The assistant to the President of Notre Dame has shaved her head to protest the firing of former football coach Tyrone Willingham.

"The process was flawed," Johnson said. "There weren't enough people in the conversation. And there was little or no consideration of the ramifications of the decision."

In other words, the people who were delegated the authority to hire and fire football coaches did so, but because Willingham is black, that makes it wrong and different this time.

Johnson also said the decision has hurt Notre Dame's goal of improving diversity on campus.

Bullshit. Notre Dame has hundreds if not thousands of applications for each student slot available.

"I think the damage that was done by this decision is irreparable in the immediate future," she told the newspaper.

Yep, doom and gloom. "Irreperable" damage. Whitey is just jumping for joy over this one.

On Wednesday, [University President] Malloy said he was surprised Willingham was not given more time to try to succeed and that he was embarrassed by the firing.

Translation: "A shitstorm has developed over the firing of a non-performing football coach who happens to be black, and I need to cover my ass. Besides, football isn't that important to colleges anyways, especially not to Notre Dame."

I have a dream, when a man will be judged not by the color of his skin, but by the performance of the job he's been hired to do.

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Seen on an online bulletin board:

In LotR all the elves sailed to the “undying lands” to the west. Continental drift caused those lands to move further north and eventually they were left to spend eternity making toys for their new red-suited overlord.

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Ho.

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1 Allright!Cherry cheesecake!

Posted by: Russ at December 09, 2004 07:00 AM (tKwxe)

2 I wish I knew how type a round of applause...

Posted by: Paul at December 09, 2004 09:19 AM (vbP6L)

3 Now, to be fair to us of the fairer gender, you need to post a picture of some firemen in their red suspenders...and just their red suspenders...

Posted by: Susie at December 09, 2004 02:17 PM (3nS88)

4 Yum I want some llol

Posted by: Malorie at July 12, 2005 03:38 PM (iTUn7)

5 Now that is HoT!!!!

Posted by: Christina at September 21, 2005 02:49 PM (Gel+0)

6 hotties kissin wat else is better

Posted by: nick at October 20, 2005 08:33 AM (oghPA)

7 oh yes!!

Posted by: jack at October 31, 2005 04:06 PM (7zOLs)

8 well i'd much perfer wochin men and woman kissin n gttin it on .....mmmm i'm horny lolll want sum ne1 -- ima female lookin 4 sum hunks!

Posted by: sexy at November 07, 2005 01:46 PM (H4Q5s)

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Remember the Beverly Hillbillys and their loaded-down truck? Pots and pans hanging off'n it, and the washtub lashed to the front bumper. Granny's rocking chair was sitting up top, balanced precariously on the pile of everything they owned.

The trip back from Michigan wasn't quite that bad.

Bungee cords are your friend.

No college student should own that much crap.

I carefully planned this one around good weather, and we made the return trip on the one non-rainy day forecasted for the week. The ride up was an adventure, going through Pennsylvania I hit fog so thick you couldn't see fifty feet in front of you, then a blinding driving rain on the turnpike's downhill run. Mostly though, it was drizzly and rainy and showery and blustery. Enough to keep you alert and paying attention to the road, not enough to dampen my good spirits.

I saw the most vivid rainbow in my life in Ohio. The colors were electric and it was very close. A few minutes later it was joined by a second, slightly more faint arc. Awesome.

We packed the truck twice. The first time in the parking lot of her dorm and the second time in a commuter lot about 10 miles south of her campus. I made her give stuff away to the kids who helped bring her stuff down from the room. Stuff that wouldn't fit in the truck.

No one should own that many shoes. Her nickname as a teen was "Imelda", and she's still living up to that name.

I ended up driving the entire way back (11+ hours) because I just couldn't contort myself enough to sit in the passenger seat around the crap on the floor. When we tried to make the driver swap, Robyn popped into the Starbucks on the turnpike plaza for a large coffee and a double-shot of caffeine. It was kinda funny watching her buzz for awhile after that. Yakata-yakata-yakata-yakata...

So I drove on, doing fine and enjoying the ride. We got home late last night and unloaded granny's rocker Robyn's life, and even got most of it put away (at least temporarily).

