Coupla things...
* So if you haven't noticed, I've found an AWESOME new site, Wikipedia. It's a free online encyclopedia that has an INCREDIBLE database of knowledge, including tons of info on pop culture. Give it a try sometime, even if you have a really random question, like what is the complete storyline to the Mortal Kombat video game series.
* I never thought I'd see this, but I think there's a chance we might actually get a Supreme Court that could repeal Roe v Wade. And I'm not saying whether I'm for or against that, I'm just saying I didn't think it would ever really happen.
* Did you see that Deion Sanders was encouraging all pro athletes to give $1,000 to Hurricane relief funds? Way to be generous there, Deion. Let me ask you this: is there a piece of jewelry you ever wear that costs less than $1,000? You're such a fucking asshole, I hate you Deion.
* So Hell has frozen over...yes, I got talked into playing fantasy football with some of my friends. It's just for fun, there's no crazy money or any of that crap invovled. And I'm very embarrassed to admit this, but I did keep finding myself flipping to Monday Night Football to see how Michael Vick was doing, since he is on my team.
* You know what? If you're under 40, and smoke cigarettes, you shouldn't get health insurance. There. I said it. Let's face it people: if you're under 40, you've known your whole life that it is horribly bad for you, and that you're just going to end up dying a slow, painful, and expensive death from several different types of cancer. And hey, I respect your right to do that to yourself; what I don't respect is your right to use my money to pay for an illness that you knowingly brought down on yourself.
* I read an article in the Wall Street Journal (thanks Kyle for giving that to me) that mentions that the US spends 3.2% of it's GDP (Gross Domestic Product) on the military. Are you fucking kidding me? 3.2%? That's it? I know we're the richest nation in the world (for now), but that's ridiculous! No wonder our military is "stretched thin" with conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, when--let's face it people--with the size of those countries our military involvement should be a blip on the map to the self proclaimed "most powerful military in the world". I'm sorry, but forget where you stand on the war in Iraq, Afghanistan, terror, whatever, but for the self protection of this country that's insane. Let's make that an even ten, at least.
* Don't hand the Spurs the title just yet. I'm telling you, Finley is basically DUN done, and do you see Van Exel as a Spurs kind of guy? I don't either. Hey, they're still the drastic favorites to win, but as long as Tim Duncan keeps pissing himself in crunch time, I won't be ready to hand over that "why do the other teams even bother" title.
* Have you heard the expression Emos? Here's a web site that describes what an emo is, which apparently is basically a punk rock fan. It's short for "emotional" or "emotions", I forget which. Anyway...so when did punk rock fans become big pussies? Hmmm? I didn't get that memo. Emos? Really? THAT'S the best word you can come up with to call yourself? You couldn't use a tougher word than "emotion" to describe yourselves? Wow, I remember the days when you would cross the street rather than walk by punk rock fans, cause they were ANGRY and CRAZY. How the mighty have fallen.
* So I believe that it is the last posting of Coupla Things that I lauded over the show Rescue Me. In fact...I'm trying to remember what I wrote, I think it might have been something like this:
"The only thing I worry about is them going to far like Homicide and ER did. Both of those shows had their characters' lives get so depressing and terrible that every week I would leave thinking, "My God, that is rock bottom. There is no way things can get any worse for those people." And then next week I would find out oh contraire, mon frere, it can get even worse. That got a little too much for me, and I hope it doesn't happen here."
Or something like that, I don't remember exactly. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD. So in the last two episodes, Tommy's 7 year old son was run over and killed by a drunk driver--which of course his wife blamed him and left him for, Lou's girlfriend conned $30k out of him, Franco's girlfriend left him, leaving him completely broken hearted, Uncle Teddy shot and presumably killed the guy who ran over Connor (Tommy's son), and the Chief had to move his wife with Alheizmers into a home after she tried to commit suicide. So yeah, I'm done watching the show. Why did they have to make it so damn depressing? Thanks assholes.
* I saw one of the most beautiful sunrises I've ever seen Tuesday morning...I hope you caught it. It was blood red as it was rising over some light clouds, really cool to look at.
