Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Dumbass Bengal Update...
Bengals rookie WR Chris Henry got arrested last night in Orlando for pulling a gun on some dude right in front of a cop. Oh, and the gun was stolen. You might remember Henry hitting the dumbass trifecta in December when he was arrested in Covington for 1) driving with expired tags 2) driving with an expired license and 3) marijuana possession.
Labels: football
Who knew...
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy...
Noted whiny asshole Danny Graves isn't looking well:
Maybe it's a bad angle, but this was a nice pick-me-up...
Maybe it's a bad angle, but this was a nice pick-me-up...
Labels: baseball
Monday, January 16, 2006
Underrated...
So I'm waiting for school to start up (on Tuesday) and I've been thinking about stuff. Generally pop culture, as usual. Anyway, a term that gets bandied about a lot is "underrated," especially in the sports world, where lazy journalists use it like a crutch holding up whatever shaky point they might be making. My definition of the word is "something that is really good, but not flashy-good or extraordinary-good that it stands out; you take it for granted." Here's a brief list of underrated things:
- TOBACCO DELIVERY SYSTEM - the pipe. Not as pretentious or cliched as a cigar, and doesn't have the social stigma of the cigarette, the pipe just looks super-cool and classy, even when it isn't being smoked. Only drawback is that it might be a bit too rare these days.
- DESK ACCESSORY - the rip-off-a-day calendar. It's kind of nice having something to wake up and do each morning, even if it's something as banal as tearing a piece of paper from a pad on a stand.
- PROCRASTINATION TOOL - the snooze button. I've snoozed for upwards of three hours before. That's right -- hitting the button every nine minutes for three hours before finally getting my ass out of bed.
- ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE - video games (in general). What the hell did people do before video games? I can't even begin to imagine what college dorm life would have been without video games...what would I have done with my time? Studied? Fuck, I graduated cum laude without studying much. Gotten high with Lyle and Nic? Yeah, probably that one.
- TELEVISION CHANNEL - ESPNews. That's right, ESPNews. Need to kill a half hour? ESPNews is your ticket. The previous day's sports highlights condensed into a half hour, plus the running bar on the bottom that provides more info than the actual presenters. Only problem is that they are starting more original programming, but that bar at the bottom is gold.
- CLOTHING ACCESSORY - the belt. I always took the belt for granted until I left mine at home when I went to JAX for my cousin Jackie's wedding. Even with my big ass, my fuckin' pants were falling down all weekend.
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Scrubs tonight...
The 2nd best sitcom on television, Scrubs, returns tonight with two new episodes. The programming geniuses at NBC, who brought you Joey, Fear Factor, Will and Grace, the cancellation of Newsradio, The US version of Coupling, Wings, and other questionable television programs, decided that the best course of action would be to use its best show as a midseason replacement.
To be fair to NBC, it has been on a hot streak of late, with My Name Is Earl and the US The Office slotting in as the third and fourth best sitcoms on TV. (If you have to guess what is the best, you haven't been reading this shitty blog very long.) Stephen and I came up with a great idea that NBC can have for free. It can pick up Arrested Development and put it on Thursdays and have a block of My Name Is Earl - The Office - Scrubs - Arrested Development which would easily be the best night on television.
To be fair to NBC, it has been on a hot streak of late, with My Name Is Earl and the US The Office slotting in as the third and fourth best sitcoms on TV. (If you have to guess what is the best, you haven't been reading this shitty blog very long.) Stephen and I came up with a great idea that NBC can have for free. It can pick up Arrested Development and put it on Thursdays and have a block of My Name Is Earl - The Office - Scrubs - Arrested Development which would easily be the best night on television.
Labels: TV
