Brains!

Today it was warm enough to sit on the porch with the cats...or maybe I'm just getting used to 30-50 degree weather. Which is the average for TN winters. The snowstorm we had was very peculiar apparently, and so is most of the weather in the world right now. Practicing my porch sitting skills, I thought of a bunch more stuff to write about:

Bird noises. It's like Sydney here, tons of birds everywhere making noise. I couldn't imagine what it would have been like a few hundred years ago before many of the song birds were hunted and wiped out. Then it really would have been a cacophony.

Drivers in TN, did I mention this in my last post? Some of the most terrifying drivers I've ever had to share the road with. I've seen some scary stuff, people driving across major road dividers in mini vans, people going through red lights when there's no opposing traffic, people who think they have enough space pulling out in front of you, people going 10 in a 30 zone, people going 50 in a 20 zone. It's darn awful.

Sports
I've been meaning to write something about Sports. Since it's suddenly become a very big part of my life, unintentionally. Or maybe intentionally, since I was completely responsible for moving to the South, and it's hard to get away with not knowing about some kind of sport living down here. But where to start? I guess I should start with Drew... when I say Drew knows everything there is know about sports, I literally mean...he knows everything. He can tell you crap about the British premiership, for a American southerner that's a little ridiculous. If anyone should be going back to school to get a degree in sports broadcasting it's him, and whaddyaknow! The point is, I can literally ask any question and be guaranteed a clear knowledgeable non-bias answer. Okay well there is bias, but not by team, not by sport, it's really about things that many non-sports people and even some sports fanatics don't think of. I actually have tons of sports related topics, but I figure one each post is tolerable.

NCAA is an unchecked organization who's supposed to be regulating players rights and crap through all levels of sport. However there is no check or balance, they are literally the be all and end all of shit. In charge of major decisions, and many times down right unfair, inconsistent, and literally to ensure the most money is made by someone for someone. Literally the driving force behind sports is money. The people at the top of the NCAA are white, extremely rich old dudes. Isn't that always the way? There is no independent watchdog group that I can find for the NCAA and it's even harder to find any criticism anywhere by anyone. We can just assume that they've all been assassinated. I mean don't you think it's a little bit peculiar that there are checks and balances for almost every major organization in the US, and not for the NCAA?