Last week, I had two prediction posts: The Men and The Women
This week, I’ll knock off all the birds with one stone! Last week, I was 2 out of 4!!
BTW, American Idol claims this is the best group of singers ever… I’m not seeing it!
Onto the predictions…. If you haven’t watched it yet, you might want to stop reading now:
Today Steelers Nation lost one of their best supporters. Myron Cope passed away at the age of 79. He was the color commentator for the Steelers for 35 years as well as the inventor of the Terrible Towel. As a child, I lived in house similar to many other Pittsburghers - when we watched the Steelers, the sound on the TV was turned all the way down and the radio was turned on. He will be greatly missed.
This was brought to us yet again by our roving sailing reporter on the open seas, Lizzie McHates-You:
Now, come this summer, I will have a brother-in-law, and I would like to think that even if we completely disagreed on something, I wouldn’t stab him for his political views. Sports teams? Maybe. Political views? Not so much.
Okay, so I forgot D-Mac. Yeah, my bad. But after meeting the biggest American Football fan from the other side of the “pond” this weekend, I decided, you know what? Its time to get back on the horse and post again. Thus, ITS MOCK DRAFT TIME, BABY! Yet again, no trades yet.
Just a little humor for your friday (for a funny story over at my site, click here),
BUT this story below makes sense on a day like today… this is a forward from my friend Christine S.
Here is the preamble (from the email) to the section
In one episode of “Cheers”, Cliff is seated at the bar describing the Buffalo Theory to his buddy, Norm. I don’t think I’ve ever heard the concept explained any better than this . .
You have to love the theories of Cliff Clavin:
“Well you see, Norm, it’s like this . . . A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.
In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.
And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers.”
Have a great weekend!
The other day I was asked what I thought of the continuing saga of the NFL, Senator Arlen Spector, and spygate.
My Initial thoughts are posted on September 14th in my post entitled Weak (click here)
So what is my reaction to this article at ESPN?:
INDIANAPOLIS — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell hopes the NFL is close to an agreement that will allow former New England Patriots employee Matt Walsh to tell the league about the tapes he is said to have made of the St. Louis Rams’ walk-through before the 2002 Super Bowl.
“The lawyers are still talking and we’re anxious to speak to him. We’re anxious to get an agreement to get him to come forth,” Goodell told the Associated Press on Wednesday before the start of the NFL combine.
“We hope to be able to talk to him shortly.”
My reaction is this: Roger Goodell, in my sole opinion, is the issue here. The Patriots produced evidence. They were willing to subject themselves to an investigation. And yes, they were willing to accept any punishment that the Commissioner’s Office was willing to impose.
The Patriots acted in good faith, came clean, admitted their errors and were punished. The NFL accepted their openess in September, and therefore, the resolution was so ordered. So my reaction is simple; enough is enough. The Patriots have been punished and whether or not I agree with the severity of the punishment, why should they be subject to further sanctions when it is clearly the NFL’s fault that a proper investigation of the facts did not occur?
Am I missing something here?
If I am or If I am not, what do you think?
So yesterday, I commented on the men (click Here to view it). Today I am commenting on the women.
They started out the night by claiming the “flu” had hit the Women Idols hard and it was going to make for a very difficult evening….
If you have not seen the show….stop reading now…. If you have, don’t care or just want to know what I think…. read on:
That’s right folks, today is my hero, Charles Barkley, the original Round Mound of Rebound’s birthday. He’s 45. Let’s give it up for big Chuck! Chuck, you don’t look a day over 44.
I know Jishman has sworn off AI forever because Sanjaya did not win it all last year…. but American Idol is back and last night they were finally singing for once.
I was asked if I was going to call the losers again this year… at the last minute (five minutes ago), I decided “what the heck? I’ll do it”… makes the show interesting.
