Friday, November 26, 2004
RANDOMIZE AND ACCESSORIZE
Well, I'll take care of the randomizing. You can take care of the accessorizing with whatever it is you prefer to accessorize with. That just came off as an offbeat Mitch Hedberg joke, and that's saying something.
Just a few random notes before I starting hacking away at the normal post...
-- In the latest ESPN Magazine, you can read about why Carl Pavano regrets dating Alyssa Milano. You can also see right away that writer Jeff Bradley immediately says Pavano is "likely to sign a three-year deal for at least $27M with the Red Sox or Yankees..." Since it's early in the article, I have red flags go up in my mind saying the mention of the Yanks and Sox are just a copout, but there is some ammo later in the article for Pavano wanting to be close to his Connecticut home. He also seems to stress that he wants to learn from a veteran pitcher rather than be on young teams like he has been. Of course, the article aligns right away with those two teams I mentioned, and name-drops Curt Schilling and Mike Mussina. Seriously, though. How many of us really want Carl Pavano in a uniform of the Seattle Mariners? I don't.
-- I'm not sure how this Washington/Oklahoma hoops game is going to end up, but one thing's for sure: I bet Nate Robinson is glad he hasn't been playing football. I think it's safe to say that would have been a waste of time.
-- It's interesting to see the Sonics win games in any number of ways. They did it again tonight, with Ray Allen having a crappy night from the floor, Rashard Lewis spraining his shoulder (the same one that was giving him problems before), and with Antonio Daniels barely taking any shots. The three guys I just named are their top three scorers. They had footage of Lewis on the floor with an ice pack on his shoulder, but later he had the pack removed and was pedaling away on the stationary bike. We'll see what his fate is when the articles roll in tonight.
-- Why on earth are Circuit City's receipts two feet long? Is this really necessary? Also, this year's $11.99 storewide CD price-slashing was nowhere near as cool as the $9.99 bonanza they had last year. Or maybe it was two years ago.
-- There have been some stupid fouls both ways at the end of this Kings/Lakers game, including a mind-numbing flagrant foul by Doug Christie, who of course is forever enshrined in Bill Simmons' Hall of Infamy. Well, he'll be in that Hall if Simmons ever draws one up. Remember, Simmons has already defined the Unintentional Comedy Rating scale. The official ESPN-hosted version of the scale is now under the lock and key of ESPN Insider, which is evil.
-- I've had an okay time with Best Buy since their inception into the cast retail landscape in Silverdale, but this Kevin Kringle ad campaign is horrible. However, the two best ads on television have to be the one Geico commercial that totally rips off the Old Navy commercials, and the commercial where this guy is reading a magazine, his wife comes in and asks if what she's wearing makes her look fat, then the husband (only halfway paying attention) says "you betcha." Hilarious.
[Edit Sun ~8:12p -- That last commercial is also a Geico commercial. "In the time that it takes you to pull out the sleeper sofa," you can save money on car insurance.]
-- I just learned from SportsCenter that the Lakers have lost in both games where Kobe Bryant has scored 40 points. Good stuff. It's slightly less satisfying now that the Lakers aren't in the same division anymore.
-- Do any of you out there miss those cheesy "take me fishing" commercials that ran during the Mariner telecasts? Me neither.
-- Remember when the Lotto was running those weird ads for the Gold Ball? They've since gone back to a straight pick six, though I'm not sure when the Gold Ball was axed and whether it had anything to do with Mega Millions coming in (basically the same format). But man, those Gold Ball commercials were weeeeiiiiiird. The song was outwardly cheesy as well.
-- If you're in some sort of crowded shopping center or just a crowd in general, and you're trying to get somewhere quicker, do you ever pretend you're a point guard splitting an endless barrage of defenders? I've sucked at basketball all my life but I still do this.
Okay, I'm going to watch the rest of this Husky game and start fishing for junior hockey recaps. A post will be coming in the morning.
Just a few random notes before I starting hacking away at the normal post...
-- In the latest ESPN Magazine, you can read about why Carl Pavano regrets dating Alyssa Milano. You can also see right away that writer Jeff Bradley immediately says Pavano is "likely to sign a three-year deal for at least $27M with the Red Sox or Yankees..." Since it's early in the article, I have red flags go up in my mind saying the mention of the Yanks and Sox are just a copout, but there is some ammo later in the article for Pavano wanting to be close to his Connecticut home. He also seems to stress that he wants to learn from a veteran pitcher rather than be on young teams like he has been. Of course, the article aligns right away with those two teams I mentioned, and name-drops Curt Schilling and Mike Mussina. Seriously, though. How many of us really want Carl Pavano in a uniform of the Seattle Mariners? I don't.
-- I'm not sure how this Washington/Oklahoma hoops game is going to end up, but one thing's for sure: I bet Nate Robinson is glad he hasn't been playing football. I think it's safe to say that would have been a waste of time.
-- It's interesting to see the Sonics win games in any number of ways. They did it again tonight, with Ray Allen having a crappy night from the floor, Rashard Lewis spraining his shoulder (the same one that was giving him problems before), and with Antonio Daniels barely taking any shots. The three guys I just named are their top three scorers. They had footage of Lewis on the floor with an ice pack on his shoulder, but later he had the pack removed and was pedaling away on the stationary bike. We'll see what his fate is when the articles roll in tonight.
-- Why on earth are Circuit City's receipts two feet long? Is this really necessary? Also, this year's $11.99 storewide CD price-slashing was nowhere near as cool as the $9.99 bonanza they had last year. Or maybe it was two years ago.
-- There have been some stupid fouls both ways at the end of this Kings/Lakers game, including a mind-numbing flagrant foul by Doug Christie, who of course is forever enshrined in Bill Simmons' Hall of Infamy. Well, he'll be in that Hall if Simmons ever draws one up. Remember, Simmons has already defined the Unintentional Comedy Rating scale. The official ESPN-hosted version of the scale is now under the lock and key of ESPN Insider, which is evil.
-- I've had an okay time with Best Buy since their inception into the cast retail landscape in Silverdale, but this Kevin Kringle ad campaign is horrible. However, the two best ads on television have to be the one Geico commercial that totally rips off the Old Navy commercials, and the commercial where this guy is reading a magazine, his wife comes in and asks if what she's wearing makes her look fat, then the husband (only halfway paying attention) says "you betcha." Hilarious.
[Edit Sun ~8:12p -- That last commercial is also a Geico commercial. "In the time that it takes you to pull out the sleeper sofa," you can save money on car insurance.]
-- I just learned from SportsCenter that the Lakers have lost in both games where Kobe Bryant has scored 40 points. Good stuff. It's slightly less satisfying now that the Lakers aren't in the same division anymore.
-- Do any of you out there miss those cheesy "take me fishing" commercials that ran during the Mariner telecasts? Me neither.
-- Remember when the Lotto was running those weird ads for the Gold Ball? They've since gone back to a straight pick six, though I'm not sure when the Gold Ball was axed and whether it had anything to do with Mega Millions coming in (basically the same format). But man, those Gold Ball commercials were weeeeiiiiiird. The song was outwardly cheesy as well.
-- If you're in some sort of crowded shopping center or just a crowd in general, and you're trying to get somewhere quicker, do you ever pretend you're a point guard splitting an endless barrage of defenders? I've sucked at basketball all my life but I still do this.
Okay, I'm going to watch the rest of this Husky game and start fishing for junior hockey recaps. A post will be coming in the morning.
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