12.18.07

Go Figure??

So I've decided that I have terrible friends.

Just the worst.

I need to get new ones.

WHY YOU ASK???

Because my friends know that I love gangster movies.

And they know that I love the cocaine trade.

But until yesterday night, I hadn't seen Scarface.

WHO ARE THESE FRIENDS THAT ARE LETTING ME GET AWAY WITH THIS??? Not only was this one of the all-time great organized crime movies...not having seen it has been the only thing keeping me from being on Cribs!

I hate you all and will never forgive you.

Hope Restored

I took my garbage out Monday night to see my neighbor watching his five year old son riding his bike.

The kid, who is a bit of a talker, yells when he sees me, "HEY! LOOK! I can ride without training wheels! And watch, I can use the breaks! And watch, I can turn!"

His dad went on to explain to me that this was the second night that he'd ridden without training wheels.

So I watched for a minute or two, congratulated him on his accomplishment, telling him that I was 6 or 7 when I learned how to ride a two-wheeler...then I continued in walking to the garbage.

While walking I started thinking...this kid is five, and look at what he accomplished! And think about how many more of these milestones that this kid is going through. First day of school...first time reading...first date...

And I realized that my life has no further opportunities for firsts.

Accomplishments are done. From here on out nothing is new.

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Then I realized I didn't know how to swim.

HOPE REVEALED!!!!!!!!


Creative Marketing...

I saw a preview on CBS last night for Frosty the Snowman that opened with, "Frosty the Snowman--everyone's favorite snowman!"

Really? As though we know any other snowmen?

Is ABC airing Grassy the Snowman that was Made when there wasn't Enough Snow to Make a Snowman??



Please Help the Writers...

Here is the state of television right now:

A) Jay Leno--someone who has never written a funny word in his life, is going to go on air without writers.
B) I've watched "The Big Bang Theory" for the past three weeks because there are no other new shows on TV. Have you seen this show yet? It's exactly like the Wonder Years, except for the lack of humor, nostalgia and generally tolerable characters.

Cheater?

I heard Dick Vitale on the radio Monday saying that he could no longer root for Andy Pettite because he was a "cheater".

Andy Pettite knowingly and admittedly took a substance that baseball had no official stance on.

Similar to Mark McGwire.

Similar to Barry Bonds.

But are they cheaters?

That's like pressing charges against someone for downloading music on Napster before it was made illegal...it just doesn't make sense.

So if you don't want to root for them, fine...but lay-off the "cheaters" comments. (Particularly if you're like Dick Vitale and can't even spell "Cheaters".)

Eureka!

I've been trying to figure out where I know "13" (the sneaky-hot new doctor on HOUSE) from...but last night, thanks to IMDB, I figured out that she used to be the SCORCHINGLY HOT lesbian ("Alex") on the OC.

Now I can sleep at night...

As Good an Excuse as Any...

Isaiah Thomas came out yesterday and said that his team (The New York/New Jersey Knickerbockers) was playing "without any heart."

So let's see here.

The team doesn't have a heart. The coach doesn't have a brain. The owner is timid.

Shame that they don't have Dana Carvey on contract...

(Yes, I've posted this link before, but it is a classic.)

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