Roundup: Vladimir Putin’s Game-Winner, Obama Challenged By An Inmate, Grizzlies Win & RIP Vidal Sassoon
Scarlett Johansson … principal creates fake facebook account to spy on students … civilians chase down an iPhone thief in DC … no more ban on dogs flying United … Madonna auditioned for FAME before she was a star … Long Island’s “hot dog hooker” thinks she’s sexy .. duckboat settlement: $17 million … Howard Stern went on Jimmy Fallon last night and took a few shots at Jay Leno … $250,000 vodka shipment crashes because of GPS … dad straps 4 kids to car hood … when Spock met Hendrix …
Marc Gasol scored 23 points, Zach Randolph added 19 and the Grizzlies won game five comfortably, 92-80. Game six is Friday. [Commercial Appeal]
CBC announcer compares hockey players to 9/11 first responders. [Sporting News]
All of MCA’s opening lines from all the Beastie Boys songs. [AV Club]
Washington 2, New York 1, and the Rangers will host the Caps Saturday in game seven. [Wash Post]
Inmate gets 40% of the vote in the West Virginia primary. [Daily Mail]
Baby on the no-fly list. [WPBF]
Pour one out for TSH’s hair – Vidal Sassoon died. [New York Times]
Pizza delivery guy gets Keyshawn Johnson to let him into a gated community so he can take pictures of the Kardashians. [TMZ]
Solider returns home early so he can surprise his kids when they threw out the first pitch at a Diamondbacks game. [AZfamily]
Tiger facing “mounting criticism” as he enters the Players. [Golf Channel]
Eminem will be focus on his music and put his acting career on the back-burner. He last had a cameo on Entourage in 2010. [Complex]
Cornell is going (baseball) dancing courtesy an extra-inning walk off home run. [The Legend of Cecilio Guante]
Robert Griffin III is trademarking a bunch of stuff. [Larry Brown Sports]
The Archbishop of New York joined Twitter and made a Tebow joke. [Spotress of Blogitude]
Absolutely the most inspiring thing you’ll see today. This veteran lost 140 pounds and learned to walk without assistance – thanks to yoga and Diamond Dallas Page. [Gamma Squad]
Ain’t that the way? [via Traina]
What’s up? Nothing, just catching a 78-foot wave and setting a world record.He’s from the US and his name is Garret McNamara.
Putin with the game-winner in a shootout. What? The goalie was trying!
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May 10th, 2012 at 8:07 AM
“I was only going to drive around the corner. I thought they would like it.”
Ha. Who hasn’t tried that?
May 10th, 2012 at 8:08 AM
“if you ask me, this says more about how stupid the people of Texas are than how unpopular Obama is…”
Thats an interesting conclusion since it happened in WEST VIRGINIA.
Side note: West Virginia is a closed primary, these were democrats voting for Mr Judd.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:08 AM
Similar to ESPN using Keyshawn to deliver crappy commentary to us viewers on Sunday NFL Countdown.
Too bad Sunday NFL Countdown doesn’t show pics of Kim like here, http://www.radaronline.com/sites/radaronline.com/files/photos/image_20120110/kim-kardashian-bikini-football-01.jpg and here.
/Team Curves
May 10th, 2012 at 8:09 AM
this is exactly how my first date with my wife went.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:11 AM
well played, golf channel. also:
WOOTWOOT!! REPRESENT!
May 10th, 2012 at 8:12 AM
we had some heavy rain last night in the PVB…greens are gonna be soft at Sawgrass.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:12 AM
The only worthwhile thing about West Virginia is their speed limits.
John Ashcroft lost and election to a dead man, nothing will ever top that.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:13 AM
Who got a hold of Ben Roethlisberger’s home movies?
May 10th, 2012 at 8:15 AM
LOL
May 10th, 2012 at 8:16 AM
CRM’s fastball has been soooo weak lately. Get him back to upstate New York. Please.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:17 AM
I don’t know, I liked Mountaineer Race Track before the casino in Pittsburgh opened.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:18 AM
Thats an interesting conclusion since it happened in WEST VIRGINIA.
Texas, West Virginia..same thing.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:19 AM
Steve CoRM got served some pwnsauce ZOMG!!1!
actually, there’s nothing in there that refutes or disproves the stupidity of Tejans, so I’d say he’s in the clear.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Well the inmate is FROM Texas.
Or maybe it was supposed to just be a link to the electoral history of Ron Paul.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Eminem got the best lines in Funny People. Dark for sure.
Eminem: You know what? I think you fucked up.
George Simmons: How’s that?
Eminem: I think you fucked up. I think… I don’t think you should have took that medicine.
George Simmons: Why not?
