- Do we say "twenty ten" or "two thousand and ten"?
- Ten years ago, with the big 2000 about to hit, at least one of the major networks went with 24 hour coverage as they watched the clock strike midnight, hour by hour, around the world. It was cool.
- In advising folks to put a gun lock on their weapon for tonight to avoid firing it in the air at midnight, Fox 4's Tim Ryan said, "Because if you're both drunk and stupid maybe you can't remember the combination . . . . " Pretty funny. His new co-host, instead of laughing, just went into anchorwoman mode and said, "It's always better to lock it up." Sheesh.
- If you struggle at life to such a point that you consider it a burden, why do you so readily bring another life into it?
- I feel bad for ignoring The Office for so long, but I did the same thing with Seinfeld. And, at this point, I don't think Seinfeld can hold a candle to The Office.
- We all use a bunch of phrases like "can't hold a candle to" where we understand the meaning but have no idea why those words have that meaning.
- I've never had a desire to be in Times Square at midnight on NYE.
- In 1982, I bought an oversized Prince tennis racket for $90 at the urging of a buddy who said "you gotta buy high quality crap." I was in Sports Academy the other day and the highest priced Prince tennis racket, 27 years later, was $49.99.
- Same train of thought: I bought a 31" TV in 1989 for $750.
- I got to thinking about the last item because the BagOfNothing.com guy has some great random thoughts about how much things have changed in 10 years. Good stuff.
- When they put out a list of "The 10 Best Movies of 2009" don't you get the feeling of (1) they like to pick obscure films so as to sound high tone, and (2) you don't get out enough.
- Heard the #1 New Year's resolution is to "spend more time with their loved ones." (WBAP @ 8:07 a.m.) Really?
- If we could fast forward one year into the future and were to watch a montage of Celebrities Who Died in 2010, wouldn't there be some names that shock us?
- Texas Tech's interim head coach is their defensive coordinator who has a huge belly. Never trust a fat coach.
- Watched part of Gran Torino again last night. Worst writing and acting ever?
- I'm still predicting Fox "won't go dark" on the Time Warner cable networks on January 1st, but the two sure are cutting it close.
- After years of never attending New Year's Eve parties, I tend to do it every year now.
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Since we never said "twenty-o one, twenty-o two" (like we did for the years nineteen-o one, nineteen-o two, etc.), I guess we'll be saying "two thousand and ten". I was pondering out loud beginning in 2000 ("twenty hundred" like 1900 = "nineteen hundred").
Always trust a fat coach. All they do is sit around, drink beer and watch football. They are in it for the love the game, not their own ego-building.
I've always enjoyed New Year's Eve parties until I thought of being at one with you.
What's Sports Academy? I really hope you don't think either Sports Authority or Academy is the place to buy quality equipment.
The Office over Seinfeld? Seriously?
Based on your premise of "never trust a fat coach", the Bridgeport coaching staff is completely untrustworthy. Just a thought?
What's with the thing on her head?
She's the hottest cancer patient ever!!!
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Are you sure what they called those years 1901, 1902, etc. when it was 1901, 1902, etc? I'm not.
Just wondered.
I think we will change to calling it Twenty Ten now. Many people already do. Twenty Oh Nine was too wordy. Twenty Nine sounded like, well, 29.
But Twenty Ten is easy and a natural fit.
I feel quite sure we'll go for the fewer number of syllables.
TwentyTen.
We should all say Twelve Twenty one Twenty Twelve.
Gran Torino was a good show maybe you thought the writing and acting was bad because it was so close to real life, which everyone knows most family life is really bad these days. First item on the blog today proves it.
Barry, you need a vacay....first the Guantanamo thing, now you're saying the Office beats Seinfeld? Sheesh, the US Office can't hold a candle to the original, much less Seinfeld.
Enjoy Costa Rica!
i loved the office at first, but soon tired of it.
gran torina was horrible. agree totally with u , barron.
I'm telling you - Modern Family is well-written LOL funny......every single episode.
mathematically, there should be no "and" except for a decimal point. Correct mathematically would be two thousand ten.
It the woman in the picture actually required to wear a life jacket since she possess' more buoyancy than my ski vest?
I don't like redundancy and find visual aids helpful...
I'm tired of The Office now, but Modern Family is without exception THE BEST new show on TV. It's similar in style to The Office, but much much funnier.
Haven't stayed in alone on New Years Eve for 40+ years and don't intend to do so tonight either. Can't imagine not spending it with friends!
Don't care a bit which celebs bite it in 2010. The world would be a better place if about 75% of the celebs kicked it, my opinion...they're kooks and worthless.
Happy New Year to my Wise Co. friends.....can't beat rural Texas folk.
Open wedding at the ALVORD America feed store at 6pm no joke call it.
* Sometimes we have to figure things out as we go. We said "nineteen ninety-nine," so "twenty ten" would be the logical continuation. But we also said "two thousand nine," which logically would lead to "two thousand ten." I suspect both will be used, depending on context.
* I disagree with you wholeheartedly on Gran Torino and agree with you on The Office. I think Seinfeld is the most overrated show ever.
* Part of what I try to do as both a vocation and an avocation is find the origins of common phrases such as "hold a candle to." It's much easier with the advent of the internets. I think they may catch on.
A very happy, safe and prosperous New Year to everyone.
ITS AT 6:00 P.M.SHARP AS SOON AS ROY CLOSES THE STORE.CALL AND WISH HIM WELL ON HIS LATEST ENDEAVOR..
THE CORRECT NAME IS ALVORD FARM SUPPLY.IF YOU CAN'T GO CALL ROY AND WISH HIM WELL 940-427-5751.
Barry, thanks for FINALLY posting a nice set of HOOTERS! Embrace your gayness on your own time...give the masses what we want!
The Random Thought chick reminds of my many trips to Calif. Seeing all the whales and the seals laying on the boat ramps and docks.
You have got to be kidding me about what to call next year......who gives a crap. I guess it's one of those "politically correct " things. If that's the case.....call it THIS YEAR and you can't go wrong.......hell it's 2010....two thousand and ten........give me a break.
Most posters cry about this blog and some of the crap on here.
All I can say is, if there's this much debate about what to call next year, I'm glad not a single one of you is on Capitol Hill.......Holy crap....could you imagine........
HAPPY NEXT YEAR ( or whatever you want to call it)
Has anyone thought of "oh-ten"??
Barry,
There's a great book titled "Red Herrings and White Elephants: The Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day", it's a must have.
It will turn you into Cliff Claven in no time.
Old flames can't hold a candle to you...
I am very very depressed today about leach's firing.
The King's approval rating has dropped again! OMG! Heads will roll..........................
Regarding the 24 hour news coverage leading up to 2000...too bad they had the Millennium wrong by a year...same way they have the decade change off by a year now. The decade ends when 2011 starts not when 2010 starts as the millennium started 2001 not 2000...but since the people are stupid...what are you going to do?
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