Science Ain't Worth That

One of the coolest shows on television is Sport Science, which employs sensors, dummies, and high-speed cameras to test various sports myths and questions. For instance:

Are hockey goalies as quick as cats?



Who has the best hand-eye coordination? (Chad's a cheater!)



Fasting moving ball in sports? (This guy is definitely on 'roids)



They also have cool segments on hang time, hardest hits in sports, parkour landings, etc. But then they did an episode on cheap shots, and, well... somehow they found this idiot...





Sixty-eight pounds of force! The biggest idiot on the planet indeed...

Top Five Signs You're Old

Law school version

5. During a crim law review session, you're the only one who recognizes that the fact pattern is lifted from the movie Nine to Five.

4. While discussing a NASA case involving the Challenger shuttle, your prof asks the class who actually remembers the incident, and yours is one of two hands in the air.

3. The law firm partner interviewing you for a job is younger than you.

2. You watched your property prof on College Jeopardy while you were in high school.

1. After your IP prof shows a slide of the Macintosh Plus, your friend asks you how it was to use one of those, as part of a long-running string of jokes associating you with whatever ancient things are mentioned in class, like the Magna Carta... except you actually did own a Macintosh Plus back in the day.

Atari 2600 with built-in Betamax!

Randy steered me toward my first PlayStation eleven years ago, and I was an early adopter of the PS2 seven years ago, but when the PS3 launched recently, I passed. It was too expensive for what I wanted, which was a game system, plain and simple. I wasn't going to pay a premium for a Blu-ray player that could go the way of the Betamax, the big loser the last time Sony got involved in a format war.

But it appears that the latest war is over, and this time, Sony is the winner. Time to get a PS3! And time to start buying movies in Blu-ray format.

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Classic Blunders

Never go in against a Clinton when an election is on the line

How desperate is Clinton that she's willing to fight to count Florida's and Michigan's delegates? That would be like the Denver Broncos demanding that the preseason games count in the standings so that they could claim the AFC West championship. Truly pathetic.

The ironic thing is, had Florida and Michigan stuck to the rules, they would have had a huge impact on this race. See Ohio, Texas.

Truly a dizzying intellect

In an interview on MSNBC, a super delegate rationalized the existence of super delegates by pointing out that without them, neither Obama nor Clinton is likely to get a majority of delegates prior to the convention. But that's because of the existence of super delegates! One of the candidates is almost certain to get a majority of pledged delegates. I'm sorry, but you cannot justify your existence by solving the problem created by your existence.

We named the dog Indiana

I'm rooting for Iron Man to dominate the summer (one of my brother's groomsmen wrote the screenplay), but this one has me pretty excited:



Indy's looking old. Then again, so am I.

Sally and the Suffragettes

It doesn't matter who you vote for No matter who you vote for, make sure you vote.

I Want Change

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.

Yes we can.

It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.

Yes we can.

It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.

Yes we can.

It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.

Yes we can to justice and equality.

Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.

Yes we can heal this nation.

Yes we can repair this world.

Yes we can.

We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.

We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics. They will only grow louder and more dissonant. We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.

But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA. We will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggest; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast, from sea to shining sea...

Yes. We. Can.