If you TiVo’d the show and haven’t seen it yet, stop reading here….. for all others, you may continue:
During each of the last two years, I have written about Toyota’s involvement in NASCAR. Last year, I talked about my interest in how Toyota Racing Development would do. Last year, cars running Toyota engines had only 2 total finishes in the top 5 all season. This past weekend at the Daytona 500, Toyota had six top 20 finishes alone - half as many as Dodge whose involvement in racing dates back to the first race.
Pretty interesting stuff: There are six Dodges in the top 10 and two Toyotas in the top five, which, by the way, is twice as many Toyotas in the top five all of last season. There are just as many Toyotas (six) in the top 20 as Chevrolets and Fords put together.
In fact, the more that I think about this, the more I realize this is yet another slap across the collective faces of Ford and Chevy. NASCAR Nation used to be the home of the Motown 3, and you couldn’t even find another engine in the cars or the parking lot! A former coworker took a picture when she went down to Daytona back in 2006 and in the background, there were 6 Chevy trucks in a row. Seriously! SIX CHEVY TRUCKS!
Two years ago, I wrote that NASCAR is more than just a simple sport to some people. Back then, I wondered how it would affect car purchasing. Since then, the Camry has been the most purchased car, and no Chevy nor Ford (nor Chrysler) has been even remotely close. Right now, I think its safe to say it hasn’t affected car buying, however, I’m starting to think - and this might come as no shock to anyone with a brain - that it isn’t the cars these manufacturers are going after. Its the truck segment. According to NASCAR’s own marketing data, NASCAR fans are 2x as likely to buy trucks and 5x (!!!) more likely to buy American made (but not specific to American MANUFACTURERS) Trucks. Yes, you read that right, they would buy a Toyota Tundra or Toyota Tacoma if it was made in America, even though its made by a Japanese firm, because of the location of its plant. That’s just amazing to me. Plus, Toyota, along with Honda and Subaru, according to Consumer Reports, have some of the highest return buyer tendencies. So, adding into the debate, that Toyota customers remain Toyota customers, and their plan becomes intriguing.
Net-net, Toyota now has the “Soccer mom” segment, “highly-powered, highly-tech influenced” luxury segment, “high-gas efficiency combustion engine” segment, and the “hybrid” segment, adding into that the potential for the highly-profitable truck segment, and Toyota’s ability to reach the pinnacle - most cars sold every year - won’t be a matter of if but rather when.
If you’re still reading:
A.) Why?
B.) Thoughts?
According to Urban Dictionary, Facbookable means “A chick/dude who is good looking enough to be considered a facebook friend.” For example:
Jish: “oh…she’s facebookable”
It was either this or, in honor of this past weekend’s NBA All-Star Game, “Boomed On.” You see, the Internet isn’t ONLY for porn.
Yes, you read that correctly. A Church in Florida is challenging MARRIED Couples to have sex for the next 30 days… (Click here for the news report on this Challenge)… and yes, that was married couples. If you are single, you are asked to refrain.
“Sex is about more than intercourse and that’s what we’re trying to tell people,” said church member Jarret Haas.
You just can’t make this stuff up.
No, seriously. Like “musicians” before her - Hilary Duff, Lindsey Lohan, Eddie Murphy, Don Johnson, and celebutante, Paris Hilton - ScarJo is going to release an album of all Tom Waits written tunes.
Now, I love actresses singing as much as the next guy. And who can miss the soaring melodies of Tom Waits? Next you’re going to tell me that Sylvester Stallone is going to sing Mick Jagger music? Or that Drew Carey is going to sing the music of Peter Cetera?
Just kill me.
Interesting, now we see Representative Edward Markey introducing the Internet Freedom Preservation Act promoting Net Neutrality. I like it. I haven’t had the chance to read the bill, but MSNBC says it will “(require) the Federal Communications Commission to assess whether broadband providers are “blocking, thwarting or unreasonably interfering” with consumers’ rights to access, send, receive or offer content, applications and services over networks.”
I’d say that I guess all of the ‘Net’s ranting has had some effect, but it hasn’t passed yet. We’ll see.
You are currently browsing the Riddle Me This, Jishman weblog archives for February, 2008.