Eminem: I don’t know. Personally, I think you should have just let yourself die. Honestly man, what are – what are gonna do now? Make another bullshit movie? Fuck another chick who doesn’t like you? You know? That was your way out right there
May 10th, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Lets not lose sight of the facts here:
Name: Keith JuddAge: 53
Address: Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution, Texarkana, Texas
Known as: Inmate Number 11593-051
Education: Member of the Federation of Super Heroes, 1976-1982
May 10th, 2012 at 8:25 AM
/facepalm
more criticism as he starts to play better. outrageous.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:25 AM
More goodness:
Favorite food: Judd answered 'I forgot'May 10th, 2012 at 8:26 AM
I love this shit, that happened the other day for a local child at his elementary school where his dad showed up to surprise him a week early coming home from Afghanistan.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:26 AM
So I have a phone interview this afternoon for a job I really want, a big step up that I know I could excel at if given the opportunity. I’m interviewing with a woman I know somewhat.
My problem is I’m not a big self-promoter, thus I think I’m perceived as a long shot with a lack of “sizzle.” For all I know, this could just be a courtesy interview based on my connections at this organization. My cover letter is great and my resume is solid.
But I need to make a compelling case to someone who probably already has her opinions formed about me about why I should be the guy. What more I have to offer than what she thinks she knows about me. But it needs to be genuine – it can’t be an over-the-top sales pitch – because again, she knows me enough to know if I’m faking it.
So based on that synopsis, I’ll yield the floor for advice. Go.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:26 AM
fuck you, Canada.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:27 AM
hoss…phone interview? sounds like a perfect opportunity to send em some cock pics.
/eic’d
May 10th, 2012 at 8:27 AM
Threaten to kill his children.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:27 AM
Point a lot. Poke her in the chest, if you can.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:28 AM
Stefanski, 29, was driving with his 6-year-old daughter and 4-year-old and 5-year-old sons, along with Jessica Clark and her 7-year-old daughter, when they stopped at a liquor store on Monday afternoon.
I’m uncomfortable taking my kids to the liquor store with me. Just doesn’t seem right. But when I do, I definitely strap to the hood.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:29 AM
than internal or external interview. either way, if you really want it you got go double-barrel loaded in there.
interviews are not the real world so you gotta bring something strong
/just went through 4 interviews in a gigantic internal posting
May 10th, 2012 at 8:29 AM
tell her you’re impressed she can interview you from the kitchen.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:29 AM
when Spock met Hendrix …
while an interesting article, the link needs more spock and hendrix
May 10th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Big Hoss – star in your own Call Me Maybe video.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
If you want a serious answer, share your vision of what you would do in the role. Not just why you would be good, but what direction do you see yourself taking the position.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
That was awesome.
And an unrelated note, it’s really going to chap PurdueMatt’s ass when the inevitable happens this November.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
Hoss – tell her you’ll break the glass cieling for professional females and end women’s suffrage.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
You’ve come to the wrong place
May 10th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
ugh
May 10th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
Wicked goal by Ovie last night. Can’t wait for Game 7.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:34 AM
“Ok Peter, where do you see yourself in 5 years?”
*looks at beach picture of wife on desk*
*thinks to self* {Don’t say doing your wife. Don’t say doing your wife. Don’t say doing your wife.}
“Doing you…son?”
May 10th, 2012 at 8:34 AM
Damn I hate interviews. I’m not good at self promoting either, I’m more likely to self deprecate. It just seems so fake. Look at my resume, look at my record, talk to my references, whatever. Why do you need to hear me cheerlead myself to you? Ugh.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
The scariest thing is when you bluff your way through an interview and then they hire you and you realize oh fuck I don’t know how to do any of the shit I said I do.
Seven months later and my bosses haven’t caught on yet.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Guy in my carpool says that the Obama re-election is a given. Having said that, he says that if Obama loses, he’ll drive us to work everyday for a month.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Big Hoss – do the interview naked, tell her you’re not wearing pants and that you’d like her to meet “Big Hoss”
May 10th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
as Dad would say, rather be lucky than good.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
dude, I’m working on this very thing right now.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
DDP! DDP! DDP!
May 10th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
Pretty cool but they left out the smoking meth and cigarettes part.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:40 AM
Guy in my carpool says that the Obama re-election is a given. Having said that, he says that if Obama loses, he’ll drive us to work everyday for a month.
So he knows something about Obama lowering gas prices?
/Yes – I know he has nothing to do with the price of gas in America.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
What a pussy. If it’s a “given” then he should drive for a year if Barry loses. That’s some mighty fine hedging.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
im going on four and a half years…and they keep giving me more responsibility. hah. morons.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
I’m so glad I never had to do an interview in my life. The whole “self promotion” thing is something I would fail at incredibly.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
So he knows something about
ObamaRomney lowering gas prices?Fixed… Barry on the brain
May 10th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Minnesota House approved new Vikings stadium at 3:30am. Next tep is senate to approve and Gov to sign it by tomorrow and we can finally start saying Los Angeles Jaguars now instead of Vikings.
Oh and for interview, Hoss, start every sentence with BITCH.
