long time until pro basketball tips again.

The baseball playoffs enter the League Championship round this weekend. FOX has the American League series, starting Saturday with the Rangers hosting the Tigers. Game 2 will be Sunday before the teams head to Detroit Tuesday. 

The National League championship round starts Sunday on TBS after a pair of Game 5 contests Friday. Milwaukee faces Arizona at 5 p.m., then the Phillies host St. Louis at 8:30 p.m.

It's the first week of byes in the NFL, with six teams getting the week off - including the Ravens and Redskins. CBS has the doubleheader Sunday, with Tennessee going to Pittsburgh at 1 p.m. followed by the Jets' visit to New England. FOX in Washington shows the Seahawks facing the Giants.

NBC gets the Packers' visit to Atlanta on Sunday night, while ESPN visits Detroit Monday night for the game with the Bears.

The NHL season gets underway this weekend, as the Capitals host Carolina Saturday at 7 p.m. on Comcast. Versus has a pair of games from Stockholm, as the Rangers face the Kings Friday at 1 p.m. and Ducks Saturday at 1 p.m.

The college football weekend begins Friday when Boise State faces Fresno State at 9 p.m. on ESPN.

CBS brings top-ranked LSU against Florida Saturday at 3:30 p.m., while NBC offers Air Force at Notre Dame.

ABC gets its day started with the Red River rivalry Saturday at noon, as Texas and Oklahoma play in Dallas. At 3:30 p.m., ACC country will watch the Hokies try to bounce back against Miami. Other areas will see Iowa at Penn State or Missouri-Kansas State, with ESPN showing one of those games in our area.

In primetime, Ohio State limps into Lincoln for a Big Ten matchup with Nebraska.

ESPN has Minnesota at Purdue at noon, while ESPN2 shows Louisville taking on North Carolina. Both networks go to the SEC at 7 p.m., with Auburn at Arkansas on ESPN and Georgia-Tennessee on ESPN2.

FX brings Texas A&M facing Texas Tech at 7 p.m., while Versus shows Stanford hosting Colorado at 7:30 p.m.

The ACC network brings Wake Forest vs. Florida State Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

Comcast has ACC action Saturday at 3 p.m. with Boston College going to Clemson, then it's off to the PAC-12 at 11 p.m. when Washington State battles UCLA.

MASN has the Big East game of the week Saturday at noon, with West Virginia hosting Connecticut. It's off to the Big South at 7 p.m. when VMI travels to Coastal Carolina.

NASCAR heads to Kansas Sunday at 2 p.m. on ESPN, while the Nationwide racers go Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN2.

Virginia soccer hosts Maryland Friday at 7 p.m. on Comcast.

ESPN2 has Big Ten volleyball Sunday at 1 p.m., with Indiana facing Nebraska.

We will occupy

Legal Insurrection highlights the cool new hashtag.
The silent majority.
The ones who pay the bills, and the taxes, and the tuitions, and the pensions, and the benefits, for the people who falsely claim to be the 99%.

Palin's not done yet

Sarah Palin isn't running for president in 2012.
What's the best way to keep her out of the 2016 contest? Vote Republican.
Re-elect Obama, and she stays on the radar.
Elect the Republican nominee and she's on the presidential sidelines for years.
Think about it, liberals.

Bad college choices convention

Instapundit highlights the main complaint of the OccupyWall Street folks - college debt.
Take a look at We Are the 99 Percent – a website on which protest sympathizers share their tales of economic hardship. Very few of them mention banks, or even bank bailouts. The vast majority of them, however, do mention college debt.
If you looked before you leapt into college, you might have found a cheaper way to spend those four or more years.
But being responsible isn't as cool as hanging out on Wall Street.

Let the fun begin

Sarah Palin has officially closed the door on 2012.
What will the left do now?
Palin will likely do what she does best - inspire and draw fire.
Time to get busy selecting a Republican nominee. The field we have is the field we will choose from.
To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld, you go to the campaign with the candidates you have, not the ones you wish you had.

First fast farewell

I guess Rule 5 doesn't work on network TV.
Playboy Club lasted just three weeks before getting the axe.
Barely enough time for the stars to get a Rule 5 mention.
On to the next project.

Laugh at the spectacle

This Bearing Drift post is occupied with the "who cares" about the "occupy everywhere" movement.
h/t SWACgirl

Take me back

With the Baltimore Orioles' season over, MASN is showing some of the best games of past seasons. Tuesday, it was Game 1 of the 1970 World Series.
I was eight that year, so I remember that season. But watching it on TV again, it seems like a different world.
When a foul ball went into the left field stands, you could see fans in coats and ties there. On a Saturday afternoon.
The 1970 World Series was the last one where all games were played in the day time.
And Riverfront Stadium - what were they thinking?
As a sports writer, I got to meet and interview several players from that team when they visited the Orioles' farm team in Bluefield. It's good to see them in action again.

