It’s Too Hot for Almost Anything, So I’ll Just Ramble

Ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner – Monicagate, strippergate, and now Weinergate. In a way I feel sorry for Anthony Weiner. I don’t think it’s completely wrong that people have their own little perversions as long as they keep them in the privacy of their own little worlds, but when weinergate broke it was obvious that it wouldn’t be staying in his own little world. Resignation was imminent. When the leader of your party makes it public knowledge that you should resign, then it’s time to go. I’m sure I’m not the only one that thinks that more and more lurid details of this scandal are still to come.

Auburn University Football Coaching Staff – Auburn coaches continue to ride the wave of last season’s success. Now they’ve parlayed that success into the highest salaries in college football. $7.6M in salaries puts them over Texas and Alabama. Chizik’s $3.5M makes him the 4th highest paid coach in the SEC, and Gus Malzahn’s $1.3M makes him the highest paid college assistant coach in the country. Not bad for a guy that was coaching high school just 7 years ago. They’ll certainly earn every cent of those raises this year. With the attrition they suffered in player personnel at the end of last season, it’ll be tough for them to eek out 8 victories. But Chizik had done that before with far less talent than he has brought in over the last three recruiting years. I’m betting they surprise a few teams this year. Coaching and raw talent can do that.

This Heat! – Well it was hot the last two weeks in Panama City Beach, FL, but at least down there you get the breeze off the Gulf to keep it somewhat bearable. Back in Columbus for a week now and it seems like everything’s on the verge of melting. I think it’s been over 90 and almost 100 for the last three weeks in Columbus. And the scary things is that it’s just beginning. Last year was terribly hot. I was hoping for a little reprieve this summer.

iOS 5 – Come on Steve! FALL! REally! I LOVE the new features dangled in front of us, and I like the fact you’ve sort of released the beta version of iCloud on iTunes, but FaLL?! Why not August 1 or July 29?

iPhone Water Damage – My son recently took his six-month old iPhone 4 for a swim in the community pool at his mom’s house. I know that was a bad call for him to make when he had to tell me about it. I hoped he would be mature enough at 19 years old that he would take precautions with his phone, but evidently it happens all the time. Water damaged iphone repairs have become a little cottage industry today in these iPhone-crazed times. I’ll be packing it up to ship it off for repair tomorrow. A place in Florida guarantees reasonably-priced iphone water damage repairs in the $50 – $100 ranged depending on the amount of damage. That sounds pretty good to me considering the unsubsidized replacement price through AT&T or Apple is $649. They even offer to buy the damaged phone if you decide not to do the repairs after they assess the damage. Check out ifixyouri.com if you or your child has done the same thing. I’ll definitely post a review after I try their service.