* I can't understand for the life of me why Alex Rodriguez, a professional athlete, would inject himself with a substance some 36 times over the course of three years and not once think about what the product might do to him or if it was even legal.
* Many Atlanta fans were frustrated that the Braves were not able to land Ken Griffey Jr.. Quite a few felt like Griffey slighted the Braves. But there are many forces at work here. For starters, he is not the same Griffey he was three and four years ago when he returned from his first string of injuries. Looking back, it's a real shame injuries kept him from being the home run king. At best, Bobby Cox was looking at platooning Griffey with Matt Diaz in left field. And likely it would not have had a good ending. After being traded to the White Sox last year, Griffey went down with an injury. And though he may have liked the idea of playing in Atlanta for Bobby Cox and being only an hour through plane away from his kids, a return to Seattle probably is better for him - especially with the DH. For those who think the Braves were slighted by Griffey, maybe the blame should lay partly on Frank Wren. There seems to be many excuses for the Jake Peavy, AJ Burnett and Rafael Furcal situations, not to mention John Smoltz. Maybe it's Wren that isn't up to closing deals. However, let's give him credit for Derek Lowe. Instead the Braves landed Garret Anderson, who was one of the best hitters in the game a couple years ago. He'll be an upgrade, but I'm not sure if it'll be enough. The Braves needed a power-hitting left fielder to bat clean up. Anderson isn't going to give you all those, but if he stays healthy, he'll make plenty of contributions.
* Count me in for the people who want to see Slumdog Millionaire, which won eight oscars, including best picture.
* Speaking of the Oscars, what would we do without our buddy Sean Penn? For those of you that need a refresher, Penn is a great actor (seriously) that has beaten his ex-wife and hung out with dictators like Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein. In addition he makes it a point to lecture Americans on human rights. What a guy! Penn won the best actor role for his portrayal of Harvey Milk, the openly gay San Francisco city advisor back in the 70's who was assassinated. Let's take a look at Jesus - uh - Penn's acceptance speech with a little intersecting dialogue from yours truly.
Sean Penn: You commie, homo-loving sons-of-guns.
Scotty Thompson: You wife-beating fascist.
Sean Penn: I did not expect this, and I want to make it clear that I do know how hard I make it to appeciate me often.
Scotty Thompson: Aw shucks.
Sean Penn: But I am touched by the appreciation. I did scribble in the names in case you were commie, homo-loving sons-of-guns.
Scotty Thompson: You know me, Sean. Che, Che, what do you say?
Sean Penn: I think it's a good time for those who voted against the ban for gay marriage to sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren's eyes if they continue that wave of support. We've got to have equal rights for everyone.
Scotty Thompson: I'm not opposed to gay marriage, but come on Sean. Some people of good conscience have a moral opposition to it. Doesn't make them any worse of a person than you.
Sean Penn: I'm very very proud to live in a country that is willing to elect an elegant man president.
Scotty Thompson: So if I didn't vote for Obama, I must be anti-gay? And being elegant makes him a good president?
* GCSU's homecoming concert featured Shop Boyz and Cartel. Shop Boyz, a rap group was high from the beginning of the show, and contributed nothing substantial. Cartel, a rock band, had good guitarists, a good drummer and a lead singer with a girly, whiny voice. Not much different from the average pop-punk/rock band out there today. But he was a very funny guy. Two of the memorable quotes from him: "Hurray for Pneumonia!" and "How many of you are here with another girl?" The girls my roommate and I were with did meet them downtown later that night, and they seemed like nice people. I think the college could make plenty of money if it had more concerts like that throughout the year. As a side note, the only casualty of the night was my glasses, which were bent by a girl crowd surfer, who landed on top of my head.
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Be aware of surfers dude when there is no ocean around.
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