Worth Reading

There are few blogs out there that I deem worthy of my time, but one such blog is Bill Simmons' Mailbag on Page 2 of ESPN.COM. He says he is a sports writer, but he answers questions in general about a wide variety of topics, and tend to make some of the same things in society that I do. (Dad, is that you?)

In his most recent Mailbag he hit upon two interesting subject:

First he defended Facebook, but said some of people's updates are stupid and worthless, but he did go on to rip Twitter a new a**hole. I agree that twitter is the end of intelligent thought and grammar in society. People right about whatever they want, whenever they want, from where ever they want. People (even Senators) use slang, numbers to stand for words, and no punctuation. Horrible.

The other funny topic was when he talked about Bromances, and listed his top Bromances of all time:

The original bromance was Lewis and Clark. I'd break down the others like this: Costanza and Seinfeld (funniest); Norm and Cliff (second funniest); Diggler and Rothchild (third funniest); Borat and Azamat (grossest); O.J. and A.C. (most controversial); the Rat Pack (most influential); Kimmel and Carolla (drunkest); Puffy and Biggie after Biggie died (most shameless); Flintstone and Rubble (best animated); Mike and the Mad Dog (most tragic); Kurt Warner and Jesus (most inspirational); Jules and Vincent Vega (most violently entertaining); McEnroe and Fleming (most one-sided); Kobe and Shaq (most destructive); Lincoln and Derickson (most suspicious); Damon and Affleck (wealthiest); Tom and Jerry (most psychotic); Cagney and Lacey (just kidding); Michael Jackson and Emmanuel Lewis (openly creepiest); Bob Crane and John Carpenter (secretly creepiest); Spade and Farley (best one-time chemistry that couldn't be recreated, even by them); King and Favre (most gushing); Lennon and McCartney (most successful); Parker and Stone (most creative); A-Rod and Jeter (most contrived); Clapton and Harrison (biggest backstab); Chuck D and Flava Flav (most unlikely); Siegfried and Roy (best romance bromance); McConaughey and Armstrong (most appearances without a shirt); Bauer and Almeida (most exciting); Wilbon and Kornheiser (most reliable); De Niro and Pesci (best mafia); Redford and Newman (coolest); Simon and Garfunkel, Malone and Stockton, Madden and Summerall (tie for "best fit"); Scottie and Michael (most titles); Hanks and Scolari (biggest disparity of talent); Rocky and Apollo, Daniel-San and Miyagi, Buck and Aikman (tie for "most uncomfortable"); Clooney and Pitt (most overrated); Kirk and Spock, Tango and Cash (tie for "most unintentional comedy"); McNulty and Bunk, Big Papi and Manny (tie for "most underrated"); T-Mac and Vince (least likable); Felix and Oscar (best contrast); and Red and Andy (the greatest bromance ever), with Red and Andy's beach hug in Mexico doubling as the single greatest bromance moment.

If you know who half those people are, you are a pop-culture god. (Sadly, I knew over half).

Well, I'm off to Chicago for 24 hours (don't ask), so I will go "radio-silent" until then.