Football Rants

I'm not going to post about the Packers, except to say that their season is OVER, and they will be worse last year because of the moves Ted Thompson will make (trade Driver and Harris). That is all. (Also, Brian Gant who? Who needs him, Brandon Jackson looked even better today.)

I am now watching the Jets-Broncos game in the background while I sharpen my knifes, and there is a player on the Broncos with the first name Ebenezer. What? Why would you name your child that? Here is the wikipedia page about Ebenezer, and here is the first picture that comes up with a google search.

Are you packin?

I'm sure by now we have all heard about Plaxico Burress and him shooting himself in the leg after bringing a gun to the club. Well, now it is getting more complex. Apparently he didn't want to go to the hospital because they have to notify the police, and he does not have the permit for the gun (big shocker).

What's the deal with having to carry a weapon into the club anyways. Earlier this year two Marquette University girls were arrested for stabbing someone outside a club. I don't get it? What ever happened to the old fashioned way of getting back at someone by slowly seeking revenge on them buying destroying them piece by piece over the years?

Thanksgiving Lessons

Hope every one had a great Thanksgiving. I learned a great life lesson yesterday:
"No matter how fast you run and how hard you fight, yo always end up on someone's dinner table with a pound of stuffing up you a**. " Really makes you think.

Also, we were driving back home from up north last night. Driving through the town of Sheboygen, we drove right past their Best Buy. There were probably 20 people camping outside Best Buy there in tents and sleeping bags (some had neither). WTF? It's 7:00 PM, and it doesn't open until 5 am? I know they are having some sales tomorrow, but seriously. Is it really that important to get Season 6 of Friends for $12.99? Anything short of giving a free flat-screen plasma HD TV to the first 50 customers, there is no way I would wait outside in the winter in Wisconsin for some crappy sales. Get a job people and actually earn money.

Random Rantings

So I had today off, and it has been awhile since I have experience the world on a random weekday:

• A bunch of us who work together went out last night for a few drinks, and man can you really see the other side of some coworkers after a few drinks. Why in the world would you decide to get shitty drunk in front of people you work with everyday? It's okay to control yourself in public with coworkers and then go home and polish off that bottle of Jameson alone in your basement, like some of us do. Also, why would you want to do karaoke in front of these same people, and find it weird that some people refuse to karaoke.
  
• Once your body is used to get up early on a Wednesday, there is no way to sleep late, even when you have nothing to do that.
• This morning I watched Tropic Thunder, hilarious movie. After watching that movie, this clip, and listening to this audio clip (some jag-off asking him bizarre and offensive questions at a press conference), I would have to say Robert Downey Jr. is the coolest guy in Hollywood.

• I was out and about running some errands, so I decided to stop at Taco Bell for lunch. These 2 chick in front of me ordered a bunch of stuff with extra meat, extra sour cream, and what not, and they both drank water. Their total was $22.50. At Taco BEll. How? My total was $4.74, and I was stuffed when I was done.
• I went on the freeway at 1:15, and there was already rush hour traffic then. Does anyone ever work a full day anymore?
• I stopped off at Barnes and Noble to see if about getting a book, since I now know how to read. There was a huge sign when you walked in saying "December 6th, 25% off sale on everything." It was some promotion to thank their customers and what not. So I turned around and figured I would come back next Saturday.
  
• Taking a nap at 3:30 is awesome.
• It's going to be a long winter now that It's Alway's Sunny In Philedelphia's season is over.
  

You call this a team?

So, since there was no Packer game today, I was flipping between the Bears-Rams game and Jets-Titans. Obviously the Jets-Titans is going to be more interesting, but I have too much of my fantasy team (and season) relying on the Jets-Titans game. (I am not doing well in that game. Dear Tennessee, run the ball.) I was on the Rams-BEars game right when it was going into halftime. The Rams are down 24-3 and the Rams fans begin to boo at halftime. What? What did you think was going to happen? Your Rams are horrible. If not for the Lions, you would have the worst team in football. It got me to thinking, what would actually make you want to go to a St. Louis Rams' football game?
I know St. Louis is the most dangerous city in America, but there has to be something better to do. I lived down there for 5 years, and I can rattle off hundreds of things I would rather do than go to a Rams game. (Two of which are give myself a root canal and volunteer to clean the top of the arch.)


PS: Why did we trade Favre again? Man, he is looking good today against the stellar defense of Tennessee.

PPS: Jay Glazer is officially dead to me. I have Ward (RB from Giants) and COllins (QB from Tennessee) on my fantasy team. I couldn''t decide who to start. ESPN.com said that Jacobs would probably not start, and Ward would start. So I decided to start Ward. Then on FOX Jay Glazer said Jacobs would start, and in fact felt healthier than he had in weeks. So I sit Ward and start Collins. Then at half time, there is a breaking story that Jacobs won't start, in fact he won't play. Ward will start and get 90% of the snaps. What? How does Jacobs go from being healthier than he has in weeks, to no playing. At this point I am pretty sure Jay Glazer is just making this s**t up.

Quick Rant

I just stopped at my local watering hole for a bite to eat and a few (3) beers. These two "guys" next to me were having a 15 minute conversation about seat warmers in their cars. They were talking about how long they take to get warm, and how hot they can get, and how they can't live without them in winter. Seriously? Are your lives that boring and pathetic that you have to sit around and discuss this? My advice, kill yourselves, you are sad.

That is all, I told you it would be quick. (That's what she said.)

Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n Roll, and Advertising

Recently NPR came out with this report linking teenagers who watch certain TV shows and being more likely to have sex and become pregnant. "experts" have been lining tv show content to behaviors in people for years. I don't think a certain show links to teenage pregnancy. Three of the shows on the list; That 70s Show, Sex and the City, and Friends, do not feature direct teenage sex and except two characters on Friends, none of the shows feature pregnancy. Of the three, only really That 70s Show have I ever watched. It is about teenagers in the 70s doing drugs and annoying their parents, nothing else.

Then I saw this commercial:


Now I could see how this commercial could increase teenage pregnancy. Every guy that watches that wants to be that guy, and every girl wants to be that girl. Look how cool they are, and they are lying and then telling the truth, how hipster of them. Also, this is not the only new Levi's commercial that hints at teenage or unmarried sex. Others here,and here