Son just left for work - job 1 this morning, first day at job 2 this afternoon - and Mookie is bumbling around getting things together for school. So why am I up? My legs are griping a little bit this morning about the long drive, teetering on the very edge of a massive charlie horse. I get up and walk around every few minutes, do the stairs a couple of times, stretching out and keeping them warm.

The whole family is home again. Nice. (temporarily... temporarily... temporarily...)

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Headed to Michigan to pick up oldest daughter from college. Be back in a couple of days. Take care.

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1 After posting that Santa picture, are you sure she'll want to come home?

Posted by: Victor at December 06, 2004 11:25 AM (L3qPK)

2 Drive safe.

Posted by: GEBIV at December 06, 2004 01:47 PM (egVBU)

3 Happy trails!

Posted by: dawn at December 06, 2004 04:55 PM (Rgkju)

4 Don't ferget to point and say "Ha Ha!" to Michael Moore while yer up there!

Posted by: Tuning Spork at December 06, 2004 09:15 PM (Ar7wg)

5 Take a big truck for the dirty laundry. And have a safe trip!

Posted by: Catt at December 06, 2004 10:03 PM (2XMgB)

6 Are you there yet?

Posted by: GEBIV at December 07, 2004 05:48 PM (6Nsma)

7 Nope, he isn't up here yet...should be here tomorrow morning

Posted by: Robyn at December 07, 2004 06:44 PM (gWcjd)

8 You know what they say...I don't either. But don't let the door hit you in the butt, Don't go away mad...etc,etc. Drive safely and carry a big _______.

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Being male, there are certain things you can't help but notice in a public men's room. Audio things. Things you might not even realize conciously, but you notice.

For instance, some men like to direct their stream against the side of the porcelain to minimize the sound, while others aim directly for the deep end to go for the big splash. The more frivolous might be trying to recreate in miniature the effect of water erosion against the deodorant cake, and there are always the bubble games to amuse the mind while neccessarily occupied in standing still (cool, that one looks just like Florida!).

More fundamental are the physical differences. The male organ is highly variable in detail, even in it's non-recreational role. A gentleman with a larger diameter urethra sounds like he's pouring water into the toilet from a glass (or a fire hose). A man closer to garden hose functionality won't make nearly as much noise and will take considably longer to complete the task at hand. Then there are those guys who seem to have a sprinkler head attached to the end of their willie, and cannot hit the target regardless of range or proximity.

Those last are the ones you want to avoid ladies, else you'll be wiping the seat and mopping bathroom floors for the rest of your life.

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1 If it looks like a mule whizzin' in a stream and it sounds like a mule whizzin' in a stream then........

Posted by: russ at December 06, 2004 08:46 AM (tKwxe)

2 Hehehe, finally some humor found this Monday morning.

Posted by: Maelstrom at December 06, 2004 11:36 AM (z62e3)

3 Now that's fascinating!

Posted by: dawn at December 06, 2004 04:56 PM (Rgkju)

4 Well, if I've been holding for a while and reeeeeally gotta go, then I like to hit the deep water hard and get that loud, rumbling Niagra Falls roar goin'... sounds like victory!

But usually (especially in Men's Room) I just stream along the porcelain just because I think we'd prefer the peace and quiet.

Then there are the times when I like to go for the shore -- just at the edge of the water and bowl. When you hit it right you can get a gentle shhhhhhhhh sound goin'. I consider it the happy medium where you don't wanna make too much noise, but you also don't want others to think you're holding yer member idly while waiting for it flow.

Darn it, I've said too much again....

Posted by: Tuning Spork at December 06, 2004 09:27 PM (Ar7wg)

5 Saw this on another blog:

"
In 1993, the American Government funded a study to see why the head of a man's penis was larger than the shaft. After one year and $180,000.00, they concluded that the reason the head was larger than the shaft was to give the man more pleasure during sex. After the US published the study, France decided to do their own study. After $250,000.00, and 3 years of research, they concluded that the reason was to give the woman more pleasure during sex. Australia, unsatisfied with these findings, conducted their own study. After 2 weeks and a cost of around $75.46, they concluded that it was to keep a man's hand from flying off and hitting him in the forehead."

