Please join the ESPN tournament challenge group. The Poop, as always. Vote early and often. Do one for the kiddies, one for the wife, one for the family dog.
BYU forward Brandon Davies was kicked off the team for a violation of the school's honor code. Davies's transgression: he had sex with his girlfriend. In addition to turning the entire campus into a champagne room, students are also told to be honest, so he had an attack of conscience and admitted to his intercourse. Not only did the selfish prick fuck his girlfriend, he fucked Jimmer Fredette too. Without Davies, the team's leading rebounder, the Cougars lost to New Mexico, one game after beating San Diego State for the second time this year. Next year Davies will likely transfer to another school (Arizona State?) where he can get all the pussy he wants and not feel badly about it in the morning. But you mean to tell me Jimmer Fredette is scoring 40 points and not scoring after the games? I don't believe that for a second, I just think he does it without the pangs of guilt.
I'm standing the garage waiting for them to bring my car around and I see a driver coming in who looks like Chris Mad Dog Russo. I can't get a good look at him but I notice he is driving a Lexus LS450, with Connecticut plates - could be him.
He gets out of the car and is just a few feet from me and it his so I say "Hey Mad Dog!" And he replies very cordially then goes over to the attendant to get his ticket. As the guy is inspecting his car he says to Mad Dog "are they going to sign you up again?"
It was clear Mad Dog didn't understand what he meant or what he said because of his accent, so he just said "I've got two years left on my contract."
This is when I chimed in: "Mad Dog, you have to come back, I just cannot listen to Francesa by himself." "I've got two years left, so they're gonna have to do it with someone else, not me." "But he is terrible." "I know, it's tough." [He actually agreed with my rip of Mike.]
Then he starts to walk away and he says "You need to get Sirius." I said "I'm a shareholder." He replied "A dollar-81" and just like that he was gone.
I forgot to get his e-mail address so I can copy him on my e-mail to TON when Sirius hits $2.
"Voyage to Atlantis" - Isley Brothers This is one of those things that makes me feel like I was born at the wrong time. An amazing Isley Brothers song I never heard before. If I had been of age in 1977 I would have had this jam on 8-track.
I witnessed this accident at an Exxon station on Route 4 in Fort Lee. The driver came right off the highway, right between the pumps, over a huge pile of bags of rock salt and right into a car pumping gas.
How pissed would you be if you are pumping gas and some dickbag comes right off the highway and slams into you. So hard that your rear window breaks.
A brawl at a Denny's in infamous Chicopee, Massachusetts. It started when one woman asked the other for some maple syrup. To which the other woman replied "bitch, your pancakes look fine to me."
In truth, two men (likely their boyfriends/husbands) were fighting first, allegedly over a car accident that occurred in the parking lot.
"I Wanna Be Your Man" - Charlie Wilson featuring Fantasia Good ol' Uncle Charlie wanted to do a tribute to his dead old friend, Roger Troutman, so he enlisted Fantasia and did a cover version of one of his most famous songs. It's a pretty good version, not great, not as good as the original which was one of the very first Songs of the Week.
It's pretty well-documented that Derek Jeter has the best life of anyone, anywhere, ever. Jeter just moved into a new mansion in Davis Islands near Tampa, Florida. It is in this home where he has sex with Minka Kelly. But I would say if you had only half of what he had, you'd still be doing much better than most. But which half would you take?
It seems like the Knicks are close to trading Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Eddy Curry and Anthony Randolph in return for Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups and a couple of spare parts.
As much as I love Melo I think the Knicks should stand pat. Yes, there is a chance Melo will panic and accept a trade (and a 3-year, $65 million deal) to the Nets, but the long-term interests of the team would be best served by hoping Melo hits the free agent market.
The fact is, he wouldn’t make the team good enough to win a title this year. So why trade serviceable parts (Gallo, Chandler and even Felton – though he may not be with the team next year) and another #1 draft choice (in 2014) to get him now? The only answer is because after this summer’s debacle Donnie Walsh doesn’t want to come up short once again.
Yes, it would be a gamble to give the Nets three days to reach a deal with Melo, and yes it would be an embarrassment to be wrong, but the prospect of getting Melo for free (essentially) makes that a wager worth making.
Actor Len Lesser died at the age of 88. After a long and successful acting career Lesser will only be remembered for playing Jerry's Uncle Leo in Seinfeld.
I picked this scene before reading Jerry's memory of Uncle Leo in the Daily News: "Len was one of our favorites. We always loved having him on the show. I'll never forget when Uncle Leo was in prison and tattooed 'Jerry Hello' on his knuckles. He was a very sweet guy."
"10 Seconds" - Jazmine Sullivan This doesn't even seem like a song. The lyrics don't rhyme, they have no consistent cadence, she's just really pissed off.
