05.31.07

I don't know how everyone else feels, but personally I hope Mike Vick gets slammed for this whole dog fighting thing. I know that dog fighting is illegal, deplorable and disgusting, but that is not even my major issue. My problem is that no matter how benign or major his involvement in the activity was, I am sick and tired of pro athletes doing illegal or stupid shit and getting off with no more than a insignificant fine or reprimand. Small, team imposed fines don't seem to affect these guys and only substantial losses of cash are even going to make them think twice about their actions. I am a fan of the NFL's new behavior policies and so far I think Roger Goodell has done a good job implementing and enforcing them. The fact of the matter here is that no matter what happens to Vick in the courts, whether he is charged heavily or just as an accomplice, he still owned the property where dog fighting occurred. That alone should be enough for suspension under the new NFL policy and criminal charges of some kind. I know they are probably going to wait until the legal proceedings are done so that the extent of his involvement is fully known, but what happens in the meantime. I hope everything comes to light soon and people will step up with evidence so the NFL can lay down its verdict sooner. Right now it looks like Mike Vick will get a reprieve until 2008, unfortunately.

05.29.07

A review for Pirates 3.

Here Comes Braun

Its about time. I know Ryan Braun's been hampered a bit recently with a wrist injury, but he couldn't be more needed right now with the Brewers. I can't remember the last time I was so excited to see a prospect come up from the minors. I'm not saying he has to save the franchise all by himself, but his bat should definitely help. I really, really just want to go to the park and watch him swing the bat. That should be a lot of fun.

It looks like I had a pretty good prediction in my earlier post about Braun.

05.25.07

This could be very good news. The last time I got this excited was when I won some money at the porcupine racetrack.

05.24.07

"I'm extremely disappointed and embarrassed for Clinton Portis. This does not reflect the sentiments of the Redskins, the NFL or NFL players." - Roger Goodell

05.23.07

Interpol's Carlos D is now blogging for Guardian Unlimited.

05.18.07

Lots of pub getting throw around for the Badgers this year.

05.15.07

Here's a pretty good article about the potential staying power of the Brewers this season.

05.14.07

Awesome! We are now one step closer to exploring Jupiter and its moon Europa and building me an autonomous bending robot.

05.10.07

Its good to know that the Brewers don't buckle under pressure. I agree that the death of Cardinals relief pitcher Josh Hancock was a tragedy, but he was a singular case that was overlooked for far too long. Had the Cardinals organization taken what could even be considered as appropriate or decent steps towards helping him with his drinking problem, this situation could have been avoided. Instead, teams all over America are flipping out about the fact that they allow players to drink beer in the clubhouse after games. This isn't the 70's or 80's anymore when people like Gorman Thomas would sit for hours in the clubhouse after games and tie one on. Teams still can't control what players are doing outside of the clubhouse, but inside they can show good judgement on problem areas. Having beer in the locker room isn't a problem area, but allowing a player with a history of alcohol abuse to drink himself under the table and then drive is. Major leagues baseball teams and organizations like to consider themselves to be families and as such, have the obligation to watch over each other and help when difficulties arise, not to set blanket rules that don't apply within their own situation.

05.09.07

For those of you who have never understood why it sometimes takes HBO so long to air new seasons of their original shows that seem to take almost nothing to produce, there's hope. Entourage will take a break after ending their third season for all of ........... 14 days. That's right, the second half of season 3 ends on June 3 and the fourth season starts on June 17. While I'm sure this is mostly due to the fact that they separated the two halves of the season so it could air with the Soprano's, it also shows just how easily they can crank these shows out if they want to. I'll bet it only takes about an hour and a half to film and episode of Entourage.

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Its pretty interesting to see how two African American writers for ESPN.com, Jemele Hill and Todd Boyd, have differing views on Barry Bonds' chase of the home run record. Personally I like the whole idea of innocent until proven guilty and if Bonds is found innocent, I'll be perfectly happy with him breaking the record. The only problem is there is such a huge cloud hanging over Bonds, McGwire, Palmeiro and all of baseball right now that its impossible to ignore. This needs to be sorted out soon. There's been enough foot-dragging involved on the part of Major League Baseball and any prosecutor or congressman who has tried to find the truth. MLB is definitely to blame for some of the steroid problem (the whole not making them illegal thing is a fairly large oversight), but the fact remains that they are declared illegal substances by the U.S. Government. How is it that they aren't going at the subject with their guns blazing anymore. Hopefully this Kirk Radomski gives them enough information to start the process back up again.

05.08.07

This entire story is funny. I wish I could get away with stuff like this and have it called just, "Horsing Around."

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For as little as 200K, you too can spend a few seconds in space.

05.07.07

Check out MLB's new Deapthroat.

An Appeal to the People at Adult Swim

Everyone who reads this blog with any regularity already knows that I am a big fan of a few shows on Cartoon Network's late night program, Adult Swim. Even if I don't love the show and watch it regularly, I can accept that it is on and still get into an episode. With that said, the people behind Adult Swim's programming schedule have decided to push one of their newer shows, Saul of the Mole Men, down our throats. Saul is a live action parody of many shows in the 80's with low production values and even lower talent levels. Unfortunately for Saul and the people at Adult Swim, the show completely lacks any kind of comedic value. I have watched a few episodes so far (only because it is on during the second half of the Aqua Teen half-hour) and I haven't laughed once. I know I like to exaggerate from time to time, but this isn't one of those times. It really, really isn't a funny show. So please, Adult Swim people, put something else on. Give me another 15 minutes of Aqua Teen, or Frisky Dingo, or even a colonoscopy. Just take Saul off the air, or relegate it to Sunday mornings opposite Christian TV shows.

05.04.07

New Interpol song, The Heinrich Maneuver.

Ratatouille

Disney just posted 9 minutes of their upcoming film Ratatouille on their website. It comes with an intro by writer/director Brad Bird. I think this movie is going to be awesome and the animation looks great. Had I remembered at the time that this movie was coming out this year I would have placed it right with Sunshine and Spider-man 3 as my most anticipated movies of the year.