Hock Show Weekend Top Five for September 1st – 5th, 2008
Five Stories That Are (not) Changing Your World
1. Sooooo…Google Chrome…. Yes, Google’s web browser is out and about, and Dan loves it. I could take or leave it, I guess. I’m not a big fan of Chrome trying to guess what site you’re visiting or the mouse wheel scrolling. Dan probably just likes it for Incognito mode. As it stands, Google built themselves a nice little first run browser and deserve a pat on the head.
2. Rudi Johnson Wins Job, Loses Bags. When, the Detroit Lions signed former Bengal Rudi Johnson to be their primary backup this season, that left Tatum Bell without a job. So, Bell, being a man of class and reserve, decided to steal Johnson’s luggage. That’s right, he stole two bags, containing socks, underwear, credit cards, and a small amount of cash, emptied them, stole the cash, and delivered them to an ex-girlfriend for safe keeping. She promptly brought them back to the Lions. Johnson is refusing to press charges, likely knowing that this is the most awesome story the Lions will get all year.
3. Sarah Palin Won’t Answer Press Questions. McCain’s campaign staff said that she won’t hold any press conferences or answer any interview questions that aren’t pre-vetted. Essentially, that means she’ll pretty much just get to give speaches until the debates. Well, good for her. I didn’t really want to hear her actual opinions anyway.
4. The LPGA Isn’t Going to Suspend of Any Players Who Can’t Speak English. So, yeah, here’s an issue: if you work for an organization, should you be forced to learn the primary language of that organization? It sure makes sense, but then again, golf is trying to go global, so you can’t exactly tell some girl from China to learn English when you’re trying to play on her home courses. I say we make them all learn Swahili.
5. Um…So…Yeah, I Don’t Know How to Tell You This, But We All Might Die Next Week. On Wednesday, September 10th, 2008, scientists in Geneva, Switzerland will throw a swtich (note: Not an actual switch, or at least not one single switch) and fire up the Large Hadron Collider and probably blow us all up. The massive partical accellerator will fire atoms at eachother at speeds approaching the speed of light, in order to observe what might have happened in the formative moments of the universe. Yes, I don’t know if you knew this, but the universe was formed under the Swiss Alps. Anyway, one possible reaction is that they might make a black hole, so that’s pretty cool. Brian Cox, the self proclaimed “Rock Star of Physics,” has told us all not to harsh his mellow so he can enjoy this wicked display. Duuuude.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:51 am
No Brady being out of the season story?