Wednesday, January 23, 2008

McCain


I thought I was oh-so-clever in noticing that John McCain's 2008 logo looked a lot like the logo for McCain foods. Then I did a google search for the logos and found that many people have beat me to the punch.

Who Let the Dogs Out??



This happened on Martin Luther King Jr Day 2008.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Girlie Man?

Of course, the NY Post is always trying to stir things up, so it should never be taken seriously at all. On the other hand, I can't help but notice how absurd it has been getting lately.

Last week after the Giants beat the Cowboys, the paper claimed credit on the front cover because their "Jessica Simpson look-alike" distracted Tony Romo.


Obviously absurd, and I'm sure the paper was just doing it as a joke... It's a joke, isn't it?


Today's Post
is getting even sillier:



Article excerpt:

"FLOWERY TOM A POSY PATSIE
- BLOOMS IN HAND, BRACE ON FOOT IN VILLAGE CALL TO GISELE
January 22, 2008 -- Tom Brady hasn't been brutally beaten down by the Giants yet - but at least the petal-pushing flower boy is limping.

The cocky quarterback for the undefeated* New England Patriots was caught hobbling to the West Village home of his gal pal, Gisele Bundchen, yesterday - carrying a box of pretty little posies."

That's right! Every time they refer to the Patriots as undefeated, they're adding an asterisk. In fact, the asterisk is the number one reason to hate the Patriots, in case you need 10 reasons.



Oh that crazy NY Post, joking once again, right? The readers are in on the joke, right?

Right???

Thursday, January 17, 2008

iTunes Rentals

Now that iTunes has rental service available for movies, does this mean that the tv networks will also try and start charging for "on-demand" style service for their shows? If so, is that the end of getting episodes for free from network websites?

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The Knicks Have Won 3 In A Row?????

What is going on? It's like I'm in some strange new reality!

Monday, January 14, 2008

NFL, NBA, Comics

Well, looks like the Patriots will be the champs again. Yes, it looks like a done deal. Many thanks to both the Colts and the Chargers.

Frankly, the most exciting football game left in the year is the NFC Championship Game next week. There's just no way that the Patriots will lose in the next two weeks. Based on storylines, I prefer a Chargers / Giants (Philip Rivers vs Eli Manning) Super Bowl because of the QB draft histories. Obviously if Favre reaches the Super Bowl, it's a big story as well. Two weeks of whether or not how much the Patriots are the best team ever is going to make me want to vomit.

Briefly - the Jags vs Pats - I thought the Jags had a chance at the half. They had played a decent game in the first half but were by no means perfect. On the other side, the Pats were statistically perfect and missed a FG, and the game was tied. Usually when teams have the Pats close / tied at the half, the Patriots have had a sloppy half while the other team has played perfectly. In this game, I thought it was a bit of the opposite, and the Jags were tied, so it gave me hope. But the moment they faltered and had to kick a FG, it was clear the game was over. Amusing graphic of the night? Putting "10-3 as a starter" under David Gerrard's name. Second most amusing? "QB rating: 3rd overall in NFL." They never put "16-0" as a starter, "1st overall" or "MVP" under Brady's name.

I missed the Seattle vs Green Bay game but wished I had watched some. I love NFL in the snow. I also slept through Indianapolis and San Diego. I'm glad I did.

I'm happy for the Giants, who have now won 9 road games in a row. There is still no way that they can beat the Patriots. I've always liked Tom Coughlin as a coach, so it's particularly nice to see him get to another championship game.

In a day of upsets, the biggest upset wasn't even in the NFL! I had to read the score about five times - New York Knicks 89, Detroit 65! I thought for sure the teams were mixed up in the scores on that one. No, not true.

Good recap on Spider-Man's recent goings on by this column. So the marriage never happened but Peter and MJ dated for a while and were close friends. None of the previous stories that have happened since the wedding ever happened with them married but they still happened. Harry Osborn is alive somehow. On the one hand, comics makes changes like this all the time (see the DC Universe for re-writing origin stories over and over) but on the other, it's completely maddening. So what happened? What didn't? So confusing. Count me out.