This tournament is a crapshoot, so why not post my bullshit predictions? I'll separate them by the sites of the games.
Lexington, Kentucky. Games are from the South bracket.
(1) Buckeyes (29-3) vs. (16) Central Conn. St. (22-11). Ohio State's going to win this game by 50 points. That's the great analysis that you could only find on this blog.
(8) Mormons (25-8) vs. (9) X (24-8). This is a tossup. I'll take Xavier. They've got something to prove, and they're playing much closer to home than Brigham Young. Plus, BYU has an Ainge on their team. For that, they can go to hell. Xavier by 6.
(6) Cardinals (23-9) vs. (11) Cardinal (18-12). I'm going to pick a lot of the #11 seeds. This pick is based on my knowledge of Stanford, having watched them a gajillion times. Brook Lopez is a force on the inside. Stanford by 10.
(3) Texas A&M (25-6) vs. (14) Pennsylvania (22-8). A&M's a Final Four pick of mine. They'll get a 20 point win.
Sacramento, California. If SC would have been playing in Cowtown, I'd use my FFM's to get up there. The first two games are from the West bracket, and the 2nd set are from the East Bracket.
(2) F UCLA (26-5) vs. (15) Weber St. (20-11). Weber State has a shooter's chance. That's all they've got, because with their lack of athleticism they'll need to rain 3's on UCLA to keep it close. I really don't see that happening, so UCLA by a comfortable 25.
(7) Indiana (20-10) vs. (10) Zags (23-10). If Gonzaga had Heytvelt, I'd pick 'em. They don't, so they lose an edge in what will likely be a typical Sampson, slow, boring ass game. Indiana by Fo.
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(3) Wazoo (25-7) vs. (14) Oral Roberts (23-10). Wazoo is starting to fall back to earth. Oral Roberts is the earth that Wazoo will hit. No analysis, just an Oral Roberts upset after a late comeback.
(6) Vandy(20-11) vs. (11) G-Dub (23-8). I just don't think that Vandy's that good. Sue me. GW by 7.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. All 4 matchups from the East bracket.
(1) North Carolina (27-6) vs. (16) Eastern Kentucky (21-11). I don't think UNC should have received a #1 seed. They won't do anything to prove me right in this matchup.
(2) Hoyas (26-6) vs. 15) Belmont (23-9). This will be the biggest beating of any non-#1 seed game taking place in the entire tournament. I like Georgetown to go all the way, but that's not what this blog is for. It's for picking the matchups that are set.
(7) BC. (20-11) vs. (10) Knight U. (21-12). I haven't been feelin' the BC love all year. That said, I don't like Texas Tech very much either. SO, this will probably be a great game. BC in OT.
(8) Marquette (24-9) vs. (9) Sparta (22-11). The 2nd best 1st round matchup. I've got a feeling that one of these teams is going to get blown out, and I don't see Michigan St. having that ability. Marquette by a nice +15.
Buffalo, New York. First two games are from the West bracket, 2nd set is from the East bracket.
(3) SHIT Panthers (27-7) vs. (14) Wright St. (23-9). This game is going to be much, MUCH closer than anyone thinks. Pitt survives in the same fashion that Florida did when they had Mike Miller.
(6) Dook (22-10) vs. (11) VCU (27-6). This is going to be the biggest shitkicking of Dook I've ever seen. VCU by 15. Duke's white guys are going to get ran out of the building.
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(4) Terps (24-8) vs. (13) Davidson (29-4). This is going to become a trendy upset pick by the networks over the period leading up to the tournament. I really don't see it. Maryland by 13.
(5) Butler (27-6) vs. (12) Old Dominion (24-8). I hate how the committee matched these two teams together. I thought that they both had Sweet 16 potential. OT game here, I'll take Butler.
Tomorrow I'll hit up the Friday games. Comments, complaints and anything else you can think of are welcome.
8:30 p.m.
• Just found out that the out-of-control niece-in-law has an STD -- lol. I don't know what it's called, but it involves warts, probably leads to cancer and is not going away. When the grandmother confronted her on this sometime today (they found out about this from some gynecology tests that showed "abnormalities"), I was told the niece replied, "It's not an STD. I got it from having multiple sexual partners." When the Web MD printout was shown to her stating that this was indeed a virus, she replied "thanks for ruining my afternoon."
6:30 p.m.
• So I'm at work with the Best of Sean Hannity playing in the background (that's a joke just waiting to be delivered) when he gets a caller talking about how some person got voted off from "American Idol" because she sang a song from the Dixie Terrorists. Oh, and Hannity agreed with him.
9:45 a.m.
• I didn't realized I had so many non-auto-setting clocks. Jesus Christ.
• Actually, I hope you'll be more like the RFK of 2008.
And don't forget to stop by the California primary.
Now FREEZE...
*hip-hop beat*
Music please.
Anyone that correctly guesses where those last three lines are from gets moved up an extra spot on the Top 103 list.
1:30 a.m.
• So Captain America bit the big one.
After reading this place's "Civil War" thread it sounds like he turned into a terrorist anyway, so I say good riddance. The only comic book characters I ever paid attention to (i.e. read more than two of their issues) were Batman, Sgt. Rock and the Punisher. Even though I probably missed out on 99.9 percent of the jokes, I found this funny nevertheless.
KKK's Top 103 Posters
Number 38: Stephen Joseph
I think he's known at the bottom part of the board for that cyber-wrestling stuff that scares me away. He's also known for SAVING THE BOARD at one time or another. He's also known for swing dancing and for his hatred of excess government spending. And he's also known for not liking Mikey Moore, but for liking television anchor babes for their looks and not for their ability to read from a teleprompter. I just wish I knew what he did for a living.
And now a word or three from the expert panel I've assembled to comment on the people I've listed.
From lovecraft:
From Cancer Marney:
From SFAJack:
11:45 p.m.
• How in the hell does Long John Silvers stay in business? I guess Lent season is their "Black Friday."
