Welcome to "I'm a Headcase" your one stop source for all things Michael Jackson. If you are a fan of the King of Pop then stop everything you're doing and check out my exclusive memorial to MJ. There will be exlusive interviews with members of the Jackson family, a photo montage and much, much more!
Actually, that's not true at all but I figured that maybe saying all that would help drive up traffic to my blog! In actuality, there are no Michael Jackson references at all although there is a parody article about Kenny Powers from HBO's East Bound and Down joining the Philadelphia Phillies and a rant about twitter so check it out and tell all your friends!
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Kenny Powers To Join Phillies
The defending World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies are close to signing a former superstar pitcher in hopes of bolstering their title defense chances. However, contrary to published reports that pitcher will not be future Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez but rather flame throwing flameout Kenny Powers, the all star closer turned high school gym teacher.
Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed but a high ranking team official with knowledge of the negotiations said that it would most likely be a one year incentive laden deal with a team option for a second year. The total value of the contract was expected to be around three million dollars.
"We believe that Kenny Powers is a guy who has a lot of ability left in that right arm and is somebody that can help us bring another championship to Philadelphia," Phillies General Manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. said in a statement released by the team. "We always do our due deligence and leave no stone unturned."
Or in Powers' case no donut box left unturned. Powers, whose conditioning makes David Wells look like Brock Lesnar, is not concerned about being affected by his long layoff. When reached for comment in his suburban North Carolina home, Powers said, "Look, you don't have to run the ball to home plate. How many guys has Usain Bolt struck out? Huh, how many? You tell me because I'd like to know. I bet you that he hasn't struck out anyone. Nada. No one."
Powers added, "besides I'm pretty sure I could get more people out than Jamie Moyer. That guy is older than dirt. Even April throws harder than him."
It is believed that several other teams were also in the bidding for Powers' services including the New York Mets. When Mets General Manager Omar Minaya was asked recently if the team was interested in Powers Minaya replied, "Of course, we are always looking for Powers. With Beltran, Delgado and Reyes all out of the lineup right now we could use some more Powers. You know what I'm saying?"
It's also been rumored that the Washington Nationals were interested due to their long standing team tradition to have at least one player with a mullet on the team at all times. Although to save money the team might just ask thirdbaseman Ryan Zimmerman to wear a Kenny Powers wig.
A press conference has been scheduled for Monday. While certainly an unorthodox signing it is not without precedent. Earlier this year the Pittsburgh Pirates signed two pitchers from India after they appeared on the reality tv game show "Million Dollar Arm" and Josh Hamilton returned after a three year drug related absence to become an all star. If nothing else this signing shows that Major League teams will go to great lengths to find the best talent available.
Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed but a high ranking team official with knowledge of the negotiations said that it would most likely be a one year incentive laden deal with a team option for a second year. The total value of the contract was expected to be around three million dollars.
"We believe that Kenny Powers is a guy who has a lot of ability left in that right arm and is somebody that can help us bring another championship to Philadelphia," Phillies General Manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. said in a statement released by the team. "We always do our due deligence and leave no stone unturned."
Or in Powers' case no donut box left unturned. Powers, whose conditioning makes David Wells look like Brock Lesnar, is not concerned about being affected by his long layoff. When reached for comment in his suburban North Carolina home, Powers said, "Look, you don't have to run the ball to home plate. How many guys has Usain Bolt struck out? Huh, how many? You tell me because I'd like to know. I bet you that he hasn't struck out anyone. Nada. No one."
Powers added, "besides I'm pretty sure I could get more people out than Jamie Moyer. That guy is older than dirt. Even April throws harder than him."
It is believed that several other teams were also in the bidding for Powers' services including the New York Mets. When Mets General Manager Omar Minaya was asked recently if the team was interested in Powers Minaya replied, "Of course, we are always looking for Powers. With Beltran, Delgado and Reyes all out of the lineup right now we could use some more Powers. You know what I'm saying?"
It's also been rumored that the Washington Nationals were interested due to their long standing team tradition to have at least one player with a mullet on the team at all times. Although to save money the team might just ask thirdbaseman Ryan Zimmerman to wear a Kenny Powers wig.
A press conference has been scheduled for Monday. While certainly an unorthodox signing it is not without precedent. Earlier this year the Pittsburgh Pirates signed two pitchers from India after they appeared on the reality tv game show "Million Dollar Arm" and Josh Hamilton returned after a three year drug related absence to become an all star. If nothing else this signing shows that Major League teams will go to great lengths to find the best talent available.
Things You May Have Missed
I almost can't believe that it's been 9 months since my last post! From someone who use to post every single day that feels like an eternity. A lot has happened since then most of which I can't disclose on here but here's a look at a few things that I can.
- I'm currently in the process of developing a one man comedy show. And no Brian it's not called a one man show because it's about my sex life.
- I finally got laid!!! .... off that is. It came as quite the shock to me. Now I know how the Patriots felt losing the Super Bowl to the Giants 2 years ago. But luckily for me I was soon rehired by the same company! I guess I must have made a good impression.
- I signed up for a Bikram Yoga class. I was hoping that I would be the only guy in a room full of hot girls. Instead I was the only guy in a room full of senior citizens.
- I entered into a summer long decathlon with my ultra competitive friend Jen after she beat me in bowling. The 2nd event was mini golf and I had a one stroke lead going into the last hole. So of course I went out and got a 7 on the last hole. That's almost as bad as when I walked 8 batters in a row during the last inning of a softball championship game to blow a 5 run lead.
- I bought the "Iron Gym" in an attempt to work out without having to go the gym. But after spending an hour trying to assemble the damn thing I was too tired to actually use it.
- My sister graduated from MIT. She now has a doctorate on top of a masters degree. In related news I took "the which Lost character are you most like" quiz on facebook with the result Jack Shephard.
- I'm currently in the process of developing a one man comedy show. And no Brian it's not called a one man show because it's about my sex life.
- I finally got laid!!! .... off that is. It came as quite the shock to me. Now I know how the Patriots felt losing the Super Bowl to the Giants 2 years ago. But luckily for me I was soon rehired by the same company! I guess I must have made a good impression.
- I signed up for a Bikram Yoga class. I was hoping that I would be the only guy in a room full of hot girls. Instead I was the only guy in a room full of senior citizens.
