Sunday, July 22, 2007

Yea for Soccer!!!!

Christ has returned to Earth...and his name is David Beckham!!!

Or that's what the announcers on the ESPN telecast tonight would have us believe. I decided to watch the game tonight to see Beckham play. I don't like soccer, I think it's boring. But I have always liked David Beckham for some reason. Probably because he is pretty attractive. Although it is always weird when he starts talking because he sounds like some pansy British guy...which I suppose he is.

Anyway, he only played for 15 minutes because he is injured, but ESPN doesn't care! That showed his reactions to everything. They kept telling us how much he was into the match. Of course he was! He is a professional athlete! He cares who wins! They (almost) all do!

But the best part was when Beckham finally game onto the field...er, pitch...whatever. The announcer said something along the lines of:

This is a moment you will tell your grand kids about!! You will be able to tell them where you were when David Beckham debuted

Ummm...no one is going to care by Thursday. David Beckham cannot "save" soccer in America. We just don't like it. There is nothing wrong with that...we just don't. As it ends up...they don't really like American Football in Brazil. That's OK with me. No problem at all.

There were a couple examples tonight of why we don't like soccer. First, people kept flopping like they got cut down by a snipers bullet when they got touched. Americans don't like wimps. If you get seriously hurt...go down. Otherwise, don't flop you jerk. Second, one of the announcers kept talking about how "unlucky" the Galaxy were. A player would pass the ball to the other team and he would say, "ooo...that was unlucky". NO. It wasn't unlucky. It was a bad pass. Don't make excuses. When the Reds bullpen gives up 8 runs in the 8th inning I don't talk about how "unlucky" they are. They are just terrible. blah...even the soccer announcers makes me mad. Third, nothing ever happens. They just run back and forth not scoring goals. Hey, if we won't watch hockey, where at least they fight and bleed and stuff, because nothing ever happens...we certainly aren't going to watch a bunch of crybabies run in circles.

Anyway...I am very excited to follow Beckham in his attempt to save soccer. I suspect it will fail miserably, but it should be interesting to see. My prediction is that he will go back to England in 5 years grumbling about how Americans hate soccer.

Check back in 5 years to see if my prediction was correct.

Labels: David Beckham, ESPN, Soccer

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Friday, July 20, 2007

Michael Vick is Sorry

By now I am sure everyone knows about Michael Vick's alleged involvement with dog fighting/killing. I say alleged because it hasn't been proven yet, but there is a FEDERAL indictment. This isn't some silly state indictment...those are a dime a dozen. The Fed only comes down when it has real evidence. Although I think their murder charge against Dr. Richard Kimball was federal. And they were wrong! Kimball didn't kill his wife! And Tommy Lee Jones doesn't care!!

Where was I. Ah, yes. There are reports that Vick has apologized to Falcons owner Arthur Blank and his team. So he is sorry! Let him go! He apologized!

Apparently Commissar Goodell agrees and is not going to send down a severe punishment like he does for the other criminals in the league. But those criminals don't sell t-shirts!! Vick does. Goodell's apparent double standard is so obvious it's insulting. Here's the lesson: If you are a superstar...do whatever you want. The NFL will just recommend you take a PAID leave of absence. I call that vacation. If you are a non-superstar (Jared Allen, Chris Henry, Pacman Jones, etc...) you will be punished harshly.

You hear that Peyton Manning & Tom Brady...you can do what you want! I am guessing that if video tape came out tonight that showed Manning & Brady killing a hooker in an alley in Boston, Goodell would chuckle and "let it slide...but just this time. Now go sell some t-shirts!!!"

The new commissioner is terrible. He got himself in this mess by punishing alleged criminals before their day in court. Now one of his favorites is in trouble and he is going to change how he reacts. It's garbage and I have no respect for him. The NFL should be ashamed...if non-living entities could have emotions of course.

