An abundance of yummy goodness

I dare you to listen to each and every track on this page:

http://wingtunes.com/public/topten.aspx


I dare you to listen to this performance, and please do pay strict attention to the announcer's speech before-hand :

http://www.jazzdrummer.com/goofs/misstexas.htm

We've been crying with laughter over these, so of course nothing would do but to spread the joy.

Sports as metaphor

Question - why don't the Marines have a football team? The Army does. The Air Force does. The Navy does. None of them are perenneal powerhouses any longer (some of them never were). Is it possibly because the supposed super-elites of the armed forces, the best young men and women this country has to offer, can't abide seeing a score line that reads as follows:

Holy Cross 56 - Marines 12

Let's compare:

The Army football team went 4-7 this year.

The Air Force football team went 4-7 this year.

The Navy football team went 7-4 this year, beating such notables as Kent State (no doubt still smarting from its loss to the National Guard football team many years back) and that football powerhouse Duke. They did, it must be noted, run the table with the other armed forces football teams. On the other hand, they lost to Stanford.