look who was in town

that's not the highlight of her career so far, but the road ahead is open and wide. let's have her do originals soon.

scratching and clawing

ok, let's see the bitch her broker a new Middle East peace agreement, like Bill did.

(which of course, will be undone by some dark age zealot)

(in which case, we should slap John Lennon around and tell him we gave peace all the chances)

who will be the turkey?

who would have thought that through 11 games, the former backup would be better than the superstar?

Mike Turner vs. LDT, head to head:

Rushing Yards: 1,088 to 770
Rush Avg. 4.3 to 3.8
Longest Run: 66 to 41
TDs: 13 to 6 (1 receiving)
Rushing 1st Downs: 56 to 35
Total Points: 78 to 36

the only advantage LDT has right now is receiving yards and other reception-related stats, but that has been Tomlinson's trademark anyway as an all-around back. granted, he's had nagging injuries but perhaps San Diego would not be 4-7 if they kept Turner to, in turn, save Tomlinson for the playoffs.

as it is, Turner, along with potential Rookie of the Year Matt Ryan, is making Atlanta forget Michael Vick and leading the Falcons' charge into the postseason.

gametime: 4.05 PM EST @ QualComm Stadium

Plax puts foot in gun

looks like Domenik Hixon will see more burn.


update: now they're saying he shot himself in the thigh, so the post title is rendered incorrect.

ok, this is pushing it.

the blessings of sleeping late

i mean, is Black Friday worth your life? the worker was just doing his job, and the backlash would have been bigger if it was a shopper. speaking of which, we usually go back to the Dark Ages when going shopping. American consumerism is alive and well. what recession are they talking about?

i'm not sure who's spinning what, with conflicting reports that the victim was a temporary maintenance worker, or a full time clerk, trying to hold back the unruly crowds.

a summer blockbuster in the making

calling Hollywood action auteurs!


and you should make it soon, then donate all (and i mean all) profits to the victims.

why are you still here?

if you don't wanna play, just go away.

turkey time

kidding. in honor of the Native Americans who died since, we are having adobo and fruit salad.

birds swam

the bitch was shut up. good for us.

mr. big

Charlie Weis' buyout is larger than he is?


hey, i didn't do this pic!

what can Browns do for you? nada.

alleged gay, out for the year.

ouch!

wasn't too long ago ...


the curse will never go away; everyone in New York say a novena for Brett Favre.

one thing's for sure ...

... they won't fit into three subway seats.


Mama McNabb, time to call the moving vans.

Mr. Reid, have you visited the doc lately? and oh, please don't run into Charlie Weis. that would be a catastrophic collision.

dumbo

well, its my highest priority that my children's generation (or at least my children) will be so much better than this one.

finally, someone had balls!

this doesn't even cover the rapes committed by KBR people. after this, we want to hear Blackwater is next on the list.

is Antarctica a country?

would they avoid difficult questions?

and he's baaaaaaack!

with this two-hour teaser leading into the resumption of the regular series in January, Jack raises hell again, this time in Africa. that only leaves Australia and Antarctica as the continents where Jack hasn't killed anyone (am sure he may have killed a prisoner or two during his incarceration in China between Seasons 5 and 6).

escaping the long arm of the law, Jack can only run so far as he is still served with a subpoena in deepest Africa (tsk tsk, damn lawyers) - which he obviously flouts. reluctantly leaving his safe haven with an old friend Benton (the always underrated Robert Carlyle), who is running a school for kids, he only manages to take a few steps out the door before he is yanked back into saving the world again.

a coup d'etat funded by shadowy elements of the US government (well, who else is well-placed to do these things?) puts Jack and the kids on the run to the US Embassy (currently being evacuated a-la Vietnam), resulting in Jack being placed back in US custody.

24 has a knack for having insights into the future, as the new President takes office as these events happen, a Laura Bush look-alike taking over from Noah Daniels (Powers Boothe). remember, 24 even had two black presidents before Barack actually even won the office. of course, let's just skip the fact that one was assassinated and the other one injured.

with even more skulduggery afoot (Jon Voight reprising his role in Enemy of the State), Jack will have to bail us out again, within twenty four hours. there isn't time, dammit!


wow. there's a Carly Pope sighting. been awhile, girl.

being myself

finally, a film worthy of Keanu Reeves' wooden-ness.

no, we just hate Kanye.

doesn't it look strange?

and he ends up on the winning end in both cases. bastard.

ten and one

Titans finally stumble, to Brett's Jets.