• On the way home from the wedding tonight, the better half got to listen to Rush's "2112" for the first time. After 15 minutes, the following words were exchanged:
Her: "Is this still the same song?"
Me: "Yes."
Her: "How long is this thing?"
Me: "20 minutes."
Her: "Why?"
Me: "Because they do things like this."
Her: "That's insane."
Me: "Think of it as four five-minute songs."
Her: "But it's still on track 1."
Me: "Go back to sleep."
• I hate this "spring forward" shit. I don't mind falling back an extra hour in the fall, but I think if we're going to move our clocks ahead one hour, it should take place at 2 p.m. on a Monday. Yeah.
This division/region was completely blown to pieces in the 1st round but this round things almost went to form. The '86 Angels did what the '89 A's were supposed to do and that was sweep the '87 Mariners. The other three series all went at least six games with the one upset by the '83 White Sox as they eliminated the '87 Twins in seven games. Interesting thing about that series is every game was won by the road team, the complete opposite of the '87 World Series. That now leaves no World Series teams left in this division/region.
Again stat lines are for both rounds.
(9) 1986 California Angels def. (16) 1987 Seattle Mariners 4-0
Game 1: Angels 4, Mariners 3
Game 2: Angels 5, Mariners 0
Game 3: Angels 4, Mariners 1
Game 4: Angels 4, Mariners 0
Brian Downing: 11-37, 4 HR, 7 RBI
Don Sutton: 2-0, 1.40 ERA
(12) 1988 Minnesota Twins def. (13) 1982 Kansas City Royals 4-3
Game 1: Twins 3, Royals 0
Game 2: Royals 5, Twins 3
Game 3: Twins 11, Royals 1
Game 4: Twins 11, Royals 9 13 innings
Game 5: Royals 3, Twins 2 10 innings
Game 6: Royals 8, Twins 6
Game 7: Twins 8, Royals 2
Tim Laudner: 20-53, 3 HR, 12 RBI
Jeff Reardon: 1.93 ERA, 5 SV
(6) 1983 Chicago White Sox def. (3) 1987 Minnesota Twins 4-3
Game 1: White Sox 9, Twins 2
Game 2: White Sox 8, Twins 1
Game 3: Twins 9, White Sox 1
Game 4: Twins 12, White Sox 1
Game 5: Twins 5, White Sox 4
Game 6: White Sox 14, Twins 7
Game 7: White Sox 6, Twins 2
Rudy Law: 19-54, 14 R, 11 SB
Floyd Bannister: 3-1, 4 GS, 32 IP, 42 K
(10) 1984 Kansas City Royals def. (15) 1981 Texas Rangers 4-2
Game 1: Rangers 3, Royals 0
Game 2: Rangers 5, Royals 1 11 innings
Game 3: Royals 3, Rangers 0
Game 4: Royals 6, Rangers 1
Game 5: Royals 10, Rangers 4
Game 6: Royals 4, Rangers 3
Willie Wilson: 17-47, 7 R
Bud Black: 2-1, 1.30 ERA, 4 GS, 3 CG
A.L. West Semi-Finals
(12) '88 Twins vs. (9) '86 Angels
(10) '84 Royals vs. (6) '83 White Sox
Up Next: N.L. West Quarterfinals
3 p.m.
• I'm sure there's an EricMM joke to be made here, but I'm in a hurry so I'll leave it up to your imagination.
At least the Nazis made lampshades from recycled material.
• Well, I haven’t checked out what the NBA has been up to in a while. Might as well see who is where in the standings. Atlantic Division: Hey, there’s a team over .500, and it’s Toronto. The Knicks are only six games below the mediocre mark, and the Celtics … well, I knew they had a long losing streak, which is a shame because I liked their head coach Doc Rivers as a player – I haven’t followed his coaching career that close. Central Division: Detroit is tops in the conference. For that meltdown of theirs in the playoffs last year against Miami, and with Ben Wallace leaving for the Bulls, they are doing pretty darn well. Cleveland is the number two seed (in record); now will they go farther in the postseason this time?Chicago is doing pretty well, I guess. Southeast Division: Wasn’t Orlando in first place? Now it’s Washington? Doesn’t matter, Miami is starting to play well, even with Wade out. There’s Orlando … as the number 8 seed? And the Hawks aren’t in last place? Northwest Division: Utah is in first, has a 42-19 record and is seeded fourth in the Conference. Meanwhile, their .689 winning percentage is better than Detroit’s .627. Looks like that AI/Anthony combo isn’t doing so well. Eh, they have the seventh seed and probably weren’t going to go that far anyway in the West. I’ve been hearing how the Timberwolves have been wasting Kevin Garnett’s career, but considering he signed a $100+ million contract, I really don’t care. Portland and Seattle, eh. Pacific Division. Phoenix is doing good, as usual, and I hope they win it all, only because this might make more teams aim for a run ‘n gun style of play. I don’t think they’ll get past Dallas, though. There’s Kobe and the Lakers 14.5 games back followed by the Clippers – they did good last year and now they’re an eighth seed. Interesting. Well, not really, but you know what I mean. Pacific Division: Dallas is 51-9 – didn’t they lose their first four games of the season? Wow. San Antonio is having a great year and Houston is playing .600 ball. New Orleans and Memphis, eh.
• While I’m on the subject of basketball, I remember a while back Tracy McGrady made some remarks about how he wouldn’t feel comfortable in New Orleans should the NBA have an All-Star game there next year.
I remember the Around the Horn guys scolding T-Mac for this. Yeah, how dare McGrady say that New Orleans isn’t safe. I’m siding with McGrady on this one. I remember a while back he missed some important games because he was expecting the birth of his child. More power to him. I forget who it was, but at least one panelist said that McGrady should hire personal security guards and go to New Orleans. Fuck that. If he doesn’t want to go, then don’t go. Just … sprain your ankle a few days prior to the event.
