HOOOOOOOOOOO-LEEEEEEEEEEEEE SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!

Sarah Palin QUITS as governor of Alaska. I am in shock!!!

Talking Points Memo found the funniest part of her resignation speech...

Life is too short to compromise time and resources... it may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: "Sit down and shut up", but that's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out.

...and then she quit. HA!!!
- posted by Brian @ 7:38 PM

 
"Help me Osama bin Laden, you're my only hope."

Here's rightwing shitstain Michael Scheuer going all Princess Leia on us and rooting for terrorists to "detonate a major weapon" in America.

Oh, and Fox News' golden boy Glenn Beck sits back and lets him do it...


- posted by Brian @ 12:02 PM

 
She's disrespecting our flag!!!

Here's Sarah Palin, sullying our sacred banner in a spread for Runner's World. To my knowledge, it's not a photoshop...



Here's the whole article from Runner's World. It's chock full of creepy pictures...

P.S. I'm joking about the flag, but if Nancy Pelosi was seen doing the same thing, I assume several on the right would want her dead...
- posted by Brian @ 9:29 AM

 
ESPN's Ultimate Franchise Standings for 2009...

#1 was a surprise, but #2 put me on the floor.

You can check out the full list here...
- posted by Brian @ 4:45 PM

 
Are these guys still making music?

Beats the hell out of me...

"Remedy" by The Black Crowes


- posted by Brian @ 1:14 PM

 
My take on Michael Jackson...

I was heading into the mountains of West Virginia when the news hit, so my knowledge of this situation is incredibly limited.

All I can say about Michael Jackson is that he was a musical genius who clearly couldn't handle the pain inflicted upon him during his childhood.

Obviously, he became a nut job and did some really inappropriate shit during his life, but instead of dwelling on that negative stuff, I'll choose to remember his music. Very few people can touch him in terms of influence.

What's your favorite Michael Jackson tune? Here's mine...

"Human Nature"



The change at 2:09 is just amazing...
- posted by Brian @ 9:56 AM

 
NFL Network Stinks!

I wrote this a few weeks ago at work but I wanted to spread the word.

I can't take it anymore. The NFL Network is a great concept that has turned into garbage. This is the fourth time in five weeks there NFL Classic Game of the Week, billed as "the greatest games in NFL history" is from 2007 or 2008. And for about the 100th straight week, Tuesday they will show their 30-minute NFL Game of the Week blocks from 2006...Do these bozos know they played football before 2006? It sure doesn't seem like it. Anyway here's what I wrote. Feel free to contact them and voice your opinions because basically they are stealing everyone's money right now with their tired programming and instant historianism.

Were you excited when the NFL Network started up? I know I was. I am a football junkie who would choose NFL Films and classic NFL games over anything else television, internet or cinema has to offer.

Unfortunately, just like ESPN Classic (which is now nothing more than ESPN 3 or ESPN Boxing/Poker/Billiards/Bowling/none of the favorite sports most people enjoy the most), the NFL Network has dropped the ball and seemingly done everything it can to annoy its viewers.

In a recent commerical in which it pats itself on the back, the NFL Network brags about how it has "access to 40 years of NFL Films and thousands of games." That is true so here is my novel idea...Show them!

Instead of using this awesome arsenal at its disposal, the NFL Network subjects its viewers to eight or more hours of the same of NFL Total Access show. Do we really need to hear the same news repeated for eight straight hours...especially in the offseason? No. Show it once in mid-evening and once around midnight and that suffices.

When Total Access is not on for the 50th straight time, NFL Network usually forces the same old "Top 10" shows they are so proud of or the same "NFL Follies" episodes over and over and over again. NFL Films also created a series called "Lost Treasures" around the turn of the century consisting of about 10 or so episodes...and they replay these over and over and over and over and over and over...you get the idea.

Think about the miles and miles of NFL Films this network has at its disposal and yet they show the same tired programs over and over, robbing the true NFL junkie of what he craves the most.

Speaking of what the junkies yearn for, the thousands of games this network brags about having? At most they usually show one from the past in its entirety per week. And even then it's often the same games they have shown repeatedly. For example, this week they are showing the 2008 Eagles-Cowboys Monday Night Game they have shown as a 30-minute Game of the week as a 90-minute game replay...you get the idea. They do this often, so much so that one wonders if the NFL Network thinks there are only about 10 classic games in NFL history.

And who is the one dubbing some of these selections as classics? On the table for next week? The Cowboys trouncing the Bills, 52-17 in Super Bowl XXVII. Wow, what a thriller that one was! What's next, Super Bowl XXIV in which the 49ERS humiliated the Broncos, 55-10 as the Classic of the Week?

