Queens

"Terrible, what ya know about terrible?
Terrible, you don’t know what’s terrible"
--Terrible, Insane Clown Posse

Actually, I do know what's terrible: the Kings, especially their not-so-special teams, which gave up two more power play goals last night (and went 0-for-3 on the power play) and sent Andy Murray's reeling squad to their seventh straight loss. Ouch. After an abysmal display on Tuesday (5-1 loss to Minnesota; all five Wild goals scored on the power play), I was stoked to look at my coordinating producer's monitor in the control room yesterday and see a 3-1 Kings advantage on ESPN's bottom line. I was unable to watch any of the rest of the game, but needless to say, getting the post-game text alert reading 7-4 was quite stunning. I don't know where to place the blame, because they've been dealing with injuries all season, and are probably healthier now than they've been in forever. I know we're still in 2nd place in the division, still in the playoff picture, but this is getting ridiculous. I'm thinking Davie T needs to make a move sometime soon and shake things up, or this season is going to end up in the pits...
One of my favorite things about Google is having three quotes of the day on my search page every day. I don't always pay attention to them, but every once in a while, something comes up that evokes a positive response. Number two this morning is just such a line, from a guy named Bertrand Russell (no idea who that is): "The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." Two things here: first of all, the fact that I have no idea who Bertrand Russell is means I could probably just say something, attach my name to it and submit it for use on Google quotes of the day. How important do you think you have to be to get on there? I might investigate the submission process, and who knows, maybe you'll see some disparaging quote about women's basketball on your Google quote page sometime soon. Second thing: on my NFL weekends, when Saturday (or parts thereof) represents the only time away from work in my week, this quote rings loud and true. On the outside, one might view a day spent watching soccer and college football, napping, eating, playing guitar, reading, writing, and playing ncaa 06 (or just lazing around on my bed or the couch) a bit of a wasted day. But alas, according to Mr. Russell, 'tis no such thing. I'm feeling very validated. I might try to waste some time at work today.
In the interest of appearing somewhat informed, I clicked on his name and a sizeable list of quotations came up, several of which I find to be agreeable. Another one I like: "To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness." This is in direct correlation to my daily struggle to find time for everything, one which consistently results in me finding time for nothing other than work. I know I can't do everything (or have everything), which is good, but I never really looked at that deprivation as a means to happiness. Kinda cool, actually. (By the way, according to his quote page, Bertrand Russell is an author--or WAS an author--from the 20's and 30's, so maybe I can't just be nobody and get on the page.)
Kareem is on the show today, and we've been cleared to use his scenes from "Airplane!", which is just about the happiest news I could have gotten today. The cokcpit scene with the kid, which includes not only Kareem getting in the kid's face and challenging his dad to run up and down the court with Walton and Lanier, but also the classic Captain Over lines ("Have you ever seen a grown man naked?" and "Do you like gladiator movies?", among others). I've already been watching it at my desk this morning, you know, doing research for the segment, and it's been quite enjoyable (maybe a waste of time as well?). We're also using a clip from "Game of Death", in which Kareem fights Bruce Lee. I'd never seen it before, but there's a sweet five-minute fight scene towards the end of the movie from which we'll cut a 30-second clip. Great soundtrack and sound effects (and when I say great, I definitely mean terrible). Well now, it looks like we've come full circle...