(via planettampon)
awwwww i love him! <33 :D
I mean, I like Andy Reid, but love?
Happy Hour
Cinema. Sports. Life in L.A.
Non-sequitors too.
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Non-sequitors too.
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Via Bryan Graham. I still have an even older one (from ‘92 I think) that has Emmitt Smith in a trashcan and says “Dump Dallas!” It’s at my parents house on a bulletin board somewhere.
Also, in this cartoon, Ray Rhodes and the Philadelphia Eagles are literally murdering several Cowboys players.
Haha. Ray Rhodes.
Click here if you’re interested in reading about how Matt Hasselbeck benched himself in his fantasy league last week only to go on and be the highest scoring fantasy QB.
Lincecum cited for pot after traffic stop
(via diamondleung)
This should surprise no one. Now I will definitely be taking The Freak in Round 1 next year; all the best athletes smoke dope.
George Costanza taught the Yankees everything they know
“Yeah, in six games.”
Well, now that baseball is over, I need something else to nerd out on so why not some ultra-nerdy high fantasy novels?
A Game of Thrones is the first in what is to be a seven part series titles A Song of Ice and Fire. I was first introduced to these books by, believe it or not, an incredibly attractive blonde*. She really went on and on about how wonderful they were and I figured that anything that someone raved so wildly about would have to be worth checking out. When I heard that HBO was developing the books into a television series to be directed by Thomas McCarthy and to star Peter Dinklage**, well, I knew I had to pick it up.
I devoured the 800+ pages of A Game of Thrones and am now greedily tearing through the second tome, A Clash of Kings (sure the titles are a little bland, but c’mon!). This shit ain’t your grandfathers fantasy. No lame ass hobbits running around. No effeminate elves crying about whatever. No, this story is loaded with resoundingly fleshed out human characters that act as real humans do. The language is clever without being overly poetic. There are frank depictions of sex and violence and, thusly, the books are definitely very adult. And the story? Well, it’s epic. Epic, I tell ya! Complete with its own history, the saga of the land of Westeros is one of the deepest and most realized visions I’ve ever encountered.
In short, I’m totally geeking out on these books and I think you would too if you have a taste for fine story-telling loaded with real characters set in a world different than our own. Basically, this shit is my new Battlestar Galactica. And if you’ve been following my dumb tumblr long enough, you’ll know that is high praise.
* Yes, we totally made out.
** Dinklage will be playing the role of Tyrion Lannister and lemme tell ya, that’s gonna be a helluva role. The Emmy is as good as his.
To answer your questions...
The girl who said that “baseball was invented by Burger King” is a coworker of my roommate, Baldy (they’re working on The Green Hornet directed by Michel Gondry, starring Seth Rogen; it sounds disastrous but that’s another post). They had just gotten off work and were going to a party together and then she was to crash on our couch. Hey lady! You’re welcome for the hospitality!
And I didn’t say anything mean because, well, what’s the point of that? Although I would have much liked to hear what you would’ve said, Ohler.
In her defense, she did apologize and admitted she had a knack for making people hate her immediately. I assured her that I did not hate her but I informed her that she definitely said the wrong thing.
So...
We lost. At this point, I’m sad to say, it wasn’t terribly surprising. It would have been an amazing but impossible comeback.
Anyway, after the loss, I decide that instead of getting drunk, I’ll get Wendy’s. I love Wendy’s. I really do. I got a Big Bacon Classic and some Chicken Nuggets and a Frostee. They were pretty good (this part really isn’t important, I just want to send some love Wendy’s’ way). After eating, I walk around for a little bit, reflecting on the season and what a good run we had and I head for home. I walk in the house to find my two roommates and some girl I’ve never seen before. Both my roommates express their condolences as I shuffle into the room morosely. I say to the girl, “You’ll have to excuse me, my team just lost the World Series.”
To which she replied, “Oh Jesus Christ! I thought your girlfriend just shit on you grandmother! You know sports were invented by Burger King, right?”
Wow, right?
So I took a deep breath, blinked a good dozen times, and informed this mystery woman that although sports may not be for everyone, they hold a very important place in a lot of people’s hearts and its not Burger King that put it there. A team like the Phillies becomes the pulse of the city. Men playing a child’s game become heroes in the night as we cheer them on. And we cheer them on because we truly love them.
It was a good season. A special season with a special team loaded with special guys. Not many championship teams get back to the World Series to begin with. And there’s no shame in losing to the Yanks (although it would have been twice as good as beating the lame ol’ Rays).
Well, this post is a tad sporadic and now it’s getting a bit lengthy so I’ll wrap it up by saying this: I love this team with all my heart and to those of you who think that’s weird, well, you just don’t get it.
GO PHILLIES!
There's kids riding sheep on ESPN right now.
I figured you would want to check it out if you’re around.
If you’ve been wondering what’s in Chase Utley’s hair, the answer, after some quick internet research, is LA Looks.
I was wondering! Thanks!