* XMen Legends 2 is coming out on the 20th, which I can't even tell you how pumped I am about that. Let's see here: Will my favorite villain possibly of all time, Apocalypse, be prominently invovled? Check. New characters available to play, including Magneto? Check. FINALLY, A MULTIPLAYER HACK AND SLASH THAT CAN BE PLAYED ONLINE? HELLZ YEZ BITCHEZ!!!!! We've been waiting for this so long...it just makes so much sense! It's so easy to do, I don't know why any games haven't had this before. Now Sam, Barry, Kyle and I don't have to beat the game separately, we can meet online and become the unstoppable force we have always been destined to be!
Yeah, am I cool or what?
* I'm sorry, but I love those Bacardi & Cola commercials, the spin offs of Miami Vice. I seriously don't understand how you can't love those. The one where the girl comes up and asks if they remember her name, and they rattle of 20 names until they finally hit hers and she gets all excited and says, "You do remember!" And then she tells the guys they look hot, and Bacardi Guy simply responds with, "Yeah." Priceless.
* I finished Olympos, by Dan Simmons. Once again, Simmons has outdone himself. An outstanding book. My only regret is it's not really the "conclusion" I thought it would be; it definitely reminds me of how Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion were then really finished by Endymion and Rise of Endymion. But still, if you're into the Trojan Wars, Shakespeare, and/or SciFi at all, I highly recommend Ilium and Olympos.
* And, finally, another thing I can't believe I'm writing: I love Shaq more and more with each passing day. Check out this article about his latest heroics. Seriously, how cool is this guy? As Kyle put it, "He really does just want to be Steel and clean up the streets."
* I never thought I'd see this, but I think there's a chance we might actually get a Supreme Court that could repeal Roe v Wade. And I'm not saying whether I'm for or against that, I'm just saying I didn't think it would ever really happen.
* Did you see that Deion Sanders was encouraging all pro athletes to give $1,000 to Hurricane relief funds? Way to be generous there, Deion. Let me ask you this: is there a piece of jewelry you ever wear that costs less than $1,000? You're such a fucking asshole, I hate you Deion.
* So Hell has frozen over...yes, I got talked into playing fantasy football with some of my friends. It's just for fun, there's no crazy money or any of that crap invovled. And I'm very embarrassed to admit this, but I did keep finding myself flipping to Monday Night Football to see how Michael Vick was doing, since he is on my team.
* You know what? If you're under 40, and smoke cigarettes, you shouldn't get health insurance. There. I said it. Let's face it people: if you're under 40, you've known your whole life that it is horribly bad for you, and that you're just going to end up dying a slow, painful, and expensive death from several different types of cancer. And hey, I respect your right to do that to yourself; what I don't respect is your right to use my money to pay for an illness that you knowingly brought down on yourself.
* I read an article in the Wall Street Journal (thanks Kyle for giving that to me) that mentions that the US spends 3.2% of it's GDP (Gross Domestic Product) on the military. Are you fucking kidding me? 3.2%? That's it? I know we're the richest nation in the world (for now), but that's ridiculous! No wonder our military is "stretched thin" with conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, when--let's face it people--with the size of those countries our military involvement should be a blip on the map to the self proclaimed "most powerful military in the world". I'm sorry, but forget where you stand on the war in Iraq, Afghanistan, terror, whatever, but for the self protection of this country that's insane. Let's make that an even ten, at least.
* Don't hand the Spurs the title just yet. I'm telling you, Finley is basically DUN done, and do you see Van Exel as a Spurs kind of guy? I don't either. Hey, they're still the drastic favorites to win, but as long as Tim Duncan keeps pissing himself in crunch time, I won't be ready to hand over that "why do the other teams even bother" title.
* Have you heard the expression Emos? Here's a web site that describes what an emo is, which apparently is basically a punk rock fan. It's short for "emotional" or "emotions", I forget which. Anyway...so when did punk rock fans become big pussies? Hmmm? I didn't get that memo. Emos? Really? THAT'S the best word you can come up with to call yourself? You couldn't use a tougher word than "emotion" to describe yourselves? Wow, I remember the days when you would cross the street rather than walk by punk rock fans, cause they were ANGRY and CRAZY. How the mighty have fallen.
