Wednesday, October 20, 2010

LeBron's mean tweets

So LeBron retweets some of his "hate tweets" trying to gain some sympathy.

He says in the article:

"I just want you guys to see it also. To see what type of words that are said toward me and towards us as professional athletes. Everybody thinks it is a bed of roses and it's not."

When Hank Aaron or Ken Griffey Jr got hate mail and death threats, that makes me feel bad. When Jason Taylor got death threats, even THAT made me feel bad. But when LeBron complains about it somehow it just seems immature. Is that too much of a double standard?

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Let's not get too excited about the Jets...

The Jets are 4-1, they look good and have been executing well. Still let's not get too excited - it's only October and frankly they haven't played that many good teams. NE is pretty decent and Baltimore looks strong but they lost that game. Miami is probably about an average team when all is said and done and Buffalo is poor. I also think the Vikings are very overrated this year. So before we crown the Jets as Super Bowl contenders, let's see how they stack up against the top teams.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Who's David Less?


They obviously meant "David Price" here. I wonder if they're using dictation software or voice recognition because that's a strange typo.

Thursday, October 07, 2010

No Soda for People on Food Stamps?

Mayor Bloomberg wants to ban soda purchases using food stamps in NYC. Interesting thought - sugared soda is certainly full of calories and very cheap, and likely contribute to obesity. So the suggestion would ban "beverages with more than 10 calories per 8 ounces, and would exclude fruit juices without added sugar, milk products and milk substitutes." Interesting questions arise from this, of course:

Should the government be involved in these types of personal choices?
Considering that food stamps are a federally backed program, isn't it reasonable that they can set limits?
Is it even fair to suggest that people on food stamps (poor people) are part of the obesity problem?
What about diet soda?

Interesting approach. I like Bloomberg's ideas, even if I don't necessarily agree with them.

Sunday, October 03, 2010

Carry Your Cat in a Bag



I just got a new iPod Touch with a camera. The camera quality isn't great but it lets me take pictures like this when I notice something silly. For example, at Best Buy the other day, I noticed this woman was carrying her cat in a bag! Dogs I've seen, but I don't think I've ever seen a cat in a bag before. Please, no "who let the cat out of the bag" jokes.

Bring Your Gun to DInner

The NY Times headline reads, "More States Allowing Guns in Bars and Restaurants." I have to think this would lead to more accidents. Booze and guns seem like a bad combination, no?

Law and Order and Marvel Comics

Another set of Law and Order connections to Marvel Comics movies. JK Simmons has long been the psychiatrist on Law and Order, and of course, he is J Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man movies. But now two other characters are part of the regulars on Law and Order: Los Angeles - Alfred Molina (Dr. Octopus) and Terence Howard (James Rhodes).