There is no point to the picture; I just found it amusing in a "Man, I forgot how ridiculous that was" kind of way.
Thursday might be my least favorite day of the week (now that I am a "respectable," working stiff). In law school, Thursdays were poker night, while in college, Thursdays were Heartlands night. Both equally enjoyable pasttimes (one obviously more lucrative than the other). Now, Thursdays are another day that is not Friday. At least the conferences have decided to put on some college football (even if it is the normally crappy variety).
In honor of Thursday (a/k/a "that day with basically no redeeming qualities and no good TV shows"), here are some more random musings from the world of sport and beyond:
-- Tiger Woods is apparently really pissed that an Irish newspaper published allegedly fake nude pictures of his wife. That newspaper is absolutely going to get a visit from the most vicious lawyers Tiger can afford. I imagine that's somebody pretty good.
-- Are we certain those pictures are fake? Do we need expert analysis? The readers of this blog are more than available.
-- The White Sox are d-u-n. Thankfully. Ozzie Guillen is, among other things, a very good manager and brilliant baseball mind. Some of the other things are misogynist, racist and a buffoon. I will not mind a few months without some loudmouthed comment from Ozzie. Is it really that difficult to act a little more like Joe Torre or Jim Leyland? Keep in mind I hate the Yankees when thinking about this. I just respect the ability of a manager to get his job done without continually acting like a retarded donkey.
-- If I read one more story about how Ty and Charlie both started 11-4, I think my eyes will start bleeding. Is it possible everyone has forgotten HOW Ty went 8-0? Balls bounced off referees and were intercepted. A slant play against MSU goes for 55 yards while the clock is under 1 minute. Lucky, lucky, lucky. What happened when that luck ran out? Does anyone seriously believe that the two coaches are even remotely similar in terms of ability and/or gameplanning? Please.
-- Good for Richard Branson, who today pledged $3 billion to fight global warming. I find it hard to believe anyone seriously doubts the fact that temperatures have risen in the past few decades, so someone pledging their own personal wealth to combat this deserves some praise. Perhaps, though, he could have pledged $2.995 billion and used some on a day at the spa. 'Cause that dude is freaky looking.
-- Michigan State is only a three-point underdog against ND this weekend. I can't figure out which is scarier: (1) MSU is only a three-point dog or (2) I am not at all convinced we will cover?
-- Did anyone else see the Yakety Sax video of the UM-ND highlights? Michigan blogsters really know how to win with class, I tell you what. No one can ever accuse those guys of totally overreacting. Good on 'ya, boys. Class through and through.
-- Reggie Bush took a crapload of money for him and his parents while playing at USC. Shocking. I understand the argument that coaches cannot watch every player at all times (institutional control issues are always the big ones for the NCAA), but it stands to reason that coaches should be able to watch their best players (i.e. Bush, Bomar, etc.). Pete Carroll really didn't know his star player's parents were living in a 5,000 square foot house? Uh-huh. I hope the NCAA strips the Heisman from Bush and takes a bulldozer to USC's season last year. Won't happen, but a man can dream.
-- Finally, the Phillies are now tied for the wild card lead in the NL. Cue the crushing disappointment of a losing streak in 3...2....1.....
Later.
6 comments:
Blue Gray Sky has a nice article on the "Ty-CW having 11-4 records" and puts things more in perspective.
It's right up your alley, Mike.
How can you say there is no good TV on Thursday? They show reruns of Beverly Hills, 90210 EVERY DAY (including Thursdays) on the Soap Net.
So, speaking of "Shazzam," I'm at this negotiations training over the summer (in D-las), and this Indian guy, Shakir, comes into to train us (note: this guy was sarcastic, so we became comfortable joking around with him). The training was acutally kind of interesting, but I digress. So anyway, we're in Texas where political correctness commands about the same amount of attention in social settings as, say, football north of the I-HOP-Wafflehouse line. In a word, none. So the negotiating trainer is late to start the second session, and really loudly to my left, a guy goes (in a heavy Texas accent), "Come on Shazzam, start the damn show." Well, the trainer is a bit offended and repeats that his name is Shakir. Nothing happens for like ten more minutes on this. Then, we're asked to explain how we reached our negotiated settlements in individual groups during the break between sessions 1 and 2. Well, the politically incorrect guy goes, "Oh, I asked I genie to help me, and I got everything I wanted. His name was Alibaba. Do you know him?" Shazzam ended the session right there.
So yeah. High(ly inappropriate) comedy. Go Texas.
And to think, I never thought I'd be able to tell a Shazzam story. Good times.
Now that is, simply put, beautiful.
Colin, this Texan is in tears reading that post. Wonderful story. The Speaker lads know how to weave a tale together.
Reminds me of a story to corroborate the lack of PC in Texas:
Vidor, TX was the last town to integrate African Americans in the U.S., and they had to be forced to do this by HUD in 1992. This "experiment" didn't last long as all 10 AA families were run out of town. See this link: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEEDC173BF936A2575AC0A965958260
Anyhow, my brother was engaged to my now sister-in-law, and they were visiting her extended family on Christmas Eve in the back woods of Texas in 1994. While there, my brother meets one of her uncles.
This guy happened to be that one relative that everyone has that always has the wrong thing to say.
Anyhow, bearing in mind that Christmas Eve in TX is celebrated at 60 degree temps, this uncle comes up to my brother and says, "Well, we're certainly glad that you came here to enjoy a truly 'white Christmas' here in Vidor."
Nice.
HEE-larious. Only in Texas.
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