• Well, it’s time to go to this wedding thing. Should be back Saturday night. I’m not sure if my friend’s family is somewhat normal or white trash like mine, so I doubt there will be any worthwhile stories to tell.
-Well, I beat razazteca in round 1 of the TSM poster tournament. It feels good to win, though raz isn't really competition. Also, Slayer beat Matt "creepy bastard" Young, Leena (who actually voted for raz) beat snuffbox, and Lushus beat Edwin.
-C-Bacon has returned, and me, Invader3k, and Bobby Peru have ripped on him. Personally, I'm just starting to lose interest in him, as he's pretty much a one-trick pony.
-300 looks good, in spite of the drubbing some critics are giving it. I'll check it out.
-Married to the Sea is an online comic i reccomend. Funny stuff that will hopefully get a laugh out of you. It's no Perry Bible Fellowship, but it's pretty damn good.
7:15 p.m.
• Yet another reason why men and women will never understand each other.
The better half and I are meeting up with two friends from Ohio this weekend. Having been part of many a botched planned outing in my life, I’ve learned to just go with the flow when dealing with events taking place out of state. Long story short. We are all traveling several hours to Columbus. I told my one friend that the first person to get to their hotel calls the other groups via cell phone. When everyone checks in to their rooms, we’ll meet at the nearby O’Charley’s. Of course, this has the better half all concerned that something is going to go wrong. She would rather have everyone meet in a particular place at a particular time, which of course means that during the trip to Columbus there will be a 30-car pile-up, making us late and having her freaking out over getting to some place late. But I digress.
A few weeks ago we bought wedding gifts. She insisted that we do this shit in advance, and of course I can’t remember what we bought. Anyway, a few days ago my friend asked if I wanted to go in with him on some wedding gift. When I told Mrs. kkk of this, she said, “You mean he hasn’t bought a gift yet?”
Me: “No.”
Her: “Why not?”
Me: “Because he’s a guy.”
A while back I remember this television commercial with this young couple getting each other cards for some occasion. The chick was in some hippie store going through every goddamn card on the shelf (and they indeed do this shit – trust me). The guy was at some Quickie Mart getting beer and just grabbed a card on display at the register. When they swapped cards at the end of the ad, the chick’s panties got all wet because of how sentimental her gentleman caller’s card was. Ugh. The only thing worse than shopping for cards is shopping for clothes. Well, actually, I’d have to say cards are worse because she can NEVER decide on one. Hell, for this wedding, she went to THREE DIFFERENT STORES for a card – a card that, I discovered, cost more than $5. Yeah, yeah yeah, Jew boy. But Jesus Christ, IT’S A CARD. The only reason I open any cards now is in hope that some money falls out. Shopping for clothes is annoying, too, but when I’m with the better half, it’s fun to let her know what I really think of the outfits she picks for herself. Fuck that, I’m not going to lie – if I don’t like something I’m going to say so. Surprisingly enough, she doesn’t get pissed off over this. But she does get psycho when, after looking at a card shelf for 20 minutes and asking me for my opinion of what card to get, I head over to the 99-cent section and grab one without even looking at it. Like I said before: IT’S A CARD and I’M A GUY.
10 a.m.
• Well, this was a fun day so far. Last night I was watching some History of the Barbarians show. For what reason I have no idea. Well, I fell asleep watching it and swallowed some spit or something. Because my head was at some kind of angle, it went down the wrong pipe or something and I woke up gagging. This has happened to me before and it FUCKING SUCKS. Not only do you gag, but you feel like you're going to throw up. Plus that aftertaste. Blech. I take some Pepto, and although it doesn't cure all the afflictions, that pink stuff tastes a lot better than pseudo-vomit. I then went to bed.
This morning I wake up and feel like shit. Not only do I have a fever, but my body is aching like a mo' fo'. Normally I would call off, but I didn't because 1) I'm going to an out-of-state wedding this weekend, meaning the buttload of work on my desk can't get done this Saturday and I don't know if I'd feel like driving in on Sunday to get it done. 2) I have some chick coming in for an asisstant interview, and I didn't want to stand her up. Well, I get into work and I find that this applicant left a message saying she wasn't coming in. Goddamnit. Oh well, at least I didn't have to waste time interviewing her only for her to decline our organization's offer when she gets the pathetic hourly wage being offered of which I have no control over.
1 p.m.
• I have joked in the past that a baby who survives a Planned Parenthood vacuum is a failed abortion. Wow, was I right.
You know, you could always put the kid up for adoption, you dumb bitch. And now that this has gone public, I can't wait until this kid heads off to school. The schoolyard teasing will be the stuff of legend. I wonder if she at least got her money back from this procedure?
9 a.m.
• This stuff just writes itself.
Maybe OJ's sperm would move quicker if a woman's egg was a bucket of fried ch... Nah, way too easy.
7 a.m.
• You know what sucks about being an adult (in age, if not in mind)? All those ... responsibilities. On Monday, the better half's father went to the hospital because he felt dizzy and was throwing up early that morning. He stayed overnight and yesterday Mrs. kkk and I paid him a visit. When we were there a doctor said that his tests came back fine (for an obese, 60-something smoker) and that he would be free to go. Of course, this meant we had to wait more than an hour for someone else to give him a piece of paper that would sign him out. After taking him home, it was time to do our Tuesday grocery shopping. When the last item was stocked in the fruit celler, it was 10 p.m. I then thought, "Yay, now I get to go back to work in eight hours." Oh well. It could be worse. I could have children.
• Oh boy, my local morning RIGHT-WING RADIO guy just said, "we'll talk more about the Scooter Libby trial in the next hour." Guess I'll be listening to music until Boortz comes on in 90 minutes.
After the shocking performance of the #16 seeds in the first round, no reason to expect that to change as they now get lesser competition in the 2nd Round. The '88 Pirates continue their Cinderella run by taking care of the '89 Cubs in five games to advance to the Sweet 16. In fact no series in the N.L. East Quarters went further than five games with the '88 Mets sweeping the '82 Cardinals thus knocking off the lone World Champion remaining in the region/division.
