1. Michael Vick indicted on dog fighting charges- Another NFL player gets into trouble with the law. While Vick obviously has not been proven guilty, if these allegations are true, Vick is in massive trouble, especially with a dog-loving America. It doesn't matter if he grew up with dog fighting, as he apparently did. It's inhumane how cruelly dog-fighters treat these animals and Vick deserves every bit of his sentence, again if he is proven guilty.
2. Tim Donaghy bets on NBA games- Less disgraceful than Vick in the matter of life and death of sentient beings, but in regards to sports much more serious. Apparently he reffed a Spurs-Suns playoff game, and who knows what might have happened if the NBA had a clean official working (probably not much, as the Spurs were far superior in that series anyway, but it's the principle of the matter). Moral of the story: stay away from the mob.
3. Chili recalled for fear of botulism- When will the FDA get its act together and pass tougher guidelines for food processing, especially when it comes to meat? If there is something in food that causes abnormalities in a person, that food should not even hit the open market, much less still be on the shelves in stores after being recalled.
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4. Barry Bonds one away from tying Hank Aaron's home run record- While I don't care for Bonds much more because of his sour personality and attitude to fans, reporters, and even teammates, and wish that this situation were not happening, it's inevitable that he's going to break 755. I wonder how he's gotten past performance-enhancement tests, but if one looks at his stats, his recent drop-off correlates with when MLB put more stringent tests into place. Perhaps he's stopped using, if he did (innocent until proven guilty), but again, the inevitable will happen.
5. Simpsons Movie comes out- Finally, after nineteen years, the long-awaited feature film of America's favorite bumbling yellow family. Hopefully, they don't turn it into three continuing season-ending episodes like Family Guy did with "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story". It's a clever formula though: being lazy by using the movie for regular work and making more money by selling the episodes as a movie.
My 5 Points
1. Test tomorrow- Hopefully I'll be able to bounce back and do well. This semester again has been eerily similar to the last one so far, with the first test being just below the cutoff, and gaining back one point due to grader error to be a little less below the cutoff but above the average nonetheless.
2. Tpeak-Tend project- The beats and the times are lined up for the EKGs in my research project at the HRV lab that I've been doing for the past three years. Hopefully things will finally work out, as the aforementioned problem has been the biggest roadblock so far.
3. Working out- I don't nearly exercise as often as I should (due to needing to devote all my time to orgo, I believe). I've been trying to get a six-pack since freshman year of high school, and never succeeded. Somehow I've lost ten pounds since being at home, which usually happens because I don't eat as much at home as I do at school. However, the process has been slower than usual, which probably means I need to work out sometime.
4. Missed Lion King to study- While I did waver when asked initially if I wanted to see it because I didn't know my schedule then, as time went on I got excited at the prospect. And then my professor had to schedule a test on Monday when the tickets were for the Saturday before. I love my life sometimes.
5. Cafe Napoli- Went to lunch with Ai-Lin on Wednesday. The waiter warned me that the insalata caprese that I had ordered was really small, so I added an appetizer to that, which ended up being served as my main dish somehow. Anyway, the tomato and mozzarella salad was perfect, almost like Italy, with think tomato and cheese slices and a nice balsamic vinaigrette and fresh basil. The eggplant parmesan was two huge slices of eggplant smothered in tomato sauce and melted cheese, and would have been good as an appetizer, but too simple and heavy as a main dish. The bread was fantastic (I love bread) with the right touch of sourness and a hint of cheese, and the fact that the bread was not warm actually worked in its favor. Props for having olive oil and parmesan cheese on the table for dipping/seasoning.
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