* So I believe that it is the last posting of Coupla Things that I lauded over the show Rescue Me. In fact...I'm trying to remember what I wrote, I think it might have been something like this:
"The only thing I worry about is them going to far like Homicide and ER did. Both of those shows had their characters' lives get so depressing and terrible that every week I would leave thinking, "My God, that is rock bottom. There is no way things can get any worse for those people." And then next week I would find out oh contraire, mon frere, it can get even worse. That got a little too much for me, and I hope it doesn't happen here."
Or something like that, I don't remember exactly. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD. So in the last two episodes, Tommy's 7 year old son was run over and killed by a drunk driver--which of course his wife blamed him and left him for, Lou's girlfriend conned $30k out of him, Franco's girlfriend left him, leaving him completely broken hearted, Uncle Teddy shot and presumably killed the guy who ran over Connor (Tommy's son), and the Chief had to move his wife with Alheizmers into a home after she tried to commit suicide. So yeah, I'm done watching the show. Why did they have to make it so damn depressing? Thanks assholes.
* I saw one of the most beautiful sunrises I've ever seen Tuesday morning...I hope you caught it. It was blood red as it was rising over some light clouds, really cool to look at.
* XMen Legends 2 is coming out on the 20th, which I can't even tell you how pumped I am about that. Let's see here: Will my favorite villain possibly of all time, Apocalypse, be prominently invovled? Check. New characters available to play, including Magneto? Check. FINALLY, A MULTIPLAYER HACK AND SLASH THAT CAN BE PLAYED ONLINE? HELLZ YEZ BITCHEZ!!!!! We've been waiting for this so long...it just makes so much sense! It's so easy to do, I don't know why any games haven't had this before. Now Sam, Barry, Kyle and I don't have to beat the game separately, we can meet online and become the unstoppable force we have always been destined to be!
Yeah, am I cool or what?
* I'm sorry, but I love those Bacardi & Cola commercials, the spin offs of Miami Vice. I seriously don't understand how you can't love those. The one where the girl comes up and asks if they remember her name, and they rattle of 20 names until they finally hit hers and she gets all excited and says, "You do remember!" And then she tells the guys they look hot, and Bacardi Guy simply responds with, "Yeah." Priceless.
* I finished Olympos, by Dan Simmons. Once again, Simmons has outdone himself. An outstanding book. My only regret is it's not really the "conclusion" I thought it would be; it definitely reminds me of how Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion were then really finished by Endymion and Rise of Endymion. But still, if you're into the Trojan Wars, Shakespeare, and/or SciFi at all, I highly recommend Ilium and Olympos.
* And, finally, another thing I can't believe I'm writing: I love Shaq more and more with each passing day. Check out this article about his latest heroics. Seriously, how cool is this guy? As Kyle put it, "He really does just want to be Steel and clean up the streets."
posted by Michael Pondrom at 10:09 PM
2 Comments:
You know, I use to be a die hard Simmons fan. The articles that he wrote 4-5 years ago are fantastic. My all-time favorite being his report of the NBA draft when Kwame Brown was taken first overall. Even some of the stuff he did a couple of years ago was pretty good, but since he has rejoined ESPN2, its been pretty bad. Although I love the cartoons, most of the articles are targeting ESPN magazine readers. They are short, pointless, and fairly mundane opinions. I like a little pop culture thrown into the sports analysis, but I could care less about the OC and many of the other non-sports stuff. It has gotten to the point where his site is more about the latest Fox TV show or ridiculously long SNL skit (Sandler or Ferrell movie) and not about sports. He's gotta get back to his roots...what made him popular in the first place.
Wow...this is hard for me. I'm still a diehard Simmons fan. However, without question, he's dropped a notch since returning from the Kimmel show. But you're exactly right Bo, there's not enough stuff about sports on anymore. The only time he tackles sports related issues is if it's Boston sports teams, and count me among those readers who sigh and say, "Fucking enough already" everytime we see another Boston column.
He still has moments where he's as good as he used to be, and that's damn near as good as it gets. But they're moments now...it's not a constant. Hopefully now that the book is done, he'll have more time to devote back to the site, and sports.
Nick, I would also LOVE a Shaq episode of COPS. It would get Save Until I Delete status (that's for you Bo; I don't really have TIVO ;-)
And yes, screw you OU. :-)
Michael
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