Stat lines I throw in are combined for the first two rounds as I couldn't get seperate stat lines for each round. Well I could have but I wasn't Bored enough to do so. I'll get more detailed with these once I get down to the regional/division finals.
(16) 1988 Pittsburgh Pirates def. (9) 1989 Chicago Cubs 4-1
Game 1: Pirates 5, Cubs 1
Game 2: Pirates 3, Cubs 1
Game 3: Cubs 2, Pirates 0
Game 4: Pirates 2, Cubs 0
Game 5: Pirates 8, Cubs 4
Bobby Bonilla: 14-38, 11 RBI
Doug Drabek: 3-0, 1.14 ERA
(4) 1985 St. Louis Cardinals def. (12) 1981 St. Louis Cardinals 4-1
Game 1: '85 Cardinals 8, '81 Cardinals 5
Game 2: '81 Cardinals 9, '85 Cardinals 5
Game 3: '85 Cardinals 3, '81 Cardinals 0 12 innings
Game 4: '85 Cardinals 5, '81 Cardinals 3 12 innings
Game 5: '85 Cardinals 7, '81 Cardinals 4
Willie McGee: 17-50, 2 3B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 6 SB
John Tudor: 2-0, 1.42 ERA
(14) 1980 Montreal Expos def. (6) 1983 Philadelphia Phillies 4-1
Game 1: Expos 9, Phillies 6
Game 2: Phillies 4, Expos 3 11 innings
Game 3: Expos 5, Phillies 4
Game 4: Expos 5, Phillies 2
Game 5: Expos 4, Phillies 2
Andre Dawson: 15-42, 4 HR, 11 RBI
Scott Sanderson: 3-0, 2.63 ERA
(7) 1988 New York Mets def. (2) 1982 St. Louis Cardinals 4-0
Game 1: Mets 7, Cardinals 3
Game 2: Mets 5, Cardinals 4 13 innings
Game 3: Mets 6, Cardinals 5
Game 4: Mets 7, Cardinals 5
Lenny Dykstra: 17-43, 2 HR, 10 RBI
David Cone: 3-0, 2.08 ERA
N.L. East Semi-Finals
(16) '88 Pirates vs. (4) '85 Cardinals
(14) '80 Expos vs. (7) '88 Mets
Up Next: A.L. West Quarterfinals
-Well, there were riots in Copenhagen over the past few days. Apparently, it's because a group of squatters failed to move out of the shitty place they were living in (even though they had been officialy evicted), and instead of moving to another abandoned building like they were told to (they had TWO FUCKING WEEKS to do this) they threw a temper tantrum and had a big riot, and invited all their asshole "Anarchist" friends from other parts of Europe to burn cars, destroy building, throw shit at police, and basically endanger the lives of others because they didn't get what they want.
And people wonder why I can't take certain protestors seriously.
Really, when I think about it, I hate "Anarchist Punks" more than than hippies, and that's saying something. These worthless fucks think that they don't have to work or go to college or in any way do something for society like everybody else does, and that they are entitled to act like assholes and endanger the lives of innocent civilians if they don't get what they want. Never mind that Copenhagen is a Democratically ruled society, and most of the Country looks down on these worthless shitlickers, but no, they feel the need to act like worthless jack-off's because they were evicted, and let me repeat this, had two weeks to move out.
So, instead of doing the civilised thing and actually moving out, they instead cause shit like this. Yes, because they had to move out (and didn't want to), they caused a massive riot. Do any of these people actually care about the innocent people who could be (or may have already been) killed? Of course not. Hell, most of the people involved in rioting didn't care about whatever cause, they just wanted to destroy things.
What's more disturbing (but not suprising) is the fact that some assholes will of course try to rationalize and defend this, but there's nothing to defend here. This isn't the L.A. Riots, where I don't agree with rioting, but I can understand why it happened. No, this is the WTO protests from a while back, where most of the rioters had no idea what they were protesting, they just wanted to wreck shit. This is like seeing the kid screaming in anger about world trade while wearing fucking Nike Tennis Shoes.
So how can I sum all of this up? Simple: Fuck "Anarchists", and their supporters. They are worse than hippies. As annoying as the hippy is, at least there's a 99% chance he won't set your house on fire for petty reasons.
1:15 p.m.
• Oh no, Scooter Libby has been busted for outing a covert CIA agent...
...or lying or somthing. That ought to show how much I paid attention to this story.
9:15 a.m.
• Get the hell out of here.
Massive heart attack? Well I wouldn't think it'd be a "small" heart attack.
6:30 p.m.
• So Ann Coulter said something wacky again, this time questioning the sexuality of the pretty boy, err, John Edwards. Apparently, being a bit on the prissy side qualifiies someone as being a "faggot." Odd, I would have questioned his pitching/catching status based on his wife.
I mean, when compared to Elizabeth Edwards, Arianna Huffington looks like a trophy wife.
• Scottie Pippen wants to play again in the NBA.
When it comes to athletes, I’m a pretty apathetic guy. I don’t generally despise pro athletes, but there are three I can’t stand. One is Barry Bonds. The other is Racist Dusty. The third is Pippen. Just so long as Pippen doesn’t have to play the final 1.8 seconds of a close game, I’m sure he’ll do well in Tinseltown.
2:30 p.m.
• Looks like the Pens might be headed to Kansas City. Ha.
I so can't wait until a new arena gets built and there's no hockey team to fill it up 40+ times per year.
• Here’s why I love Neal Boortz. Earlier on his show today he goofed on those “My child is an *insert school name* Honor Student.” He said the only thing that bumper sticker shows is that you have the audacity to put your kid in a government school. Awesome.
• I heard earlier today that some chick popped out a kid at the Quickie Mart I used to work at. Thank God I wasn’t there for that; childbirth assisting was never in any job description of mine.
