Billy Joel in Concert

Scored some tickets to the show last night and it was pretty good. The Bee gave it a so-so review, but what can you expect? Most of his music is fairly mellow. It's not like you can go in expecting full KISS pyro or something.

I'm not a huge fan of his, but I do enjoy the more popular songs like Only the Good Die Young, Movin' Out, and the Bosom Buddies theme song.

When he played We Didn't Start the Fire, all I could think of was that episode of the Office where Ryan started the fire and Michael and Dwight sang that song to him.

Not a dog person

I'm not really a cat person either. Pets are just a source of dirt and stress for me. Animals are cute and fuzzy, but I'm not fooled by their outward appearances anymore.

My upstairs neighbors have one of those kick-size dogs that bark incessantly. How the hell can you live with that constant irritation? The thing barked for 20 minutes without stopping.

After like 2 minutes, I would have lost it and punted that thing out the door. Why would you even get a dog like that? At least big dogs stay quiet unless something provokes them like a rogue squirrel.

Speaking of the Oscars

Why was Gary Busey even on the red carpet? Seriously, who invited him? He's a total loose cannon.

I enjoy that when I Google Gary Busey, that DUI picture of Nick Nolte shows up in the search results.

Not another one!

Another big ass storm is supposed to make its way to NorCal tomorrow. Supposedly it won't be as bad as the one early in January that wreaked havoc across the state.

I was scanning through this article about tomorrow's storm when this little blurb caught my eye:

Pressure at the core of the Jan. 4 storm dropped to 956 millibars -- as low as a Category 3 hurricane. For perspective, average sea level pressure on a calm day is about 1,013 millibars.

Central pressure in this weekend's storm is forecast to drop to 979 millibars Saturday afternoon, computer models issued late Thursday morning showed. While that's not as deep as the Jan. 4 storm, this weekend's low is also expected to ride a powerful jet stream right through Northern California. The Jan. 4 storm core passed over Vancouver Island, nearly 1,000 miles farther north.

See! I said it was a damn hurricane! National Weather Service or the National Hurricane Center, we've already had Hurricane Alma, so mark it off your freaking list!

Thought for the day

Chocolate cake is my Xanax.

I need a three day weekend.

I've been so busy at work that I hardly want to look at a computer, much less try to think of something to write here. I won't even try to say that it might be funny or interesting, more like confused and tired.

Good example of said feeling:

Today I left the office while on the phone with my mom. I get in the car and say "Damn, I left my sunglasses sitting in my cubicle. I'm too tired to walk back and get them. So what if I burn out my retinas on the way to work in the morning?"

I hang up and start listening to my XM Radio and running on auto-pilot towards home. About 15 minutes later the sun was closer to the horizon and the light is getting dimmer and I realize I have been wearing my sunglasses since I walked out of my office building.

It is Groundhog's Day

That's the only way I can explain having the same views on an issue as Republican Senator Arlen Specter.

I find it suspicious that not only did the Patriots receive a mere slap on the wrist for cheating, but that the evidence to the fact was destroyed by the NFL and no further investigations or oversight were put in place in the aftermath.

Anyone with enough ego to cheat at something is not going to stop simply because they were caught. If they had any common sense, they wouldn't have cheated in the first place. The above referenced article stated the NFL Commissioner's response to the Senator's inquiry:

He said destroying the tapes was "the best way for me to make sure the Patriots had followed my instructions."

Locking up the evidence proved not to be an option.

"We thought we had locked it up, and it got out five days later," Goodell said. "That was one of my concerns."

The NFL Commissioner cannot trust those who work for him? You can't tell me very many people had access to that locked up evidence. So either the frozen burgers at the local McDonald's have more security in place to protect them from being stolen than sensitive information at the NFL or Goodell is covering something up.

Remember a few years ago when the NFL went nuts because Las Vegas was advertising the city as a destination to enjoy the Super Bowl? At the time it was said that the NFL didn't want to be associated with something as distasteful as gambling. I guess cheating is a much more acceptable vice.