Ante Meridiem Eye Openers-September 30, 2008CE

1) Oops. Guess we are still drowning. But look at it this way: South America has no economy to speak of, and they seem to be doing fine. I mean Brazil has carnivale and those brazil nuts. Venezuela has a ton of oil and a communist dictator. Uruguay has...stuff. So who needs to be the world's only remaining superpower. I think we can be just fine as the 56th ranked superpower. Of course that's just until the Navy fractures into smaller factions and begins to fight for naval dominance in the new world order. I'm sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself-let's just pass a new bailout plan and see what happens.

2) Reason number 478,327 why I'm glad I'm a guy: NuvaRing. I'll pass on putting things in my body that can "slip out while straining during a bowel movement".

3) In sports, The St. Louis Rams just can't stop failing-bad. First they fire Scott Linehan, who led arguably the worst team in this decade, and replaced him with former Saints head coach Jim Haslett, who coincidentally was the very defensive coordinator who allowed the Rams to get outscored 147-43 this season. Let's see if they notice the difference.
In another step towards an El series in Chicago, the White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers to force a one game playoff with the Minnesota Twins tonight. That winner goes on the play the AL East champion Tampa Bay Rays Thursday night. The Cubbies will begin playoff baseball versus the Dodgers of Los Angeles on Thursday night.

4) It's stories like this that makes me rethink the whole freewill and free thinking aspects of being a modern human being. Lobotomy's for EVERYONE!!!

5) In entertainment, this is an interesting coincidence because I was just watching PCU last night. If you haven't seen it in a while, go out a rent it. It's still great.
Why pile it on an old man like this? They knew Ed McMahon is having hard times; what's the point?
Take one more name off the list of cool, as The Boss, Bruce Springsteen is slated to preform at the halftime show of the Superbowl this year. Because what football is missing is that particular Jersey charm towards the end of the season...

6) Dammit, England is so much cooler than we are! They used to let this horse come in a drink a John Smith's Ale until they got the carpets replaced. That's the only reason. this horse is megaawesome; I love John Smith's also!

Well, that's about it. It's like Jon Landau of Rolling Stone said in 1974: "Last Thursday, at the Harvard Square theatre, I saw my rock'n'roll past flash before my eyes. And I saw something else: I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time."