Now here's something that really will bend your mind. Even though this is the NFL Network they show college and high school games at times. You are the N-F-L Network! And don't try to tell me, "well these guys might be pros one day." That's all well and fine--but they aren't right now. If you are going to call yourself the NFL Network then you canát be showing non-NFL related games or shows. That defeats the entire purpose of calling yourself the NFL Network.

This is ridiculous. NFL fans deserve better. The NFL Network is taking our money then laughing at us as they show the same tired programming. Let your voices be heard and go to the NFL Networkás web site and demand them to change their ways and become a truly fan-friendly network. Email Roger Goodell while you're at it. The commissioner is big on disciplining players or teams that don't comply with personal conduct policies. Well, Mr. Commissioner your NFL Network steals money from the public every day without giving them the programming they desire so maybe you should punish it.

Here's my suggestion for their punishment: Make their programmers actually do some work, comb the miles of NFL Films and games they have at their disposal and make them show it throughout the week. What a concept, huh? The NFL Network actually showing an array of NFL films and games.

That's the kind of change your network needs, Mr. Commissioner.
- posted by Chris @ 9:34 PM

 
Fox News: We turn the bad guys into Democrats!!!



The Republican governor of South Carolina is a very naughty boy. And I thought he was against stimulus packages...
- posted by Brian @ 8:31 PM

 
A brilliant move by the 76ers...

They're officially going back to their classic logo, and a variation of their uniforms from the glory days of Dr. J and Charles Barkley.



This begs the question: What's your favorite sports logo? You can find a bunch of choices here.
- posted by Brian @ 1:08 PM

 
Best song to end a party?

This one could go a few different ways. In a shock move, I'll take my cues from a fantastic film, Dazed and Confused...

"Tuesday's Gone" by Lynyrd Skynyrd



It's perfect, especially if your party ends at 11:57 on a Tuesday night...
- posted by Brian @ 1:22 PM

 
Possibly the height of the human experience...

Promise me you'll listen to the whole thing. Then try to tell me it wasn't worth it...

"Common People" by William Shatner/Joe Jackson


- posted by Brian @ 2:03 PM

 
Go get this movie immediately...



I'm not the biggest Clint Eastwood fan by any stretch, but Gran Torino was incredible.

It was easily the best movie I've seen in the past few years...
- posted by Brian @ 10:28 AM

 
Here we go again...

I'm back a week earlier than anticipated. More on that later.

The stuff I said in my last post was true. I haven't had the time to effectively run this site for awhile now, but that's life. I can suck it up and do my best.

On the political side of things, much of my inaction was spurred on by feelings of disappointment in both the Obama Administration and the "strong" Democratic majority in Congress.

At times, President Obama seems far more interested in making Republicans happy than enacting the agenda he laid out to the American people last year. He's been brilliant on many fronts, but he's falling victim to a desire to appear bipartisan rather than being an effective President.

As far as the Democratic leadership in Congress goes, I've never seen a more frightened group of politicians who hold nearly total control of both chambers on Capitol Hill. If a meaningful overhaul of health care in America isn't passed by the Democrats in the House and Senate, even if that means making a bunch of whining elephants cry, then they deserve to get their asses kicked at the ballot box next year. The American people are strongly in favor of a public option, and Democrats have the numbers to make it happen. A wide majority is worthless if you don't use it to help the people who elected you.

So there's that.

Other political stuff has been interesting: Sarah Palin struggling to stay relevant even though she's not, and Republican Senator and Promise Keeper extraordinaire John Ensign admitting to having an affair come to mind.

At the end of the day, though, it's the non-political stuff that makes me want to keep this site up and running.

I was very thankful to hear from so many of you that you'd miss this site if it went away. It wasn't my intent to have people talk me out of closing up shop, but you guys did a very effective job of it!

So I'm back, and we'll keep this thing going. We'll have some fun and let the political stuff take a back seat for a little while. I'll still bring it up when the mood strikes, but we'll change the overall focus of the site for the foreseeable future.

Thanks again for the kind words. I feel refreshed and ready to begin again...
- posted by Brian @ 8:54 AM

 
Part 2 - Keepin' in light

One magical day I learned that the angle of the dangle is inversely proportionate to the heat of the beat. I also got to hear one of the sickest choruses ever put on tape.

Pursuit of Happiness - Cigarette Dangles


- posted by G @ 9:46 PM

 
Part 1

This band was perfect.

Warrior Soul - The Losers


- posted by G @ 5:15 AM