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Just a quickie tonight. Ahh...who am I kidding...it probably won't be. Here's a few thoughts on some things happening here, there, everywhere.

1. The Church Shootings. WTF?!? I'm serious, here. When are we as a country going to open our eyes and realize that the fundamental extremists we're all so scared of live right here in America? I understand that these are crazy times. I get that. I'm absolutely certain that we're not out of the woods yet. But still...People are being killed for being too liberal? Or because they worship at too liberal a Christian Church? What? Why? No...I don't understand.

Fundamental extremism is bad. Period. Plain and simple. I don't care if it's in the Middle East or here. It's bad and it's wrong and it has to be stopped. Honestly, I'm scared.

2. Finally watched the ESPY Awards. Wow, church shootings to a sports and entertainment award show...classy, Fun Sponge, classy. Anyway, the ESPYs were good. They were hosted by Justin Timberlake. That dude is seriously talented. He must be. He's survived a ton of crap. Survived being a Mousketeer. Survived being with Britany. Survived being in a boy band. Survived Cameron Diaz. Survived Nipple-Gate. How could someone go through all that and be more popular than ever? Talent. That guy is pretty freaking cool in my book. And he golfs.

Beckham and Posh were in the front row of the ESPYs. Beckham won best soccer player. Whatever. He's not. Timberlake gave them appropriate mention throughout the show.

I gotta say, Posh is always getting hell from the tabloids about how she never smiles. You know, it's not even that. Not only does she not smile. Posh makes some pretty awful faces. Downright bitchy facial expressions. I saw at least three from the ESPYs that were just horrible. To be fair, she did smile a few times during the show, but she always seemed to cover it up with her hand. I've got three possible solutions as to why she doesn't show emotion for the camera. You pick which is most plausible.

A. She's shy or embarrasses easily.

B. She has bad teeth. Lots of Brits do, so why not her?

C. She's got some odd social disorder.

I'm going with "C" here. My guess is she'll be the next Liz Taylor or Michael Jackson. Spooky.

Let's see...3. Yep. Just checked. It's 3.

3. Do you like fantasy sports? I do. Not too much. Just a league at a time. It's too hard to keep up with more than that. Unless I didn't have a job. Huh. Wait a minute. I don't have a job. I'm actually pretty good at these fantasy sports leagues. Is that a career? Can I work my way up through the ranks of fantasy and get a real job on a professional sports team?

Anyway, I have a fantasy sports blog. It originally was about just one league, but I may turn it into one about lots of leagues or players or whatever. When I remember what it is called I'll link to it!

Oh, and I don't play fantasy golf. I can still play real golf, thank you very much.

4. Olberman rocks. You should be watching his show on MSNBC. It's every bit as well written as The Daily Show and Colbert Report, but it's also factual.

5. Fantasy Water Polo League?!? Why is it, that when you put "water" after "fantasy" it all of the sudden sounds dirty?

5a. Olympics are coming. Ugh. They're in China. I swear to God, if NBC spends too much time talking about how horrible the smog in China is, I'll puke. Those bastards should try coming here to the Basin. I'll bet our air quality here is worse per capita than there. Maybe not, but it's a lot closer than it should be. NBC should be use China's bad air to segue to a feature about poor air quality here at home.

Despite NBC spending too much time on BS about anything other than the athletic competitions, I'll watch. I always do. The Olympics are special to me. I can say without question, the one thing I wish above nearly all other "sports related" pipe dreams of mine, that I would most love to win a gold medal. I'd be freaking bawling up there. Serious. It would be awesome!

My favorites are water polo, swimming, gymnastics, sometimes diving. Same with track and field.

Finally. 6. Back to the ESPYs. Some softball players from Central Washington and Western Oregon won a big award for their sportsmanship in helping the player from the other team get around the bases after hitting the winning home run and tearing ligaments in her knee. That's why I love sports. That's why. Nice job people. That's the kind of world I want to live in. That's something to believe in.

6a. The local Shilo Inn has a reader board that usually just displays the fact that they're hiring a catering manager...still. Today's was AWESOME! It said. "Welcome Hamsters". That's it. I hope it's some HAM Radio Club meeting, because I don't think I can handle some kind of "Hamster Convention" or "Hamster Show". That would be too much.

HAMSTER-CON 2K8!!!

No wonder the terrorists hate us. W is Wrong. W always says that "the terrorists hate our freedom", aw shucks. No. The terrorists hate what we do with our freedom. I believe David Cross said that.

7. David Cross is BRILLIANT! Get Mr. Show from Netflix. It's the funniest show ever.