(ESPN/AP/J. Russell)

now it remains to be seen whether they finish with a flourish, like the 2006 Colts, or mirror last year's juggernaut, the boys from New England.

fate is a coin

not only do the Patriots have to make a decision, but Gisele Bundchen as well.

like i said, somewhere out there, Bridget Moynahan is smiling.

i'd have some of that!

throwdown

well, that's something positive you can do for a change.

eeww!

in this corner

ex-Vike and former #7 bust pick Troy Williamson wants to whup his former coach




"I ain't going to try to dig it back up because I can really, really go at coach Childress, but I'm not going to do it."
- Troy Williamson, not playing on Sunday

"Do you need my reach? I'm not like a woman; I'll give you my weight. It's 190 pounds of twisted steel and rompin', stompin' dynamite. Is that enough humor for you?"
- Coach Brad Childress

place your bets.

(this better not be a prank)

drive them off a cliff!!!

you really hate progress, do you?

what, you mean he can't be eloquent? maybe the kids would learn a thing or two.

According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it "alienating" to have a president who speaks English as if it were his first language.

"Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement," says Mr. Logsdon. "If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist."

The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, "Okay, subject, predicate, subject predicate -- we get it, stop showing off."

after years of the Bush admin conducting business through doublespeak and lies, you really want someone to pander to the people and make them feel you're one of them and you don't know shit, rather than projecting a sense of intelligence and telling the truth in clear concise terms? is that the people talking or is it just you, Mr. Logsdon?

Palin the PornStar, er, sorry ... the Alaskan Govnuh tries to put in her three cents in her last bid to stay in the limelight:

"Talking with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder can't really do there, I think needing to do that isn't tapping into what Americans are needing also," she said.

oh, really now? maybe you should've started talking like that and you might have won, dumbass.

welcome to the new 21st century. get used to it.



what, you guys can't take a joke?

wide right

Buffalo misses again. Rian Lindell puts on a Scott Norwood mask.

meh.

now he wasn't beaten by a bunch of penguins

stuck in bumfuck

its usually "Bumfuck, Iowa", but in this case, its "Bumfuck, North Carolina".

kidding. but please never ever:
- take US Airways
- book yourself in the Days Inn Charlotte Airport Coliseum

bad weather on the East Coast caused my flight out of New York to be delayed, and also causing me to miss my connecting flight to Houston from Charlotte. maybe it wasn't totally the airline's fault, but docking me $15 for my checked bag, not offering me alternative accommodations, and basically not being able to help me out causes me to be leery of them.

the situation was compounded by a bad decision on which hotel to stay the night, and made even worse by not being booked in the place i was thinking of. so instead of being near the Charlotte public transport system (which would have taken me to downtown in half an hour), i'm waaaaaaaaay out in the boondocks.


so the only decent place to have a meal for someone who doesn't drive (like me) and a cheapskate (like me) is at the end of several high-volume roads with hurtling tons of metal.


you can easily trace how i got from point A to point B. by walking.

on the bright side, the Panthers won.
the bad thing is i wasn't outside the Bank of America stadium when it happened.

on the brighter side, Cracker Barrel had nice and cheap meals. the Sunday Homestyle Chicken hits the spot.

then Jax has Tennessee on the ropes. until i was finishing this post. see ya later.

"playoffs? you're talkin' 'bout playoffs? sure!!!"

yeah. that's one ballsy SOB.

Tom who?

i am able to watch Thursday Night Football on NFL Network, courtesy of ATDHE.net and my favorite football blog, KSK. not having NFL Network at all (who does???) on my basic cable, i'm a little disappointed with TNF. is this it? talking heads yakking most of the game especially during the Jets drives?? WTF??

at the close of the 3rd quarter, an 18 point Jet lead dwindled to 3. Matt Cassel is trying his damndest to make everyone forget Tom Brady.

wait, maybe this is one of those wrestling dramas - Cassell takes off his helmet (and mask) revealing ... Tom Brady!!!

update: tied at 24, 10 minutes to go. crap.

update 2: Meagan Good's boyfriend finally breaks through. finally! 3 minutes to go.

update 3: that was a nerve-wracking 1:41! dammit! overtime!

update 4: kick it dammit!!!!



YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

high school musical

Rockets/Suns last night. with all the shoving and posturing, this looks soooo high school.




T-Mac nastily shoves our 3rd favorite Canadian (Wolverine first, then Celine DionElisha Cuthbert) to the ground. ooooooooooooo. that's so braven.






Shaq clearly wants to er, throw his weight around. Yao Ming drops like a sack of rice. tsk tsk. the Red Army won't be pleased.

a whole new world

oh, you wish!


i actually like the indictment of Bush on high treason charges.

a better man than the rest

whoa! a Jake Plummer sighting.

huh?

uh, where else would he be working out? Gisele's bedroom? yeah, baby!!


next CNN news item: Brady gets hungry, drops by at Denny's.

generation O politics

freddie wants to finger

they haven't given me a mortgage yet, but potentially i could be paying their bills?!?

i feel the need, the need for publicity.

whenever Obama skeptics say "time will tell", i hope the time comes immediately, so we'll know asap. until then, we'll be hearing more from people like this.

must ... go ... find ... friend.