Anyway, the lesson here is that if you see Manning or some other NFL super-duper star in an alley...RUN FOR YOUR LIFE

Labels: Michael Vick, NFL, Peyton Manning, Roger Goodell, Tom Brady

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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Tennis

So I finally got back out on the court the other day with a friend of mine. I hadn't played in over a year so I was looking to remember how to swing and all that stuff. We did the normal amateur warm-up (hit back and forth for 5 minutes and declare yourselves ready for anything) and started playing.

Now...my strings were on their last breath, yet they lasted over a year in their terrible condition. We played through 5 games and as we switched sides I said to Evan, "Hey...check out these strings! They are terrible but they have lasted a long time like this!"

You can guess what happened next. Evan served the ball...I put a hard return on it and PINNNGGGGGGGGG!!! Snapped. I shouldn't have said anything. I'm stupid.

But now I am prepared to play. I got my racquet restrung. I bought new tennis shoes (my old ones had a hole in the sole). I even bought a used demo racquet so I would have a backup in case my main one breaks. I am ready to roll.

The point of this story is this: If anyone wants to play tennis with me, let me know. I want to play more. So drop me a line or an e-mail or whatever.

One more question: What is the proper spelling: Racket or Racquet?

Labels: Tennis

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Monday, July 9, 2007

Roger Federer: G.O.A.T??

Is Roger Federer the greatest tennis player of all time? Over at CSR I took at look at some stats and came up with an answer.

Roger Federer - Greatest Ever?

What do you think?

Labels: Roger Federer, Tennis

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Sunday, July 8, 2007

Hypnosis & Ghosts

I read something about hypnosis today...about what it is and what it isn't. I thought it was really interesting. The basic point of the article was that real hypnosis is totally different than "stage hypnosis". Apparently in real hypnosis, a person can not be commanded to do anything. For example...they can not be commanded to squawk like a chicken (or harm somebody) if they don't want to. It's a totally voluntary experience.

I have never really believed in hypnosis before. To be fair, I've never really thought about it. I'm not sure why I don't believe in it. It seems like I just kind of defaulted to it. I believe the human mind is a very powerful tool. Why can't there be people who have developed strategies that enhance brain power through relaxation or whatever else? It certainly is possible right? So why do I dismiss it out of hand?

I also have defaulted to not believing in ghosts and stuff like that. Again, I'm not really sure why I don't.

Now that I think about it...it seems like I should believe in it. I believe that a supernatural world exists, 100%. I believe there is a God, Satan, Angels & Demons. I believe they all exist in this super natural world. So why not ghosts?

I guess one of the reasons I struggle with it is because I know that once someone dies, they are dead for good. But that doesn't necessarily mean that that person's likeness can't be assumed by Satan or one of his minions, right? Should I believe in ghosts...but only that if there truly is a ghost sighting that it is a vision of the devil?

I'm not sure...but I'll probably be doing more thinking about this.

Anyone have any thoughts about these?

Labels: Random Thoughts, Supernatural

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Monday, July 2, 2007

The Self Starter

In the second of my irregular series looking at different idiosyncrasies that people have (1st edition here) we take a look at the Self Starter.

This person has the wonderful ability to have a conversation with anyone...mostly because they just start telling a story no matter what else is going on. This story almost always is about them, of course. Here is a (real) example:

Me: {not involved in a conversation with this person}

SS: Hey...Hey Adam...Come here...Did you notice my glasses have two different lenses in it? Isn't that funny?!?

Me: Um...oh yeah...look at that.

SS: yeah...it's sooooo funny. {wait a beat} Cause I had cataract surgery last week. And I didn't have any of the right glasses, so I had to use these. hahahahaha. Isn't that funny?!? Because one of the lenses is tinted. hahahaha. Isn't that funny?!?!?

Me: ummm...yeah...heh

And that's pretty much how every one of those types of conversations goes. You can also look for the person to ask themselves a question to start it off.

SS: What movie did I see last night? Oh yeah...Ocean's 13

They continue to talk about the movie. Of course they were forced to do this because I was insensitive and did not ask them what movie they watched last night.

my bad.

Labels: People

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