Wired Cola

I feel I should blog by proxy for Eric, since two majorly Supa pieces of information are in the air today, and he's out of town (and is using that as a lame excuse not to post).

Item 1: Houston Rockets are up 2-0 in their series against the Dallas Mavericks. Yao Ming, a man I once presciently described as "the second coming of Big Country," scored 33 points in the second victory.

It's true. This site is not about politics. It's just the world's best (and still the only) cybermorphic weblog. Just like the title. And to prove it, I'll end this post with a note about a cute dog.

But some things, political or not, are too amusing not to highlight.

Really, this blog is not about politics. Honest!

Okay, I thought wrong in my last post. The Liberals have thrown in with the NDP. It still doesn't add up, so this should be fun.

Just to reiterate the numbers: New Democratic Liberals: 151. Bloc Conservatives: 153. Independent: 3. A tie means the budget passes, because the tie vote goes to the speaker of the house. Oh, those independents!

Jack Layton has offered NDP support to the Liberals in exchange for some budget changes. I have heard some people (okay, it was in the Vancouver Canucks newsgroup) suggest this was an evil political ploy, but I have no problem with it. The NDP has no chance of forming government anytime soon, so joining a coalition is their only chance to directly form government policy. And that's what they should be trying to do.

This is interesting... the CDC seems to have revised downward their estimate of annual fat-related deaths. They now think it kills less than a tenth as many people as previously assumed, gone from 400,000/a to about 26,000/a. The remaining deaths are almost entirely concentrated in the morbidly obese BMI classification, and there seems to be virtually no risk to longevity from being a bit overweight.

So, I think it's time to address our glorious PM's naked begging for a chance to prove his, um, well, whatever it is he has to prove.

Why? Why should we give the Liberals further chances? Is there anyone in the country who believes there is even the faintest hope that the Gomery inquiry will turn up some exonerating evidence that mitigates the evidence we've already heard?

I'll stop now.

Lance Armstrong is retiring right after this year's Tour de France. Tyler Hamilton got a 2-year suspension for homologous blood transfusion, which, for a 34-year old pro cyclist, is the career death penalty.

No name yet, but every news service in the world is reporting that a pope has been elected. Name isn't available yet. Commentary? This is quick to elect a pope, but not particularly unusual (apparently a pope was elected on the second day of the conclave a few times in the 20th century).

Okay, let's get back on track here. I think I owe it to, um, well...I guess I owe it to nobody, but I want to comment on the two major stories of the last few weeks: The death of the pope and Gomery.

That was fun. This weekend, I rode the Harris Roubaix, and did acceptably well. A close analysis says it was Suck Factor 4, good for 12th place in a field that was probably 50 starters.

The funniest part of the race was Zenya, a new teammate, tentatively asking me for advice on keeping up with the pack. Zenya finished second. I think my advice was pretty good!