Cleveland '09

its okay, as long as it pushes through. will the Ariana Huffington guest bit be actually Tracey Ullman?

v for victory

mr. o goes to washington

c'mon, Georgie, let's go clean up your mess.

insurance = mobsters

we get cheap dental and they're getting another $150 billion???

they wanna throw down? let 'em.

its sad that in this day and age, people still can't get over their prejudices and bias.


don't forget, assholes. you will have a revolution if it happens.

his name is Cletus?!

what's creepier than the (Burger) King running around the football field scoring touchdowns and on the streets putting money in people's pockets?



its the King doing cheerleader routines with Cletus the Fox Sports robot. i mean, WTF??

pound for pounded

it wasn't too long ago (or was it?) that Roy Jones Jr was the best in the biz.

my dad was probably watching from heaven.

originality, please.

yeah, sure. people will vote for you because of the color of your skin, not because you are competent.

yo mama for Gen-O

a book would be out in no time ...

where's the fire and brimstone now?

oh, now, suddenly, you're changing your tune huh?

at the height of the campaign, Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota told Chris Matthews of MSNBC that, when it came to Mr. Obama, “I’m very concerned that he may have anti-American views” ... after narrowly escaping defeat because of those comments, saying she was “extremely grateful that we have an African-American who has won this year.” Ms. Bachmann, a Republican, called Mr. Obama’s victory, which included her state, “a tremendous signal we sent.”

And it was not too long ago that Senator John McCain’s running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, accused Mr. Obama of “palling around with terrorists.”

But she took an entirely different tone on Thursday, when she chastised reporters for asking her questions about her war with some staff members in the McCain campaign at such a heady time. “Barack Obama has been elected president,” Ms. Palin said. “Let us, let us — let him — be able to kind of savor this moment, one, and not let the pettiness of maybe internal workings of the campaign erode any of the recognition of this historic moment that we’re in. And God bless Barack Obama and his beautiful family.”

its so pathetic how people who peddle or belligerently believed in lies peddled by others, suddenly wash their hands off them when it suits them the most.

the only harsh words we heard from Obama was when he was condemning their harsh words. whether he won or not, he had no reason to backtrack on anything. that's how you do it, you dumbfuck politicians.

President Obama may be more than willing to bury the hatchet, and for opponents, they don't seem to regret brandishing the knives because they know they'll be let off easily. this kind of behavior leads me to believe the backstabbers will be back in full force soon, and are definitely ready to turn public opinion on Barack at a moment's notice.

i hope you have great watchdogs, Barack. taking the high ground can be counterproductive.

we are glad to see neither Phil Gramm nor Alan Greenspan were invited

scherzo

the good thing about this is even non-Americans are quick to defend the new President and America, which seemed implausible just even months ago.

and so it begins ...

single?

i've seen these signs on Jersey lawns, and now i know what it means.

die, you fucking bitch!

as long as you think like that, Malkin ...

this is a perfect example of how some people don't want to work together, despite the glaring fact that the times call for it.

let me repeat: die, you fucking bitch!

yes, and he better do a damn good job!

wishing for the devil they'd rather have

when even a colleague says, "he'll be dead by then" (referring to his January inauguration), i just shake my head, though i want to throttle the cynics. but then again, i'm happy to read about the world reacting mostly in a positive way.

new day

try your best not to screw this up, Barack.

if you think Dubya had it bad, it will go worse for you. i know you understand the power of public opinion. and the internetz, which played a major role in unearthing truths and negating lies during the last 4 years. in fact, it helped a lot in getting you here.

best of luck, man. we're watching.


(btw, your grandma didn't get to see you win; my dad didn't get to see my future children, whom i hope to be born within your term. i hope they're both smiling at us)

choice

ok, America, this one's for the future.

phoenix diving

Joaquin does a Yoda before he leaves the building.



I search the faces of the gods... for ways to please you, to make you proud. One kind word, one full hug... where you pressed me to your chest and held me tight. Would have been like the sun on my heart for a thousand years. What is it in me that you hate so much?

uh, your whiny acting style?

kidding. whenever you feel you want to stage a comeback, call me first, so i can blog it.

do you meow me?

Dale Bozzio hates cats.

what, no more royalties?

Mavericks bitchslap 'the Maverick'.

tempting the whirlwind, are we?

45 seconds? i'll take that!

if it were the cowboy, i'd be more impressed.

Interview with the Wannabes (2012)