Its been awhile since I last posted, hopefully this makes up for the gap.
Well I hope everyone enjoyed the beat down of the Blue Devils last night as much as I did. Contrary to popular fandom I do not root (most of the time) for the conference in which my beloved Tigers play in. I don't subscribe to the theory that one should root for their "home" conference simply so they can make the point that their conference is the toughest or hardest one to play in. Rarely does that argument ever lead to anything except more arguing.
The biggest issue to come out of the NCAA tournament (at least last night) was the fact that Greg Paulus played his last game for the Dukies. Meaning just like every other guard that has played for Coach K he now gets his honorary assistant coaching job right next to the legendary coach. Needless to say the athletic department at Duke has been spending this entire past year trying to determine how they will add another chair and still keep the current student-athletes from joining the first row of the "Cameron Crazies". Believe you me, this takes some time and effort. So if you saw Chris Collins and Wojo looking to their left and right last night as the final minutes ticked away you know they were wondering which chair Greg would be occupying.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Jimmy Award Winner Number 3
Yes, I know that I have not posted in a while. I am sure you will get over it.
So, you all remember when Detroit was snatching up wide receivers like a fat kid on cheese curls? In 2003, they drafted Charles Rogers. The history is important, because Charles has not exactly had the most memorable of careers. Anyway, Charles was recently arrested for a domestic violence issue. He is serving his time. When he gets out, FFF will hand him our third Jimmy Award for this bit of self aggrandizement that appeared in today's paper:
“I’m just going to do my 10 days, get out of the court system and try to get in shape for a comeback,” Rogers said today in a telephone interview with the Associated Press from the Oakland County jail in Pontiac. “Am I sad about the way my life has turned out? No, because I know the strides I’ve made to take care of Charles Rogers.”
Congrats Charles - keep dreaming big man.
So, you all remember when Detroit was snatching up wide receivers like a fat kid on cheese curls? In 2003, they drafted Charles Rogers. The history is important, because Charles has not exactly had the most memorable of careers. Anyway, Charles was recently arrested for a domestic violence issue. He is serving his time. When he gets out, FFF will hand him our third Jimmy Award for this bit of self aggrandizement that appeared in today's paper:
“I’m just going to do my 10 days, get out of the court system and try to get in shape for a comeback,” Rogers said today in a telephone interview with the Associated Press from the Oakland County jail in Pontiac. “Am I sad about the way my life has turned out? No, because I know the strides I’ve made to take care of Charles Rogers.”
Congrats Charles - keep dreaming big man.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
The lifestyle
You ever wonder how the swinger community got the rights to claim 'the lifestyle' as their own adjective? Seems a bit unfair to me. There are several types of living that certainly constitute a lifestyle, and yet if someone says anything about 'the lifestyle', it is assumed that they are talking about swinging. This is not a huge deal in everyday life for me, but if I were Amish, I would be pissed. To me, the Amish certainly commit to a larger change in actual way of life than swingers do. And yet you don't hear a whole lot of people saying, "hey, I noticed Jebediah's family bought a new car, and seem to be straying from the lifestyle".
Thursday, March 5, 2009
The Bachelor
As I have mentioned before, as a married man who values family time I am prone to watch whatever my wife records on the DVR. Not a big deal. In fact, sometimes it presents me with the most amusing of life's situations. Such is the case with our families recent addiction to "The Bachelor".
Whether you have seen the Bachelor or not, you probably understand the basic concept. One guy dates several (I think it is around 30) women and weekly eliminates them until the final one is standing. It creates the perfect storm for a classic train wreck TV moment. The pending train wreck is why I find the show so amusing and entertaining each week. Actually, I figured out this year that I find the fans of the show even more amusing than the actual program. The show itself is fairly predictable when you think about it. Fun to watch, but predictable.
Before I go on, another thing that is important for background is that I have a Facebook account and keep in touch with many old friends this way. Because I have a Facebook account, not only did I watch the show each week this year, I also tracked my friend's "status updates" after each episode and almost without fail lots of friends on Facebook would post about the latest situation on The Bachelor. If you watched the show, you know that the Bachelor slept with at least 4 or 5 of these women. He did this on national television without apology and with everyone knowing that the same thing was going to be happening the next night with a different gal. Anyone see a concern? Anyone know anyone personally who has done this? Anyone even had enough guts to say out loud that you would like to do this? Well, maybe I should put it this way: Do you think the Facebook updates were calling him a male whore or pig or any other assorted descriptor of anybody on the street that would try to pull off such a thing? Oh hell no - don't kid yourself. People loved the guy. "The Bachelor is so sweet", "what a cutie the Bachelor is", "wow, the Bachelor is such a caring guy" were all standard types of responses that could be seen after the show aired each week. Are you confused? I am. In defiance of all standard social norms, why does the female population eat this stuff up only if its on national television and despise the entire male gender if such a stunt were done by someone they know? Don't hurt your brain pondering that, because I think we all know what happens next...