4 p.m.
• One of the bigger surprises this NFL off-season, according to the “experts” at ESPN is the Steelers cutting linebacker Joey Porter.
I was a bit taken back by this, too, although for a different reason. I knew Porter wasn’t going to be a Steeler for long, but I thought he’d finish the final year of his contract with the Steelers not resigning him for the 2008-09 season. Oh well, a new coach arrived so that means clean house, which isn’t a bad idea. Take it from me. Anytime you get into a position of authority, the first thing you should do, if you have the chance, if fire your predecessor’s secretary/assistant/etc. The reason for this is that no matter what you try to do to change your job/department in order to make it more efficient or perform better, you will be fought tooth and nail because “that’s not the way *insert predecessor’s name* did it,” and if you have nutless upper management, you are going to be in a world of hurt. Porter was an emotional guy and I’m sure the potential for trouble was a thought for the new Steeler coach Mike Tomlin, so I don’t blame him for wanting the cleanest slate possible when taking over a team that has had two head coaches since the late 1960s.
9 p.m.
• Awww, they found a long-lost relative of the triceratops. I'm such a ceratopsian mark it's not even funny. And who's the perv that drew this? (Note the babies toward the bottom left.)
• And speaking of dinosaurs, anybody remember these?
Alrighty then.
3 p.m.
• Just saw the finale of that White Rapper show. Although I thought John Brown was better, I knew that other guy was going to win the final contest. You don’t step on stage at a club and bust some raps about fuel dependency and the Middle East. I laughed when the judges said the same thing. I love it when a person wins money on a reality show. It’s funny to see them think that winning $100,000 actually winning $100,000. Uh, buddy, you need to let Uncle Sam, the biggest pimp of them all, get his cut, too. I can’t wait to see how much is left over for this kid’s music career after he takes care of his parents and pays for his sister’s schooling.
• Well, I knew this time would be coming, and I was right. As mentioned previously at this place, I’m trying to pay off quite a mountain of credit card debt that the better half brought upon herself. A little less than a year ago I pretty much took over all the household finances and got ready to deal with the $20k in credit card bills that she brought onto herself over the years. By the end of this month I see three-quarters of this debt getting paid off. One problem I feared by taking over the finances was that after awhile Mrs. kkk would start spending money on unnecessary items. And I was right.
I mentioned a little while ago that she got me a recliner for our anniversary (despite the fact our anniversary isn’t until June). When I asked her how she was paying for this she said that she was paying it off with the $40 weekly stipend she gets for spending on whatever she wants. Fair enough. But over the last few days she has started buying other stupid shit, and last night I asked her where the money was coming from for these purchases. That didn’t go over well. Too bad. She countered by sleeping on the guest bed last night. I guess that is supposed to show me the error of my ways: I had to make do with sleeping by myself on a queen-sized bed rather than only half of the bed (and that’s not counting whenever the cats hop up with us and stake out their own territory). Gee, I hope she’s still not mad later tonight.
6:30 p.m.
• Wait a second, so a government school does nothing when several kids make fun of a Mormon student’s religion, but when she responds to them by saying, “that’s so gay” she's the one who gets in trouble?
Good God, I can’t imagine what would have happened to me and some of the shit I used to say. And this reason…
…doesn’t cut it. Sorry, but what the government school did was … well, gay. I miss the good ol' days when you could play "smear the queer," and it wouldn't be considered a hate crime.
• Speaking of gay, I saw PTI had the gay ex-NBA baler. Well, he probably still is a baller, but not the way he did back during his playing days. Anyway, it was funny to hear that interview only to hear this story later on in the show.
And many pro athletes are worried about teammates sporting boners in the shower room?
My first mock draft became obsolete about 5 minutes after I finished it. This one accounts for Combine results. The next one will be the day before the draft. And it will probably look a lot different.
1. Oakland Raiders - JaMarcus Russell (QB, Louisiana State)
2. Detroit Lions - Joe Thomas (OT, Wisconsin)
3. Cleveland Browns - Adrian Peterson (RB, Oklahoma)
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Calvin Johnson (WR, Georgia Tech)
5. Arizona Cardinals - Gaines Adams (DE, Clemson)
6. Washington Redskins - Jamaal Anderson (DE, Arkansas)
7. Minnesota Vikings - Levi Brown (OT, Penn State)
8. Houston Texans - Alan Branch (DT, Michigan)
9. Miami Dolphins - Brady Quinn (QB, Notre Dame)
10. Atlanta Falcons - LaRon Landry (S, Louisiana State)
11. San Francisco 49ers - Amobi Okoye (DT, Louisville)
12. Buffalo Bills - Leon Hall (CB, Michigan)
13. St. Louis Rams - Adam Carriker (DE, Nebraska)
14. Carolina Panthers - Patrick Willis (ILB, Mississippi)
15. Pittsburgh Steelers - Jarvis Moss (DE, Florida)
16. Green Bay Packers - Marshawn Lynch (RB, California)
17. Jacksonville Jaguars - Reggie Nelson (S, Florida)
18. Cincinnati Bengals - Greg Olsen (TE, Miami of Florida)
19. Tennessee Titans - Ted Ginn Jr. (WR/KR, Ohio State)
20. New York Giants - Darrelle Revis (CB, Pittsburgh)
21. Denver Broncos - Charles Johnson (DE, Georgia)
22. Dallas Cowboys - Aaron Ross (CB, Texas)
23. Kansas City Chiefs - Robert Meachem (WR, Tennessee)
24. New England Patriots - Jon Beason (OLB, Miami of Florida)
25. New York Jets - Chris Houston (CB, Arkansas)
26. Philadelphia Eagles - Michael Griffin (S, Texas)
27. New Orleans Saints - Lawrence Timmons (OLB, Florida State)
28. New England Patriots - Dwayne Bowe (WR, Louisiana State)
29. Baltimore Ravens - Ryan Kalil (C, USC)
30. San Diego Chargers - Sidney Rice (WR, South Carolina)
31. Chicago Bears - Tony Ugoh (OT, Arkansas)
32. Indianapolis Colts - Paul Posluszny (OLB, Penn State)
8 p.m.
