sheer potentiality

So I’m listening to Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” and wondering what should get “the axe”. Here’s a few ideas:

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE should get the axe. That game show is so pointless without Regis.
MOST BLOGS should get the axe. Except for this one, what blogs really have much of anything? Come on, we don’t wanna know about your love life, we want pointless lists of things that should get the axe!
MANY CIVIL SERVANTS should get the axe. I mean, does this country really need an “Office of Non-Public Education” under the Department of Education? Isn’t the purpose of private schools to avoid the government?
THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX should get the axe. I do not want to work as a serf to the government, satisfying my needs only after paying my taxes to the Master in DC.
BOTTLED WATER should get the axe. Water’s free, man.
GUN CONTROL should get the axe. The empirical evidence suggests that when guns are controlled or banned, like in Jamaica or the UK, crime rates increase. When guns are allowed, crime rates decrease. That is why there’s more crime in the inner cities (where there’s gun control) than in the hills (where the only gun control is good aim). Of course, there’s another reason, which is why
THE WAR ON DRUGS should get the axe. Come ON! The government make these drugs profitable by jailing suppliers, they crowd the prisons by convicting people for possession, and they have the fucking gall to tell us that we’re the ones that cause terrorism and drug cartels? Haven’t these people learned from Prohibition?

And finally…

YASSER ARAFAT should get the axe for being a thug and a terrorist. It was a mistake to ever legitimize him.

Today, I discovered, for the first time in seventeen years, that my mother has an unsettling ability to speak in a Southern accent.

For another truly unsettling experience, contemplate Stephen Hawking as a rapper.

Hey everyone! Looks like I haven’t blogged to you since the regular season, and now there’s only four teams that can make it to the Super Bowl: the loathsome Bucs, the excellent Eagles, the dynamic Raiders, and the consistent Titans. Right now, I’m gonna predict that the Raiders will beat the Bucs in the Super Bowl. The Raiders are a very good team, and their offense can smash any defense, even Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay and Philadelphia this week seem to be a rather even matchup, so it should be a good game.

Outside of football, the end of the semester is near. Semester finals for the last time in high school abound, as do my imminent driver’s license. (Yes, I’m 17. It’s a long story.)

On the website front, philwelch.net has been “refreshed”. There’s a little something new on each page. I encourage you to check it all out.

Personal news: I have good news. I’ve been accepted to Washington State University! I’m very happy about this, so if there’s anyone reading this from Pullman, you’ll see me this fall.

Finally, for our special Friday Feature, here’s some remarks:

Gina: I have a hereditary crack in my front tooth.
Wes: “Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit…” (”There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain.”) –Cicero, _de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum_
Wes: At any rate, it’s Cicero, Phil.