Don West - Come on EB

Some of you may remember this guy on Shop at Home TV, Don West. I used to listen to his Baseball Card selling rants for hours, "1991 FLEER AND TOPPS FACTORY SETS!!!". And when you grew up across the street from EB and RB...well you knew right away how valuable "MINT GEM MINT 10's" were, believe you me. And when he says "Barry Bonds Rookie Card" he means fucking Barry Bonds rookie cards, bitch. F Vanguard mutual funds bro, my retirement is invested soundly in Upper Deck.

My Favorite line is , "You literally cannot pass this up".

Tyrus Thomas Does It All

From The Big Lead over at NBA FanHouse, "After stamping a Bobby Jackson floater return to sender, Thomas fills the lane on the break and throws down a dunk 'IN DE FACE!' of Rasual Butler, who probably isn't too thrilled that he's going to be on a poster very soon".

I think "return to sender" is my favorite term for a blocked shot. That or "No...YOU keep it!!!"

The Daily Dose

This video gets me every time...wait for it.

A GRRREAT Start to College Football Weekend!

ASIDE from me having to work on Saturday, this weekend and last few days have been awesome. I already expected it to be HUGE, what with the USC v Arkansas Game on Sunday, LC BOYZ Draft on Tuesday as well as WIS Recruiting for Cal Tech starting. Plus the GF is out of town, so I can start rebuilding the NCAA 2004 PS2 Dynasty that got erased last week. I'm in year 2 (Bush's Sophomore year). However, Christmas came early this year, Friday and Saturday to be exact.

#1) With my job, I work closely with big name computer companies' marketing channels, specifically their afifliate managers. I work the most with DELL and HP. Well, as the stock prices have shown, HP has been gaing on DELL in compuetr sales channel, and I'd like to think I've had a hand in helping increase HP sales (but not responsible for DELL's decline). I've had such an impact on HP's performance, that they are sending me (free of charge) and Brand Spanking New HP DV8000t. (Asian Chick Not Included)

#2) The New York Yankees blog that I frequent, ran a contest in August. Predict how many games the Yankees will win, and how many runs they will score. Top two winners get a copy of the Yankees World Series DVD box set. My prediction, and entry sent in was 18 Wins and 169 runs. Well, they won 18 games and scored 172 runs. Guess who is the proud new owner of a Yankee DVD set?

"Congratulations! You were one of the winners in the August contest! Please let me know a time you can be reached and a number to call you at so I can confirm your address and get a few quotes from you on your victory (to be published, of course, on The Blog)."

So, now I have the USC game, as well as 14 other College Football games I will be watching, via ESPN Gameplan Online, starting at Midnight tonight. As well as LC Boyz draft going on Tuesday. With my luck I should open a sports betting account and put $100 on Utah to cover this weekend against UCLA (-3). Since Utah will not only cover the +3, they will win by at least a TD (maybe 3). The Spread Option is hard to defend, and UCLA can't stop the run. Changing the name of a terrible defense to " The New DeWayne Walker's Defense" doesn't make bad players good. A rose by any other name is still a better defense than UCLA's.

Shut Up Rick Reily

Reason #27 Why I hate Rick Reily:

Some of you may have caught this nonstory this week. Long story short, in some 9 and 10 year-old Little League game (Yankees vs Red Sox), the Yankees are up by 1 run. Red Sox have a runner on third, 2 outs and their "best" hitter at the plate. Yankees being Yankees, they intentionally walk the "best" hitter to face the Red Sox worst hitter. the sad thing is, he's a cancer survivor, and supposedly can barely swing the bat.

So, Mr. Reily wants to get everyone in a huff about the Yankees unethical, although strategic, intentional walk to face the cancer-kid. How these coaches should be ashamed...blah blah fuckity blah. But what if instead of walking the "best" hitter, the Yankee pitcher puts it in his ear-hole? Guy goes to first and the little kid who can't swing, strikes out. Same outcome. Or what if they DID pitch to him, and he hits a dribbler to third. Third basemen checks the runner, and throws to first, but not in time. The next batter still comes up, strikes out, game over, kid goes home crying.  If the Yankee coach DID pitch to him, instead of walking him, and the pitcher gave up a homerun, the little pitcher might go Donnie Moore on us. So what's worse, a kid feeling bad or a kid shooting his own head off?

But what this story really shows us is that it doesn't matter if it's MLB or 9 year-old pony leagues, Yankees own the Redsox.


(and I really don't care if a bunch of 9 year-old redsox go home crying to their mommies)

It's My BIrthday!

I Turn 29 Today!

Nothing really eventful has happend on the 28th of July, and no one really famous was born. So I have that going for me....

Dinner, Guandi maybe Cashbox tonight. Tomorrow, BBQ at my house, then over to Purple Mountain Pool Party. At my house we will be having some Saturday Funday, with a new drink call Hop, Skip and Get Naked. Only bad part is I will be with a bunch of dudes. Here's what the drink is:

12 Beers (we're using BUD)
1 750 ml Gin
1 can Frozen Lemonade (we have to use Powder)
Ice (we're using Ice)

Let's Get Retarded

I'm going to The Black Eyed Peas (The Monkey Business Tour) tonight. I know like 3 songs two of which I don't even know the names. So I am basically forking over $100 for VIP tickets to hear "Let's Get Retarded". Scratch that, $200 since I am paying for the GF's ducket too.  Worth it? No way, but you got to do it and since I refused to pay $250 to go see The Stones. I watched a DVD of them [The Black Eeyed Peas] a few times, just to prepare, since I honestly have not "acquired" much of their music.

We'll be heading over to Blue Frog on Tongren for a quick bite and some beers (maybe a shot or 7) before heading out to the stadium. Should be a good time.

Some People are Stupid

As you know, I am not a Creationist by any means. I follow pretty closely, the "debate" over ID (Intelligent Design) which is just a scientific-y term for Creationism. I followed the Dover case, and read websites like The Panda's Thumb. You could consider me an Atheist, I am fine with that. Although I think that term has a negative connotation (hmm wonder why?). Anyway, when I saw this video, it only strengthened my beliefs.


What about a Pineapple, you moron

Or what about a Coconut? You can't peel that. And how many people can live off Bananas alone? In about 2 days you'd have diarrhea, then you'd die of dehydration. This guy is a moron. I love how these people use little slivers of coincidence or unkowns to "prove" an existence of god.  Why does {fill in the blank} happen? I don't know...Must be God's doing.

Give me a break.

Quote of the Day 7/18

Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.





This is me jumping off the Junk we used in HaLong Bay. Look at that Horizontalization. Reminds me of my Bungee Jumping in Interlocken. Some bowling for me tonight.