/ Yolanda
May 10th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
look, you’re a good guy. I’d be happy to give a reference for you, send them a link to this comment and i’ll be happy to follow up with them in more detail when Yardwork gets posted.
seriously, good luck. I’m a rambler on the phone if i’m not careful
May 10th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
Yeah, we’ll see if even follows thru with his vow if Barry loses. He’s a Central PA hunter, so after the early November election, I can see him hiding in the woods for 3-4 weeks shooting deer and welching on his bet.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
…and end every sentence with BITCH
/pinkman
May 10th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
When does Breaking Bad come back?
May 10th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
this summer
no date yet, but likely july-ish for 8 episodes or so.
then another 8 the year after i think.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Drink whiskey before, during and afterwords.
Make reference to not being self promoter but you have forced yourself to outline why you can do said job.
Generally speaking you treat a warm call like a cold call to prove you are not taking the relationship for granted.
If all else fails call her babe, women loved to called babe.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Big Hoss – when they ask you what your faults are, always say “I have extremely high expectations of my coworkers b/c I have extremely high expectations of myself. This can be problematic when working with people who view their job with less importance than I do.”
May 10th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
AMC has decided to split the fifth and final season of its award-winning meth drama Breaking Bad into two parts, according to star Bryan Cranston.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
So, after this week I was going to give up the last thing I watch on ESPN outside of live events, PTI. Then they go and do a great 9 minute interview with Josh Hamilton. Dammit, they sucked me back in…
May 10th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
this would open up a Roger Sterling approach to sealing the deal.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
the military family reunion videos are always fantastic.
and scarjo? thumbs up
May 10th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
When does the Greg Oden sponsored post get published?
May 10th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
if they do a full year split i’ll be pissed.
AMC has great shows, but treats their shows like shit.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Washington 2, New York 1, and the Rangers will host the Caps Saturday in game seven.
Time for Bettman to step in and get the NY/LA Final going.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
People in authority, even in the corporate world, are just entirely too hung up on what other people do with their social networking accounts.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Bryan Cranston talked about the last season being split into two a month or two ago on Adam Carolla’s podcast. Not surprised by AMC.
/pours one out for Rubicon
May 10th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
As soon as Amar’e interviews him.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
How awkward will it be if NHL-owned Phoenix were to win the Cup??
What owner’s name would be etched on the Cup?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
It’s not a lie if you believe it.
/Costanza’d
May 10th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Did I trip and fall back into 2004?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
He’s already been at it. The Devils and Coyotes, both in financial ruin, make their conference final as underdogs.
/adjusts tin foil hat
May 10th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
wait..the TSA is incompetent? no fucking way!
May 10th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
yeah, there’s a strange obsession with kind of stuff that makes me very nervous. My wife works in education and crazy parents in her school district have cyber stalked teachers and brought facebook posts before the board to complain.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
no coincidence that a new ownership group was just announced….or is it?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
ScarJo, so well crated and gorgeous.
as for BO winning the election, when was this ever a question? like he was going to lose against the tards the GOP rolled out. i could beat them. plus, the gay marriage thing wont do any damage, the media is already in love with it and glossing over the flip flop.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
+1. If anything, she’s confident and confidence is sexy.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
/pours one out for Rubicon
sad panda.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
ScarJo: incredibly hot, freakishly hot, but I get a sense like I never would be happy with
May 10th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
I have no sympathy for the people who get in trouble for bashing their employer on the internet, be smarter
May 10th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
very true. Republicans just want to beat Obama. They don’t really care who does it, as shown by the candidates over the past year. I think the best candidate was Huntsman but sadly, elections are about money and not actually about political stances anymore.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
the biggest problem is a complacent democratic base. there will be a lot of urgency created by the obama campaign so people don’t stay home on election day.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
The only worthwhile thing about West Virginia is their speed limits.
John Ashcroft lost and election to a dead man, nothing will ever top that
Pretty sure that was Missouri
May 10th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
They finally will understand the tormet of voting for John Kerry in 2004
May 10th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
no coincidence that a new ownership group was just announced….or is it?
No definitive purchase agreement yet. If I was a tax payer in Glendale I’d be screaming bloody murder re: the proposed management fee paid to this new group.
/they’re going to end up in Quebec City
May 10th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
i still think this year for the GOP was about eliminating the terrible candidates from 2016. Bachmann, Newt, Santorum, Paul, Romney (if he loses) will be kept on the sidelines in 2016 so they don’t bring down a potentially strong gop lineup in 2016 against a potentially weak dem lineup.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Oh, I don’t disagree with you on that.
I just think if you’re in a position of authority and only concentrating on an employees/student’s social networking habits, perhaps you’re not concentrating on things you should be doing.
