If I hear Lenny Dawson butcher the name of one more athlete I’m going to take my 19″ Toshiba TV and throw it out in the driveway and run over it with my Buick LeSabre until I feel better.

I don’t know why KMBC 9 News in Kansas City doesn’t just kick this old, alcoholic codger to the curb and get someone in there who can at least get the cue cards right.

/rant

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The hugeness of AT&T is starting to bug me.  I liked Southwestern Bell — they was much better before AT&T borged them — at least from a customer service POV.

I ran across this picture a while back and with AT&T’s acquisition of Cingular and the extreme re-branding, it makes me think that the customers are really starting to get the shaft.

Then, I read this article today and I’m even more convinced.

I’ve griped about this before, but rural America is really at a disadvantage in terms of broadband Internet services.   Hopefully the phone companies neglect of country-dwellers will open a large market for the power companies offering broadband over power lines.

Well it’s about stinkin’ time that the Bucks get the deal with Yi done.

My thoughts:

I hope Yi doesn’t sport that jerk-smirk all the time.  That’s the last thing the NBA needs.
That looks like a Robert “Tractor” Traylor sized jersey.

Is Sen. Kohl a shrimp or what?

I saw the clips of Michael Vick’s post-hearing statement. Here’s the transcript if you missed it.

My first thought when I heard his statement was: Hmmmph.

I would have liked to hear more details about his remorse. All of the generalities didn’t really settle right with me. He seemed sincere, but I don’t know. He did after all lie to the NFL and the Falcons management.

Side note: Dogfighting is bad, but can you imagine how bad this whole thing would have been if the Feds had caught him gambling on the dog fights?

I want to apologize to all the young kids out there for my immature acts and, you know, what I did was, what I did was very immature so that means I need to grow up.

A lesson we all need to hear.

I’m upset with myself, and, you know, through this situation I found Jesus and asked him for forgiveness and turned my life over to God. And I think that’s the right thing to do as of right now.

Um, I don’t think we find Jesus, Jesus finds us. Hope it still seems like the right thing after “right now.”

Hey, Paris Hilton found God in jail.

I think the jury’s still out, er..uh, oh wait.

Well, you know what I mean.

In this video Michael Scoble discusses the social-based model that Facebook, Techmeme and Mahalo are using for ranking good content. Scoble calls them SEO-resistant.

Aside from privacy concerns, this is one of the gripes about Google these days — that SEO companies are abusing the system with shady methods for increasing traffic for paying customers.

Take a look if you’re interested.