micah holmquist's irregular thoughts and links

Happy Dick Hunting Day

Yeah, I know Dick Hunting Day is a lousy name, but we really do need to remember that it was on February 11, way back in 2006, that our Vice President, Mr. Dick Cheney, shot Harry Whittington, a man who I hope is cursed with many more shootings. How can he possibly sleep at night knowing that he has denied us all the joy of seeing Cheney sued for what happened.

Some might want to downplay the incident and say shooting someone is merely the type of thing that happens when bad intentions, bad execution, dishonesty and not knowing what you are shooting at come together, but they are wrong. Good luck was also a crucial part of the equation in Kenedy County, Texas.

Bad luck will give something like Iraq.

Off to work!

Most people in the U.S. appear to not watch the Super Bowl

I find it interesting that it seems like just about everyone talks about the Super Bowl as something that just about everyone watches on the telly and yet, according to the AP (February 7), Nielsen Media has said last years game was watched by "only" 141.4 million people in the land of the free, with an average of 90.7 million people watching at particular points. These are impressive numbers for a show, but still less than half the country watched any bit of the game.

I have tried explaining this to people in recent days, and years, just as a way of bringing up something new to conversations about what to eat at gatherings I'm not invited to and who is going to win the game, but nobody wants to believe me. I guess I could carry the documentation with me, but that would defeat the point in my not very humble opinion.