Yes We Can!

 

KABUL – Roadside bombs — the biggest killer of U.S. soldiers — claimed eight more American lives Tuesday, driving the U.S. death toll to a record level for the third time in four months as President Barack Obama nears a decision on a new strategy for the troubled war.

We know what you’re thinking, but this is not Obama’s fault. Afghanistan is someone else’s mess, so why don’t you grab a mop? . . .

After all, [Obama] has a busy schedule, what with golf games and pitching the International Olympic Committee and date nights and Democratic fund-raisers and health care and the U.N. Security Council and Sunday morning talk shows and saving the planet from global warming and celebrating the dog’s birthday and defending himself against Fox News and all.

It’s a Beautiful Day in the ‘Hood

 

Buffalo police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting in the city’s Schiller Park neighborhood early Saturday.

Killed was Mister Rogers, 23, of Buffalo.

Police are seeking a man named Captain Kangaroo for questioning . . .

Where’s Montoya?

 

Replying to colleague Chris Speilman’s inquiry regarding [Juan Pablo] Montoya’s absence from the top 5 rankings in NASCAR, [Bob] Griese promptly responded something along the lines of “he’s out getting a taco.”

Now, you don’t need me to tell you how stupid that comment is – Montoya isn’t even Mexican – obviously as a Colombian, Montoya was probably out dealing cocaine.

— Deadspin

Ty the Samoyed

 
Lightning Epps

This morning I was visiting my friend Ty the Samoyed. He lives across the street from me. He’s rambunctious and pushy but he’s only two years old so I give him some leeway.

“I’m glad he’s still friends with Lightning,” his owner said. “He got in a fight with Bon Bon the golden retriever.”

“Who fights with golden retrievers?” my owner said. “They’re the most peaceful dogs.”

Ty told me he thought Bon Bon was up to something . . .

— Lightning paw

Your Journey

 

Never compare your journey with someone else’s. It’s a marathon with no finish line. Someone else may start out faster than you, may seem to progress more quickly than you, but every runner has his own pace. Your journey is your journey, not a competition.

The Way to Get Rich

 

The way to get rich in this world is mainly by making people feel large hope about a small exertion (i.e. “six-second abs,” lottery tickets, voting in an election, maturity models, and stuff like that). If you want to get rich, do not tie yourself to the truth.

Neuheisel!

 

Optimism is still full. It’s a full trough here at UCLA.

One thing that will keep us from it happening is if we start to believe it’s not on the right track. Those of us in the trenches, I expect everyone to fall in line with that. But the leader of the ship has to tell you it’s gonna land. That’s all I know how to do.

Quote of the Week

 

[Balloon Boy’s dad Richard] Heene, 48, a storm chaser and inventor, has described himself as an amateur scientist, but [Larimer County Sheriff Jim] Alderden said Heene has only a high school education.

“He may be nutty, but he’s not a professor,” Alderden said.

Meanwhile Over in Westwood

 

Some highlights from Rick Neuheisel’s Sunday night conference call:

It’s time for us to just keep fighting. I just believe it to be a journey that is necessary and we’re going to get there.

I’m not pressing the panic button, even though there are a lot of naysayers who don’t want me to.

I’m talking about the journey that it is. I don’t know when the end of it is. I know that where we’re going is an exciting place. That doesn’t mean people are going to be happy with how it’s arrived at.

LOL! FIGHT ON!

Wolf King

 
Subduing an over-aggressive puggle

My owner bought me a new kind of dog food called Wolf King. A wolf king is like an alpha pug.

“The bag says it’s for large-breed dogs,” his son said.

“Lightning is a large-breed dog,” my owner said.

“No he isn’t.”

“Except for his size, he is. He has the heart of a much larger animal.”

— Lightning paw