This is sort of like the boss, whose best management move is to worry about what time everyone gets in in the morning. If you got into management to worry about that, you should re-think things.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Inmate gets 40% of the vote in the West Virginia primary.
have we already considered the voter base?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Sawgrass starts today. 7 glorious hours on Golf Channel.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
kaiser, who is waiting in the wings for 2016 – Rubio? Christie?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
any Wilco fans here? I’m going to see them with a buddy tonight and I couldn’t pick a song of there’s out of a lineup so I’m not real sure what to expect.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
It looks like we’ll be getting the golf orgy simulcast this weekend, too, on TGC and NBC. So pumped.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Do you know if the Devils ownership owns that arena in Newark? What are they going to put in that building with the 40+ dates they lost when the Nets went to Brooklyn? I can’t fathom that the Devils can stay in Newark.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
If Vladimir Putin was a cartoon villain people would think he’s too unrealistic. Dude has to be the most interesting man in the world.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
They trend toward lighter alt country fare, but check out You Are My Face and Casino Queen.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Ouch, Knicks.
Go Heat
May 10th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
like he was going to lose against the tards the GOP rolled out.
Call me cynical, but the yahoos they’re carting out on both sides are flip-flopping, egotistical jackasses with personal agendas that represent less than 25% of the population. It really doesn’t matter who that person is.
Andy yes MP, I just might vote for you if you ran.
/hope this doesn’t become political Thursday
//already regrets comment
///anticipates backlash
////heads to handicap stall in restroom for “meeting”
May 10th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Side note: West Va is never going to vote for him come November anyway, so who fucking cares?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
truth
May 10th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Baby on the no-fly list.
All babies under 3 should be on the no-fly list.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Rubio, Christie, Daniels, Jeb Bush, and kenneth the page from Louisiana most likely.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
ark, they are all over the map musically. urinal’s right, they are al-country, but that was when they started. their roots are uncle tupelo, a great band. they have experimented a lot in the past decade, lots of instruments and styles, pet sounds like
May 10th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
they teed off on a beautiful morning…sunny and about 66 in PVB.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Alternative country.
/misses Uncle Tupelo
May 10th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
All babies under 3 should be on the no-fly list.
nothing gets out the broad brushes like race and kids. we have had no problems with our kids on planes. part of that is prep–bring things to keep them happy. part of it is healthy kids who have good personalities
May 10th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
I’m stealing the fuck out of this line.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Do you know if the Devils ownership owns that arena in Newark?
Don’t believe they do. This is a good read on the ownership situation, which is a shitshow.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Love it! +2 bum knees
May 10th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
*high-fives Caribou*
/plays the Anodyne album
May 10th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Knicks and Clips are both whooped and we don’t get a Ballin? That’s odd.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
when did pkiguy turn in to SG?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
nothing gets out the broad brushes like race and kids. we have had no problems with our kids on planes. part of that is prep–bring things to keep them happy. part of it is healthy kids who have good
personalitiesparents.Fixed.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
The trick to self-promotion is to sound like you were actually capable of doing all the crap you’re promoting without coming across as a bullshitter. It’s a fine line.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
Thats because she is a mythical creature that should have never been caught in the first place. The only way to be happy would be to white fang her.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
Alternative country.
/misses Uncle Tupelo
*high-fives Caribou*
/plays the Anodyne album
don’t forget the other half of uncle tupelo roots…son volt. Trace is an insanely good album
May 10th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
I saw the GOTIME tweet from Fowler and wondered how badly he’d miss the cut this weekend.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
ScarJo: incredibly hot, freakishly hot, but I get a sense like I never would be happy with
Its like you read my mind
May 10th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
vez, I havent forgotten about Son Volt. I like Wilco but was always a Son Volt fan more than Wilco after the split. UT, SV, and Wilco were/are all solid bands.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Since he was for gay marriage in 1996, would it be a flip-flip-flop, or a flip-flop-flop?
Huntsman would have been the president had he won the nomination in my opinion.
So true.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Thanks for the advice, serious and otherwise.
In a side note, what’s with journalists and bloggers constantly pumping content by saying, “This is the most exciting/inspirational/saddest thing you’ll read/hear/watch today”? It’s not new obviously but I’ve seen it over and over recently. Thanks, but I’ll make that call.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
YYSA, jumped on the Yotes bandwagon yet?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
UM, is there any internet coverage today and tomorrow?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
any Wilco fans here?
i like them, mainly the album with what light on it, but i have never really gotten that into them. i hear the shows are great.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
More people watch The Glades on A&E than Breaking Bad. Television shows are mad expensive to produce. It’s not AMC’s fault.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Son Volt. I just fell asleep reading that name. Yawn.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
How did you know what JMac was going to say bout the Knicks game?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
There is a lot of logic in this thought. Christie, Rubio and Jeb Bush are all much better candidates (though none are locks) compared with the shit the Reps trotted out this time. The fact that at one point Rick Santorum, Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich were considered the front runners still boggles my mind.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
nothing gets out the broad brushes like race and kids. we have had no problems with our kids on planes. part of that is prep–bring things to keep them happy. part of it is healthy kids who have good personalities parents.
Fixed.
well sure but that good parenting is assumed with the preparation part
May 10th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Since he was for gay marriage in 1996, would it be a flip-flip-flop, or a flip-flop-flop?
good question. he was against it in 2010, for it 2008, for it now after being for unions a month ago. Flip squared?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
I dunno… since the IT goons here castrated any kind of music or video streaming, I have tuned out.
