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?

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.

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.

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.

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).

Life after Lost...

Last year, it seemed like the former stars from Battlestar Galactica kept popping up on Law and Order. This year, I guess it's Lost. The season premiere of SVU featured Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond) from Lost, and now the new Law and Order: Los Angeles had a cameo by Mira Furlan (Rousseau).

Tom Brady's in a car accident

If you were the guy (Ludgero Rodrigues) who hit Tom Brady's car in an accident, would you need to consider moving? Or are you really lucky? At least Brady wasn't hurt. Had it been more serious, you and Steve Bartman would have a lot to talk about.

Revis, Richardson - The Jets

This week's episode of "Hard Knocks" should be pretty interesting since Darrelle Revis has finally ended his holdout. Interestingly, he only gets $11 million more in guarantees, and 1 more year than he would have had if he had played out his original contract based on what is reported. Thankfully Revis will be back - with Calvin Pace out for a few weeks and a thin backup corps, the team's defense was looking vulnerable. Also, in the first three games the Jets are set to face Anquan Boldin, Randy Moss and Brandon Marshall. They needed Revis to be playing.

The other news of the weekend is how the Jets released, then re-signed fullback Tony Richardson. This too will make good "Hard Knocks." During his release will they then tell him that they'll re-sign him the next day? This is why football is so strange in general - you can release a player, then re-sign him the next day for the roster cuts with no penalty. The business aspect is so strange. The NFL still doesn't have a collective bargaining agreement yet either, which could lead to some business drama in the coming year.

By the way, "Hard Knocks" is pretty good tv. Why doesn't MLB get their act together and do a similar show? In fact it should be even better watching young players try to make the cut during spring training because there are so many more players in baseball invited to the camps.

Brett Favre Returns... Again.

I can't wait for October 11, Vikings at Jets. Can't wait for the Jets to pummel Brett Favre.

NBA Saves Knicks From Themselves

Maybe there is an NBA conspiracy to make the Knicks good (as suspected for the 1985 draft lottery) since the league rejected Isiah Thomas' contract with the Knicks. Phew! Dodged a bullet there!!

I Give Up

Another great Daily Show clip...

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Pea Puree

Top Chef Spoilers!!!!

I just saw an episode of this year's Top Chef - Washington DC, and the competition was in the Palm Restaurant. The episode's central controversy was around pea puree. One of the cheftestants, Ed, made a pea puree that didn't make it in transport to the Palm kitchen. He couldn't find it at all. That wouldn't be controversial except Alex, who was generally floundering around in the competition, won the episode using a pea puree. The episode shows that the night before, Alex says he does not know what he is going to make the next day. Kenny tells him that Ed had a nice looking pea puree. The next day, Ed is shown looking around the kitchen for a pea puree. Alex has his already cooked. Alex ends up winning the episode on the merit of the pea puree. He is shown in an interview saying he didn't know that Ed was making a pea puree. Strange.

It's pretty strange - the producers don't have any footage of Alex making the pea puree. They didn't show anything about Ed leaving the peas behind either. Alex's statement that he didn't know about Ed's puree is contradicted directly in the episode which is probably the most suspicious part. Also, Alex hasn't done anything on a winning note thus far, another reason to be slightly suspicious.

It's crazy. I personally think Alex took it - but he'll probably get knocked out before the finale, so the final prize won't be affected.

Rays No Hitter

If Galaraga's perfect game had counted earlier this year, would the Rays and Tigers be the first pair of teams to have a no hitter against them and for them in the same season?

Baseball

The Yankees played the Royals for a four game set, and watching the KC lineup, it is like watching an old fantasy baseball team from about ten years ago. Scott Podsednik, Jason Kendall, Jose Guillen, Rick Ankiel, Kyle Farnsworth and Bruce Chen? All aging stars. I don't think this is the way to have success. Young players who cost less could probably fill the positions just as well and have higher upside.

Inception

Just saw Inception. It was pretty good. Wait a second, Kitty Pryde in X-Men 3 was Juno? I just made that connection.

RIP - The Boss

Sad to hear about George Steinbrenner's passing this morning. I have little to add to the multitude of stories that are likely to be a part of the news cycle. But does anyone else think it was a little awkward of ESPN to put Dave Winfield on the Baseball Tonight interview with Derek Jeter as Jeter gushed about The Boss?

Week in Sports

Quite a week in sports. Here's a few things I've been thinking about:

1. LeBron - enough has been written on the subject, so I'm not sure what else I can add. Bill Simmons on ESPN had some nice summaries, as did the NY Times. What is most impressive to me is how a athlete / celebrity can go so quickly from being loved to being reviled without having done anything illegal. I'm with the group of people that thing LeBron is a lot less likable than he was before. One would think that a player of LeBron's status could recruit other players to play with him instead of the other way around. Surprisingly some of the other ESPN columnists have been somewhat supportive of James. Sure, it was within his rights to leave Cleveland but the way he did it was pretty tough. The media, fans, and public have to be a little responsible as well for building up egos to this size.

By the way, absolute must watch TV will be the first game of the Heat back in Cleveland.

2. Bob Sheppard - RIP. Amazing that a PA announcer is so linked with a team. Can you even name another PA announcer? Great move by Derek Jeter a few years ago to record Sheppard's voice so that he could announce him forever.

3. Spain wins World Cup - I was hoping for Netherlands but frankly, I don't really watch soccer. Here in Miami a ton of people reacted in the streets for the Spain win. I didn't know there were so many Spaniards here, or that all the Latinos felt such a connection to Spain.

4. The MLB All-Star game is this weekend. There are 83 named all-stars!

5. The Knicks - The team comes out of the off season in a bit of shambles. Amare Stoudamire is being very overpaid and a huge risk for the team, in my opinion. They didn't get LeBron and signed Stoudamire as a reactionary signing so that they had a marquee attraction. David Lee, a fan favorite, is now gone, and they have two new free agents that are in the mid-level range. Now, there's rumors Isiah Thomas is still linked with the team. That would be as if Barack Obama brought in George W Bush to be a part of his administration.

Well at least he's good at reading?

Clayton Moore of Fox News calls himself Steve Doocy - twice! For real? Yes. I guess he reads a little too well.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/28/fox-news-anchor-calls-him_n_593361.html