Friday Rant
I try not to use this blog as a forum for my stupid rants. I mean, c'mon, now that my mother has gone on to her great reward, there's no one left on the face of the planet that cares what I think, especially if I'm ranting. But today I'm just feeling the need to voice disapproval. So here goes:
1. Flavored Coffee - Cripes, who invented this crap? Baileys Irish Cream, Vienna Cinnamon, vanilla, yuck. I'd just as soon have chocolate-covered-garlic-clove flavored coffee. And under no circumstances should flavored coffee be used in the coffee mess at work where unsuspecting people might accidently drink it!
2. BMX and Beach Volleyball - How did these get to be Olympic sports? And somehow softball isn't good enough.
3. Presidential Candidates Interrogated by an Evangelical Minister - This one has been bugging me all week. I'm really ticked-off by this. Having our presidential candidates questioned for the amusement of an Evangelical Christian church is flat out wrong and utterly un-American. The effectiveness of Pastor Warren as moderator and the quality of the candidates' responses are all beside the point. It is really unpalatable to have Obama and McCain questioned by a preacher about their positions on evil and their relationship with Jesus Christ. What candidate could decline an invitation on the basis of mere principle? And now we're all going to pretend we're not applying a religious test to the election when we really are applying a religious test. This is a despicable compromise of what should be a bedrock American Truth.
OK. I feel better now.
K-
1. Flavored Coffee - Cripes, who invented this crap? Baileys Irish Cream, Vienna Cinnamon, vanilla, yuck. I'd just as soon have chocolate-covered-garlic-clove flavored coffee. And under no circumstances should flavored coffee be used in the coffee mess at work where unsuspecting people might accidently drink it!
2. BMX and Beach Volleyball - How did these get to be Olympic sports? And somehow softball isn't good enough.
3. Presidential Candidates Interrogated by an Evangelical Minister - This one has been bugging me all week. I'm really ticked-off by this. Having our presidential candidates questioned for the amusement of an Evangelical Christian church is flat out wrong and utterly un-American. The effectiveness of Pastor Warren as moderator and the quality of the candidates' responses are all beside the point. It is really unpalatable to have Obama and McCain questioned by a preacher about their positions on evil and their relationship with Jesus Christ. What candidate could decline an invitation on the basis of mere principle? And now we're all going to pretend we're not applying a religious test to the election when we really are applying a religious test. This is a despicable compromise of what should be a bedrock American Truth.
OK. I feel better now.
K-
1. Personally, I just love my cup of Hazelnut Meringue in the morning.
2. Well, times and fashions change. Once upon a time, cycling wasn't a sport and women couldn't compete in the games, period. Whatever else you may say about beach volleyball--and I'm not a fan myself--the players are great athletes and their sport is very, very demanding. Best of all, it doesn't rely on the opinions of some unseen and ultimately inscrutable judges.
3. Agreed, absolutely. I didn't grow up in a theocracy, and I don't want to live in one.
2. Well, maybe I'm being too dyspeptic about the volleyball. I've no doubt it's demanding. I need a sit-down halfway just walking from the boardwalk to my umbrella. I guess it's the name... "beach volleyball". That's what Gidget and Moondoggie play. How about "pairs volleyball" or "doubles volleyball"? And they should have real uniforms not Speedo bikinis. This is the Olympics not the Bud Light Pismo Beach Invitational.
I couldn't agree more with your unseen judges observation.
K-
1. I'm a tea person. Although I do like an occasional iced coffee plain with extra ice from McDonald's. I just started doing this.
2. Something is wrong the whole Olympics thing. They should just get rid of it. I do like Judo and Badminton, though.
3. Thank you for putting into words exactly what I've been feeling.
1) I'm down with Number 1. I can't do flavored coffees or iced coffees. I need the hot, hard stuff.
2) I'm beyond caring what is and what isn't an Olympic sport. I'll try to remember to catch the gold medal basketball game tomorrow morning and I'm in awe of Michael Phelps but I couldn't tell you anything else about this Olympiad except that it's in China.
3) YES