• I'm shocked ... SHOCKED that Santorum wasn't brought on as a CNN or MSNBC or cBS analyst.
Oh dear God no.
Rick, you're my n*gga and all that, but please don't be the token Jesus freak candidate in the '08 GOP primary. I know you're all about the lord and stuff, but just talk on television a lot and get paid well for your services.
7 p.m.
• I don’t know why this story prompted me to think back to an incident dating back to my high school days. I think it has to do with the one person hiding in a garbage can.
It was a Friday night and I had six friends over: Don, Jeff, Bryce, Greg, Matt and Kurt. Nothing exciting was going on; we were just playing Joe Montana Football on the Genesis when suddenly a few of us got in the mood to play football outside. Myself, Don, Jeff, Bryce and Greg went out. Did I mention that it was 2 a.m.? We didn’t think this was a big deal. We were wrong.
As we were playing some two-on-two with Greg being the quarterback for both teams, about 10 minutes went by when we suddenly saw these bright lights coming right at us, most likely from an officer of the law. We did the most sensible thing we could at that moment – run back into the house. The five of us headed to the backdoor and thought if we just kept quiet the police car would just go on its merry way. Bryce, Don and Greg went upstairs while Jeff and I stayed in the basement/game room. Someone from upstairs then said, “kkk, there’s a police car parked in front of your house.” That was about the time when I noticed someone shining a flashlight through the back door. The cop then opens the door and walks in. Jeff suddenly puts his hands in the air and the officer is telling all of us to go upstairs. It was at that time when I got upstairs that I noticed Bryce trying to act like he was asleep the whole time. He still had his shoes and jean jacket on with a FOOTBALL tucked under his arm. He was also shaking from the cold (this was around October/November), and as we all gathered in the living room, he muttered to Don, “I’m asleep.” In a memory that will stay with me even when Alzheimer’s takes every other image, Don smacks him on the head and says, “Get the fuck up asshole.” Matt and Kurt, who didn’t go out with us, were just waking up from their slumber and had no idea what the hell was going on. Their reactions were amusing, to say the least.
As the officer began asking us what we were doing, it was actually refreshing to honestly answer “no” to the question, “Were you drinking?” When asked why we ran, I think the collective answer was something like, “Because we’re idiots.” The officer believed us and brought in another cop who was waiting for us on a nearby street in case we had taken off in that direction. As they left, the said something like, “Next time you want to play football at 2 in the morning, give us a call and we’ll show you how the game is played.” We spent the next hour or two laughing about this and considering some of the other dumbshit I used to do, this was a funny story. Because I was a latch-key kid, my mom really didn’t care what I did. However, her one rule was, “I better not have the cops show up.” So you can imagine my horror whenever those law enforcement walkie-talkers were blaring in living room while the matriarch of the house slept in her upstairs bedroom.
3 p.m.
• So Fast Eddie said on SORTA RIGHT-WING RADIO today that even though he wants to raise the state sales tax, he's not really raising taxes, since he will "offset" this with property tax reductions. The same reductions he's been talking about since getting elected to a first term. And you people voted him in ... TWICE! Oh well, I guess this is how liberals feel about W. Then again, he was only voted in ... ONCE!! Thank you, Karl Rove and near-blind Jew voters.
Hey if the '87 Mariners can beat the '89 A's, why not the '86 Indians beating the '84 Tigers? Well it happened thus meaning the '88 Dodgers were the only #1 seed to get out of the first round and they had to go to seven games to do so. The top half of the bracket in this region/division has been blown wide open as every lower seed won while on the bottom half three of the four higher seeds advanced. We had our second sweep as the '80 Yankees dusted off the '80 Orioles including an 18-0 thrashing to close the series.
(16) 1986 Cleveland Indians def. (1) 1984 Detroit Tigers 4-2
Game 1: Indians 4, Tigers 1
Game 2: Tigers 9, Indians 3
Game 3: Indians 2, Tigers 1
Game 4: Tigers 7, Indians 2
Game 5: Indians 11, Tigers 7
Game 6: Indians 4, Tigers 1
Joe Carter: 12-25, 4 2B, 7 RBI
(9) 1988 Boston Red Sox def. (8) 1987 Detroit Tigers 4-1
Game 1: Red Sox 4, Tigers 2
Game 2: Red Sox 10, Tigers 2
Game 3: Red Sox 4, Tigers 0
Game 4: Tigers 10, Red Sox 2
Game 5: Red Sox 10, Tigers 5
Mike Greenwell: 7-19, 3 HR, 6 RBI
(13) 1987 Toronto Blue Jays def. (4) 1982 Milwaukee Brewers 4-3
Game 1: Blue Jays 4, Brewers 3
Game 2: Brewers 1, Blue Jays 0
Game 3: Blue Jays 8, Brewers 5
Game 4: Brewers 4, Blue Jays 1
Game 5: Blue Jays 4, Brewers 3
Game 6: Brewers 11, Blue Jays 3
Game 7: Blue Jays 4, Brewers 3
Tom Henke: 3 Saves
(12) 1985 New York Yankees def. (5) 1981 New York Yankees 4-1
Game 1: '85 Yankees 14, '81 Yankees 12
Game 2: '81 Yankees 8, '85 Yankees 2
Game 3: '85 Yankees 10, '81 Yankees 4
Game 4: '85 Yankees 5, '81 Yankees 4 14 innings
Game 5: '85 Yankees 4, '81 Yankees 0
Don Mattingly: 9-26, 3 HR, 13 RBI
(6) 1980 New York Yankees def. (6) 1980 Baltimore Orioles 4-0
Game 1: Yankees 3, Orioles 2
Game 2: Yankees 5, Orioles 4
