Nobrainer’s Think Tank

Well I haven’t done ANY of the very important work I have for the weekend.

Fortunately I have a good story/reason for not doing any work. I’m not willing to post that story here. You’ll have to ask.

-nobrainer

It feels DAMN good to see the Tigers win a game. It’s equally as good to see the hopes of USC fans be dashed by a loss. I think we’re officially at the point in the season where the trends of each team cross: Clemson’s trend is positive… so we know that USC is setting themselves up for a loss against us in November.

Go Tigers!!!

Ah yes, another masterpiece has been produced over there at the Weekly Standard. The New Know-Nothings by Matt Labash is nothing short of entertaining. With lines like this about Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Yeah, I don’t know who that is, an actor I guess):

“He trudges along the campaign trail with three-day growth and shabby ski-hats, looking like an appetizer-sized version of Michael Moore. (All he’s missing is 100 pounds and a point of view.)”

Along with this gem in criticism of Sean Combs (AKA Puff Daddy, P Diddy, or “Mr. Diddy” as Labash says):

“Easy cynicism coupled with unrealistic optimism are the twin poles of most celebrity political documentaries.”

This all ties in very cleanly with my hatred of MTV and their appeal to get underinformed 18 year-olds to vote for MTV endorsed candidates. Watching MTV makes me feel like I’m in middle school again. Perhaps I should spend more time worrying about the zits that still pop up on occasion, the latest clothes from Abercrombie, or latest shitty, but ever-so-popular video of which I can see about 1/2 while they show it once a day on TRL.

If MTV wants to improve politics, they should stay the fuck out, or even encourage political abstinance. They stuck their little noses into the music industry over 20 years ago, and we can see how well that worked out.

MTV: Bad for music. Bad for politics. Good for idiots and skanks.

Many people have made the point that the economy of today is statistically not too different from what we experienced in 1996.

But from foxnews we get One Economy, Two Spins.

It gives isolated examples, I know, but for some reason people are disinclined to believe believe the economy is going in the right direction. Of course, some will argue that the stock market is going down now, in part, because there’s still a decent probability that John Kerry will be elected. If I had money in the market, I think I’d be hedging my bets at this point, too.

If only we can get our conservative boys in congress to start, uhmm, conserving, then I think we’ll be in great shape.

What a mixed day. I went to bed in the wee small hours of the morning. Not too long after that, I woke up to do more homework. Despite the work, I’ve got a bad grade coming.

After that though, I made my way home for lunch. I convinced myself to walk across campus to my car. The exercise and cool sunshine felt great. After a couple of tuna-fish sandwiches and some broccoli, I kicked the heels up and took a nap. I laid down around 1… sometime around 3 I woke up in the exact same position with absolutely no idea of where I was, what time it was, or who I was. It was a GREAT nap.

I went back to campus, graded some papers, and did some experimental setup. In all, I was fairly productive today.

I got home around 7:30, had a can of Campbell’s Chunky Soup with extra hot-sauce and garlic salt **BAMMM!!!** And I polished it off with a tall, cool Budweiser.

I feel wonderful.

I once again refer you all to political futures markets. The Iowa Electronic Markets are a product of the University of Iowa. This is the same concept that I have been forcing down peoples throats through Intrade.com. Here the graphical representation is somewhat more clear to interpret.

The beauty of the market approach is that each person willing to risk money is encouraged to research and weigh all available information themselves. Based on the confidence of people who want to make money, we get a clear picture of who has control of the race for the Presidency.