Random thoughts and links:
In a post yesterday, I offered my take on the "who we hate" as a Dawg fan. Obviously, your mileage may vary based on a number of factors (where you grew up, who was a pain in the ass during your time 'tween the hedges, experiences with rival fans, etc.). What I didn't point out at the end of the listing is that I would still pull for all the SEC teams -- even Phat Phil's orange-clad cornholers -- out of conference. It's a strange sensation to be watching a team that you despise with every fiber of your being for approximately 50 weeks out of the season, and find yourself cheering them on. Take this past bowl season, for example. From my rankings, we all know that I wouldn't piss on the Vols if they were burning (unless I had just downed a bottle of Everclear, and it might somehow add to the combustion), but I was pulling for them to whip the Wisconsin Badgers -- and I spent a decade in the cheese state and attended my first college football game there! Ahhh, conference loyalty and southern pride is a strange mistress.
Last week, GOP hopeful Mike Huckabee said that he would prefer to change the constitution so that it was more in line with god's word. How did this not get more play in the press? I heard more about Bill and Hil and casino worker unions than I did the ramblings of this wingnut. How can he still get a vote from anyone with an IQ in triple digits? This is also the same doofus who proudly raised his hand during a debate to say that he didn't believe in evolution. Perhaps he'll just go ahead and put fellow intellectual luminary Sherri Shepherd on his Flat Earth ticket.
Yet another reason to want the WGA strike to end? Eliza Dushku is excited about working with Joss again on Dollhouse.
This is so sweet and so sad, I can't muster up anything snarky to say about it. A must read if you're a pet lover. All together now: Awwwwwwwwww.
Paul Finebaum ranks SEC coaches. Guess who tops the list? (hint: he's not wearing a visor, nor is he a threat to bankrupt Knoxville area Golden Corrals)
College football recruiting. The rich get richer? Or is that the Richt get Richter?
Encores of TV's best new show (and newly crowned Golden Globe winner for best drama) Mad Men start tonight. If you haven't watched it, add it to your TiVo for an infusion of quality in the post strike, reality saturated horror. If you've watched the show, you'll appreciate this awesome holiday card from the guy who plays Harry.
Need a little Browncoat goodness to cheer up your cold and snowy Sunday? Check out this Firefly / Serenity video tribute to the Big Damn Heroes, and notice how perfectly the lyrics correspond to the video clips chosen.
Joseph Campbell is responsible for every sci-fi epic. With a nifty chart to prove it.
A lot of college kids had a "skull bong." One takes it a wee bit further.
Another reason to love my favorite female Lostie, Elizabeth Mitchell (her scenes with Angelina in Gia notwithstanding): she loves Battlestar Galactica. Good interview about Lost and Juliet.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
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I made a rare "Dawgrun" post when I saw the link to the Finebaum rankings.
ReplyDeleteHow does Spurrier still merit the #2 ranking? His success at South Carolina has been no greater than Granny Holtz....
In fact, Holtz got the Chickens to a couple of New Year's Day Bowls (Citrus, I believe) which represents the pinnacle of South Carolina football might.
Why I still fear what Spurrier may come up with, by no means does his record at South Carolina justify his Finebaum ranking as the #2 coach in the SEC.
Its not 1998, so lets place Spurrier in context.... still a great coach, but no longer at the top of the mountain.
Here is some rant material for you: I voted for Huckabee in the GA primary (early voting). True, I was holding my nose while I did it, but I think there is a better chance of him pushing through the fair tax than "changing the constituion to be more in line with God's laws." If I can keep all of my money, I'd be willing to spend some of it to fight theocracy. I look forward to your to your counter point you ignorant slut. :-)
ReplyDeleteYou know, I'd love to bag on you for such an insipid vote. But who else is there (except that Huck panders even more shamelessly than the rest, and wears his two digit IQ on his technicolor coat sleeve)? Your logic isn't too flawed, actually. My priority list for voting:
ReplyDelete1. Lower/eliminate taxes.
2. Stop/cut about 60% of government programs and spending -- anything that doesn't protect life, liberty and property.
3. Get the fuck out of people's business and stop prosecuting "victimless crimes."
4. Stop the religious pandering and 86 the big the mythical dude from all government and laws.
Given that, I actually like the reasoning behind your nose-holding vote, if you took, say, 10% of the 40% the guvment once cribbed from your earnings and put it toward a PAC supporting abortion, gay marriage, satanic cults, promoting listening to 60s era rock music backwards, and passing a law to put the bible, torah, quran et al in the "fiction" section of bookstores.