Observations from the Road 4.1

It's April Fools' Day and what would it be without those fun peeps at Google freaking people out. They announced on the YouTube blog that YouTube has been one big contest all along and that after 8 years they have found the world's best video so will be shutting down at midnight tonight. Google also announced that Google Maps will now come with a treasure mode.

Semi-seriously speaking of Google, the sudden controversy over yesterday's 'Google Doodle' is too funny. So maybe somebody screwed up memorializing Cesar Chavez on his birthday instead of celebrating Easter. Am I serious? No not really but it looked good. So is the doodle all that important? No. Is Easter that important? No. Is everybody suddenly a Christian? No. Would Google have been better off with Easter eggs and a bunny? Very much so. Messed up world.

My dad was always a big Jeopardy fan and he had some info for me that I wish was and April Fools' prank. Supposedly Alex Trebek is finally going through with a retirement announcement and will leave the show in 2016. The rumor is that the front runner to replace him is Matt Lauer. Please no. I'm more of a fan of the Saturday Night Live version of Jeopardy so maybe Will Ferrell is available.

I haven't done any Sunday Observations for a few weeks but there is one thing I need to mention before I lose the note. I was watching MSNBC one night, probably The Last Word, and there it was, my dream panel. Krystal Ball and Alex Wagner seated next to each other. All I needed was the addition of Mika Brzezinski and I could have died a happy girl right then and that's no April Fools' joke, seriously.

Sunday Observations 2.17

This Sunday morning I'm going to be short, simple, and to the point. I woke up and found that I had been retweeted by Mika Brzezinski. So yes, I can die happy now. It's going to be a good day.

update - Not long ago after 46 hours of dancing THON 2013 came to an end. The total amount raised this year was was a record $12,374,034.46 bringing the total raised over the years to $101,477,271.88, all for the Four Diamonds Fund. I must also inform you, at my brother's insistence, that the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences raised $92,481.23 on its own, the most of any general organization. No word on the College of Arts and Architecture, not that I'm competitive or anything.