Sports Version of "Dewey Beats Truman"

Big oops! The Virginian-Pilot is quickly trying to clean the egg off its face. People in Hampton Roads woke up to discover Peyton Manning has joined the list of all time greats with a Super Bowl win.
Oh, yeah one problem. The Saints won.
The paper printed the final score Colts 31 New Orleans 17. Here's the hastily rewritten correction.

The editors were so good at getting the page pulled off the web, the only picture we have is the famous Chicago Tribune's original oops.

Supreme Court: Sexting at work

When your job pays for your blackberry, sexting may not be a good idea. Yet, for some reason a California cop is suing after he was fired for sending sexually related texts on his work pager. The case is going all the way to the Supreme Court.

Apparently the case could have wide ranging implications, including whether your boss can read your work emails. That's because the The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the cop has a reasonable expectation of privacy.

On the other hand, in today's Chicago Tribune they cite one study, that says fully half of employers said they monitor their employees' Internet usage.

25% say they have fired someone for inappropriate use of e-mail.

The Decade of Double-Talk?

Everywhere you look someone is engaging in the futile effort to define the decade just past (Yes, decades end in 09. I don't care if there was no year 0. It is just easier this way.) It is going to be hard when we can't even agree on what to call the last 10 years. However, a recent Chicago Tribune editorial called this "The Decade of Double-Talk." That seems as good a title as any, but in that same article they outline generations of Extreme Euphemisms.
For example, we have not failed to capture Osama bin Laden. No, former Homeland Security adviser Frances Townsend says it is "a success that hasn't occurred yet."
Nobody likes being laid off. So Nokia conducted a "synergy-related headcount restructuring."
As George Carlin pointed out (below), "shell shock" is now "post traumatic stress disorder."
But, this isn't new. after the Civil War, people often referred to the death of hundreds of thousands as "The Late Unpleasantness."
The again, we may have jumped the shark when some school systems dropped "phys-ed" or "gym" for "kinetic wellness."

What the NFL doesn't want you to see.

Here in Chicago, the Bears and the Blackhawks teamed up for some creative television commercials. They featured stars from both teams. But, the NFL says you'll never see them.

The NFL in their traditional big brother type move is refusing to allow their logos to be used in promotion for any other league. That is despite the fact that the Blackhawks picked up most of the check.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the NFL prohibits use of team marks and logos in connection with the promotion of other sports except by a three-quarters vote of the league's 32 clubs.

Lincoln: Celebrating 200 years of greatness

You'll hear a lot about Abraham Lincoln this week. His 200th birthday is coming up on February 12th. To commemorate the day, four new postal stamps will go on sale starting this morning.

I knew three (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana) states have been fighting over Lincoln's legacy, but I recently learned it's now 5 states (add Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.) They all have events scheduled to celebrate the man who has been used by both Republicans and Democrats in recent memory to bolster their arguments.

Speaking of politicians using Abe's name, President Barack Obama invoked Lincoln's name many times. So many times that the Chicago Tribune asked the question, 'does Obama have Abe envy?' They called it a 'man-crush.'
After reading Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals, I can understand why someone would have a man-crush on Lincoln. Who is your presidential man-crush? Jefferson, FDR, George Washington?