- I entered into a summer long decathlon with my ultra competitive friend Jen after she beat me in bowling. The 2nd event was mini golf and I had a one stroke lead going into the last hole. So of course I went out and got a 7 on the last hole. That's almost as bad as when I walked 8 batters in a row during the last inning of a softball championship game to blow a 5 run lead.
- I bought the "Iron Gym" in an attempt to work out without having to go the gym. But after spending an hour trying to assemble the damn thing I was too tired to actually use it.
- My sister graduated from MIT. She now has a doctorate on top of a masters degree. In related news I took "the which Lost character are you most like" quiz on facebook with the result Jack Shephard.
Hey! You stole my idea!
The other day I went on a date (yea, that's right) to the South Street Seaport and we wound up going to this new beachfront area that they designed. And by beachfront I mean a giant sand box with picnic benches and a bar. Oh, and a 7 hole mini-golf course that looks like something you could have made in your backyard with left over pizza boxes and beer cans. It's actually a cool spot and a really good idea. The only problem is that they stole it from me!!!
The idea of putting an artificial, man made beach in major metropolitan areas is something that I came up with three years ago! Although I would have made a much larger beach complete with a wave pool.
A part of me is glad that someone thought to implement this "water taxi beach". But then again another part of me is jealous that I didn't get to do it. I have a whole book of ideas that I'm just dying to implement but the only problem is that I don't even know where to get started. I don't have the time or money to patent all of the ideas or really to sit down and develop them to the point of implentation. I know this sounds like sour grapes and I apologize for that but I just wanted to vent because it's frustrating that all of my ideas are getting stolen!
I can't even go to the movies anymore without seeing something that I thought of. Everyone loved the Hangover and rightfully so. Except for the fact that my friend and I thought of it 3 years ago. It was going to be called Guys Night Out. I give the guys behind the Hangover props because they came up with some funny scenarios that we would have never thought of such as the whole Mike Tyson singing cameo. But our plot and twist ending was 10000x better.
I guess I should use these examples as motivation to actually start pursuing the implentation of some of my ideas. After all, there's solid proof out there that I have good ideas that people would be receptive to. But then again I'm not sure I really want to waste all my free time developing athiestdate.com.
Come on, you could do better than that!
The idea of putting an artificial, man made beach in major metropolitan areas is something that I came up with three years ago! Although I would have made a much larger beach complete with a wave pool.
A part of me is glad that someone thought to implement this "water taxi beach". But then again another part of me is jealous that I didn't get to do it. I have a whole book of ideas that I'm just dying to implement but the only problem is that I don't even know where to get started. I don't have the time or money to patent all of the ideas or really to sit down and develop them to the point of implentation. I know this sounds like sour grapes and I apologize for that but I just wanted to vent because it's frustrating that all of my ideas are getting stolen!
I can't even go to the movies anymore without seeing something that I thought of. Everyone loved the Hangover and rightfully so. Except for the fact that my friend and I thought of it 3 years ago. It was going to be called Guys Night Out. I give the guys behind the Hangover props because they came up with some funny scenarios that we would have never thought of such as the whole Mike Tyson singing cameo. But our plot and twist ending was 10000x better.
I guess I should use these examples as motivation to actually start pursuing the implentation of some of my ideas. After all, there's solid proof out there that I have good ideas that people would be receptive to. But then again I'm not sure I really want to waste all my free time developing athiestdate.com.
Come on, you could do better than that!
Shame(s) on You: Twitter Dee, Twitter Dumb
Twitter me this, twitter me that. What's a complete waste of time? It's twitter!
I'll be the first to admit that I'm not exactly the standard bearer of cool. I know that may be hard for some people to fathom but it's true. I'm not a trend setter by any stretch of the imagination and I was never the first kid on my block to get anything except for maybe chicken pox. So it should come as no surprise when I tell you that I haven't gotten into the whole twitter craze yet.
It's possible that I could get into it at some point. Traditionally I've been very slow to adapt to change. My video game system of choice is still Nintendo. But unless I'm misstaken there's really no point to Twitter. Is it just me or isn't a tweet the same as just posting a status update on your facebook page? Did they really just take one aspect of a social networking site and make a whole new site? What's next tag.com where you can only post and comment on pictures?
I do have to admit that there is one cool aspect of Twitter and that's the access that you gain into the personal lives of celebrities. Hearing Lance Armstrong talk about the Tour de France while it's going on is pretty cool. As would be hearing Chad Ochocinco talk about the football game he's playing in at halftime or Shaq discussing his thoughts on getting traded to Cleveland. I almost want to join just to find out what Brittany Snow had for breakfast.
But ultimately is there really a point to any of this? Just look at what happend with Myspace. A few years ago it was the thing to do and now it's only used by club promoters and pedophiles. By the time I do get around to joining Twitter we'll probably be onto some new craze. I think I'll wait this one out and take my chances that something better comes along. Tag.com anyone?
I'll be the first to admit that I'm not exactly the standard bearer of cool. I know that may be hard for some people to fathom but it's true. I'm not a trend setter by any stretch of the imagination and I was never the first kid on my block to get anything except for maybe chicken pox. So it should come as no surprise when I tell you that I haven't gotten into the whole twitter craze yet.
It's possible that I could get into it at some point. Traditionally I've been very slow to adapt to change. My video game system of choice is still Nintendo. But unless I'm misstaken there's really no point to Twitter. Is it just me or isn't a tweet the same as just posting a status update on your facebook page? Did they really just take one aspect of a social networking site and make a whole new site? What's next tag.com where you can only post and comment on pictures?
I do have to admit that there is one cool aspect of Twitter and that's the access that you gain into the personal lives of celebrities. Hearing Lance Armstrong talk about the Tour de France while it's going on is pretty cool. As would be hearing Chad Ochocinco talk about the football game he's playing in at halftime or Shaq discussing his thoughts on getting traded to Cleveland. I almost want to join just to find out what Brittany Snow had for breakfast.
But ultimately is there really a point to any of this? Just look at what happend with Myspace. A few years ago it was the thing to do and now it's only used by club promoters and pedophiles. By the time I do get around to joining Twitter we'll probably be onto some new craze. I think I'll wait this one out and take my chances that something better comes along. Tag.com anyone?
The End of Excess
I don't want this to come out the wrong way, but there's a part of me that's glad that we're going through these tough economic times. I know how that sounds and believe me I'm not trying to be insensitive towards anyone whose out of work or has been adversely affected by what's going on. I know first hand what it's like having recently been laid off myself.