In 2010 hedge-fund manager John Paulson had the best year in the history of investing. Paulson's net income from his various ventures, but mostly his own personal investments in his own funds, was more than $5 billion. $5,000,000,000! This tops Paulson's previous record of $4 billion which he made betting against the housing market in 2007. This time most of his riches came from investing in gold, which rose about 45% during the year. There's two ways of looking at this: crediting Paulson for his daring and his intelligence and saying it's proof that our system is for the most part a meritocracy where the achievements of the individual are unlimited. Others say the system that allows one individual to profit that much, while others suffer is broken and in need of repair. Especially considering that most of Paulson's earnings are considered capital gains and not ordinary income and will therefore be taxed at a rate of only 15%.
An underwhelming crop of Super Bowl ads this year. Nothing really stands out to me. The two I liked best were both subtle sexual innuendos, big shocker.
Faith Hill Teleflora. No one had heard of this company before so they needed to do something to get noticed. This probably worked,
Pepsi Max First Date. Another ad taking advantage of the one track minds of men.
Pepsi Max Love Hurts. All the ads for Pepsi Max and Doritos were user generated. This one was clearly sent in by the Concierge.
Snickers Logging. A lot of people liked this one and I did too but it was too similar to last year’s Betty White ad to really be a standout.
Volkswagen The Force. This one was really great the only problem is so many people (14m hits) saw it before the Super Bowl. But if you hadn’t, this could definitely be your favorite. I love the remote starter.
Doritos Pug Attack. Anything with a dog being cute is bound to be liked by 90% of the people.
Bud Light Dog Sitter. This is one the exception. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I love dogs, I love poker but I hate dogs playing poker. We don’t need to see dogs walking around on two legs serving beer. Of course evil Mrs. Poop says this is her favorite.
CareerBuilder Parking Lot. I know it’s a running gimmick with CareerBuilder but I feel like the monkey thing is already played out. And once again, animals dressed as or behaving like people is an immediate turnoff to millions of Americans.
Doritos Best Part. This ad got the worst reviews of any Super Bowl ad I saw. I thought it was kind of funny because the creepiness was obviously very intentional.
Kim Kardashian Skechers. I love Kim Kardashian and I thought she looked great here but I thought the dumping my trainer bit was a little stupid.
NFL Best Fans Ever. I loved this one. A little obsession of mine is remembering where various television shows are set. I loved the superimposed jerseys/shirts/hats and foam fingers. I’m not complaining about Sofia Vergara being a Redskins fans but Modern Family is set in California. I actually wish they included “Family Ties” because they were well known Bengals fans. And how could the Eagles biggest fan, Cory Matthews not make this montage?
Sealy Afterglow. A very racy commericial for such a staid and boring company. I noticed they had a lot of interracial couples which I appreciate.
Carmax Kid in a Candy Store. Kind of clever, wrestler in a folding chair factory. I think I will start using that one.
I wrote a whole entire post on all the prop bets I was going to do for the Super Bowl and blogger fucked up and cost me the entire thing. There is no way I can recreate it with the neatness I had so I will just go through it quickly.
I'll take the Steelers +2 1/2. I think the final score will be 34-27. I am taking combined score of 51-55 and 56-60, both at 12-1 odds. I also like each team to score exactly 28 points at 12-1 odds. I like Rashard Mendenhall to score a touchdown. I like the total interceptions to be over 1 1/2 and I'll take Polamalu to get one at 5/2 odds. I think Tim Masthay will have punt with gross yardage over 54 1/2. I think the Steelers total points will cover a 7 1/2 point spread over Blake Griffin's rebounds. I think Christina Aguilera will sing the National Anthem in less than 1:54. I think Fergie's first halftime show outfit will be shorts. I think FOX will show Jerry Jones under 2 1/2 times, but mention Brett Favre more than 2 1/2 times. I think a player will do the Aaron Rodgers belt celebration, but it will be a Steeler (though that doesn't matter for the wager). Green Bay will have a higher TV rating for the game than Pittsburgh.
There were a lot more the first time but blogger fucked me.
I also liked under 5 sacks combined by both teams, and over 13 1/2 rushing yards for Roethlisberger.
Minka Kelly, the hottest woman alive, absolutely killing it in another photo shoot, this one from GQ.
This is all to promote her newest movie, "The Roommate" co-starring Leighton Meister. It's an updated, college version of "Single White Female" only with hotter chicks.
The strange thing is, Meester who plays second fiddle to Blake Lively on "Gossip Girl" now plays the less pretty friend of Minka. But in a strange way she kind of looks like her. If this works out she could play her psycho sister in the next movie.