Nascar

Hola,

I have a confession to make... I don't follow any form of race car driving whatsoever. The only time I watched a race was a few months back when I watched an entire F1 race where Michael Schumaucer (pretty good chance I spelt that wrong) and some Italian construction worker went head-to-head and Michael (notice how I avoided spelling his last name a second time?) ended up winning and then the next day at school some guy struck up a conversation about the previous nights race and I was able to talk like an expert... well a lying expert but I digress.

Anyways, that was a long winded story to provide background to what I really want to talk about. Seeing as though its 40 degrees out I'm trying to find any old reason to stay inside so on cnnsi I was looking through pictures of celebrities and their predictions for the upcoming Daytona 500. One of the pictures was of Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the house in the U.S. for anyone who is not familiar. She was the 10th person to be asked who she thought would win. Most of the people answered with a"I love John Doe because hes super cool" or "Jimmie Johnson has the same name as me, so obviously I have to route for him." What I am getting at is that most of the answers were fairly simple... Then we had to ask a politician (Nancy Pelosi and this was her answer...

"My colleagues and I recently had the pleasure of welcoming Jimmy Johnson to the capitol to congratulate him on his success as Nascar champion. He is a gifted athlete, a great ambassador for the sport of Nascar, and my pick to win the Daytona 500."

Why is it politicians have to make everything so much more difficult than it has to be? A simple "I think Jimmy Johnson is going to win" would have sufficed. At no point did anyone need to know where Jimmy has recently been (Capitol Hill apparently), why he was there (to be patted on the back), and what he is good at (Ambassador for the Sport of Nascar).


Since when did Howie Mandel become a celebrity?

A recent blog reader stated that it was about time I showed my face around here... well I didn't want to scare the kids so I had to stay away for awhile, but they're sleeping now so I'm back.

Off to the beach...