But with that having been said there's some good that can come out of this. I mean did we really need a Starbuck on literally every street corner? Did we really need 27 newsstands in Penn Station? If the long term affect of this economic crisis is that we downsize our supersized culture into something more reasonable is that so bad?
In my home town of Oceanside there are 13 pizzerias and 6 pharmacies!!! Think about that for a second. We have 6 places where you can go out in the middle of the night and buy nose drops if you have a stuffed nose. Would it really be so bad if there were only 2 or 3 places that sold nose drops? Sure that would really suck for the employees of those other 3 stores but I'm sure they could find something else to do in time.
Instead of fretting about how bad the economy is we should be using this as an opportunity to reevaluate the way our society is set up. We've wasted so much time building unnecessary things that we've lost sight of what's really important. Real life isn't the Sims. You can't just build something and then hit the undo button. There are real consequences to what you do out here. And we need to do a better job of maximizing our resources and building things that we actually need.
Some cities have started to get that message turning abandoned stripped malls into community centers. But there's a lot more work than needs to occur. And it's about time that we did something about it. That new shopping center can wait.
But with that having been said there's some good that can come out of this. I mean did we really need a Starbuck on literally every street corner? Did we really need 27 newsstands in Penn Station? If the long term affect of this economic crisis is that we downsize our supersized culture into something more reasonable is that so bad?
In my home town of Oceanside there are 13 pizzerias and 6 pharmacies!!! Think about that for a second. We have 6 places where you can go out in the middle of the night and buy nose drops if you have a stuffed nose. Would it really be so bad if there were only 2 or 3 places that sold nose drops? Sure that would really suck for the employees of those other 3 stores but I'm sure they could find something else to do in time.
Instead of fretting about how bad the economy is we should be using this as an opportunity to reevaluate the way our society is set up. We've wasted so much time building unnecessary things that we've lost sight of what's really important. Real life isn't the Sims. You can't just build something and then hit the undo button. There are real consequences to what you do out here. And we need to do a better job of maximizing our resources and building things that we actually need.
Some cities have started to get that message turning abandoned stripped malls into community centers. But there's a lot more work than needs to occur. And it's about time that we did something about it. That new shopping center can wait.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Issue #6
I'm too lazy to come up with issue #5, part two so instead I'm just going to move on to issue #6 which quite frankly might be my best issue ever. I mean how can it not be when it features a video that blames me for Barack Obama losing the election and the return of Nushuffle.com!!!! Plus a whole lot more from Halloween costume ideas to scathing editorials. Be sure to check it all out and as always let me know what you think.
Fringe Benefits
JJ Abrams has done it again. He's taken a former tv star in Joshua Jackson and revived his career just like he did with Matthew Fox when Fox became Dr. Jack Shephard on ABC's hit show Lost. Only this time he didn't make Jackson the star of the show. That distinction belongs to Anna Torv, a relative unknown, who plays Federal Agent Olivia Dunham. Dunham, Jackson's character Peter Bishop and his father Dr. Walter Bishop, who just spent 10 years locked up in an insane aslyum, come together to solve a series of crimes that all have one thing in common: they all involve weird occurrences that can be traced back to fringe science.
We're talking everything from reading the thoughts of someone whose been dead for six hours to turning someone into a human microwave. Which is where the comparisons to the X-Files get drawn. But to characterize the show as being something that only a true conspiracy theorist could love wouldn't be fair. It also has plenty of similarities to other shows.
Mostly, it reminds me of crime scene driven shows like CSI in which the characters on the show are given a different mystery to solve each week and have to use their intuition and scientific expertise to figure it out. That element of the show figures to draw in a larger audience than if it was just focused on the X-Files aspect to it but it can also lead to predictability because from here on out we know that every episode is going to be basically the same thing but with a different "pattern" related case to solve.
However, the creators of the show have done a great job so far of delving into larger story lines that destract from the episode specific plot. If their goal was to develop a plot that could engage their viewers while also making it possible to miss an episode and not miss a beat then they have succeeded. The characters, the plot, the CSIesque episodes, the Alias like double crosses, the Lost like mysteries, and the X files like sci fi element, all add up to make for the best new show of the Fall season.
Halloween Costume Ideas
Halloween is upon us which can only mean one thing...time to dress up like a whore!!! Or at least that's what every girl is going to be doing. But that doesn't help me much. Which begs the question what should I be for Halloween?
With everything that's going on with the economy I would love to go with a recession themed costume. I was thinking about going as a giant bucket to represent the bail out. Or perhaps paint myself gold and go as a golden parachute. But those ideas are about as bad as the decision to give out sub prime mortgages.
With everything that's going on with the economy I would love to go with a recession themed costume. I was thinking about going as a giant bucket to represent the bail out. Or perhaps paint myself gold and go as a golden parachute. But those ideas are about as bad as the decision to give out sub prime mortgages.
So I've moved onto my number two choice which is to go as Sarah Palin. Which is pretty much what everyone in the free world is also going to be doing. Heck, even Lindsay Lohan has said that she'll be going as Palin. Maybe a throw everyone a curveball then and go as Lindsay. Shouldn't be too hard to pull off. I'd just go around all night acting drunk.
Speaking of acting, I was also thinking about going as Dr. House. That way I could just walk around with a cane and act like a total ass to everyone, making pithy comments to my heart's content. But if I did that then Halloween would just be like every other day of my life and that wouldn't be any fun.
Which leaves?!??!?! You tell me. What should I be for Halloween?
Should I rock the Palin costume?
Shame(s) on You: Brian Cashman
There are a lot of things that don't make sense. Such as Alex Rodriguez leaving his hot wife for a 50 year old anorexic version of Madonna. Or the Tampa Bay Rays appearing in the World Series one year after finishing with the worst record in baseball. But nothing makes less sense than New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman, not only keeping his job after a year in which the Yankees failed to make the playoffs, but actually parlaying his performance into a three year extension.
Need I remind everyone that the Yankees haven't won the World Series in 8 years. And when they were winning it was because of the foundation that had been built by Gene "Stick" Michael and Bob Watson. Cashman has been riding their coattails for a close to a decade now with nothing to show for it but a littany of bloated contracts, free agent busts, and failed expectations.
