And Now For the Rambling

Malibu fire destroys Suzanne Somers home
By PETER PRENGAMAN, Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 9, 1:49 PM ET
MALIBU, Calif. - Suzanne Somers' home was one of four destroyed by a wind-driven wildfire that swept through an exclusive seaside neighborhood of multimillion-dollar homes, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday.

And you thought folks in Iraq had it bad. What is this world coming to when the “queen of the thigh master” has to watch her house consumed by fire? Where is the commitment of local firefighters? Gotta wonder if spare silicone helped fuel that fire.

Hey here’s a thought, maybe we could run a lead story of all the folks who have had really bad things happen to them as well. Do you think that would be decided by level of income or mere notoriety? If your house is worth less then $250,000.00 and you work 2 jobs to make the mortgage, would that qualify? Who am I too judge?

Speaking of really dumb choices, can we discuss the Houston Texans for a moment?

The Texas Longhorns won, last year at this time, the BCS bowl. 3 of the outstanding players in that game were Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart and Vince Young. Easily picked to go #1,2 &3 in the following NFL draft. Pretty rare too have that much talent to pick from the college ranks in one year.

One of the worst teams in the NFL was in fact the Houston Texans. Their reward for this would be to have 1st choice of any of these team-changing players. Pretty cool kudos for losing.

How dumb would you be to pass on any of these 3?

I think Dumb didn't cover it.

The Texans drafted Mario Williams a defensive end. As a matter of point, no defensive end had ever been drafted #1 in the history of the NFL draft.
Reggie Bush was drafted by the New Orleans “Aints”. The Saints in turn went from a losing record to being on of the top 2 teams in the NFC. Leinart and Young both ended as starting QB’s for their respective pro teams.
The Texans stunk the place up.

You want fun? Tell a Houston fan that not drafting Bush, Leinart or Young was a stupid move. You instantly become the Dixie Chicks of sports with that utterance. Ain’t no one here buying tickets to your show.