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.
Wishful Thinking
Notre Dame really believed this was going to be the year they ended the losing streak to USC. The university had pre-authorized the tearing down of the goal posts if the Irish won . . .
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
Twitter: 2009-10-18
- RT @TrojanWire: THIS JUST IN: Mark Sanchez threw his keys to the valet after the game. A guy walking by caught them, drove off in the car. #
A Question
Hitting the snooze button, hugging the pillow and fantasizing about staying in bed all day — better than s-e-x?
Those Who Are Really in Earnest
Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform. Those who are really in earnest are willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathies with despised ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.
Bud Grant is Still Alive?!
Dying Media
It is bizarre that liberals who celebrate the unruly demonstrations of our youth would malign or impugn the motivation of today’s protestors with opposing views.
The mainstream media’s failure to honestly cover last month’s mass demonstration in Washington, D.C. was a disgrace. The focus on anti-Obama placards (which were no worse than the rabid anti-LBJ, anti-Reagan or anti-Bush placards of leftist protests), combined with the grotesque attempt to equate criticism of Obama with racism, simply illustrated why the old guard TV networks and major urban daily newspapers are slowly dying. Only a simpleton would believe what they say.
Every Minute Counts
We were trying to figure out what time the boy needed to wake up to get to the PSAT test on time. The test is at 9 a.m., check-in starts at 8:40, it takes 10 minutes or so to drive to the school, and 30 minutes for him to get out of bed, have some breakfast and get ready to go, so I was thinking he’d need to get up at 8 a.m.
“WHAT?!” he shouted. “That’s too early! I’ll be the first person there!”
“OK,” I said, “what time do you think would be good?”
“8:05,” he said.
USC 34, Notre Dame 27
We hope to keep this thing going. It’s a big deal to us. It’s special. So we’ve got to hang onto it next time around when they come to our place. We have to get after it and see if we can keep the thing going. Because it’s very special for the SC family to continue to be on top of this rivalry.
FIGHT ON!
The Stupidest Thing
[Bill] Gates quickly became legendary for telling people that their idea was the stupidest he’d ever heard — so much so that [VP Paul] Maritz would assure them not to worry, “because they weren’t going to hold the record for long.”
In an interview last week, Gates feigned disagreement when it was pointed out that he would often spice up the phrase with an expletive. “No, no, no,” he said, laughing. “Literally, I do say, ‘That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.’ Some people think I add some other word in there, but I don’t — usually.”
Look Out You Rock ‘n’ Rollers
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Twitter: 2009-10-16
It’s Payday!
When the guy comes by my office with my pay envelope, I raise my hand and say, “No thanks. The work is its own reward.”
“You’ve said that before,” he says.
“Doesn’t it get funnier every time I say it?”
“I haven’t decided yet.”
I Hate Notre Dame
Hi everybody! It’s me, Lightning!
I’m excited because this week is USC vs. Notre Dame, the greatest intersectional rivalry in college football!
I love USC because my owner went to USC. Hooray! I hate Notre Dame. Grrrrrrrrr!
Do you know what I do when Notre Dame beats USC? Neither do I because I’m only six years old.
— Lightning 
Twitter: 2009-10-15
Somebody Stop Me!
I went to Subway for lunch and ordered my sandwich in an Australian accent: “LEH-us, to-MAH-to . . .”
Good times!