All right...a new surreal life has been cast....this time we'll get to see Mini-Me, Chyna, Peter Brady, and some singer from the Go-Go's. This is quite possibly the most underrated reality show out there....the last season with Charo, Uncle Joey, Brigitee Nielson, Jordan Knight, Ryan Starr...and FLAVOR...FLAV was a phenomenal adventure in television broadcasting...

If you're looking for a good Christmas gift for me.... or the college football fan in your life.

Darth Vader and Heidi Klum? Hopeless virgins living in their parent's basements everywhere rejoice!!!

The Chicago Tribune gave 5 dates to watch in Big Ten College Basketball (yes it is bball season already)

My alma matter is involved in 4 of those 5 dates....

January 16: MSU vs. Wisconsin
January 25: Illinois at Wisconsin
January 27: Michigan at Michigan State
Feb 1: Illinois at Michigan State
February 12: Michigan State at Michigan

Looks like people are expecting MSU to be a factor in the Big Ten race...

Did you know that since the 97-98 season, MSU has never finished lower than 5th in the Big Ten? They have never played on game on Thursday in the Big Ten tournament...the only team in league history that can say that?

This week's college football picks....

Boston College @ West Virginia 12:00 - WV
Texas @ Kansas 12:00 - TX
Northwestern @ U of M 12:00 - UM
Iowa @ Minnesota 12:00 - Minn
Boise State @ San Jose State 12:00 - BS
North Carolina @ Wake Forest 12:00 - NC
Marshall @ Bowling Green 12:00 - BG
Mississippi @ Arkansas 12:30 - Miss
Vanderbilt @ Kentucky 1:00 - Vandy
Kansas State @ Colorado 2:30 - Kstate
San Diego State @ Air Force 3:00 - SDSU
Ohio State @ Purdue 3:30 - PU
UCLA @ Oregon 3:30 - Oregon
Georgia @ Auburn 3:30 - Georgia
Miami @ Virginia 3:30 - Miami
Wisconsin @ MSU 3:30 - Wisc
Texas Tech @ Texas A&M 3:30 - AM
South Carolina @ Florida 7:00 - SC
East Carolina @ South Florida 7:00 - SF
Tulsa @ Lousiana Tech 7:00 - La Tech
Nebraska @ Oklahoma 7:00 - OK
Utah @ Wyoming 7:00 - Utah
Idaho @ North Texas 7:05 - Idaho
Washington St. @ Arizona St. 7:00 - ASU
LSU @ Alabama 7:45 - LSU
Arizona @ USC 10:00 - USC

Hopefully I can do better than I did last week....

I can kill this rope...I know I can

Aren't I gorgeous?

Looking curious....so camera friendly

It's a beautiful Tuesday morning....all kinds of stuff going on....

For starters, people like me who work at colleges are still dealing with student deaths due to alcohol...

Mia (the new dog), who was doing so good going right to her crate when I went to leave for work has now taken up the habit of hiding under the covers of my bed (as if I won't notice a 58 lb dog).

Halo 2 comes out today, I didn't even really like Halo 1...but I'll probably buy Halo 2, how can you own an Xbox and not buy Halo 2?

The post-mortem on the election continues, today's RedEye asks if the push for same-sex marriage swung the election. Here's my quick opinion....values are very very important. It's laudable that someone would put their values ahead of their pocketbook. The challenge is that a lot of us disagree with those values. But ask yourself this question, what if it was on the ballot that affirmative action would be protected in the constitution BUT every affirmative action hire would require a $500 tax. When the measure passed, a lot of people would be praising how the value of a diverse workforce won out over the need to keep taxes low. My point is, it's not a bad thing that values are so important to people, it's a good thing. The mission in the next several years is to get more people to share common values, and stop being so divisive.

Oops...my suggestion...if you're boyfriend or girlfriend is away at college...DON"T PAY AN UNANNOUNCED VISIT!!

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."

Just a great quote...great quote.

It's a really nice Sunday.....

Mia (the new dog) is doin just fine, that's a good thing...once again...check out the midwest lab rescue if you're looking for an animal who doesn't really care if you are a democrat or a republican as long as you scratch behind their ears (although I think that's how Cheney keeps Bush under control...)

The Lions lost (again)....

And as you can probably see, my college football picks were a touch off base. But if you want some humor....you can listen to Coach Smith's 30 second press conference.

And that's about it from my neck of the woods....