Sports Rantings

This was a big weekend here in Wisconsin for our beloved sports franchises. Here are my rants:

• Yes! It's raining, the drought is over. The Brewers made the playoffs for the first time in 26 years. Most of their players were not even alive then. Bring on Philly.
• I say on the first day of Free Agency the Brewers have to offer CC $20 million a year for 4-6 years. No bullsh**ing, just do it. He is definitely worth it, he literally carried the Brewers into the playoffs when their offense looked like s**t.
• The Badgers embarrassed the entire state with their pathetic second half performance and loss against a terrible Michigan team. Next week they play Ohio State. If they lose they could be out of the Top 25 for the first time in many years.
• The Packers looked awful this week. Why are they not throwing it to Driver and Jennings on every play. Those are the only two worth anything on that offense. Every time they throw to them something good happens, keep doing it. Aaron Rogers threw 5 interceptions (even only 3 counted). Ryan Grant looks like a joke of a running back, yet the Packers keep running the ball, even on 3rd and long.
• Do we start taking death threats for Ted Thompson yet? Favre looked great for the Jets throwing 6 TDs, yes 6. Imagine if he still had talent around him like in Green Bay. Why Thompson, why? I hope you and Aaron Rogers have a nice life together.
  

That ain't normal

I'm sitting here flipping between the Brewers (I'm giving them one more loss) and this David Blaine Special on ABC. My god, is that guy weird, yet what he does in unbelievable.

The last trick he did was he went to a crown of people and asked them for a number 1-55 and got 4 different numbers then he had 2 of them call someone and ask for a number. He then had 6 numbers and he went to his wallet and pulled out a single lottery ticket and it had the same numbers that were said in the random group. WTF?

The next trick he did was had someone take a picture of themselves on their cell phone and then he took their phone and slammed it against a $1 bill, and then their picture appeared on the bill. WTF? He just put a quarter in the middle of a table and surrounded it with 5 cell phones, when they all went off the quarter started to spin on its edge.

I've watched other specials of his and all the stuff he does in unbelievable. He also always does his tricks in foreighn countries and in very rough parts of this country. I'm not sure why that it is. He also does things with celebrities. He did a trick involving a card appearing inside a football with the Cowboys and now after the break he is doing a trick with Orlando Bloom.

Any time he has been on an interview or something you can tell how bizarre he really is, something is not right in his head.

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What time is it

So last night I decided to go see Burn After Reading (Okay, not the Coen Brothers' best, but better than most of the crap that comes out nowadays). So the movie starts at 7:50, so I plan that I should be there by 7:40, give me time to get a ticket, get to the theater and sit down, and nowadays they start about 5 minutes early because of all the commercials that start even before the previews. So I get into my seat at 7:40, and there are 10 other people in the theater. I sit down and get comfortable (take my pants off). When the theater goes dark around 7:48 there are maybe 20 people there now. However, through the next 15 minutes (through the previews and the first 5 miutes of the movie) about 100 people end up coming into the theater. I have to stand up 6 times to let people in and now there are people in front of me, and I can't even enjoy the first 5 minutes of the movie because there are all kinds of people moving around getting to their seats.

How difficult is it in todays world to know when a movie starts and get there on time? It makes me sick how much people don't care about getting to anything on time anymore. If I owned the theater I wouldn't let anyone in the movie after the lights go down, too late. We have your money, but you don't get to see the movie, too sad.

Please stop

I was driving home tonight and I saw a girl, probably 9, on her bike talking on a cell phone. Why god why?
At least It's Always Sunny starts up again tonight, and The Office comes back next week. All is well again in the world.

It's over, it's finally over

Send off the streamers, drop the balloons, light the fireworks, Ned Yost has been fired! Sweet zombie Jesus, I thought this day would never come. I think it is too little too late however. They only have 12 games left, 6 against the first place Cubs, whom would love to destroy our playoff chance. The Brewers have to go 8-4 to have a chance, and even then it might not happen.

We all wish Ned Yost good luck on his next career, and here are a few tips for him.

The only down side to all this is, what will the site Firenedyost.com do now? Change to hirenedyost.com

DONE

I am officially done with the Brewers in their 2008 season. By the end of the day they will have lost the Wild Card spot. A spot the had a 5 1/2 game lead in a week ago. They have won 3 games this month and have not scored more than 3 runs in a game. Sad. This will be my last blog about them until after the season when I post a blog about changes that need to be made and when I start a pool about when Ned Yost will be fired.

UPDATE: Yost was just "relieved of his managerial" powers. I will fully process this and blog about this once I come back down to earth.