What bothers me about this is that Cashman's own ego is to blame for the rapid descend from dynasty to laughingstock. His decision to not trade for SP Johan Santana last off season was not based on the notion that Santana was about to decline nor was it based on a belief that players like Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy, and Melky Cabrera were about to become stars. It was made solely because Cashman wanted to shed the "evil empire" label and proove to the World that he could win with a team filled with homegrown talent. Talent that he assembled. Moreover that he could win without having to go out and buy superstars from other organizations. Sure, winning 4 World Series Titles in 5 years in the late 90's was great. But doing it again, from the ground up and without having to outspend other teams would be even better.
Cashman even admitted to this line of thinking in his media session to announce his contract extension saying that while he may have been tempted to leave he didn't want to go and leave doubt about his legacy. He knew that if he left he would have received little credit for the Yankees success in the late 90's and almost all of the blame for their recent failures even if they weren't all his fault. So he decided to stay and see his vision through. And while that's commendable it also exposes a flaw in his logic.
To succeed in baseball or anywhere for that matter you have to have the courage of your convictions. You can't care about what other people think about you or about what other people say about you. And you sure as hell can't worry about your legacy. Any time you make a decision based on how other people perceive you it's game over. You've already lost. And no amount of championships won from here on out can ever change that.
How is this man still employed?
Need I remind everyone that the Yankees haven't won the World Series in 8 years. And when they were winning it was because of the foundation that had been built by Gene "Stick" Michael and Bob Watson. Cashman has been riding their coattails for a close to a decade now with nothing to show for it but a littany of bloated contracts, free agent busts, and failed expectations.
What bothers me about this is that Cashman's own ego is to blame for the rapid descend from dynasty to laughingstock. His decision to not trade for SP Johan Santana last off season was not based on the notion that Santana was about to decline nor was it based on a belief that players like Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy, and Melky Cabrera were about to become stars. It was made solely because Cashman wanted to shed the "evil empire" label and proove to the World that he could win with a team filled with homegrown talent. Talent that he assembled. Moreover that he could win without having to go out and buy superstars from other organizations. Sure, winning 4 World Series Titles in 5 years in the late 90's was great. But doing it again, from the ground up and without having to outspend other teams would be even better.
Cashman even admitted to this line of thinking in his media session to announce his contract extension saying that while he may have been tempted to leave he didn't want to go and leave doubt about his legacy. He knew that if he left he would have received little credit for the Yankees success in the late 90's and almost all of the blame for their recent failures even if they weren't all his fault. So he decided to stay and see his vision through. And while that's commendable it also exposes a flaw in his logic.
To succeed in baseball or anywhere for that matter you have to have the courage of your convictions. You can't care about what other people think about you or about what other people say about you. And you sure as hell can't worry about your legacy. Any time you make a decision based on how other people perceive you it's game over. You've already lost. And no amount of championships won from here on out can ever change that.
How is this man still employed?
Nushuffle.com Lives!!!!
When I went to college at Northeastern University I had one goal in mind: to met new people and come out of my shell. I was able to do just that by getting involved in student activities and eventually found myself as one of the top student leaders on campus. However, my once promising career as a future school administrator took a precipitious downturn when I met a group of students who were apathetic to say the least. They opened up my eyes to the real Northeastern and eventually they decided to launch a parody website similar in style to the onion that would show students what Northeastern was really all about. That site, nushuffle.com, while short lived will be remembered forever by alumni of NU.
It eventually got shut down but just recently one of the founders of the site was able to archive the back issues. Check out the greatest thing to come out of Northeastern since Napster by clicking on the links below.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://nushuffle.com
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://forum.nushuffle.com
But before you do here's a sample article that I wrote for the site entitled, "student centered?"...
Northeastern officials always maintain that the student is at the heart of everything they do. The motto, "student-centered and practice-oriented" personifies the belief that without these blue-collar, hard working students, Northeastern wouldn't be in the position it is today to move up in the U.S. News and World Report rankings. But the rhetoric that's coming from the University President is painting a different picture.
In the May 28th edition of the Northeastern News, President Freeland graced us with his Top Ten List for 2003. As predicted, the list contained all of the president's favorite rankings from U.S. News to BusinessWeek. It also touched upon the great academic achievements of the incoming freshman class and praised the new additions to campus such as the Behrakis Health Sciences Center.
It eventually got shut down but just recently one of the founders of the site was able to archive the back issues. Check out the greatest thing to come out of Northeastern since Napster by clicking on the links below.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://nushuffle.com
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://forum.nushuffle.com
But before you do here's a sample article that I wrote for the site entitled, "student centered?"...
Northeastern officials always maintain that the student is at the heart of everything they do. The motto, "student-centered and practice-oriented" personifies the belief that without these blue-collar, hard working students, Northeastern wouldn't be in the position it is today to move up in the U.S. News and World Report rankings. But the rhetoric that's coming from the University President is painting a different picture.
In the May 28th edition of the Northeastern News, President Freeland graced us with his Top Ten List for 2003. As predicted, the list contained all of the president's favorite rankings from U.S. News to BusinessWeek. It also touched upon the great academic achievements of the incoming freshman class and praised the new additions to campus such as the Behrakis Health Sciences Center.
However, conspicuous by it's absence on this list was any mention of students.
With Northeastern relying so heavily on student-based tuition payments to afford those aforementioned campus improvements, it's a little odd that the University president would fail to mention the accomplishments of the university's lifeline. It's about time Freeland and the rest of the suits in the administration got their heads out of their asses and opened their eyes to the real Northeastern.
How about instead of trying to knock down the African American Institute to build West Village Z, taking the time to reflect on the accomplishments of this staple of campus life. If the Freeland Administration only took the time, they would realize that the AAI celebrated its 35th anniversary this year and have helped to make Northeastern the center of diversity that it's brochures claim it to be.
What about a mention of SGA's groundbreaking achievement of getting the Student Activities Fee Referendum passed? Having over one million dollars to plan programs and events with next year will improve Northeastern's campus life ten-fold. That's something that should make Freeland happy, but after reading his Top Ten List you wouldn't have known it.
With Northeastern relying so heavily on student-based tuition payments to afford those aforementioned campus improvements, it's a little odd that the University president would fail to mention the accomplishments of the university's lifeline. It's about time Freeland and the rest of the suits in the administration got their heads out of their asses and opened their eyes to the real Northeastern.
