ATP Tennis Match of the Week: Federer vs. Djokovic

This should be great.  Federer vs. Djokovic in the semis of the Shanghai Rolex Masters.

Set your DVR, get up early or whatever for this one.

Fed holds the advantage 10-6 in head-tohead meetings, but Novak won the last meeting at the U.S. Open a little over a month ago.

They have never played in Asia before, so it should be a treat for the fans in China that will show up.  Both players have reached the semis fairly easily,

Prediction:  Federer gets revenge from his loss in New York and takes Novak out 7-5, 7-6.

Google Stock Soars

Shares of Google, which have fallen 13% this year, rose 9% in after-hours trading on Thursday.

Jonathan Rosenberg, who oversees Google's entire product portfolio, told analysts on a conference call that the company's display advertising unit is now a $2.5 billion business, on an annualized basis. Android's revenue is at $1 billion a year, extropolating from the most recent quarter's results.

Rosenberg also said that YouTube is making money on its more than 2 billion video views per week.

Emerging businesses helped Google far exceed Wall Street's financial estimates for the quarter.

The world's online search leader said its third-quarter net income rose to $2.2 billion, or $6.72 per share, up 32% from a year earlier.

Results included one-time charges totaling 92 cents per share. Without the charge, Google said it earned $7.64 per share. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, who typically exclude one-time items from their estimates, forecasted earnings of $6.69 per share.

Sales for the Mountain View, Calif., company rose 23% to $7.3 billion. Excluding advertising sales that Google shares with partners, a figure also known as "traffic acquisition costs," the company reported revenue of $5.5 billion, which topped analysts' forecasts of $5.3 billion.

Though its new businesses are growing, search remains the most crucial component of Google's financial results. An increase in both the number of clicks on advertisements on Google's sites and the amount advertisers paid for those clicks helped drive the past quarter's gains.

Tonight's Big Bang Theory Quotes "The Hot Troll Deviation"

Special guests tonight were Katee Sackhoff and George Takei

Quotes:

Raj (to Sheldon): If your were a superhero, you would be Captain Arrogance

Katee Sackhoff: Oh ravish me Howard, my loins ache for you.

Howard's Mom: I'm spillin' out like the Pillsbury Dough-boy here.

Wolowitz: Her name was Glacinda the Troll

Raj: It's purpose was to piss you off. I'd say it's spot on.

Wolowitz: You don't know anyone who wants to buy a wetsuit? Boys large?

Bernadette: I was right there in the next room while you were clicking that troll's brains out.

Wolowitz:  Took a scuba diving class this summer. Turns out I'm scared of the ocean."

Raj:  Where cattle walk  the street and no one has ever had a solid bowel movement.

Update on Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 10:29PM by Rick C.Limpert

And don't forget...

Leonard:  Sometimes your movements are so lifelike, I forget, you're not a real boy!

Ole Miss Picks Rebel Black Bear...Not Admiral Ackbar

According to The Clarion-Ledger, the Rebel Mascot Selection Committee announced Thursday that the Rebel Black Bear will be the school's new mascot.

The Rebel Black Bear was selected after an online vote held over the past week between the bear, the Rebel Land Shark and the Rebel Hotty Toddy.  Others thought that Star Wars character Admiral Ackbar should be the mascot choice since he led the Rebel Alliance.

The bear will replace Colonel Reb, the goateed Southern gentleman banished from the sidelines nearly seven years ago as part of the school's effort to distance itself from symbols of the old South.

In 1997, Ole Miss ended the waving of Confederate flags at sporting events. Last year, the band stopped playing a fight song to discourage the fan chant, "The South will rise again."

The McRib is Back!

If you are a McRib fan, you've been waiting for this news.

The McRib Sandwich from McDonald’s has garnered a following since its disappearance from the menu, but the wait is over.

The news may be music to a McRib fan’s ears: the sandwich is back at McDonald’s restaurants nationwide after a 16-year wait.

McDonald’s announced on its verified Twitter account "We’re stocking up on Napkins! The Legendary McRib is coming back Nov. 2"

Gas stations, convenience stores andother have tried to sell their version of the McRib, but there is no substitute.