I've been blog-tagged

I usually don't succumb to chain letters or e-mails, but this looks more like a socio-scientific experiment, so what the heck. Per an e-mail from a friend tagging me and the information
here, following are 5 interesting (I hope) things about me:

1) I have two different colored eyes
2) I'm a "regional class", sponsored age group triathlete planning to compete in the Kentucky Ironman on August 26, 2007
3) I'm BACK in the technology analyst world (www.the451group.com)
4) I spent a great year and a half at Lehigh University learning to drink, party and skip class before I was forced to finish my educational tenure closer to home at Pace U.
5) My first job (well, after 2+ years at an IBM Product Center, a wonderful dawn-of-the-PC IBM retail experiment) was working with a marine architect, ostensibly to computerize his office. When I found myself in the middle of the Long Island Sound one cold fall day on a boat taking a depth sample, I knew it was time to find a real job.

Tagging the following 5 blogs/bloggers next:

Andreas_Bitterer
Liz_Roche
Dan_Sholler
Stan_Lepeak
Nick_Selby

Senator Johnson's (Brain) Loss Is Republicans' Gain

I can't write anything better than this article from Yahoo today:
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson (news, bio, voting record) was in critical condition after undergoing brain surgery, the U.S. Capitol physician said on Thursday, an illness that could deprive Democrats of their precarious hold on the new Senate.
The party narrowly wrested control from President George W. Bush's Republicans in the U.S. Congress in last month's elections, gaining just a 51-49 majority in the Senate when it convenes on January 4. However, if Johnson, 59, were to leave office, Republicans could gain control of the Senate.
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I wonder if Senator Johnson's family is as concerned over the potential Republican windfall? Perhaps Yahoo and/or Reuters editors could have put at least a paragraph of space and perhaps caring commentary - if disingenuous - between the sad and (I guess) shocking news and its potential political implications?

Guess not. Brain bleeds, in and of themselves, are not newsworthy unless they have some impact on the red and blue, I suppose.

Sharon Stone Outraged At Britney Antics

LOS ANGELES: As Britney Spears' continued journey away from marriage gains speed, there are those that, despite the singer's early days of just-under-the-surface-wanton-sex songs and acts, disapprove. Foremost among her critics these days is Sharon Stone, largely due to some of the recent photo ops that Britney and her new pal, Paris Hilton, have afforded the hordes of media trailing them. During the past week, Britney allowed what can only be called "open leg crotch shots" to be taken of her as she exited various autos and taxis sans underwear. Livid, Sharon Stone commented that "I was the original 'crotch shot' girl and I'll be damned if that little tramp will try to get better known than me for it!". Ms. Stone also fired a few barbs at Ms. Hilton and her attempt to drag Britney along for the ride by suggesting that "...I bet the next thing we see is some cheaps--t video taken in night goggles of Britney and Paris in some motel room together." Nonetheless, the press seemed content to continue to track the two ladies and their attempt to wear less and less clothing in public.