My Man Took Fifty Shots!!!

The Internet is letting me down this morning. I have this distinct memory of Charles Barkley during a locker room interview. He's reading a newspaper and going over Michael Jordan's stats from a previous game. Barkley interrupts the reporter asking him questions and says something like, "He took fifty shots! ... Fifty shots! I could score sixty if I took fifty shots. ... Fifty shots!" Chuck must have been speaking about Jordan's sixty-four point game against the Magic on January 16th, 1993.

Unfortunately, I cannot find any video or even mention of Barkley's line anywhere on the web. Maybe I'm imagining it, but the recollection is pretty clear.

This elusive/imagined scene popped into my head after reading about Jack Taylor's performance for Grinnell College last night.  He took 108 shots!!! He took seventy-one three pointers!!!

I really need to have that Charles Barkley footage now.  If anybody knows where I can find it, please send it along.

Come On!!!

There are times that I want to talk politics and foist my personal beliefs upon others. I try not to do that publicly, and I don't think this is an effective forum for that. I do have a strong wish, however, that the leaders of our country have a basic understanding of science, and the they appreciate some of the fundamental laws of nature that govern our existence. I do not understand why issues surrounding evolution and global warming are being debated, for example. So my draw jaw just dropped when I read this tweet from @minutephysics.

So... Mitt Romney thinks we should be able to open the windows on a commercial airplane. #PresidentsShouldKnowScience blogher.com/why-we-cant-op…
— minutephysics (@minutephysics) September 25, 2012

It's a reference to an LA Times article that quotes the Presidential candidate.

In case you are wondering, here's why we can't open the windows:

Perpetual Child

So I discovered today that my young daughter calls bananas "nah-ma-nahs."

I haven't stopped smiling since. Now before you think that I am some sap who melts every time his daughter does something cute ...

I'm smiling because I haven't been able to get that song out of my head all day. This may be my favorite ear-worm of all time. How can you not bop your head all day with this stuck between your ears?