In case you haven’t seen these, you probably will soon. I think I first heard of these on Kottke…

William Shatner reading Sarah Palin’s resignation speech as a beat poem, on The Tonight Show. Sorry about the ad…

I wasn’t able to embed the video, so this is the link to it

Been a while, and I’m sure that if anyone reads this it will be totally by accident, as the past few months haven’t given anyone reason to return. Going to keep trying to post, though, and will try and figure out what I want to share here. Probably just pictures, etc., but hopefully something provocative enough to get some return visits and comments by the family.

So keep checking back…

Couple of updates on the fights, both this weekend and last weekend. Last weekend saw Allan “Ghost Dog” Green demolish Carlos DeLeon, Jr in two rounds on Showtime. Keep an eye on him, as he’s a Tulsa native. I used to have a picture of him and Lennon together after a fight in Miami, OK, but it was on my cell phone and I can’t find the picture anymore. Still have the autograph though…seen him a couple of times out here. We also got a chance to shake hands and exchange Christmas greetings in the Woodland Hills mall a few months ago. Also in local boxing news, Michael Woods finally picked up on a prospect out here: The Comanche Boy, George Tahdooahnippah (pronounced Tadernapper).

This weekend, Manny Pacquiao continues to do what only he seems to be able to do, which is take on the best fighters in and around his weight class. He’s fighting Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton, from Manchester, England. THis is going to be a great fight, but I’m calling Pacquiao again for this one. Right now the book on Pacquiao is -295, and +250 for Hatton. The weigh in is today, so it might change a little bit, but there’s no doubt that Pacman is the betting favorite. Pacquiao is also number 80 on Time Magazine’s Most Influential People list. He’s on his way to being a true superstar. Always worth watching, as he is something to see in the ring.

ugh…susan boyle. Can’t believe I’m even posting on it, but this headline was pretty funny, I think.

Talented Ugly Person Baffles World

Our first….

I haven’t listened to regular radio for almost 3 years now, so I don’t know much about the musical landscape being painted there. However, as I remember it and experience it in other ways (TV, some of the SiriusXM stations, etc), the bulk of music being peddled today is pretty much shit.

This article by John Mellencamp gives some insight into part of the problem.

“Record companies soon discovered that because of BDS, they only needed to concentrate on about 12 radio stations; there was no longer a business rationale for working secondary markets that were soon forgotten — despite the fact that these were the very places where rock and roll was born and thrived. Why pay attention to Louisville — worth a comparatively few potential listeners — when the same one spin in New York, Los Angeles or Atlanta, etc., was worth so many more potential listeners? All of a sudden there were #1 records that few of us had ever heard of. At the time we asked ourselves, “Am I out of touch?” We didn’t realize that this was the start of change that would grow to kill, if not the whole of the music business, then most certainly, the record companies.”

This is the first time I can remember that a boxer has made this list. Of course, he’s just a finalist until the voting is over, but he’s ranked number 10 so far, ahead of Barack Obama and Miley Cyrus.

Number one is “moot” – don’t know what that means.

A brief update on Nikki, the counselor. Most of the staff have gone to OKC to see her. Ann, Larry, and Kelley (all of whom you see in the video) went to see her last weekend, and she was able to focus her eyes on them, and even teared up a little while they were there. However, she was essentially immobile and couldn’t talk. At the time, there was no prognosis. Unfortunately, she has not gotten any better, and it seems she has gotten worse. Her family agreed to have her taken off the respirator last week and, accompanied by some sad assumptions, made funeral plans for Wednesday. However, she continues to breath on her own, enough so that the doctors are going to do the surgery on her feet, which were badly burned in the fire.

I’m now faced with a very difficult situation, which is how long to carry her as an employee so that she continues to be insured. Without question, her family is unable to cover the COBRA, despite the new changes under the stimulus plan. Of course, I know what I have to do, but it’s not going to be easy….