It's all in the numbers...

Today is Superbowl 48.  Since we've begun keeping track of this event, its been written in roman numerals.  Those numbers, should you not remember your schooling, are: I - for 1; V - for 5; X - for 10; L - for 50; C- for 100, etc.  And there is a method in which we configure the combinations in between.   Superbowl 195 should read CVC, but will we still have Superbowls that number in the hundreds?

Some Superbowl numbers were more interesting, such as number 30, or XXX.  Name your poison sort of thing.  (The teams playing that year were the Dallas Cowboys, and the Pittsburgh Steelers.   To jog your memories even further, the Cowboys won.)  The Superbowl today has an interesting mix of numbers...XLVIII.  The next two are not going to be as interesting.  Superbowl 49 should read IL, and 50 will just be L.

If you're printing t-shirts, or making other paraphernalia for the Superbowl, this might be a challenge to your creativity.  Hard to fill up a shirt, or cap with just an L, or even before that...an IL.   And the thought of an IL should bring all sorts of commentary as to the value of the game, depending upon which teams prevail.  Sure to be plenty of puns for that game!

Something to think about after today's brouhaha settles down, which should be in about a month, or just before the basketball madness starts!

Watching the game, and rooting for...I'll never tell...on Day 236!

What were they thinking...? Part 2, A and B

...and less than a day later there's another story that makes you shake your head, and say to yourself "What were they thinking?"

First, A... At a recent rape trial, the judge gave explicit orders for the jurors to not discuss the trial with others, including social media.  So what happened?  One of the jurors not only posted some comments on Facebook (although they were not about the trial itself), but also tweeted (supposedly while she was in deliberation with the other jurors) about the dull trial and something to the effect that she was tired, bored, and wanted some red wine.  Huh?

Poor baby, a two day trial, which you're being paid for, and you're SO tired, and SO bored.  So bored in fact, that you neglected to listen to the judge's instructions?  I understand that there may be charges against you, including 30 days in jail, for contempt of court, especially since it was declared a mistrial.  How nice for the rape victims, to have to undergo another trial ordeal.  NOW what are you thinking?

Then we have B...What were the lawyers thinking when they said this was an appropriate juror for this trial?  Was she young, cute, supposedly savvy enough to render a just verdict?  Now everyone has to go through the whole rigamarole again.  What fun is that?  Perhaps all cell phones should be confiscated before the deliberations begin?  Or worse yet, let's sequester all future jurors to be sure they have NO access to ANY social media outlets.  Or maybe the lawyers just wanted to pad their accounts, since it was only a 2-day trial?   Maybe they'll rethink all their needs and requirements of the next jury.

More shoes dropping than a millipede has legs...on Day 235!

What were they thinking...? Part 1

The latest, unbelievable (to me) incidence in the news was that a man was shot in a movie theater for texting.  I can understand the anger at someone texting during a movie, as usually there are sounds involved which are distracting to others, and sometime an annoying light coming from a source other than the movie screen.

The anger is to be expected...BUT the man was then shot, and killed, by a retired former police officer!  What was he thinking?  The news story said he feared for his life after the shooting victim threw popcorn on him and "lunged (?)" at him.  So he drew his gun!  He must have been thinking he was in imminent danger?  The trial will comb through the facts, and the judge (and/or jury) will have the final decision as to whether his actions were justified.  Let them try to figure out what he was thinking.

Waiting for the other shoe to drop...on Day 234!