However, a little birdie told me Vipstand.tv is a possible location.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
instant historians in the social media era.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
I’m the same way. Summer of 2007 AMC used that song as the music for their monthly promotion of the movies they were running (back when AMC actually showed movies) and I was like whoa this is solid. I never really got into them before that.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
If Parise hits the market. Red Wing he will be. Lock it up.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Son Volt. I just fell asleep reading that name. Yawn.
agree, i always thought they were boring. not even a new band with jim james (new multitudes) could pep jay farrar up.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Hey MPIII, ever played Royal Oaks? You wouldn’t happen to drive a Mini Cooper, would ya?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
“This is the most exciting/inspirational/saddest thing you’ll read/hear/watch today”
It’s shameless self-promotion, with which as you mentioned previously, you are not proficient. No?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Sporting News ranked all 124 College Football coaches. No. 1 is no surprise, but No. 2 might be to some people.
Couple of thoughts:
James Franklin is way too fucking high (25th), but so is Gene Chizik (36th).
Dantonio one spot ahead of Richt is fucking hilarious. Has Dantonio won the B10 outright? I think he maybe shared a title or two.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Dems are going to roll out Hillary in 2016, everyone knows it’s going to happen.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
I’ve been lucky enough to get free tickets for 3 playoff games now. So yes. One game though I couldn’t tell you what happened because we pregamed for about 4 hours at saddle ranch.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
MP III, i know you’re a big JJ/MMJ fan. Did you like the Monsters of Folk project with M. Ward, Conor Oberst, and that other guy?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
the tea party congressmen are more than Boehner can handle, even if he wanted to get things moving, no one wants to b/c they see it as a win for Obama rather than the country.
the scary thing is the guy who beat Luger in the primary who says a compromise is Dems coming to the GOP, not both sides meeting in the middle.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
If Parise hits the market. Red Wing he will be. Lock it up.
lalalalala, I can’t hear you!!
/probably as good as gone unless Uncle Louie can do something.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
I listened to some Son Volt back when I was in school but they never really did it for me. they have a connection to Wilco I guess?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Trace is an insanely good album
That album was so good he kept making it over and over again.
The only Wilco I like was the first Billy Bragg collaboration. I just wasn’t much a fan of either Wilco or Son Volt. Uncle Tupelo was great. Never got past them breaking up. Whiskey Bottle.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Miz….they have Doolander at 99. A bit high maybe?
/I keed, I keed
//but he really does suck
May 10th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Hey MPIII, ever played Royal Oaks? You wouldn’t happen to drive a Mini Cooper, would ya?
played it last week, its a great course (but not worth the initiation, IMO). no, i dont have a GD mini cooper.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
phillymantis..only if they are desperate. She’ll turn 69 right before the election.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
I saw that clip. Made me shake my head.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
“He’s a real searcher.”
“What’s he searching for?”
“The ride! The ultimate ride.”
May 10th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Brady Hoke is number 2?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
they have a connection to Wilco I guess?
I suggest you just go to Wiki and type in Uncle Tupelo. Very interesting how that all shook down.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
I know it’s painting with broad brush, but man the last 3 flights and I am not kidding here have been either in front of the screaming baby or behind the screaming baby.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Uncle Tupelo was a great alt-country band. After they split, Jeff Tweedy started Wilco and Jay Farrar started Son Volt
May 10th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Mike Gundy is considered the 10th best coach in college football? That seems like a bit of a reach. Dabo Swinney at 27? They must value paying recruits highly.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Ark: Wilco’s album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is one of the best albums of the past *checks calendar* 15 years.
/I can’t believe it’s been 11 years since that came out.
//feeling old
May 10th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
MP III, i know you’re a big JJ/MMJ fan. Did you like the Monsters of Folk project with M. Ward, Conor Oberst, and that other guy?
i like that band alot. the album has a few duds on it (none where JJ is the lead), and Ahead of the Curve is my favorite track on the LP.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
My goodness. the Diamondback opening pitch story…allergies kicking up again.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
I’m not sure desperate is the right word, as she’ll be the biggest name in the election for sure, but I agree that her time came and went with the disaster that was her 2008 campaign.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
This man is a hero.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Cool. Vendor is taking me out there this afternoon… pretty excited. I asked about the Cooper because I used to see a dude on the tollway (this was 2004-2007) that had an “MPIII” license plate. I dunno why I just thought of that, but when I do that kinda shit bugs me until I find out.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
damn, that sucks. I may look around a bit.
we got a new firewall here about a month ago that is pretty restrictive. I’ve gotten the “access denied. reason:profanity” more than once. profanity? really guys? fuck off.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
/I keed, I keed
//but he really does suck
allergies, still killing me..