Must escape reality

Instead of sitting around today and ranting about how the Brewers the only way Americaans can, buy shit. this void the only way Americans can, buy shit. I went out and bought Season 3 of It's Always Sunny in Philedelphia, all is well again. Instead of sitting around realizing that the Brewers still have 2 against Philly and 6 against the Cubs, and have only won 3 games this month, I am sitting here watch Mac and Dennis try out for The Eagles, Charlie in a greenman suit, and all 4 of them say god-d***it many, many times. I love escaping reality through the lives of those on TV.

I want it, and I want it now

I had a whole 0ther idea for a totally different post, but driving home today I saw human beings doing something that really got my juices flowing. I was driving home and saw an incredibly long line, meaning out the door and around the corner, outside of Chipotle. There must have been close to 100 people in line, and this was at 7:00, not even really dinner time. Most of the people in line seemed to be college age. My only guess is that CHipotle was having some kind of free give away to mark the beginning of the semester. My guess is that it was something like, come in wearing some school spirit and get a free burrito.

This weekend I just had a conversation with a buddy of mine about waiting in lines. We both came to the agreement, that waiting in lines for pretty much anything is stupid, and a waste of my time and patience.

I got to thinking about what it would take for me to wait in line for a free $6 burrito. It looked like that line was bordering being nearly 1 hour long. What would it take for me to wait an hour for a free burrito. If I had any sense of personal respect, and any part-time job that paid me more than $6 an hour, there would be no logical reason to wait an hour for a free burrito. I could just work for an hour and earn money and go buy my own food without the line. However, I do not think most people think this way, they just think "hey, free, usually over-priced, food. I'm there."

My advice is to "get a job sir."

Random Thoughts

Yesterday I went to my last Brewers baseball game of the season, and it left with a weird feeling in my stomach, and a few thoughts in my head.

• I am worried for the Brewers this year. THey have lost 6 of 8. They only scored 6 total runs in 4 games against the Padres (one of the worst teams). The Phillies are now only 3 1/2 back and we have to play them 3 times this coming week, and they have an easier schedule than us the rest of the way. Also, the team looks as if they are hardly trying, and they don't care. They were getting no-hit against a terrible pitcher going into the 8th inning, and no one seemed to care or to adjust themselves at the plate.
• Ned Yost really is god-awful. he has no idea what he is doing within a game. I am also pretty sure that the players no he is a joke, and they don't follow his lead at all.
• The Brewers really need to do everything in the power to resign CC. They are just a mediocre team without their pitching staff. However, next year with a rotation as CC, Gallardo, Parra, Bush, Suppan; they look pretty good. They need some changes in their everyday lineup, and their batting order. Order should be HArt, Hardy, Braun, Fielder, Cameron, Hall, Weeks, Kendall.
  
• I really think they should NOT resign Cameron. He is doing jsut fine, despite his BA being a bit low. However, they really need that $10 million. I say Gapler or Gwynn can everyday play Center field, that or move Hart over to center, and bring up an outfielder.
• They need to bring up Gamel to play third next year.
• Kendall needs to rest more, you can see it in his game that he is tired. Plus Rivera does great every time he goes in randomly, imagine if he played everyday
• I think they should move FIelder and Weeks this offseason. THen move Hardy to second, bring up Escobar, and my crazy proposal is play RIvera as your everyday 1st baseman. Then this off season resign CC and go after another bat that plays outfield, first base, or third base (in that order).
  

Video time you b***hes

HEre are two videos to help you get through your middle of your week during your depressing life.

HEre is a video of Brian Williams on The Daily SHow last night at the Republican National Convention.

Brian Williams does a great job of being very serious and smart on the nightly news, but also has a great sense of humor. He does a good job of going toe to toe with Jon Stewart. There is some weird (ie terrible) editing at the end. I wonder what was said?

The Daily Show did a hilarious job of showing the contrast of the Republican National Convention and New Orleans during the hurricane. Some people on this really come off as a**-holes.


Also here is some good old-fashioned rock and roll from the band Hold Steady. There are a great band that sounds a lot like Springsteen but sing about hookers, drinking, and coke. The best part is the joke Letterman makes while introducing the band.

Political assistance

With election time around the corner and the Democratic Convention over and the Republican Convention this week (maybe) I thought this little video might be informative for all those readers out there who couldn't give a s**t about politics



I found it interesting that women can vote, but animals cannot vote, seems backwards. Also hilarious when it said "Not voting is easy, over half the population does it."

Editor's note: In all seriousness there is no excuse not to get informed and vote. If you don't vote you hate freedom and P. Diddy will come to your house and kill you.