What's wrong with this picture?

With regards to the likes of Terrell Owens, Plaxico Burress and Chad Johnson, here's a question...

Why is it that the more talented you are, the more shit people allow you to get away with?

Way too much time on their hands

If ANY of my tax dollars went toward this, someone's getting a big-ass beating.

Kudos

Congratulations to Mike Mussina, who finally turned in his first 20-win season in his 18th year in the major leagues and now has 270 victories in his career.

He's still 0-2 against The University of Georgia and probably still harbors suicidal tendencies after giving up three hits to me...but congratulations anyway.

Logo overload

With college football on the brain, I found a website that displays college football helmets, both past and present. Some of the designs hurt my eyes.

So here's a quick quiz. Guess who? (answers below)

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1 - Arizona ('76)
2 - Cincinnati ('89)
3 - Florida State ('62)
4 - Hawaii ('74)
5 - Idaho ('81)
6 - Kansas State ('88)
7 - Kentucky ('72)
8 - Marshall ('75)
9 - Maryland ('71)
10 - Memphis ('89)

Now here's some that just fall under the category of "what were they thinking?"
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1 - Boise State ('96)
2 - West Virginia ('79)
3 - Connecticut ('75)
4 - Hawaii ('98)
5 - Iowa State ('79)
6 - Kansas State ('66)
7 - Wake Forest ('86)
8 - Alabama-Birmingham ('07)
9 - Tulane ('82)
10 - Temple ('08)
11 - Northwestern ('79)
12 - Louisiana-Lafayette ('97)

My dog just chews my socks

And in a related story, my father's dog once brought a cow's umbilical cord back to his work van one afternoon.

Where I sat

The Yankees-Orioles game has just finished and it got me to thinking about the games I attended. So I took a seating chart of The House That Ruth Built and blackened in the sections I (vaguely) remember sitting in.

In addition, I put a (rather large) "X" on the first base position in honor of the one and only game I actually played at Yankee Stadium, as a member of the New Jersey High School All-Stars against the New York H.S. All-Stars.

For the record, we won, and I went 1-for-3 with a single through the right side in my first at-bat.

Ah, the memories.

Job security

I don't really care if the Milwaukee Brewers make the playoffs or not.
But I will say this...
If they don't, General Manager Doug Melvin should lose his job and return his entire salary for firing Manager Ned Yost after 150 games.
But if they do, will interim manager Dale Sveum get any votes for Manager of the Year?

Dear Kat DeLuna,
Getting the opportunity to sing The Star Spangled Banner on Monday Night Football is not an excuse for you to turn it into a strip-tease, Britney Spears-inspired cover song.
If the citizens of Texas boo someone for singing The National Anthem, there's a pretty good reason. Chances are, you sucked.

(I refuse to officially air this on my site. Here's the link to it, if you're curious.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5dXH_M2suM

My prediction

The kickoff for the USC-Ohio State game is seconds away. Here's my prediction:

USC - 52
Ohio State - 14

In my humble opinion, this is the most overblown story of the young college football season. I don't give a rat's ass that they haven't played since 1990.
And for the record, I am NOT a USC fan by any stretch of the imagination. I'm actually pulling for OSU. I just don't think this is going to be close at all.

In addition, I believe Brent Musberger will be as annoying, and as over-the-top as ever.

Cheers.

Actual final - USC-35, Ohio State 3.
I guess I gave both offenses more credit than they deserved. But at least I was right in that it wasn't close. I still can't stand USC or Pete Carroll for that matter.

Oh no you "dih-in"

Ask anyone who knows me and they'll tell you how much I despise television commercials due to their general ignorance and lack of originality.
However, I was watching the Evil Empire the other night and came across this absolute beauty.
The lyrics just kill me, figuratively speaking.



And if you didn't get enough of the 30-second version, here's the full song.