Bucket of weekend random thoughts...

• What is the point in hiring really old "security" guards.  Wal-mart does it.  Strip malls do it.  The indian casino does it.  I'm a fairly non-violent type but when I see them with their fancy security badges I just want to rumble.  And by rumble, I mean I want to tickle them.
• Is there anything better about the NBA playoffs than hearing Magic Johnson call them the "Orlando Magics"?  Watch Ernie Johnson...he looks like he points to the teleprompter each time as if to show him there is no "s".  Thanks Magics Johnson.
• I finally had a chance to catch Dirty Dancing this weekend (thanks ABC Family!).  I know, it's been out a while, but somehow it has eluded my viewership.  There are few flicks like that.  I've never seen E.T., or Wayne's World...or any of the Star Trek or Star Wars flicks.  But Dirty Dancing was a bit different.  I thought it was the magical sexual bridge between the bra-burning sixities and the whory slut-filled nineties.  But after catching a good majority of the flick this weekend, I'm sorry I ruined the mystery of the "classic".  In 1987 I wasn't old enough to catch an erection, but after watching this flick I'm not sure I ever want to again.  I've had more erotic two-steps waiting in line for the bathroom than anything Swayze did.
  
• Is there anything sadder than watching a stud baseball starting prospect get assigned to the bullpen, dominate for a few years, and then peter out almost over night?  I watched it with Keith Foulke and now it appears Jon Papelbons turn.  He has all the intimidation of a hebrew MMA fighter.  It's like you finally make it as a personal assistance and your first gig is being assigned to the asian kid on American Idol.  Enjoy the lights while you have them!  R.I.P. Paps.
• My favorite thing about the economy is the crying.
• Happy Memorial Day everyone!  wait...I thought this was a day of reflection and remembrance?  Well, as Jon once told Odie "sometimes the best way to remember someone is to get drunk on the lake".