Morning Quickie

Jersey Matt was wrong. His link to Scoop Jackson’s article did not ruin my morning; it threatened to ruin both my night last night and my morning. As such, I refuse to even click on the link until after I’ve had my coffee.

The directions on my 3 minute rice noodle soup bowl say to “Just add boiling water or microwave” without explaining how, exactly, adding a microwave to the noodles will help ready them for consumption. And people say syntax doesn’t matter.

Even though it’s probably about a week old, I heard a funny quote this morning. Apparently when he heard that he is getting sued for $10 million by Eliot Spitzer’s call girl, Girls Gone Wild founder/owner/creator Joe Francis quipped something along the lines of “She had sex with Spitzer for $2,000. It doesn’t seem right that she’s suing me for $10 million just for showing her breasts.” I think this Francis guy is a bit of a moron, but he has an amusing point. (Quick tangent: the lawsuit, of course, is that the girl, 17 at the time of the breast filming, had to sign a release after she was done being filmed, which constitutes entering into a contract. 17 year olds, by law, are not of “mature mind” (paraphrasing) to enter into a legal contract. I’m not saying that filming underage girls, corrupting youth, ruining the world, etc., as Francis apparently does for a living, is alright. But that girl knew exactly what she was doing. Also, suppose it had happened the day before her 18th birthday; you’re telling me that the next day she would suddenly be much better (100%, in fact) suited to enter into a contract? I know, you have to draw the line somewhere, but I don’t think it should be so cut and dry. Hopefully the judge agrees and throws this out. My furthest reaching goal with thoughts like this, you understand, is trying to unclog the overloaded court system, particularly of stupid tort claims. Tangent over.)

Last night the estimable Darrell Rasner (who is the only Rasner in major league history, by the way) went 6, giving up 5 hits and 2 ER, for the win. Jeter, Abreu, and Matsui are the only (relatively healthy) Yankees hitting over .300 (.313, .306, and .324, respectively). Red Sox at Tigers tonight, Indians at Yankees on Wednesday – there’s a running diary in there somewhere.

Review of the Cavaliers ending the Wizards’ season and my thoughts on Jeremiah Wright to come.