Even after watching Fast Food Nation I had a hunkering for a hamburger.  Both Chewy and I thought it was supposed to be a documentary but it really wasn’t.  Sure it talks about the endless cycle of food, people and life but I wouldn’t really call it a documentary.  Oh well.  One more movie down.  A few more to go…

• I now have a craving for some Snickers Peanut Butter Squares.
• Somebody has a ton of time on their hands … I mean a TON of time on their hands (See all those custom Junkions made out of Animated Prowl)
• hmmmmm Star Wars Cakes …
• OH NO!!!  I’ve been living my life as LIE!!!  What’s next?  Fortune Cookies are false?!?!?
• I particularly like that last line: He has not connected well with an African-American base. – WHAT!!!!

I think that’s the only thing I remember from the movie Highlander.  Recently a co-worker was wearing a T-shirt that he received as a Christmas gift.  Being the geeks we are we all think the shirt was hilarious and yet not.  Off the bat I could recognize most of them (who’s ever heard of skyOS?)

However, the shirt did make me remember how at my in-laws church someone had one of the original “COEXIST” bumper stickers on their car.   I’m sure there are plenty that believe that all religions should really just coexist.  But those of Christian faiths?  Really? Sure there are some that think we should because we are called to be “loving” and “accepting.”  But are we called to accept the beliefs that counter our own?  I believe there’s a difference between “accepting” and “respecting” other beliefs.  Semantics maybe but I can respect what someone else does even though I don’t accept their belief. 

If we believe that Christ is our Savior and yet another religion only see’s Christ as a “good” man what does that say about Christ overall?  We must hold firm in what we truly believe in and therefore it would seem that religions can’t coexist.  So yeah, I was somewhat surprised to see that bumper sticker at my in-laws church.  But then again knowing the church I wasn’t really.

• Don Brown is being kept!!!  That is good news.
• RIP Dick Winters …We all salute you and all the men who made the sacrifice for not just this country but also the world.  I feel the need to watch Band of Brothers again …
• How do you steal 40,000 pennies?  I guess it should be easy to spot the thief once they try and cash it at the local Coinstar.

Between a short period of time (7am to 9am) we apparently got an inch of snow.  I was still asleep and missed the actual falling of snow.  I’ve always found falling snow to have a certain peace of mind affect.  That is until I start figuring out if I actually have to travel through it and what those ramifications are.  Snow is a tricky beast that’s best enjoyed while you have nothing to do or no where to travel to.  I can still remember all the “almost” accidents that I’ve had while traveling while it was snowing. 

Over the past few weeks there seemed to be a few interesting sports tidbits that are worth noting that I didn’t have time to mention.

• The f-ing Caps beat the Pens to win the Winter Classic.  That was a great game to watch especially since the announcers kept on saying the rain would only last for 5 minutes but it rained throughout the whole third period.  
• The Orioles land two decent free agents: 1B Derrek Lee and reliever Kevin Gregg.
• Roberto “Spitting” Alomar was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame (he’s expected to be wearing a Blue Jays hat).  I still remember the rumors of him ending one season early so he could keep his batting average above .300.
• The Redskins beat the Jaguars for their 6th win of the season dropping them four spots in the 2011 NFL draft so now they have the 10th overall pick.  Good thing they didn’t beat the Giants.

Yesterday, the WSJ had a couple of articles on Chinese parents.  A ton of my friends have been posting about them.  All I gotta say is that all my repressed memories are coming back … (article 1 and article 2)