Game 3: Yankees 9, Orioles 5
Game 4: Yankees 18, Orioles 0
Graig Nettles: 6-16, 3 HR, 7 RBI
(3) 1986 Boston Red Sox def. (14) 1982 Baltimore Orioles 4-1
Game 1: Red Sox 3, Orioles 2
Game 2: Orioles 4, Red Sox 0
Game 3: Red Sox 6, Orioles 1
Game 4: Red Sox 6, Orioles 3
Game 5: Red Sox 3, Orioles 2
Jim Rice: 9-19, 3 2B
(10) 1989 Toronto Blue Jays def. (7) 1985 Toronto Blue Jays 4-2
Game 1: '89 Blue Jays 6, '85 Blue Jays 5 10 innings
Game 2: '89 Blue Jays 5, '85 Blue Jays 4
Game 3: '85 Blue Jays 5, '89 Blue Jays 4 12 innings
Game 4: '89 Blue Jays 4, '85 Blue Jays 3
Game 5: '85 Blue Jays 6, '89 Blue Jays 4
Game 6: '89 Blue Jays 3, '85 Blue Jays 2 10 innings
Nelson Liriano: 8-21, 4 2B
(2) 1983 Baltimore Orioles def. (15) 1981 Milwaukee Brewers 4-3
Game 1: Orioles 4, Brewers 1
Game 2: Brewers 3, Orioles 2 14 innings
Game 3: Orioles 3, Brewers 0
Game 4: Brewers 5, Orioles 1
Game 5: Orioles 5, Brewers 4
Game 6: Brewers 4, Orioles 1
Game 7: Orioles 2, Brewers 1 11 innings
Storm Davis: 2 CG, 1 SHO, 14 K, 0 BB
A.L. East Quarterfinals Match-ups
(16) '86 Indians vs. (9) '88 Red Sox
(13) '87 Blue Jays vs. (12) '85 Yankees
(6) '80 Yankees vs. (3) '86 Red Sox
(10) '89 Blue Jays vs. (2) '83 Orioles
Up Next: N.L. East Quarterfinals
4:15 p.m.
• Well I just had the shortest pre-screening interview of my life.
“Do you know Photoshop?”
“Yes.
“Do you know Illustrator?”
“Yes.”
“Do you know Quark?”
“Yes.”
“Do you know how much pay this job offers?”
“Yes.”
We’ll be holding interviews shortly.”
“Uh, OK.’
I knew I should have said “No” for that third question. Damnit.
• Do it, for the CHILDREN! I remember back in the mid-90s when Republicans acted like they cared about limited government, liberals threw a shitfit because a reduction in increased spending on ANY government program would hurt, even kill, “the children.” I love it when “the children” card is played.
How about we just call “outer space” any place outside of the United States?
• I thought you put your kid in private school to get away from this kind of hippie shit. At least I now know where Smitty teaches.
• Yeah, let’s wait a year and see how these two act next to each other.
21.) Denver - CB Marcus McCauley, Fresno St: Due to the tragic passing of Darrent Williams the Broncos need another good corner. Marcus is a speedster and a better corner than former teammate Richard Marshall whom was drafted by the Panthers in the second round last year.
22.) Dallas - S Michael Griffin, Texas: The Cowboys have two glaring needs; Safety and OG. I don't believe there's an OG worthy of a first round pick so the Cowboys draft for value and grab Griffin to team-up with Roy Williams making possibly one of the most talented safety tandems in the league. Roy can shut down the run while Michael will use his ballhawk abilities to drop back and protect against the pass.
23.) Kansas City - QB Brady Quinn, Notre Dame: And here's your major drop of the year. Quinn has looked average at best in his bowl games (unable to win one) and is coming off a knee injury that could limit him for at least the 07 season. Kansas City is shopping Trent Green and locked up Damon Huard to a three year deal, where in the first year he can start and Quinn can hold the playbook. It makes too much sense to pass up should Quinn be here at this spot, which is very possible (look at Aaron Rodgers).
24.) New England- WR Robert Meachem, Tenn: With the extra pick they got for Deion Branch the Patriots go and draft themselves a WR because quite frankly Reche Caldwell and Jabar Gaffney are not going to light up any scoreboards. The need at reciever is also great at the moment because Chad Jackson is likely to miss most (if not all) of the 07 season with a torn ACL while Troy Brown looks headed to retirement. Meachem is a speed demon with great hands and ok height. He just hasn't recieved the praise of a Ginn Jr or Jarrett.
25.) NY Jets - DE Adam Carriker, Nebraska: Last year the Jets rebuilt their O-line via the draft and this year it appears they'll be looking to rebuild the D-line, especially since the Jets are likely to cut Kimo von Oelhoffen as they try to get closer to the type of 3-4 Mangini likes to run.
26.) Philli - WR Dwayne Bowe, LSU: The Eagles look likely to lose Stallworth to free agency so they grab Bowe to fill the need and pair with Reggie Brown.
27.) New Orleans - CB Darrelle Revis, Pitt: That Saints secondary stinks and they were exposed in the NFC Championship game by the Bears who repeatedly just threw it over the top. Saints grab the best corner available.
28.) New England - S Aaron Rouse, Virginia Tech: An under the radar pick here Rouse can play both safety and LBer which happen to be the Pats two greatest needs on defense. He's also suppose to be a high character person and good locker room guy (just the type the Pats draft).
29.) Baltimore - OT Joe Staley, Central Michigan: The Ravens o-line is aging and probably their only major weakness (should Jamal Lewis resign). Michael Bush is also a possibility here.
30.) San Diego - WR Sidney Rice, South Carolina: Rivers needs WR help as was evidenced in the AFC Divisional game. Eric Parker is nothing special and Keenan McCardell is finally starting to show he's lost a step.
31.) Chicago - TE Greg Olsen, Miami (FL): With Chicago's only glaring need really being QB and nothing here to solve this I feel they go best player available at their position. Greg Olsen can help open up that passing game more and allow the Bears to succesfully run two TE sets with him and Desmond Clark.