The Bachelor chooses a girl, proposes marriage, and at the first sign of trouble heads back to one of the other girls. The status updates explode!!! "What an ass", "The Bachelor is a jerk!!!!", "I never want to see this guy in person or I would slap him".
Ladies - what the hell did you think you were watching? He cashed in his morals when he signed up for the show. I knew that. It's why I watched. The trains were heading towards each other as fast as they could and the wreck was guaranteed.
As Denny Green would have said, "He is who we thought he was!!!"
- The other true gem from this year's show is that it produced our second "FFF Jimmy Award" winner. For those unaware of the Jimmy award, see the post dated December 16, 2008.
The second Jimmy Award goes to the Bachelor's 'victim' Melissa, whom he engaged and then left for cold. She seemed like a nice girl. Unfortunately, the Bachelor left her with nothing. Well, good news Melissa - you won the Jimmy Award.
Did anyone else catch it? At the point Melissa is fuming with smoke bellowing out of her ears, she went total third person for all the nation to enjoy. She looks at the Bachelor while she is telling him the reasons that she believes he sucks and says, "Because you chose Melissa, but you don't want to fight for Melissa." Congratulations Melissa - you win our second Jimmy. Don't spend all the prize money in one place. If you decide you must spend it all in one place - add another tattoo to your lower back.
Whether you have seen the Bachelor or not, you probably understand the basic concept. One guy dates several (I think it is around 30) women and weekly eliminates them until the final one is standing. It creates the perfect storm for a classic train wreck TV moment. The pending train wreck is why I find the show so amusing and entertaining each week. Actually, I figured out this year that I find the fans of the show even more amusing than the actual program. The show itself is fairly predictable when you think about it. Fun to watch, but predictable.
Before I go on, another thing that is important for background is that I have a Facebook account and keep in touch with many old friends this way. Because I have a Facebook account, not only did I watch the show each week this year, I also tracked my friend's "status updates" after each episode and almost without fail lots of friends on Facebook would post about the latest situation on The Bachelor. If you watched the show, you know that the Bachelor slept with at least 4 or 5 of these women. He did this on national television without apology and with everyone knowing that the same thing was going to be happening the next night with a different gal. Anyone see a concern? Anyone know anyone personally who has done this? Anyone even had enough guts to say out loud that you would like to do this? Well, maybe I should put it this way: Do you think the Facebook updates were calling him a male whore or pig or any other assorted descriptor of anybody on the street that would try to pull off such a thing? Oh hell no - don't kid yourself. People loved the guy. "The Bachelor is so sweet", "what a cutie the Bachelor is", "wow, the Bachelor is such a caring guy" were all standard types of responses that could be seen after the show aired each week. Are you confused? I am. In defiance of all standard social norms, why does the female population eat this stuff up only if its on national television and despise the entire male gender if such a stunt were done by someone they know? Don't hurt your brain pondering that, because I think we all know what happens next...
The Bachelor chooses a girl, proposes marriage, and at the first sign of trouble heads back to one of the other girls. The status updates explode!!! "What an ass", "The Bachelor is a jerk!!!!", "I never want to see this guy in person or I would slap him".
Ladies - what the hell did you think you were watching? He cashed in his morals when he signed up for the show. I knew that. It's why I watched. The trains were heading towards each other as fast as they could and the wreck was guaranteed.
As Denny Green would have said, "He is who we thought he was!!!"
- The other true gem from this year's show is that it produced our second "FFF Jimmy Award" winner. For those unaware of the Jimmy award, see the post dated December 16, 2008.
The second Jimmy Award goes to the Bachelor's 'victim' Melissa, whom he engaged and then left for cold. She seemed like a nice girl. Unfortunately, the Bachelor left her with nothing. Well, good news Melissa - you won the Jimmy Award.
Did anyone else catch it? At the point Melissa is fuming with smoke bellowing out of her ears, she went total third person for all the nation to enjoy. She looks at the Bachelor while she is telling him the reasons that she believes he sucks and says, "Because you chose Melissa, but you don't want to fight for Melissa." Congratulations Melissa - you win our second Jimmy. Don't spend all the prize money in one place. If you decide you must spend it all in one place - add another tattoo to your lower back.
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