/weeps
May 10th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
i think she’d have a shot if the country was doing OK after two obama terms, as long as she handles that kind of election better than Al Gore and the supreme court stays out of it this time.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
i enjoyed it. I like all the indiviual acts of the guys so it was interesting to see how they sounded together. (well, Conor oberst is hit and miss but his most recent album sans Bright Eyes moniker was pretty good)
May 10th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Age is the issue, but Dems don’t have a strong bench right now. Not a lot of high profile Dem govs except in NY.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Cool. Vendor is taking me out there this afternoon… pretty excited.
very good greens, and alot of trees that get in your damn way if you dont place the shot just right. i would call it a shotmakers course for sure.
35K for a junior membership! plenty of others to join that are better and cheaper.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
My high school’s firewall was hilariously bad back in the nineties. My personal site was blocked due to profanity but there used to be this geocities site about how to fuck a dolphin that was freely available so we would go through and set it as the homepage on all the lab computers.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
This man is a hero.
The hell?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
don’t remind me….Cuomo is a dope…
May 10th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Petrino would have been top 10 on that list if he wasn’t a complete moron.
/weeps softly
/pees pants
May 10th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
(this was 2004-2007) that had an “MPIII” license plate.
i just changed my name to mpIII after RGIII won the heisman. i used to be menarky party (thanks gordo’s corner).
May 10th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Oh…she’ll have a great shot, especially if unemployment is sub 7%. I just think her age will be the biggest issue. The last time we elected someone that old we got Reagan and he forgot his name half of the time in his 2nd term.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
I laughed.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
The Democratic field in 2016 has a chance to be pretty good too. There will be a strong groundswell for Hillary if she wants it. I’m wondering if Andrew Cuomo will be the nominee, however.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Bill Sneider, too high.
Trying not to be a homer, but I’d take Pelini (#37) before many listed before him.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Graveyard Shift
There’s too much time spent looking for a reason
It’s the simple ones that beat the most truth
Oh, what a life a mess can be
I’m sitting here thinking of you once again
Give a thought to me
Well, time won’t wait, better open the gate
Get up and start what needs to be done
It’s running down, there’s much you missed
Working on that graveyard shift
May 10th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Jesus. Guessing around $750/mo as well on top of that handshake. I grew up playing soccer at Moss and never knew that course was there until recently.
I’ll gladly pay the $225/mo for Sky Creek with no handshake.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Brittany Spears just got paid.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Mike Leach is kinda awesome.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I believe TBL covered this yesterday in the Round-Up. What a way to show your kids that you love them.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
so the X factor got rid of one dumb broad for another dumb broad? good business i guess
May 10th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Old Man Bill is one helluva coach. I don’t think he’s too high, yet I’d take Pelini over him as well as KST will never win shit with Bill. Sure, they can have random seasons where they win 10 games, but that’s it. Having said that, I don’t think Pelini is anything special at this point. Dude has to show something this year or he’s gonna be the next Mark Richt in terms of people talking about how hot his seat is.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
i think the big difference is women are relatively healthier than men at that age and medicine is far more advanced than when Reagan was in office.
the problem the GOP will have is running nothing but governors against at least one person with very strong international affairs and legislative branch experience, as well as a strong adviser behind the scenes with bill.
she’s a smart choice but ran up against Obama, no one could have beaten that in the primary.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Caribou -
Live Graveyard Shift.
More cowbell!!! Good stuff.
Jebus. That was over 20 years ago.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
I’ll gladly pay the $225/mo for Sky Creek with no handshake.
agreed. i wont be joining a CC unless my company decides to help out, and that may take another year.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
I disagree with that. Hillary SHOULD have beaten him, but her campaign didn’t take him seriously until it was too late. Hubris got the best of them in my opinion.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Shit, I had no idea UCLA hired Jim Mora. Liquidate that school.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
KCR and Caribou – graveyward shift is my 2nd favorite UT song after Chickamauga. So good.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Agreed that he has to win something more than he has. Not convinced that if he doesn’t do it this year he’ll be on the hot seat. I’d say he has another couple years. If there isn’t at least a BCS appearance in next 3 then the hot seat.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
I know, it feels like half of that, maybe less. What the hell have I done with my life.
/throws headphones on, rest of the work day listening to No Depression
May 10th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
What, you’re not at Prestonwood already? Amateur.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
in all honesty, I don’t know what they will do should the Hogs have a great season. hitching the wagon to JLS would be a bad idea, and the way the roster sets up this year, next year will be down from the previous three, so it seems it would be a good time to bring in a new head coach. I just don’t see any good in keeping him around past this year, regardless of what happens this year.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
If they finish like I think they will this year (8-5/9-4) you can be damn sure he’ll be on the hotseat. He’s paid too much money to lose 4 games every year, which is exactly what he’s doing. My big issue with Pelini are the hires he’s made on offense. As good of a defensive coach as he is, I think he’s equally bad when it comes to hiring offensive guys. Their OL coach is terrible, their RB’s coach has been nothing but average for 20 years and their OC has a lot to prove.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
I do…hire someone else and say thanks but no thanks to JLS. I don’t care if they win the whole fucking thing. They should, under no circumstance, hire Smith as their permanent coach.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
What, you’re not at Prestonwood already? Amateur.
honestly, i dont see the value. i like too many courses around here to commit to one.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
I noticed all the republicans from my home town that I’m “friends” with on Facebook were eerily silent after Obama’s announcement that he supports gay marriage. I was pleasantly surprised they had the willpower to keep their bigotry to themselves.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
That album was so good he kept making it over and over again.
so, don’t listen to the follow-ups. lots of bands make one great album then suck. that doesn;t mean that great album sucks
May 10th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
I noticed all the republicans from my home town that I’m “friends” with on Facebook were eerily silent after Obama’s announcement that he supports gay marriage. I was pleasantly surprised they had the willpower to keep their bigotry to themselves.
