Archive for August, 2009

Top 10 Reasons Brett Favre Joined The Vikings

By | August 23, 2009 | Football | 1 Comment

Letterman is still funny.

NFL, Where Are You?

By | August 19, 2009 | Football | 3 Comments

I’m usually giddy by this time of the year. I’ve usually watched some preseason games and am really getting into the hype about the upcoming football season.

This year? Not so much.

The AFC West is imploding. My Broncos are the only team that seems to have a chance at even a .500 record, and even that is looking unlikely. How many teams can you name that do much with a first year coach (Josh McDaniels) and no clear leader at quarterback? The Chargers’ Norv Turner hasn’t really delivered on his promises, and neither have his players. The Raiders, with all of the infighting, have a long road ahead and with coaches punching coaches, it seems that they still don’t have the leadership that they need. Oh, and the Chiefs. You mean they’re still around? Even signing Ashley Lelie won’t help them, I’m afraid.

This is not to say that there isn’t other news around the NFL, but considering those stories are about a convicted felon being let back into the league, a man that continues to un-retire, and an untimely and shady death, it seems like the whole league is on shaky ground so far this year.

Hey guys! Can we get back to the excitement that preseason used to bring? Where are the heroes? Because if this is what we have to work with all year, it’s going to be a long season.

BREAKING NEWS: Favre is Going to the Vikings – Really

By | August 18, 2009 | Uncategorized | 7 Comments

According to this article as I type this Brett and Deanna Favre are on an airplane with a Vikings logo on it.

The word is they are flying to Minnesota to (presumably) sign with the Vikings.

Minnesota_VikingsWell, Brett will play for the Vikings. I assume Deanna is just going along for solidarity unless she has really been hitting the weight room this summer.

In fact, I am sick to death of Brett Favre and his serial retirements. It would be much more interesting if Deanna was going to suit up. I would actually root for her.

Ugh. This looks strange.

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Usain Bolt is Faster Than You

By | August 17, 2009 | Uncategorized | Comments Off

Usain Bolt is faster than anyone.

Oh. I just realized when I was typing that that his name is Bolt. BOLT. I, unlike Usain Bolt, am slow.

He set a new world record by running the 100 meter sprint in 9.58 seconds yesterday in the World Athletic Championships in Berlin, beating his own record of 9.69 seconds from last summer’s Olympics in Beijing. I might have time to solve a minor problem in my own mind in the time it would take me to run 100 meters. His synapses barely have time to fire.

Beijing 100 meter race here.

Berlin race, in HD.

That makes the Beijing run feel like an eternity, doesn’t it?

A runner with personality and confidence, it’s been said that when he waits to openly celebrate how ridiculously fast he runs, he runs faster. Rival and second-place finisher Tyson Gay set the American record yesterday with a 9.71 finish, going on in interviews afterwards about how he could have totally beaten him, whatever, although analysts had their money on Bolt going in.

Kerron Stewart, also of Jamaica, came in first in the women’s 100 with a time of 10.92, one of three Jamaican women in the top four. American Carmelita Jeter came in second at 10.94. .02 seconds, an eternity.

See? Fast.

I hate the Yankees

By | August 15, 2009 | Baseball, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

I freakin’ hate the New York Yankees.

Always have, always will.  For what it’s worth, I come by it honestly.   Some families have a strong allegiance to a team for one reason or other…but my family loathes the Yankees together.   My dad instilled this dislike into my sister and me when we were wee ones.  It’s just the way it is.

My hatred for them has grown and expanded throughout the years.   The loathing has been aided by my allegiance to the Baltimore Orioles.

I hate that the Yankees are the leading team in baseball.   I hate that they have more have more championships than any other franchise in North American professional sports history.   I hate that their history is rich and includes numerous celebrated players.  I hate that their former stadium was considered one of the most famous venues ever.  I hate that so many of their current players are heralded as the best of their position.   I hate their pinstripes, I hate their owner, I hate Jeffrey Maier, and I hate Derek Jeter.   I hate that I now have a document saved on my computer named NYY_hatred.

Before I married The Husband, I grilled him as to whether or not he would join the family circle of disparaging The Evil Empire.   He almost failed, as he started off by admiring their glorious history blah blah blah.   I had to sternly inform him that I wouldn’t consider matrimony to a person who could say even slightly complimentary things about the rat bastids.   He now knows it’s acceptable—and encouraged—to shout obscenities at the television if there is anything Yankee-related being broadcast.

Mind you: I only hate their players when they are actual Yankees.   I’ve been known to become huge fans of former Yankees—Joe Torre being the most recent (especially after his book!).   I’ve also been known drop my love for a player if they begin playing for the jerks (um, hello Mike Mussina).

I saw a NYY cap in the road the other day, and swerved to make sure I ran over it. Thank you, Phen, my Yankee hating friend, for leading the way!

So there it is.  I freakin’ hate the New York Yankees.  It’s just the way it is.

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