Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Current Events... Everyone's Checking Out

Mosi Tatupu died. It's not like we were close, but really, I drove past the guy's house every Sunday on my way home from church. He played for the Patriots forEVER, and then went on to coach at a local high school. You probably know that his son now plays for the Seahawks, which is crazy because he was just a little kid wearing a "Mosi's Mooses" tshirt with the rest of the fans. Anyway. He wasn't a huge name in the NFL, but he was really huge where I grew up. My house was about 15 minutes from Foxboro Stadium, and as you probably know already, soxceltspats is like one word to me.
Sad. Plus, 54 is really young. I'll be interested to hear the cause of death. He died in the hospital where my brother was born. Oooooh... spooky.



And what the heck...? SeaWorld. The whale just pretty much followed its natural instincts to... um... KILL, and we are stunned by it. Why do we think that we should put animals in tanks and cages and then expect them to play nice? I am truly sad for the loss of this woman; I imagine her family must be devastated. But holy smokes! The claustrophobia must be overwhelming for these animals. Make no mistake, I love a nice trip to the zoo or the aquarium. But I'd have to say I wouldn't be opposed to shutting them all down. I realize that seems hypocritical. Whatever. I'm just sayin here.


And lastly. Another one bites the dust. Maybe. Did you watch Growing Pains when you were a tween? I did. I had the obligatory Kirk Cameron crush. Remember his best friend? THE GUY'S NAME WAS BONER. Did we not see that ending in a trainwreck of some kind? At the very best, this guy was destined for reality tv, probably based on addiction or obesity. At the very worst... he disappears without a trace during the Olympics.


If he turns up dead, I will be sold on the "comes in threes" theory. Although Michael, Farrah and Patrick was a pretty convincing trio for that one.

Go HERE for the family update.

11 comments:

Steven Rosbach said...

Mosi: A fond throw-back to the days when I didn't hate the Patriots. Back before they cheated their way to 3 Super Bowls victories, but rather went to 1, and lost with their honest heads held high. There was something about Mosi that just made you immediately love the guy. He'll be missed.

Whale Murder: I think the best headline I saw all day was "Killer Whale Finally Lives Up To All The Hype." I'm with you, by the way: Imagine how pissed off you'd be if you were confined to a bathtub for the remainder of your days. But still, every chance I get, I go see these things swimming in said bathtubs. Hypocrite? YUP!

Boner: This has to be a hoax, right? I mean, how often can you write the headline, "No Boner since Valentine's Day"? (Sidenote: Did you know Boner is the son of Star Trek's Chekov? SOMEBODY FIND CHEKOV'S BONER!!)

Anna said...

I'm not checking out, now way baby. Never heard of Mosi, and yes 53 is very young. I don't know what to say about the whale trainer incident. And Boner, I got nothin' there either.

Lauren in GA said...

I am bettin' that Boner is dead. That is so strange. I heard that he was missing during John's doctor appointment on Tuesday. I have said it before...I am not responsible enough to watch CNN in the morning (or actually any time of day) unless I catch it in the doctor's office.

That is so sad. 54 is really young

I hadn't even heard about the Sea World incident. It must have happened on a day where John didn't have a doctor appointment. That is so, so, sad, too. Now I have to google it to get the gory details.

Tristan said...

Steve is too funny! "Somebody find Chekov's Boner!" Totally cracked up and my kids stopped eating their cereal to stare at me ;) I totally watched that show.

Didn't know the football guy, but I'm not a Patriots fan. Tom Brady is hot. But I'm with Steve, they cheat.

I too am a hypocrite. I also had to google the story cuz I hadn't heard it. But I agree with you one hundred percent. We are upset because an animal, a WILD animal acted on instinct? I enjoy Sea World, Zoos and aquariums, but they probably should be shut down.

♥Shally said...

We are going to Sea World next month... I'm a hypocrite too.

Trinity (of haiku tofu) said...

i totally feel you on Shamu's human sushi disaster. I think, let them be free and wild! But I also kind of want to go to SeaWorld... if I ever do, I'm sitting wayyyy in the back!

And I know I am so flipping lame, but I loved Free Willy like nobody's business.

Also, poor Boner. I hope he turns up... I hope when he was feeling superlow a miracle happened and he met the love of his life just in the nick of time and he's just off eloping in Vanuatu.

Can you say run-on sentence? And I call myself an English teacher.

The Prestwich's said...

Agreed. Too young, only a matter of time, and I have been wondering about where the boner went myself. Miss that guy.

Elizabeth said...

I think the Boner has been found... It didn't end well.
I went to a zoo on the weekend... I got up close to an elephant x 3 And let my kids play with a snake... I was lucky not to be mauled by a wombat I could have ended up a another statistic!

lisamarie said...

Yep..no more Boner.

did you know that whale has already killed 2 other people? isn't there some kind of saying about that.."Kill me once, shame on you...kill me twice, shame on me" or something assim.

Steven Rosbach said...

I think it's "Kill me once, shame on you, leave me alone, Shamu."

Steven Rosbach said...

You know, now that the facts of this case are coming to light, I have to retract my earlier statement. That whale wasn't "attacking" anyone. He was trying to play with her ponytail. When a killer whale attacks, it leaps up and eats a seal inside of about one second.