Sad statistic

According to Playboy magazine (which I totally read for the articles. well, maybe not. but the articles are good too.) the ratio of Wal-Mart employees to high school teachers here in America is 1:1. That's completely insane. And we wonder why Americans always finish near the bottom of the pack in any worldwide testing/intelligence surveys. Apparently, providing cheapjack merchandise and sweatshop clothing is just as important as educating our young people and preparing them for the rest of their lives. Then again, why educate them? They'll just end up working at Wal-Mart.

ION, it's 41-0 Bears over the 49ers. At halftime. Wow.

News flash

Iowa sucks.

OK, well, they don't suck. They just can't ever seem to win that one huge game that will put them over the top. Kirk Ferentz is an incredible coach, and what he's done at Iowa with a roster largely composed of players who weren't considered talented enough for the "big" schools to recruit has been nothing short of amazing. But I truly long for that one win, that "coming-out party" of a game that vaults them into the first tier of college football programs to stay. Stupid Buckeyes. Sigh.

At least they had their chances and weren't totally outclassed. Despite the ugliness of the final score, they really were in it until about midway through the fourth quarter, when it appeared after a quick TD and a great defensive stop that the momentum was all on their side. They were coolly and quickly marching upfield again, looking for all the world like they were about to pull within a TD and turn the final 8 minutes or so into an all-out war, when one ugly fumble (on a beautiful Drew Tate pass play that would have given them yet another first down, no less) ended it all. Razzum frazzum turnovers.

Bears-Seahawks in prime time tonight, so maybe the weekend won't be a total loss from a sporting point of view. Go Bears.