Realm of the Wombat

Although some people disagree, I think daylight savings time is a great thing. It’s pointless to have an hour of daylight wasted before I wake up in the morning when I could enjoy it later in the day. Apparently Congress agrees with me, as they voted to extend the duration of daylight savings. Finally some legislation I believe in.

But now it’s time to go a step further. In the late spring/early summer, I’m still sleeping through an hour of sunlight. How will we get that hour back? Spring ahead again. That’s right, we’ll go two hours ahead of standard time. How great would that be? There will be sunlight until almost 10pm at the deepest part of summer. It wouldn’t get dark at a “night” baseball game until the seventh inning. It’s time for America to assert its status as a world leader by being the first to enact daylight super savings!

Add this to my platform for when I run for benevolent dictator of the world. It’s not as ridiculous as my plot to never spring ahead, only fall back.

I don’t think I can complain about baseball’s steroid scandal after reading this: Nigerian referees given permission to take bribes

One good thing about all this rain we’re getting is watching the snails race on the Greenway…

Thank God baseball starts next week…

I had never heard of George Mason before his namesake took down Michigan State in the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament last week, and I didn’t give him much thought until the Patriots beat North Carolina in the next round, thoroughly wrecking the D.C. region of my bracket. We all now know that the university has a basketball team, but what did this Mason guy do to earn the name of the school?

George Mason was a statesman from Virginia who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which specifically outlined the rights of citizens. In 1787, he was sent to Philadelphia to represent his colony at the Constitutional Convention. Although he played a major role in shaping the document, he refused to sign it without inclusion of a clear statement of citizens’ rights. After the Convention, Mason caused enough trouble to disrupt his friendship with George Washington, but he was ultimately vindicated as the Bill of Rights, largely based on his earlier Virginian document, was ratified in 1791. For this reason, Mason is known as the “Father of the Bill of Rights.”

Thanks to Wikipedia, as always.

“I like the idea of eating and drinking with one hand without looking.”
- Jerry Seinfeld on his favorite food.

Cereal occupies a special place in my family’s history: it was the cause of one of my parents first arguments. After pouring a bowl of Cheerios, mom bunched up the inner bag, and closed the cardboard box. However, my dad is very particular about his cereal storage, and yelled at her for not folding and refolding the opening of the bag. Apparently it wasn’t a deal breaker (on either side), and mom learned how to properly keep the Cheerios fresh.

Read more to find out what cereals I recommend…

Confirming what we already suspected: Old TV is better than new TV. Is there some way to invest in DVD sales?

Sure it looks like a free quarter, but there’s that lingering feeling that it’s tainted with some life-threatening disease. Or maybe a sniper is ready to pick off the greedy dirtbag that pockets it.

Personally, I think someone left it at the bus stop for an unmet stranger who was 25 cents short of bus fare.

You can say alot of things about our illustrious president and his religious views, but he’s got nothing on the president of Turkmenistan.

Las Vegas is ahead of the curve again: Movie theaters may jam cell phones

Canada’s ahead of the curve again: National Lost Mitten Registry

In the age old debate of nature vs. nurture, chalk one up for nurture.

Californians can’t drive in rain. So a snowstorm was bound to be a disaster.