No chance that some of them might be social liberals and not give a shit?
May 10th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
first Billy Bragg collaboration
yes
May 10th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
that’s how things should go, but I’ve seen stranger. Jeff Long seems to have a pretty firm grasp on the situation so I think he will make the right decision, he has so far…
May 10th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Most definitely not. The majority of them are bible beaters.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
I was waiting for the handful of evangelicals in my news feed to pipe up, but nothing so far.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
I was pleasantly surprised they had the willpower to keep their bigotry to themselves.
racist.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Most definitely not. The majority of them are bible beaters.
They are probably giddy that Obama is in favor of State’s rights now.
/Gawker’d
May 10th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
That album was so good he kept making it over and over again.
so, don’t listen to the follow-ups.
And that’s what I did. It wasn’t too hard.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
“Republican” and “not a bigot” aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
How much is a lower end CC membership in Dallas? (and, I assume in Houston?) Dumb question, but what do membership fees cover, just golf/tennis, or are there other benefits? Was a member of a tennis club here and it was north of 200 a month.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
I just don’t get the opposition to gay marriage. I never cease to be amazed that people have no qualms whatsoever about telling a woman what she can and can’t do in her own vagina or gay people who they can and can’t marry. But then when they’re told they have to buy health insurance so the rest of us responsible people aren’t picking up their tab when their irresponsible asses go to the ER, it’s an infringement upon their freedom.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
I must say, though, that the gay people that I’m friends with on facebook were nauseating in their response as well.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
sure son volt is low-fi, but that’s ok unless they were billed as soemthing else. great mood on that disc, and then the guitar jumps out of the mellowness
anyone a mark eitel fan? 60 watt silver lining is one of my favorite albums, but i have not heard anything else.
sometimes you’re afraid that something is so good that anything after will only disappoint
May 10th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
eitzel
May 10th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Of course not. I was referring exclusively to MY Facebook “friends.”
May 10th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
I guess I’m lucky….most of the hardcore, outspoken repubs on my friends list are fairly socially liberal. The only thing they care about is the tax rate, really.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Could be right I guess. Honest question, is your biggest beef with him the assistant’s he’s hired?
May 10th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
yeah, it’s sad. It’s mind boggling, but i pity those with that point of view. that’s a tiny, tiny world they put themselves in.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
In what way? Just excitement over it?
I somewhat give them a pass. I mean, I’m a straight white guy. I’ve never know what it’s like to have someone hate me, or protest against me, or try to marginalize me as a person because of who I am. This has to be an incredible moment for those people.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
I get it. I even feel it. As we age, I think there’s this pull (at least in my head there is) towards “that’s the way things have always been”. Even I feel it on the gay marriage issue. A part of me thinks “marriage is between a man and a woman, that’s the way it’s always been.” It’s not necessarily logical, but I can definitely see that element even in non-bigoted peoples’ thinking.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
I’m late to the party on this — Does gay marriage affect my life in any way at all? No. If it makes people happy go for it — Seth Rogan had a great tweet yesterday:
Claiming that someone else’ marriage is agaisnt your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you are on a diet.
Though if someone is agaisnt it, I would be open to hearing your reasoning — if it can stay civil.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
You are much more tolerant and understanding than I think I would be.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
How much is a lower end CC membership in Dallas? (and, I assume in Houston?) Dumb question, but what do membership fees cover, just golf/tennis, or are there other benefits?
Dallas Athletic Club is 7500 for a junior membership and includes 400/month of dues that involves golf, pool, tennis etc. for what that course is, its a great value.
Houston- Cinco Ranch or Blackhorse is the way to go IMO. about the same as above.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
How much of this is tied up in your opinion of marriage for yourself?
May 10th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
Completely agree with this.
It’s not like straight people have done some great justice to the “institution” of marriage given the current rate of divorce in first marriages (it’s even higher in second marriages).
Who are straight people to quibble on who and who shouldn’t get married?
May 10th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
We got married in Vancouver several years back. I would be completely fine with a “separate but equal” type of thing like civil unions if it involved all the “rights” of marriage.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
It would be Pelini as he is the one doing the hiring. I don’t blame incompetent coaches for accepting a good gig. I do blame the person who hires them though.
Re: Gay marriage
Our kids will look back and be amazed at how terribly we treated gay people for so long. It will be much in the same way we look back at our parents with disgust at how their generation treated black people. When you side with exclusion as opposed to inclusion, you always look like the fool.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Sorta encapsulates the whole of human history and existence, doesn’t it?
