OK kids, it's about that time when Uncle Noah tells you the difference between right and wrong. If you find someone that is bleeding in the street, calling an ambulance is right. Beating them up and taking their wallet is wrong. If you see pumpkins left outside the night before Halloween, enjoying the way they look and moving on is right. Taking them into the street and blowing them up with an M-1000 is wrong. And finally, if you are feeling a bit randy and dont know what to do, exploring yourself in the privacy of your own home/room is right. Making love to the vaccum of a public car wash, although very funny, is wrong.
Note from Bush Rod: This is the second post in history by Noah Haynes Swayne, and the first on the revamped site. Enjoy. Oh, and I don't care what the chart says, if you listen to Coldplay, you are an idiot. Read his post after the jump.
This is a two parter question. 1) Does Usain Bolt have the coolest name of all time? 2) Could he play in the NFL?- Andre, Baton Rouge, La.
Usain Bolt's the best thing to ever happen to me. I don't even care that he's going to get busted for steroids in five years and have to give back his gold medals and world records. He still rules. To answer your questions:
Hey, whatever gets the job done. I actually have a lot of respect for this guy. He knew he didn't have enough strength to shoot it like a man, so he channeled his inner Rick Barry and went home with 77k. Nothing wrong with that.
I'm not sure why some of the bad free throw shooters don't try the granny shot. The fact is, they miss free throws because their hands are too big and they are uncoordinated. This would seem to fix the first problem completely, and a granny shot's mechanics are easier to duplicate than an overhand shot. So, what of it, Ben Wallace? You've got nothing to lose.
It was slim pickings this week, as apparently there was some sort of commenter strike I didn't know about, or maybe I'm just not writing about interesting stuff. Which technically means you are not asking interesting questions. See? It's never my fault. Ask better questions.
Here is the comment of the week. Rufus Wheeler Peckham defends my choice of the Cubs as the best team in baseball. The lesson, as always, is that defending my writing you will get a Comment of the Week award to put on your mantle (figuratively speaking of course. We have no such actual certificate.)
Rufus: So many Cubs haters coming out of the wood-works! Yet, very rarely, do any of them pledge allegiance to their own teams and give facts/predictions on why their team is better. Here's the BIG difference between the Cubs of '09 and the Cubs of yesteryear: THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMMITTED TO WINNING! Jim Hendry has made some wonderful additions by way of free agency, draft and trade the last few years, all with the strong financial backing of ownership (even moreso now that the pending sale seems to no longer be in limbo). What younger baseball fans (30 and younger, I'd guesstimate) don't seem to understand is that the Cubs' history isn't really that of a perennial choker (like the Red Sox, prior to '04), it's of a downright terrible club. Always awful, nearly always finishing in last place. They had great players along the way (Banks, the Hawk, Sandberg, and yes, even Sammy), but they were only even decent once in a blue moon. But Cubs management hasn't sat idly by the last few years, and it shows. Back-to-back division titles? A few years ago, that wouldn't sounded more like lunacy than truth. Face it: the Cubs' combination of power, speed and pitching is top-tier. I share BRW's assertion that the Cubbies' are the best team in baseball, and until I hear ACTUAL evidence otherwise from these haters, I'll stick by that assertion.
Is Washington really the best team in the Pac-10?- Ryan, San Jose, Calif.
No way. The Huskies may win the regular season Pac-10 crown, but it ends there. And since I haven't done a prediction in a while, here is one: Washington will lose in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. I know I haven't seen the matchup, nor do I know the Huskies' seed yet, and there are still a few weeks until the Madness starts. But where will Washington end up? As one of those five or six seeds. And what happens every year? Probably 35 percent of them get upset in the opening round. I just don't trust the Huskies enough. They'll be one and done. If only they still had Nasty Nate.
I can't wait for the tournament bracket to come out. It's my single favorite sporting event of the year. I just hope my predictions page makes it through, because I guarantee that sucker is going to double in size before the Final Four.
I think french fries are overrated. When you go to a place like Wendy's or Jack in the Box, it's a much better deal to get a hamburger with your money, especially considering they have those dollar menus. If you get two hamburgers instead of one hamburger and a french fry, it fills you up more, it's the same price and it's actually probably healthier. Just one guy's opinion. - Devin
Agreed, unless you are at Chik-Fil-A. The french fries there are bomb, and there is no such thing as a dollar menu.
This is an open invitation to join the RTJ fantasy baseball league. This might be something you've never experienced because, with the help of AZBuzzsaw.com founder James, I've hatched an awesomely fantastic plan.
What we're hoping to do is find between 16-20 teams to play in an N.L. only league. What does this mean? Well, we'll all be relying on the Augie Ojedas and Fernando Tatises of the world to help us win the league, because there will be more roster spots than quality players. It should be fun.
If you want to join, either leave your e-mail in the comments section, or send it to me here, and I'll send you an invitation. But act quickly, because 20 is the maximum teams allowed, and we are already at two.
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