Random Thoughts: Draw Your Card, for it Could Be Your Final Dance

Ho hum. Opening one jar of my thoughts now. I hope you don't mind the smell.

The good news about Sabrina Bryan being eliminated from Dancing with the Stars: Now the remaining contestants have to do their best, so hopefully they'll put a lot of effort into their dances. The bad news: This proves even further that people are idiots.

Christian groups want to overturn a California law that prohibits the harassment of gay, lesbian, and transgendered students on campus. Way to share the love of Christ and to love thy neighbor, guys.

To everyone who says we should be a Christian nation: Which branch should we follow?

The Vengabus is coming, and everybody's jumping...

I'm getting used to anime characters getting English names on broadcast dubs. I'm still getting annoyed when the original name wasn't Japanese to begin with. 4Kids, I'm looking your way. Cut it out.

Villains in tokusatsu shows really should attack while the heroes are posing and calling out their names. To be fair, the heroes can attack the villains while they're giving a dramatic speech describing how evil they are and how insignificant the heroes are compared to them.

You can go ahead and say it, Mr. President. You can admit the response to the southern California wildfires was better than the response to Hurricane Katrina. Don't be bashful.

I'm annoyed that Toby is no longer in the opening credits of Degrassi: The Next Generation. Really annoyed. And no, I don't count the group photo near the end of the opening.

A little tip for Yu-Gi-Oh! players (and come to think of it, anyone who plays a game): Never tell your opponent "Good game" after you win. It's never good to lose, especially when you're dominated or miss the win by a few points. If losing was good, we'd be doing it deliberately all the time. You tell someone "Good game," you'd better hope you mean a good experience for both of you. Well, at least an interesting one. In fact, just thank your opponent for the game. Without opponents, you'd be playing solitaire with your cards, and if you don't play card games, I don't even want to know what you do by yourself.

Another tip for Yu-Gi-Oh! players (and yeah, I suppose anyone who plays a game can find something worthwhile in this): Don't be cocky after a win. I'm sure if I had drawn the cards and made the right moves, I would've won. All luck of the draw, man. All luck of the draw.

Yet another tip for Yu-Gi-Oh! players (I promise this will be the last one): Don't brag about your win, especially if the guy you beat looks like he can rip a phone book in half. He might want to do the same to you if you insist on acting like a jackass.

To all those auto insurance companies who insist their rates are affordable: Do you have good service?

While I'm happy Jennifer Love Hewitt is back on TV, I'm still bitter about Joan of Arcadia being canceled. It was nice seeing Amber Tamblyn playing a character who wasn't dead by the end of the story.

You better hope we develop interstellar transportation before I learn how to harness the powers of darkness correctly.

From the desk of H.A. Senidal, 11/5/2007