Posted by: dawn at December 07, 2004 05:21 PM (Rgkju)

6 Some of us have modified ours so that we have a sprinkler head for real. :-)

Posted by: Keith at December 09, 2004 01:28 PM (jbvVc)

7 Damn, I thought nobody noticed the erosion of the deoderant cake.
Successive visits can result in pleasing sculptures, BTW.

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Tennessee Birdwalk

Take away the trees
and the birds'll have to sit upon the ground.
(Hum)
Take away their wings
and the birds'll have to walk to get around.
Take away the birdbaths
and dirty birds will soon be everywhere.
Take away their feathers
and the birds will walk around in underwear.
Take away their (whistle)
and the birds'll have to whisper when they sing.
(Chirp chirp!)
Take away their common sense
and they'll be heading southward in the spring.

Oh, remember me, my darling when spring is in the air,
And the bald headed birds are whispering everywhere.
When you see them walking southward in their dirty underwear,
That's the Tennessee Bird Walk.

How about some trees
so the birds won't have to sit upon the ground?
(Hum)
And how about some wings
so the birds won't have to walk to get around?
And how about a birdbath or two
so the birds will all be clean?
And how about some feathers
so their underwear no longer will be seen?
How about a little (whistle)
so the birds won't have to whisper when they sing?
(Chirp chirp!)
And how about some common sense,
So they won't be blocking traffic in the spring?

Oh, remember me, my darling when spring is in the air
And the bald headed birds are whispering everywhere
When you see them walking southward in their dirty underwear
That's the Tennessee Bird Walk (Chirp chirp!)

-- Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan

You can hear the whole thing here (chirp chirp).

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Have you seen that Staples commercial where grandma takes a picture of the family with a stapler? The voiceover helpfully tells us that she's hinting that she wants a digital camera from Staples.

Those folks don't hear the voiceover. If I were in dad's place, I think grandma would get a nice room at a home for Christmas.

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Ho.

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Posted this last December, and cute enough to repeat (plus I know most of you wouldn't click if I just linked to it).

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You can access the interstate from a dirt road.

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Velma is *much* sexier than Daphne. She's intelligent, brunette and wears glasses.

Update: My wife doesn't read Rocket Jones, so when I told her about this post and the talk about Velma being gay, she instantly opined:

Velma? Hell yeah. Skirt and knee socks. Definitely gay.

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Lots going on around the ol' homestead and at work right now, so posting has been and will continue to be light.

Notable event: Mookie cooked last night and tried a new recipe on us. It turned out pretty good. She's an indifferent cook, so I tell her she's got a promising career in the military food services field.

After dinner, she got on the PC and downloaded some software and drivers for her TI scientific calculator. She's got the same teacher for Statistics and Physics, so he expects more from her in both classes. It amazes me when I watch the kids work their magic on those things, because I can barely count to ten.

We also watched a 1960's drive-in classic: Tales of Terror. Three stories loosely based on Poe, written by Roger Corman, and starring Vincent Price (in all three), Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone. I might do a review later, but if you see it in the TV Guide, it's worth watching. It was Mookie's first real exposure to Price and Lorre, and she had no idea who Basil Rathbone was.

Almost forgot, I baked one of those Peanut Butter & Oatmeal pies. Pretty good and very very rich. The cookie crust burnt a little bit, and we were thinking that it might be better with a crushed chocolate 'nilla wafer crust instead to cut the sheer intensity of the peanut butter. Next time.

And that was pretty much my evening. It sounds boring, but there's something special about spending it with the family. Works for me.

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Since everyone missed it in the Blogger Bowl post below, here is an explicit link to my newest fans: Rats for Rockets. Check it out.

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1 Been there, done that. World Aids Day. Google is my friend.

Posted by: AnonymousKyle at December 01, 2004 08:01 AM (blNMI)

2 I tried to tell you before: Stealing your competitor's gf to be a cheerleader is Bad JuJu.

Posted by: Victor at December 01, 2004 10:07 AM (etHvD)

3 You should know by now, I have no shame.

Posted by: Ted at December 01, 2004 11:02 AM (blNMI)

4 ...What's this "shame" thing you're talking about? Isn't it some sort of foreign dish? :-)

The Rats for Rockets link is hysterical!

--TwoDragons

Posted by: Denita TwoDragons at December 01, 2004 09:44 PM (p+7we)

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