So, Today I'm Thinking...

...that I'm pretty excited about Auburn playing Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl, but $90 a ticket dampens the enthusiasm a bit.
...that I don't understand what all the fuss about James Bond movies is all about.
...that I desperately need to get on some sort of fitness regime.
...that I can't believe it's December already, but Christmas gift shopping is pretty easily done with the internet shopping/wrapping/shipping option.
...that I actually had an enjoyable meeting yesterday.
...that some families I work with have no real desire to get better, and there's not a thing I can do about it.
...the reality that there's nothing I can do about it doesn't make the situation any easier on me feeling responsibility in the matter.
...Cowboys! Playoffs?!
...that the bashing of the suburban "megachurch" is tiresome, easy and dismissing of any good that comes from these ministries. What's odd about that is the reality that those people who do that are thin-skinned when they hear criticism of their ministry methods.
...that Michigan now knows how Auburn felt in 2004, and those arguments for Florida that "they went through the toughest conference in college football and only lost once" make me wonder where those people were two years ago saying the same things when Auburn went through that same conference and didn't lose once. Back then, everybody said, "Well, tough luck. They were ranked ahead of you and didn't lose." Deal with it, Michigan, and shut it. At least you had your chance to prove it on the field. We never got our shot...and, grudgingly, Go Gators!
...that I plan on finishing the last book in my stack this week. Glad Christmas is coming!
...my wife and I are already talking about New Year's Eve plans? When did this start happening?
...I've got pretty much nothing on the agenda for my day off. It's nice.
...I'm wondering what to do with all those movies on VHS we had when the girls were little. I saw a machine for sale that will burn cassette tapes to CD and I think it'd be pretty cool to keep some of the ones we purchased on DVD if there was such a machine. But I think they're copy-protected or whatever. Still, I don't want all of those kid-stuff VHS and I can't imagine many folks with kids that age have or want VHS stuff.
...that the bill in front of the Texas state legislature to be voted on in January that will eliminate the 10% rule is a good one. See, in Texas, if you're in the top 10% of your graduating class, a public university in-state MUST accept you. But there are so many flaws and drawbacks that it doesn't work. Like, if you're in the top 10% of a high school with 100 students, what if you're in the top 20% of a high school that has 3,000 students? So, getting rid of that rule is good...or at least coming to an agreement. UT in Austin now has 70% attendance from kids from Texas. They want more diversity from other states and such. There's got to be some compromise there somewhere.
...the American Pediatrics group is at it again, saying that television advertising is bad for children. They've got proposals for Viagra ads not to be shown before 10PM, and no babes selling beer and no fast-food ads shown in children's shows, etc. They might be right, but making laws and rules against those things isn't the answer. The answer is parents doing their jobs and teaching their children to think critically.
...there was a contest to come up with a 30-second ad for the Super Bowl and it was supposed to be an ad for the Super Bowl itself. Nathan and I had an idea of going through the history of the Super Bowl in 30 seconds, complete with holding up a bowl of ice for the "Ice Bowl" and pointing to the lumbar on my back with a "D" on it for Lombardi and other stuff like that, with the two of us manically doing stuff for the 30 seconds. I was telling Tracy this and she said, "What would you do for the wardrobe malfunction?" That never even hit my radar. That lady is really funny.
...that I actually straightened the garage, so there's not much to feel guilty about not doing today.