How about instead of trying to knock down the African American Institute to build West Village Z, taking the time to reflect on the accomplishments of this staple of campus life. If the Freeland Administration only took the time, they would realize that the AAI celebrated its 35th anniversary this year and have helped to make Northeastern the center of diversity that it's brochures claim it to be.
What about a mention of SGA's groundbreaking achievement of getting the Student Activities Fee Referendum passed? Having over one million dollars to plan programs and events with next year will improve Northeastern's campus life ten-fold. That's something that should make Freeland happy, but after reading his Top Ten List you wouldn't have known it.
Or what about a shout out to all of the students that give up their free time for extra curricular activities like the Northeastern News or for student groups. Those students have worked around the clock, taking their respective groups to new heights and yet if you only got your information from Freeland you wouldn't even know they existed.
In fact if you lived in a bubble and relied on the administration to get a feel for what Northeastern was all about, you would think that the campus only consisted of state of the art flat screen Dell computers, operated by award winning landscapers, inside a recently renovated library, that sits adjacent to the new residence halls, that help attract incoming students, to a school that's number one in co-op.
But the last time I checked you needed students to live in the residence halls and operate the computers and go on co-op. Without students there wouldn't be a Northeastern and yet they're treated like statistics and not real people. The legandary NU shuffle is the perfect example of the mistreatment of students. Customer Service is a joke because Northeastern doesn't really care about the students. They could care less if students transfer because they know that as long as the campus looks pretty, some other unassuming sap out of high school will jump at the chance to go on co-op. The bottom line is that a school can survive without being student-centered if it is practice-oriented.
The NU shuffle will always live on and Northeastern will probably never be a student-centered institution. We all know that and have now grown accustomed to it. I have now been numbed to it all. But when the university president tries to take credit for the students' accomplishments without recognizing them, then that's where I get upset. So Freeland, why don't you leave the Top Ten Lists to Letterman and get back to watering the flowers.
My arch rival nemesis
Is Bush the Worst President Ever?
With election day right around the corner I think it's important to reflect back on the last eight years so that we can successfuly move forward. So to help me do that I've dipped into the archives to bring back an article that I wrote previously about the Bush administration. It was on February 23rd, 2006 that I published a post entitled "Bushwhacked" that listed some of the 'highlights' from the Bush Administration to date. Here is some of what I wrote:
"Shadily becomes President despite losing the popular vote after the hanging chad fiscal in Florida. A state governed by his brother Jeb by the way.
9/11 attacks occur under his watch and after getting informed of the attacks does nothing for ten minutes while continuing to read to first graders in Florida.
Goes after Saddam Hussein just to one up his dad who was never able to get him out of power during the Gulf War.
Congress and the public are deceived to believe that Saddam Hussein has access to WMD's.
Claims victory in Iraq on board an aircraft carrier. Death toll has steadily climbed ever since.
Abu Ghraib prison scandal with allegations of abuse towards detainees including desecration of the Koran.
Thousands of detainees held in Guantanamo Bay prison with more allegations of mistreatment.
Reports of secret CIA prisons throughout Europe.
The horrible national response to Katrina where thousands were left for dead in New Orleans.
Bush himself admitting that he invaded Iraq because God told him to. Keep in mind that people who usually hold conversations with God are locked away in mental institutions and yet Bush is still the President.
And now as Iraq is about to plummet into a Civil War word comes out that he didn't even know about the deal that would give up control of six major U.S. ports (including New York, Baltimore, Miami and New Orleans) to an Middle Eastern firm until after it was finalized. Could someone please explain to me how this man is still the President of the United States?"
I've been thinking about this post lately as I get ready to cast my vote because I think that it's obvious that change is needed in this country. Just think about all of those things that I mentioned a few years ago and then go ahead and add the recession that we're about to enter into on top of all those other things. It truly is amazing that we could go from a hegemony, a true world power, with an economic surplus, to a country that's in a recession, fighting a war in Iraq that we can't win, all the while losing our place as a World Leader.
Maybe there have been Presidents who have been worse but I think you would be hard pressed to find one that has done this much damage in such a short period of time. My only hope at this point is that Bush doesn't get inspired by NYC Mayor Bloomberg and try to change the term limits to three terms.
"Shadily becomes President despite losing the popular vote after the hanging chad fiscal in Florida. A state governed by his brother Jeb by the way.
9/11 attacks occur under his watch and after getting informed of the attacks does nothing for ten minutes while continuing to read to first graders in Florida.
Goes after Saddam Hussein just to one up his dad who was never able to get him out of power during the Gulf War.
Congress and the public are deceived to believe that Saddam Hussein has access to WMD's.
Claims victory in Iraq on board an aircraft carrier. Death toll has steadily climbed ever since.
Abu Ghraib prison scandal with allegations of abuse towards detainees including desecration of the Koran.
Thousands of detainees held in Guantanamo Bay prison with more allegations of mistreatment.
Reports of secret CIA prisons throughout Europe.
The horrible national response to Katrina where thousands were left for dead in New Orleans.
Bush himself admitting that he invaded Iraq because God told him to. Keep in mind that people who usually hold conversations with God are locked away in mental institutions and yet Bush is still the President.
And now as Iraq is about to plummet into a Civil War word comes out that he didn't even know about the deal that would give up control of six major U.S. ports (including New York, Baltimore, Miami and New Orleans) to an Middle Eastern firm until after it was finalized. Could someone please explain to me how this man is still the President of the United States?"
I've been thinking about this post lately as I get ready to cast my vote because I think that it's obvious that change is needed in this country. Just think about all of those things that I mentioned a few years ago and then go ahead and add the recession that we're about to enter into on top of all those other things. It truly is amazing that we could go from a hegemony, a true world power, with an economic surplus, to a country that's in a recession, fighting a war in Iraq that we can't win, all the while losing our place as a World Leader.
Maybe there have been Presidents who have been worse but I think you would be hard pressed to find one that has done this much damage in such a short period of time. My only hope at this point is that Bush doesn't get inspired by NYC Mayor Bloomberg and try to change the term limits to three terms.
Obama's Loss Traced To Shames
Check out this breaking news story from CNNBC that says that I'm the reason Obama loses to McCain!!!!
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Issue #5, Part One
Well, Summer has come and gone and that can only mean one thing. Time for another exciting issue of everyone's favorite blog!!! Unfortunately my laziness has reached new heights and for the first time in the history of the blog I won't have a girlfriend of the week/month. Not yet at least.