Tea Party Morning Quarterback

Gregg Easterbrook writes a weekly TMQ column for ESPN - mixing football information with his political thoughts.
Some of those thoughts would make Tea Party members proud.
This seems another example of TMQ's contention that the reason fantastic sums are being spent by government, yet nothing's getting done, is that much of the money vanishes to corruption or to luxurious living for officials of both parties. TMQ believes plain old corruption, especially, is a bigger factor in runaway government spending than commonly understood.

Occupy Workplace

The Occupy Wall Street people have inspired other occupy sites, including Occupy Baltimore.
I'll be participating in Occupy Workplace.
Doing my job.
Bringing in money for my company.
Helping myself and coworkers feed their families.
Many of you will be joining me at Occupy Workplace.
Others will be at Occupy Cubicle, or Occupy Assembly Line, or Occupy Job Site.
Money is earned, people.

Today's Tied with Me

Technorati has this blog tied with Wyblog today.
He's getting rowdy about Hank Williams Jr. being pulled from ESPN for a night.

Border fence - making the U.S. sustainable

I've lived and worked near Charlottesville for 16 years, and a segment of the town amuses me.
The people who love living there, but don't want anybody else to join them.
Groups like ASAPnow want to use zoning and other rules to limit development and traffic throughout the area.
Not much success so far.
They now battle to "Keep Charlottesville Sustainable."
How?
Keeping people out.

Through education, research, advocacy, and policy formulation, ASAP is working to identify our region's optimal population and build sustainable communities here in Central Virginia.

How do you keep people away from a cool college town like Charlottesville? One so close to the good things of the East Coast, but still small enough to enjoy.

Thus, they fight plans to improve U.S. 29 and bypass some traffic from southern Virginia headed to Washington.

They look for a smaller population in the area, closer to the size of the good old days. Mostly people like them.

But each year, the University of Virginia welcomes a new class of students and some of them stay behind.

The University and its related entities keep growing and attracting people to the area.

Rural areas around Charlottesville have boomed as workers needed to run Charlottesville try to find housing for their price ranges.

Where there's opportunity, people will flock. There's opportunity in Charlottesville.

Just like Mexicans see opportunity in the United States. And make great efforts to get here, even breaking the law.

Those looking to build fences to keep illegal immigrants out of the United States aren't racist.

They're just trying to keep the United States sustainable.

I hope liberals will understand.

  

West Virginia wrap-up

The next big election happens Tuesday in West Virginia - to fill the year-plus left in the governor's term.
Since Washington, D.C. includes some West Virginia counties in its TV market, we got to see an ad this week.
A Republican win would be great, but keeping the Democrats spending money and running away from President Obama is just as good.

Jets fans - blame OccupyWallStreet

The New York Jets started the season so well - two big wins.
They've lost the last two - big on Sunday night.
Things began going downhill when the OccupyWallStreet kids came to town.
Doesn't make sense to you?
Neither do their demands.

Many happy returns

If you're watching the Ravens-Jets game, you've seen NFL history - the most returns for touchdown in a game with five.
Guess the Ravens are pretty in pink.

Undefeated teams watch

Now there's two undefeated teams - Detroit and Green Bay. And the Packers aren't lucky enough to play the Cowboys this year.
Want to see the best of 2011 so far next week? Both are in primetime - Packers on Sunday and Lions Monday.
On the other end of the spectrum, Miami, Minnesota and St. Louis remain winless. And the Colts will join them at 0-4 if they fail to beat the Bucs Monday night.
Will one of them tie the 2008 Lions as the only 0-16 team in NFL history?

Prediction time

Smitty looks at the scene and offers his thoughts - and a good closing statement.
At any rate, off to church to thank the Almighty for a safe return, a healthy son, and the certainty that we shall recover the country from this sad pack of jackwagons.
UPDATE: Smitty links. Who could have predicted that?

Soft-headed thinking

The latest interesting Obama meme - the United States has gone soft.
Byron York has an interesting take - we're soft because we're not listening to President Obama.
We don't want to sacrifice the way he wants us to sacrifice, so he calls the country soft.
Thus, here's his 2012 campaign theme.
I will allow you to ask me to be president for four more years, if you meet certain conditions.

Let's go Buffalo

Who thought the Buffalo Bills would be the last undefeated team in the AFC?
Let's give a salute to their cheerleaders, the Jills.

UPDATE: Part of Rule 5 Sunday, even though the Bills lost.

Saturday song

Let some sun shine on Obama's problems - Solyndra, "Fast and Furious." It's only 13 months until election day now. Bringing the Beatles "Good Day Sunshine."

Facebook quote of the week

Hat tricks in soccer, unassisted triple plays in t-ball.. My boy at 5 has already surpassed me in career hi-lites