Bumper Sticker Sightings 02/14/06

"Republicans for Voldemort"

Tagged for the Day

I've been tagged, so I must answer these questions/statements:

Four jobs I've held:
1. Assistant Instructor at Living Classrooms Foundation
2. Instructor at Living Classrooms Foundation (including working on a skipjack for a few weeks, which was awesome)
3. Looking at mold growth in rich people's houses
4. Inspecting the base of walls under the vinyl basecove in large office buildings.

Four movies I can watch over and over:
1. American Beauty
2. Casino
3. The Goonies
4. Pretty Woman
(There are a ton of movies I can watch over and over again)

Four places I've lived:
1. Baltimore, MD
2. Pylesville, MD
3. Huntingdon, PA
4. Columbia, MD


Four TV shows I like:
1. Twin Peaks
2. Sex and the City
3. The Office (British and American)
4. Lost

Four Family Vacations I've been on:
1. Niagara Falls, Corning Glassware Museum, the Locks in Toronto, Mystic Seaport, The Baseball Hall of Fame, The Remington Museum, That town in Rhode Island where all the huge summer houses are located (yes, this was one family vacation)
2. The Henry Ford Museum, Cedar Point
3. Cedar Point, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
4. Cypress Gardens, Disney World, Key Largo, Key West, Cape Canaveral

Four of my favorite fast food dishes:
1. Chipotle Burrito Bol
2. Cuban Black Bean Soup at Panera Bread
3. Fish Filet and McDonalds French Fries
4. Black bean tacos and chips and queso at California Tortilla

Four sites I visit daily:
1. The BCG
2. My friends' blogs
3. Pitchforkmedia.com (even though I think they're pretentious assholes)
4. mcsweeneys

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. London
2. Chicago
3. A nice dive bar w/ a good jukebox
4. Canada

Four bloggers I am tagging:
1. Paige took all the bloggers I know, so I'm left w/ no one...I feel like a dork now.

I Am Happy the Steelers Won

I really wish people would stop complaining about the officiating at the Superbowl. Are these people out on the field, in the middle of these players, making calls? No, they are not. Can coaches challenge certain referee calls if they feel the call is unfair? Yes they can. Are there going to be controversial calls in football? Yes. Almost every single game. As I recall, there was one regarding an interception during the Steelers/Colts game that almost cost them the win.

The Steelers outplayed the Seahawks on Sunday, plain and simple. The Seahawks missed two field goals while playing under a dome. I understand that, to Seahawks fans, this wouldn't have made the difference in the game. I make this point to further illustrate that the Steelers played an excellent game and the Seahawks missed some key opportunities to put points on the board.

I just don't think the game was fixed. The Steelers won. Another football season will commence next year. Sorry the Seahawks lost, but accept it.

I know I accept the Orioles losing season every single year.

Cat Power Cancels US Tour

Cat Power cancelled her United States tour due to illness. She is still scheduled to appear at Coachella.

Her new album, The Greatest, is still terrific.