In order to keep the streak alive let's just call this issue #5, part one. Eventually, I'll bring myself to finishing it by adding in the girlfriend of the month feature as well as a few other articles. But for now I have three articles to release to the masses including my rant about cell phones that I think you're going to like.
Enjoy. And if anyone has suggestions on who they want to see as the girlfriend of the month let me know.
In order to keep the streak alive let's just call this issue #5, part one. Eventually, I'll bring myself to finishing it by adding in the girlfriend of the month feature as well as a few other articles. But for now I have three articles to release to the masses including my rant about cell phones that I think you're going to like.
Enjoy. And if anyone has suggestions on who they want to see as the girlfriend of the month let me know.
From A to Z
Here's a look at all the things causing my insomnia:
America's Best Dance Crew is the greatest show on tv and I'm not afraid to admit it.
Bob Saget. You know Comedy Central is desperate when they decide to roast Bob Saget. Still was hilarious though. The line of the night belongs to Jeffrey Ross (see, D) who said that Full House should have been renamed BlackJack because Saget starting hitting on the Olsen Twins when they turned 8 and didn't stop until they were 21.
Californication!!!!! Any show that can make David Duchovny seem cool deserves an Emmy.
Dancing with the Stars just announced their new cast. And the World'd Greatest Comedian Jeffrey Ross is in it. Doesn't get much better than that.
Eagle Eye. The greatest movie of all time. You heard it here first.
Fringe. Anything made by JJ Abrams is worth checking out. Cloverfield aside.
Generation Kill. Think Band of Brothers during the war in Iraq. Too bad it's seven episode run is already over.
Heroes. Villains. Still watching.
Investing. As in the $760 that I just "invested" in the fantasy football season. Anyone want to invest in clinical help for me??!
Jdate. Still hate it.
Knicks. Still suck.
Lost! Where are you? Come back!
McCain. If he wins I'm moving to Canada. Or at least Hoboken.
NFL Predictions. Cowboys over the Patriots in the Superbowl.
Olympics are finally over!!! Woo hoo!!! Now I can go back to watching reality tv!
Phelps, Michael. Greatest Olympian ever? Greatest Athlete ever?
Que Pasa?
Rays of Tampa. They deserve a lot of credit for continuing to win in spite of injuries to two of their best players in Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria. Far cry from the Yankees who bitch about losing because of their insignificant injuries.
Summer's almost over! Holy shit where did it go?
The Dark Night. I haven't seen a movie with that many endings since True Lies. Still very good though. Or is that just all the hype talking?
Umbrellas. If I see one more person using an oversized umbrella that takes up the whole width of the sidewalk I'm going to snap.
Visit to Cooperstown this coming weekend - stay tuned for all the details.
Watercube. Quite possibly the coolest sporting venue in the entire world. Apologies to Shea Stadium.
Xavier Nady. Newest Yankee makes the blog because I needed something with an X to talk about. Could really care less about him though.
Yankees - I haven't seen a bigger waste of space since the last time I looked in the mirror. Shame to end Yankee Stadium like this.
Zzzz- is anyone still reading this?
America's Best Dance Crew is the greatest show on tv and I'm not afraid to admit it.
Bob Saget. You know Comedy Central is desperate when they decide to roast Bob Saget. Still was hilarious though. The line of the night belongs to Jeffrey Ross (see, D) who said that Full House should have been renamed BlackJack because Saget starting hitting on the Olsen Twins when they turned 8 and didn't stop until they were 21.
Californication!!!!! Any show that can make David Duchovny seem cool deserves an Emmy.
Dancing with the Stars just announced their new cast. And the World'd Greatest Comedian Jeffrey Ross is in it. Doesn't get much better than that.
Eagle Eye. The greatest movie of all time. You heard it here first.
Fringe. Anything made by JJ Abrams is worth checking out. Cloverfield aside.
Generation Kill. Think Band of Brothers during the war in Iraq. Too bad it's seven episode run is already over.
Heroes. Villains. Still watching.
Investing. As in the $760 that I just "invested" in the fantasy football season. Anyone want to invest in clinical help for me??!
Jdate. Still hate it.
Knicks. Still suck.
Lost! Where are you? Come back!
McCain. If he wins I'm moving to Canada. Or at least Hoboken.
NFL Predictions. Cowboys over the Patriots in the Superbowl.
Olympics are finally over!!! Woo hoo!!! Now I can go back to watching reality tv!
Phelps, Michael. Greatest Olympian ever? Greatest Athlete ever?
Que Pasa?
Rays of Tampa. They deserve a lot of credit for continuing to win in spite of injuries to two of their best players in Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria. Far cry from the Yankees who bitch about losing because of their insignificant injuries.
Summer's almost over! Holy shit where did it go?
The Dark Night. I haven't seen a movie with that many endings since True Lies. Still very good though. Or is that just all the hype talking?
Umbrellas. If I see one more person using an oversized umbrella that takes up the whole width of the sidewalk I'm going to snap.
Visit to Cooperstown this coming weekend - stay tuned for all the details.
Watercube. Quite possibly the coolest sporting venue in the entire world. Apologies to Shea Stadium.
Xavier Nady. Newest Yankee makes the blog because I needed something with an X to talk about. Could really care less about him though.
Yankees - I haven't seen a bigger waste of space since the last time I looked in the mirror. Shame to end Yankee Stadium like this.
Zzzz- is anyone still reading this?
The Real Olympics
Michael Phelps swam. Usain Bolt ran. The redeem team found redemption. The men's volleyball team triumphed over tragedy. And in between, amongst the Tibetian protestors and communist supporters, under the watchful eye of the entire world, amidst age altering allegations and suspicions of steriod use, athletes competed, medals were won, and world domination was acheived. Yada, yada, yada. Who really cares other than the executives at NBC who sat on a cash cow for 2 weeks? Not me, that's for sure.
The Olympics are a lot like the really hot, high maintenance, superficial girl in the corner of the bar. Sure she looks really good and saying that you got with her would make all of your friends envious but is it ultimately worth going through all the trouble? Three weeks ago no one had even heard of Shawn Johnson and two years from now no one is going to remember who the hell she is.
But there's a solution out there. Make the Olympics more relatable to the common man. Why force feed us a mundane event like ping pong when you can set up a beer pong tournament? Marathoning? Boring!!! Instead introduce Olympic power walking. Olympians start out at the entrance to a subway station located one mile away from their office and have to make it there in under ten minutes without running and without bumping into any pedestrians.