May 10th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
I don’t think i’ve heard one argument against gay marriage that wasn’t rooted within a religious context that had valid points.
it’s like that SNL skit “Point/CounterPoint” with Jimmy Fallon and Derek Jeter.
Fallon (as red sox fan): Point, You suck derek jeter!
Jeter: Counterpoint. No, I don’t.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
Thoughtful response and I don’t disagree. A few years ago, I don’t remember how many, when this issue started to enter my consciousness, I was against gay marriage too – though not virulently – but I thought there should absolutely be some kind of civil union with all the rights of marriage, etc.
But over time, though I never recall “deciding” that I’m on board with gay marriage, I found myself being pretty strongly in favor of it. Not sure why, I assume that as I thought about it over time and was more exposed to the idea, I realized I really had no reason to oppose it.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
So well said. My feelings exactly. I can’t imagine someone protesting my wedding or telling me I’m not on the same level as a human being as they are.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
All of this. I love it when we use a 2,000 year-old-book written by ignorant men as our guideline for how we should treat people.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
If you become uber rich and complain about being marginalized I will hate you. Other than that though yeah you’re safe.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
I’ve lived in both places. Texans are richer, West By Godians are less delusional about themselves. Both have major, major problems, however.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
I am in no danger whatsoever of becoming uber rich. Though I do aim for comfortably middle class. It isn’t what you make, it’s how you manage it.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
“West By Godians” might be the best thing I’ve read in a long time.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
Also, plaudits on the ScarJo pic. She’s rockin’ it.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
One thing that really got me from a lot of the language of the bible thumpers in NC that I read about this is that they say marriage was created by God for a man and a woman. Pretty sure secular people and even pagans were getting married long before the Church ordained it a sacrament.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:32 AM
Of all people, Bobcat Goldthwait (sp?) made such a gerat point last week on Real Time when he said that Romney has this sentiment (or seems to have it) that in life you should always want to be a millionaire or you’re not doing it right. I don’t need a million dollars nor do I think I will ever have that kind of money, but to be happy I won’t need it. I grew up happy with great friends and excellent parents and we never had that kind of money. It’s almost insulting at times when I hear him speak.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
I had a ClubCorp Young Exec membership a couple years ago for $250/mo and no handshake. That gave me availability at 12 country clubs in the DFW area, plus priveleges nationwide for a pretty small fee. It was a really good deal for the under 40 crowd. The only hiccup is that you couldn’t get a tee time until 48 hours before a round, so it made trying to play early on weekends hell.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Oh…they were and it’s a proven fact that those who hate gays like to ignore/avoid/discredit.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Attaboy
May 10th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
throughout your life you are going to earn money, spend money and make money through investments or by chance, lose that money, and make it back again.
money will buy you consumables, it will buy you status, but it will never buy time. Our time in this world is finite, aspire to have a life rich with friends and family, not rich with money.
i became much more comfortable with my life once i realized this.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
I agree with everything you said, with the exception of that point I bolded. We will all need a million dollars, and in reality probably multiple millions of dollars, in accumulated assets to retire and maintain the even modest lifestyles we’re used to.
But a million dollars on hand right now…obviously not.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:42 AM
I’ve been fortunate to serve on the board of my college so I’ve been around a lot of rich people. One guy who’s made a ton of money and given millions, if not tens of millions, back to the college, has been in charge of the last few major capital campaigns. He literally chokes up when he talks about the average people who give money back to their school. He says their gifts are far more sacrificial than his.
Once he was pushing board members to give more so the college could get a matching grant from a prestigious foundation somewhere. I gave him a check for $250 – it was all I could do as we’d just had a new baby – and he practically started bawling.
That guy has it figured out.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:42 AM
As if marriage was ever something sanctified.
See: chattal marriage, arranged marriage, who wants to marry a (faux) millionaire, rush limbaugh, carmen rodman
May 10th, 2012 at 10:45 AM
“Money can’t buy happiness, but it can finance the illusion.”
– Andy Capp
May 10th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
That guy has it figured out.
Guy sounds like a champion
May 10th, 2012 at 11:17 AM
As somebody raised Catholic, here’s the thing that annoys me about religious folk and gay marriage:
if God really has a problem with gays getting hitched, won’t he ultimately take care of them? That’s kinda how I view the whole thing. I got no beef with gays and wish people would just let this shit go. But if God REALLY doesn’t like them (and again, how the fuck would we really know?) then what am I going to do about it?
I told this to an acquaintance who became a born-again in the last few years and said, “You could draw God’s wrath” or something like that. I then dropped a line from Huck Finn when he was thinking to himself about letting Jim get away and what kinda trouble that could get him in: “All right then, I’ll go to Hell.” Guy quieted down after that one.
May 10th, 2012 at 11:28 AM
I did not say I was a millionaire, I said I have spent more money than a millionaire
–lots of blues men covering some old blues song