funny guy, funny guy

One of my more inspirational and endearing charaters to grace the vast wasteland known as telelvision, is the belved Dr. Cox of Scrubs. John C. McGinely is one of the best flippin charater actors out there, see him in Watch It. I'll post that another day. But Dr. Cox makes me is the shit to say the least, I actually get teaching tips on classroom management from him. You know, the daily yappin' with the kids. Here are few, go to the memorable quotes on thier imdb website:

Dr. Cox: [in response to something J.D. just said] Oh, my God; I care so little, I almost passed out.

[Dr. Cox and the pregnant Jordan are walking through towards a Nurses' Station]
Dr. Cox: Yes, hello? Could we please get my hormonal, extremely annoying ex-wife's amnio underway?
Jordan: Wow, I can't wait to write that down in the baby journal.
[Dr. Cox grunts]
Jordan: Could you be a bigger ass right now?
Dr. Cox: Could you *have* a bigger ass right now?

[Dr. Cox looks up towards the ceiling]
Dr. Cox: Now, I know you say you love us all equally. But you don't, do ya? I'm onto you, Big Man.

[about J.D]
Dr. Cox: Uh, Carla. Carla, have you, uh, have you seen Newbie?
Carla: Oh, he got off your leash?
Dr. Cox: [laughing] Give me a break. The kid's like... he's like a... have you ever seen a drunk baby?
[Carla stares at him]
Dr. Cox: Eh, it's a long story involving my son, a rum cake, and a low counter. Suffice to say, it turns out that, at first, it's... it's endearing to watch them bounce off of the walls, but man... you take your eyes off them for one second...
[hits the table]
Dr. Cox: ... and bam! They got a bucket on their head, and they're plowing right through your brand new flat screen TV.
[whispering remorsefully]
Dr. Cox: God save me, it was barely out of the box.
[Carla continues to stare at him]
Dr. Cox: The point is... Newbie is my drunk baby.

Dr. Cox: Oh, gosh, Shannon, thank you so much for clarifying my point by repeating it word for word. And now, in a reciprocal gesture, can I be included in the planning of your coming-out party?
J.D.: Is that a gay joke?
Dr. Cox: No, it's a cotillion joke. My God, Newbie, it's been two furiously frustrating years - how is it possible that you still don't get me? I would never compare you to the gays. I like the gays - I like their music, I like their sense of style, I especially like what they've done with Halloween - but our thing is that you are a little girl. That's who you are. But that's really not fair...

Congrats Urlacher

Brian Urlacher went from being the one of the most overrated athletes in the NFL to Defensive MVP. Woody Hayes was right, people are fickle.

Where are the educators of America?

The title of post may sound a little antagonistic, but really? I have been a teacher for a few years and
I am thoroughly amazed the education class in our country is not constantly attacking the Taliban and Islamofascist movement. Throughout history, totalitarian regimes butchered educators of all levels. Why do you think so many teachings of Confucius don't exist, previous dynasties burned them and killed the teachers. The Nazis burned books and sent teachers in oppressed countries to the infamous concentration camps. Al qaeda terrorists killed teachers in Iraq and little girls in Indonesia. Recently, the headmaster of a school in Afghanistan was beheaded in front of his family! He had girls at his school. Malim Abdul Habib was a teacher, a father, and a husband. But in eyes of every tyrant that has existed, he was a dangerous man. He allowed boys and girls to learn, to become thinkers and to possibly improve his country.
I am not an alarmist, just stating facts. Please remember and value this as you return to your classroom or your daily job, we are at war once again with people who hate freedom.
The picture you see is a Taliban troop transporter and a US missile helping those cowards meet Allah sooner, I do not think there will be 72 virgins waiting for them. Click the picture to get an enlarged view.

The Multimedia Bears

The Bears forum I got to often is a great resource of information and chatter. The guys on the sight are phenoms at tracking down Bears related facts and opinions. A couple videos the boys provided really sum up how Bears' fans feel this year.
This one is on the lethal defense another on Urlacher, who should be defensive MVP hands down this year.
And an enlightening picture of the boy wonder Orton
By the way, check out this classic SNL Da Bears skit

Finally, the drop kick has returned!

The mighty Doug Flutie has finally proven to be a real "old school" playa! I remember watching him complete the legendary Hail Mary pass versus Miami in my Grandpa Don's basement eons ago. But he completed a drop kick Sunday, the first time since 1941. The ex-Bear completed the kick last done by a Bear, oddly enough. Plus, how often can you hear some one refer to the offensive line as "giddy?"

''The offensive line was giddy, they were coming up to the line saying, 'Watch this! watch this!' " Holliday said.

All in all, if this is how Flutie ends his career, well done. If I find it online, I'll post it.

Chairman Mao would be proud

Like many people, I was not iniatially thrilled about China getting the Olympic nod. But then I thought about it, what does the Olympics bring, besides revenue? Journalists. Yes, the little critters that poke and prod and ask questions that matter, unless they work for certain tabloid shows, the Today show is included in that clump. Now we remember the massacre in Tienaman Square, see picture, and how the Chinese government tried to suppress as many facts as possible; it'll be a lot harder to suppress facts with "capitalist renegade" journalists in the countryside. Throw in the chance a couple gonzo wannabes will be jailed for not following thier state directed protocal, and a one bull has entered the China shop.
All this time, another bull has been pacing outside the shop waiting to get in and make itself known, he could be from rural China, the southern provinces(site of current masssacre) or a very restless student body yearning for real freedom. A great article by Joshua Muldavin mentions this "other" bull pacing and getting very pissed to say the least.
So lets see how this develops, the Kyoto Treaty ducking Chinese are going to learn if they want to be a player, they better respect the game.

Well, at least there's support groups

from the Sun Times:

GAME TIME: The Los Angeles Times recently did a story on the Madden NFL video game and the way it has turned into an obsession for many NFL players. Sales over the last 15 years have topped $1.5 billion, and since 2001, it's the top-selling video game in the country. Players are so fond of it, some brought complaints to John Madden while he toured the NFL on "Monday Night Football'' or directly to the company that makes the game. Michael Vick can't understand why he's not the fastest player in the game instead of Randy Moss. Corey Dillon thinks his overall rating is too low. Michael Clayton wants his tackling number higher, just in case he ever has to make a tackle during the game. But the best response of all came from Steelers running back Jerome Bettis.
"I had to quit cold turkey three years ago," Bettis told the newspaper. "I was up all night, all day. I just realized that, hey, I've got to do some other things with my time. It can be an addiction, man."