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Silver Linings of the Government Shutdown

  • Kids today know what the word furlough means.
  • That group of college guys who wanted to film a scene in D.C. where everything looks deserted for their zombie movie have a chance.
  • In an act of solidarity with government workers on furlough, employees across the United States will reduce productivity by 50% (time spent sitting around complaining about the government).
  • You can figure out which coworkers don’t pay attention to the news by listening for statements like: “There was no traffic this morning by [government facility]! It was weird but so nice!”
  • Video game playing government employees have a chance to win while playing games online because they will flood the servers were their moderate skill levels will be ok (as opposed to playing at night when you get destroyed by younger folks).
  • With only essential personnel working, paranoid schizophrenics can finally relax because until the government is back up every movement and thought of theirs will not be tracked.
  • It gives us a reason to question if our up-til-now perfect government might have flaws …

Musical Monday

 

I like the dancing in this video (starting about 1:30 in)

 

 

2013 SMU Football Predictions

Ok folks, tonight is SMU’s season opener and it’ll be a tough one (so tough that I am expecting to only be able to watch a half before I am too sad to fully pay attention). Let’s ignore that for now and look back at my record so far.

In 2011 I predicted the Mustangs would go 8-4. Instead they went 7-5, winning a bowl game to bring them to 8-5. (I didn’t predict all of the games correctly, for example I thought they’d lose to TCU but they actually beat them.)

In 2012 I predicted the Mustangs would go 8-4 … Instead they went 6-6 (overall 7-6 because of a bowl game win).

My prediction skills, like the Mustangs abilities, apparently decreased.

With that in mind, here are my 2013 predictions!

Anywho, time to get down to it!

8/30 v Texas Tech Nope. Nope nope nope.
9/7 v Montana State Bounce back game!
9/21 @ Texas A&M I may skip watching this one
9/28 @ TCU Victory! (It’s unlikely but why not?)
10/06 Rutgers (Family Weekend) Loss
10/13 @ Memphis Win
10/18 v Temple (Homecoming) Win
10/27 @ Cincinnati Loss
11/03 v Connecticut Win
11/10 @ USF Loss
11/17 @ Houston Loss
11/24 v UCF Loss

 

Overall predicted record: 5-7. (And I have to admit, that’s optimistic.)

2013 will be a year of cheering on SMU without getting too into the games so that I can avoid frustration and anger. Or, I’ll just listen to or watch games and get angry – turn on my NCAA football game and play that while continuing to listen/watch and at least in the virtual world SMU will be good.