Today’s Video Infection

OK, I haven’t had one of these in a while.  This makes me feel less bad about all of my sports inadequacies, and although this looks pretty foolish, if most of us are honest, we can admit that we’ve made mistakes that are just as foolish–but hopefully weren’t put on YouTube.

RACISM!!!!—oops

After finding out that your charge of great injustice is groundless, sometimes the easiest way of saving face is to keep accusing.  As evidenced here.  *update–link now working after I switched to YouTube.  It seems that it was removed from the original ABC channel 7 site.

Let’s follow the logic on this one, shall we?  So Hallmark, a card company that makes its money from selling cards that make people feel good, actually decided that it would totally break with tradition and just record a racist statement on one of their cards?  Further, they decided to put that message in a card themed around space.  Perhaps they should be mad at Walmart for also selling racist stockings for

A Powerful Message About Work

I just watched this really good 20 minute video by Mike Rowe (he’s the Dirty Jobs guy). I warn you, it is a bit PG-13 for some farm animal stuff, but it is really well worth it. I love what he has to say, and he is far more intelligent than I ever gave him credit. Actually, guys like him are often far more intelligent than most of us give them credit.

Mike Rowe and Lamb Castration on Fora TV

In case you are wondering, I didn’t embed it, because it only embeds the first half to try and drive you to the Fora site–kinda annoying, if you ask me.  It is better to watch it all in one place.