Rowing? No thanks. I'd rather watch subway surfing in which participants have to retain their balance on the express train without holding onto anything. Degree of difficulty points added on for completing the New York Times crossword puzzle.
And while we're at it can we please add in competive eating events. No one is going to sit by their tv on a beautiful summer night and watch the uneven bars but I'm willing to bet that millions of people would pass up a stroll on the board walk to watch a bunch of fat guys eat. I can picture it now. Ten fat guys walk into an all you can eat buffet. One man waddles out with a gold medal and unparaleled pride. The other 9 walk out with a fortune cookie and roll of toilet paper. Now that's must see tv.
The Olympics are a lot like the really hot, high maintenance, superficial girl in the corner of the bar. Sure she looks really good and saying that you got with her would make all of your friends envious but is it ultimately worth going through all the trouble? Three weeks ago no one had even heard of Shawn Johnson and two years from now no one is going to remember who the hell she is.
But there's a solution out there. Make the Olympics more relatable to the common man. Why force feed us a mundane event like ping pong when you can set up a beer pong tournament? Marathoning? Boring!!! Instead introduce Olympic power walking. Olympians start out at the entrance to a subway station located one mile away from their office and have to make it there in under ten minutes without running and without bumping into any pedestrians.
Rowing? No thanks. I'd rather watch subway surfing in which participants have to retain their balance on the express train without holding onto anything. Degree of difficulty points added on for completing the New York Times crossword puzzle.
And while we're at it can we please add in competive eating events. No one is going to sit by their tv on a beautiful summer night and watch the uneven bars but I'm willing to bet that millions of people would pass up a stroll on the board walk to watch a bunch of fat guys eat. I can picture it now. Ten fat guys walk into an all you can eat buffet. One man waddles out with a gold medal and unparaleled pride. The other 9 walk out with a fortune cookie and roll of toilet paper. Now that's must see tv.
Shame(s) on You: Obessive Cell Phone Checkers
You've got mail. And it says that you're a douchebag.
That's right I'm talking about you Mr. Compulsive Cell Phone Checker Guy. And you Mrs. Oh My God I Just Have To Check My Phone Every Five Minutes Or I'm Gonna Like Die.
Get over yourselves. You're not that important. In fact, you're about as useful as NATO during an international conflict. You like to give off the appearance that you're important. But when it comes down to it no one gives a shit. So just stop checking your cell phone or PDA every two minutes. I promise you that you that your $2.78 Ebay bid for that Hannah Montana action figure will still be there when you get back home.
Now, I'll admit that I have an obsessive personality. I can't sleep the night before a softball game, I google myself at least once a week, I think that I actually have a shot with Brittany Snow, and I think constantly about my fantasy teams including to the point where I said to myself during my car accident "oh no, if I die whose going to check my fantasy baseball team?" And yet not even I am at the point where I check my phone every five minutes. Just every seven minutes. Which is clearly a reasonable amount of time. Everyone else on the other hand is going way overboard.
For example, here's a look at a few people obsessed with checking their phones:
Garbage man hanging onto the back of the truck with one hand presumably while checking myspace pictures of his weekend trip to the Jersey Shore.
Cashier at Taco Bell setting up a late night booty call instead of helping customers. I know that Taco Bell is at the bottom of the fast food totem poll but I expected more even from them.
Girl, not more than 9 years old, checking her phone while riding her bike. Most likely to set up a date later that night with a 43 year old man from Myspace.
Business woman in the elevator at work who missed her floor because she was busy looking at her phone. Presumably she spent half her lunch break just riding up and down in the elevator.
And the most egregious example of all. A guy sitting on a train station bench with two girls lying across his lap, one on each side of him, and instead of doing what any normal guy would do, he paid no attention to them, and instead checked his phone.
When I went to the Mets game last weekend I half expected to see Mets' shortstop Jose Reyes field ground balls while talking on this phone, something that I've personally seen the World's greatest softball player Rob Roll, do with relative ease.
But that's besides the point. The point is that you're all a bunch of annoying douchebags. I long for the days when I could take a dump in a public restroom and not hear the person next to me furiously typing away on their blackberry. I'd much rather hear them get rid of the chili they just had for lunch.
Can you hear me now? Biatches.
That's right I'm talking about you Mr. Compulsive Cell Phone Checker Guy. And you Mrs. Oh My God I Just Have To Check My Phone Every Five Minutes Or I'm Gonna Like Die.
Get over yourselves. You're not that important. In fact, you're about as useful as NATO during an international conflict. You like to give off the appearance that you're important. But when it comes down to it no one gives a shit. So just stop checking your cell phone or PDA every two minutes. I promise you that you that your $2.78 Ebay bid for that Hannah Montana action figure will still be there when you get back home.
Now, I'll admit that I have an obsessive personality. I can't sleep the night before a softball game, I google myself at least once a week, I think that I actually have a shot with Brittany Snow, and I think constantly about my fantasy teams including to the point where I said to myself during my car accident "oh no, if I die whose going to check my fantasy baseball team?" And yet not even I am at the point where I check my phone every five minutes. Just every seven minutes. Which is clearly a reasonable amount of time. Everyone else on the other hand is going way overboard.
For example, here's a look at a few people obsessed with checking their phones:
Garbage man hanging onto the back of the truck with one hand presumably while checking myspace pictures of his weekend trip to the Jersey Shore.
Cashier at Taco Bell setting up a late night booty call instead of helping customers. I know that Taco Bell is at the bottom of the fast food totem poll but I expected more even from them.
Girl, not more than 9 years old, checking her phone while riding her bike. Most likely to set up a date later that night with a 43 year old man from Myspace.
Business woman in the elevator at work who missed her floor because she was busy looking at her phone. Presumably she spent half her lunch break just riding up and down in the elevator.
And the most egregious example of all. A guy sitting on a train station bench with two girls lying across his lap, one on each side of him, and instead of doing what any normal guy would do, he paid no attention to them, and instead checked his phone.
When I went to the Mets game last weekend I half expected to see Mets' shortstop Jose Reyes field ground balls while talking on this phone, something that I've personally seen the World's greatest softball player Rob Roll, do with relative ease.
But that's besides the point. The point is that you're all a bunch of annoying douchebags. I long for the days when I could take a dump in a public restroom and not hear the person next to me furiously typing away on their blackberry. I'd much rather hear them get rid of the chili they just had for lunch.