32.) Indi - DB Aaron Ross, Texas: Indi needs more than Bob Sanders back there and Ross can play either corner or safety. Too obvious a pick to pass up on.
11.) San Fran - LB Jon Beason, Miami (FL): Beason might be looked at as a reach for this spot at the moment, but I think his stock is going to continue to rise and by draft day he'll be looked at as a first round pick. Mike Nolan loves his linebackers as was evidenced during his tenure in Baltimore and Beason has the motor of a Jonathan Vilma with the hitting capabilities of Ray Lewis (both also products of "The U"). With Manny Lawson being the only stand-out LBer this pick gives them options as I believe Beason will have success inside or outside in the NFL.
12.) Buffalo - RB Marshawn Lynch, Cal: McGahee has punched his own ticket out of town and while the Bills will need secondary help with Nate Clements leaving, this draft is fairly deep when it comes to CBs. Lynch now and a DB in the second round makes more sense than risking opening up the 07-08 season with no real option in the backfield by grabbing Darrelle Revis Daymeion Hughes now.
13.) St. Louis - OLB Paul Posluszny, Penn St.: The Rams defense besides Leonard Little and Tye Hill is just embarrassing. They have so many needs but the most glaring of all of them is at LBer where they have absolutely nobody on the outside. Both Little and Witherspoon will like this pick as Paul might be the most polished linebacker coming out (so long as his right knee is completely healed from the injury sustained in 06).
14.) Carolina - ILB Patrick Willis, Ole Miss: Now this pick hear probably is a bit of a reach, but with Dan Morgan possibly being finished and the pickings at linebacker starting to become slim the Panthers go and get themselves somebody to man the middle.
15.) Pittsburgh - DE Jarvis Moss, Florida: With the team still figuring out whether it wants to be a 3-4 defense or a 4-3 defense along with Joey Porter possibly headed out of town, the Steelers pick a man that can help them with the situation on a whole. Moss is a terrific pass rusher and reminds me alot of Willie McGinest.
16.) Green Bay - DE Gaines Adams, Clemson: I would think the KGB era is coming close to an end. Adams is possibly the best pure pass rushing end in this draft, but he's still a bit undersized and can't defend the run as well. They could look at DT too but if Gaines were to fall this far then its hard to pass up on him.
17.) Jaguars - S Reggie Nelson, Florida: Looks like Deion Grant is leaving and the Jags really have nothing else at safety. Its a natural fit.
18.) Cinci - DT Amobi Okoye, Louisville: I feel him being only 20 is going to turn off a few clubs but the Bengals interior is in such a desperate need for a pass rush that they can't make that a concern. Besides, with Marvin Lewis mentoring him the age factor should be a non-factor.
19.) Tenn - WR Ted Ginn Jr, Ohio St: David Givens is facing a career threatening injury and Drew Bennett may leave via free agency so it becomes clear that WR is a need. Another good thing about Ginn is he can handle return duty should Pacman be shipped off.
20.) NY Giants - OLB Lawrence Timmons, Florida St: The Giants have no linebackers after Antonio Pierce, well no linebackers worth a damn. Timmons is a little raw but he should come around sooner rather than later and quite frankly if the Giants pass on him then they'll be kicking themselves as there's not a whole lot out there in this pool afterwards.
• So this morning I was listening to some RIGHT-WING RADIO and the guy was talking about some hippie enviro-weenine story – I think it was an op-ed from the Rocky Mountain News. Anyway, the writer referred to the EricMM’s of the world as an enviro-melon: Green on the outside, Red on the inside. I don’t know how long that joke has been in existence but goddamn that was funny.
• Well shit, now I can sleep more soundly at night knowing this:
I’m sure there’s a joke to be made about a former poster, but I’ll leave that up to the people here who hate freedom and liberty.
• You know, for as much as I hate the health nazis, I have to side with them on this point.
I’m all about providing as much information as possible when it comes to nutritional information. Of course, the next step these fast-food fascists want is to outright ban value meals and stuff, but that’s another topic for another day.
• Damn, I knew government was slow and all, but W. is now just getting around to talking with last year’s NBA champs? Oh, and Wade should have the season-ending surgery. You have nothing to prove; rehab your shoulder from that freak injury and don’t possibly piss away the rest of your career.
The Departed: Martin Scorsese - Rotten Tomatoe Ranking 93% - I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I waited nearly two weeks to rent, since it was out every time I went to the movie store. I'm not a huge Dicaprio fan, but he was pretty fucking brillant in his role, as was Nicholson as the absurdly calm, yet insane mob lord. Matt Damon is eh, as is Wahlberg, regardless of their performances this movie is Highly recommended. The ending is a twist I never thought I'd see coming.
The Prestige: Christopher Nolan - Rotten Tomatoe Ranking 74% - I definitely do not agree with the RTR, I really, really liked this movie. Bale and Jackman were superb in their roles, and you could feel the hatred between the two men, the revenge, the race to see who was the better man / magician. I loved the ending, I thought it was going to end a different way, but the twist was perfect. Again, highly recommended.
Babel: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Rotten Tomatoe Ranking 68% - I'm indifferent towards this movie. I hugely disliked anything with the Japanese deaf / mute girl, and the Mexican babysitter. I realise the connection between them, however it was absurd the amount of time they received compared to Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchette. This is dubbed as Pitt's "best film performance" my response: go watch Se7en, Fight Club, and Troy before making those claims. Not recommended.
Marie Antoinette: Sofia Coppola - Rotten Tomatoe Ranking 53% - I thoroughly hated this movie. The fiancee wanted to watch it, so instead of hearing her complain about how we never watch the movies she wants to watch, I watched. Dunst isn't even that nice to look at, and I'm pretty sure that's not how it really happened. Fuckin' hollywood and it's lame ass alterted movies.