Can you hear me now? Biatches.
Week In Review
Random thoughts from the last week:
I hate in when someone names their kid after them. Don't they know they are sending their kid into a future destined with thousands of mail mixups and social security screw ups? If they hate their kid that much they should just name them after inanimate objects or pieces of fruit. Oh wait they're doing that too.
I recently thought about joining eharmony but never went through with it because I couldn't get through their screening questionaire. I think thats how they should pair people up though. Get everyone who was too lazy to even finish the questionaire and start making matches out of those people!
I'm thinking about deleting my myspace account and making a new one just so that I can become one of those cool new people.
Having the tivo like ability to rewind something that you missed and watch it again is such a luxury. How great would it be if you could do that in real life.? The other day I got into the elevator at work and just missed what I thought was an interesting tidbit on the elevator entertainment screen. I was so interested in reading that tidbit that I just stayed on the elevator until the messages on the screen started to repeat themselves!! But if there was tivo for real life I could have avoided having to do that!!!
Last weekend my friend Rob said, "Yo, I haven't been done there in a minute." To him that meant he hadn't been there in a while. To me it meant that he was just there. When did the word "minute" come to mean a long time? Isn't a minute a short period of time? Pop culture makes no sense.
How come milk has a different sell by date if sold in NYC than if sold on Long Island? If I buy a carton of milk on Long Island and bring it into NYC will it turn bad sooner?I hate in when someone names their kid after them. Don't they know they are sending their kid into a future destined with thousands of mail mixups and social security screw ups? If they hate their kid that much they should just name them after inanimate objects or pieces of fruit. Oh wait they're doing that too.
I recently thought about joining eharmony but never went through with it because I couldn't get through their screening questionaire. I think thats how they should pair people up though. Get everyone who was too lazy to even finish the questionaire and start making matches out of those people!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Issue #4: Wide World of Sports
The blog is back and this time I'm focusing on all things sport related. I rant and rave about the greatness that is Josh Hamilton, I discuss my obsession with fantasy sports, and instead of a girlfriend of the month I have a top ten list of the hottest girls in sports today. And no Chyna did not make the cut. So enjoy and try to keep the hate mail to a minimum. I get enough of that in my fantasy leagues.
The Natural
The year was 1999. I was still in high school which meant that I was most likely spending my time writing articles for the Sider Press that nobody was going to read, hiding love letters in bottles of shampoo for my girlfriend, or trying to watch wrestling pay per views through my scrambled tv set. Meanwhile Josh Hamtilon, star of this year's Homerun Derby, was getting selected by the aptly named Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the #1 overall pick in that year's amateur draft. Aptly named because the devil within would soon find Hamilton and derail his path to the majors.
For those of you who aren't in the know the story of Josh Hamilton aka the natural is really quite amazing. Young, rich and with plenty of time on his hands while rehabbing an injury in the minor leagues he fell into a hard partying life style that nearly took his life. Suspended from baseball it looked like Hamilton was going to be the greatest bust of all time instead of the greatest player of all time like he was supposed to be.
But somehow he was able to battle all the way back, got himself reinstated into baseball after proving that he was clean, and got selected by the Cincinnatti Reds in the Rule 5 draft a couple of years ago. He made the team out of spring training, had a good season, and then got traded to the Texas Rangers in the off season. Since then he's taken the league by storm, tallying 95 rbis by the all star break, and heading into Yankee Stadium as the odds on favorite to win the HR Derby.
And while it was fairly obvious that Hamilton was going to steal the show no one could have expected him to etch his name into Yankee Stadium lore. But that's exactly what he did last Monday night. Fifty years from now when people talk about the House that Ruth Built there's a good chance that they'll still be talking about Hamilton's power display. And having witnessed that display first hand all I can say is wow.
The derby is a cool event to go to if you ever get the chance. You get to watch all the all stars from both leagues taking batting practice, there's a free mini concert (Three Doors Down), and then 8 guys hit long homeruns that you can ooh and aah over. And if that's all that had happened and Josh Hamilton had never participated I still would have went home a satisified customer.
But this was more than a cool event. This was a moment. The kind of moment where time seems to stand still. Where you actually realize that you're about to become a part of history. Where the hair on your arm stands up and you get goose bumps all over your body. That kind of moment where you think to yourself, "okay now I can die happy". Or as I thought to myself, "so this must be what sex feels like". Yea, it was that kind of moment. And words can't do it justice. No matter how hard Chris Berman surely tried.
From the House that Ruth Built to the House that Hamilton Tore Down.
For those of you who aren't in the know the story of Josh Hamilton aka the natural is really quite amazing. Young, rich and with plenty of time on his hands while rehabbing an injury in the minor leagues he fell into a hard partying life style that nearly took his life. Suspended from baseball it looked like Hamilton was going to be the greatest bust of all time instead of the greatest player of all time like he was supposed to be.
But somehow he was able to battle all the way back, got himself reinstated into baseball after proving that he was clean, and got selected by the Cincinnatti Reds in the Rule 5 draft a couple of years ago. He made the team out of spring training, had a good season, and then got traded to the Texas Rangers in the off season. Since then he's taken the league by storm, tallying 95 rbis by the all star break, and heading into Yankee Stadium as the odds on favorite to win the HR Derby.
And while it was fairly obvious that Hamilton was going to steal the show no one could have expected him to etch his name into Yankee Stadium lore. But that's exactly what he did last Monday night. Fifty years from now when people talk about the House that Ruth Built there's a good chance that they'll still be talking about Hamilton's power display. And having witnessed that display first hand all I can say is wow.
The derby is a cool event to go to if you ever get the chance. You get to watch all the all stars from both leagues taking batting practice, there's a free mini concert (Three Doors Down), and then 8 guys hit long homeruns that you can ooh and aah over. And if that's all that had happened and Josh Hamilton had never participated I still would have went home a satisified customer.
But this was more than a cool event. This was a moment. The kind of moment where time seems to stand still. Where you actually realize that you're about to become a part of history. Where the hair on your arm stands up and you get goose bumps all over your body. That kind of moment where you think to yourself, "okay now I can die happy". Or as I thought to myself, "so this must be what sex feels like". Yea, it was that kind of moment. And words can't do it justice. No matter how hard Chris Berman surely tried.
From the House that Ruth Built to the House that Hamilton Tore Down.
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