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Monday
Pretty Girl 02.01.11 - Denise Richards
Sunday
Pretty Girl(s) 01.31.11 - Mariana and Camila Davalos
Pretty Girl 01.30.11 - Kathryn Winnick
Just when I thought than I knew every hot actress, this one comes along in some random Bones ep on TNT. That should happen every day.
Saturday
Your Grandfather
That's life.
Stop being a pussy. There's no pill for that. That's life.
Live Video. And A Big Contemporary Fuck You. My Heart Just Won't Buy It.
Great Audio just a pic though
And you know,
its just an excuse
Friday
Thursday
Nailed!
Sooo.... Former NL All-Star and well-known juicer, Lenny Dykstra, is a fan of hiring "escorts" before lunch and then compensating said "escorts" with bad checks. Ha! I won't get into all of Nails' financial malfeasance, but, suffice it to say, he's been a bad widdle boy. Dig the scan and the excerpt from former porn "star" Monica Foster's blog.
Cheers.
To make things clear, the amount agreed upon PRIOR to meeting was not initially to be paid via a check and absolutely no illegal or sexual activity occurred (I did notice Dekstra was snorting what I assume to be an illegal substance however - though I'm not certain what exactly the white powder was). I was hired strictly as his companion to have drinks and conversation with that morning.
This situation was quite a setback for me financially and nearly ruined my Christmas holiday. I understand that working as an escort is an "alternative lifestyle" occupation - however I did not do anything wrong or illegal being that this man only paid me for my company and to have a few drinks with him.
...
I attempted to contact Lenny Dykstra multiple times and he did not respond to any of my calls or text messages. Fortunately I have informed my bank of this situation and they are working with me being that he is essentially a KNOWN problem and con artist who is on many financial institution's radar for bouncing checks.
Cheers.
Wednesday
And You Thought Injuries Were Bad This Season
Thankfully it seems as if the Grady/Fausto to the Nats talk is just hot stove chatter. However, the truth that we all need to recognize is that trades will continue to be made, sooner or later. And Grady will not be back after 2012. Start coping now.
See video of possible Cavs pick Derrick Williams below. He plays out west, so 'tis likely that you haven't caught his act yet. It seems as if he will be a true 3 in the association. He's exciting, an inside/out guy, with outstanding body control. The Cavaliers could do wore (see Perry Jones III), but I'm still drunk on Sully-Aid.
See video of possible Cavs pick Derrick Williams below. He plays out west, so 'tis likely that you haven't caught his act yet. It seems as if he will be a true 3 in the association. He's exciting, an inside/out guy, with outstanding body control. The Cavaliers could do wore (see Perry Jones III), but I'm still drunk on Sully-Aid.
Pretty Girl Update! - Erin Andrews
This is old video, but it's new to me. EA cleans up nice and I think she might have had a cocktail back stage.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Ke$ha For Kids
Do you love Ke$ha? Do you have (or live with) small children? Now you can introduce your little ones to all of the magic and wonder of a true pop princess.
Disney's Princess Ke$ha - watch more funny videos
Bronx Colon Bombers
Disturbing news from MASN.com (that's the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network) today. The site reports that the Nationals have had "conversations" with the Indians regarding the potential acquisition of Fausto Carmona and Grady Sizemore.
The Sizemore situation is tricky as absolutely no one can predict what level of play Grady will be capable of coming off of micro-fracture surgery. The procedure itself is pretty intense with tiny holes being drilled into the knee cap to facilitate the formation of new cartilage via a "super-clot." Yowza. Some return as good as ever (Amar'e Stoudemire), some never regain form (Tracy McGrady) and some are forever mired in injury (Greg Oden). Long and short, it's a crap shoot. Sizemore's value has never been lower, but it does, at this point, still exist. Should Grady fall sub-Mendoza or land immediately back on the DL, any remaining trade worth would evaporate. Also of note is that the chances of 24 re-signing with the Tribe, regardless of 2011-2012 production, is highly unlikely (his contract is guaranteed through '11 with a team option for '12). Either he booms and prices the Indians out or he busts and his career is over.
Carmona is a more known commodity, but only slightly. Fausto's inconsistency is famous and whether Jekyll or Hyde shows up in the coming campaign is anyone's guess. For the sake of discussion, let's label him a middle #2 or very good #3 starter. This mean, all by himself, he should fetch more than Jake Westbrook, but less that Sabathia or Lee. Fausto, though, has an unbelievably club friendly contract. Although it terminates at season's end, it pays him less than $4mil this year and the Indians have options for 2012, 2013 AND 2014.
So here we go. I think that the Indians have the capacity to play .500 ball this year, but not if they dump Sizemore and Carmona. The question that needs to be asked (and answered) is whether that handful of wins (no more than 14) is worth minimizing or eliminating a return for Sizemore and hitching our cart to Carmona's star. If, if mind you, the Dolans (and their puppet Antonetti) want to sell, they must get no less than C Derek Norris, 1B Chris Marrero and RHP Brad Peacock.
Washington's system is both top heavy and young. Strasburg and Harper are obviously not available, for any price, and Baseball America rates Norris the #2 prospect in the Nationals' organization. He has phenomenal plate discipline (89 BB in 389 PAs in 2010) and has power (23 HR in 2009), but injuries led to a batting average drop to .235 last season. That coupled with Washington's addition of C Wilson Ramos in the Matt Capps trade should make Norris attainable. Defense has never been Carlos Santana's forte and he doesn't project to be an everyday catcher for very long, so Norris does fill a need.
While the Indians have, in my opinion, a strong bullpen and a plethora of everyday prospects (don't worry Jason Kipnis and Lonnie Chisenhall will be here soon), they do need starting pitching. National's top prospects AJ Cole (#4) and Sammy Solis (#6) are 2010 draftees and cannot be traded away until 1 year after they signed. Cole Kimball, as impressive as he has performed (11.6 K/9, 2.17 ERA in 2010), is a right-handed short man and does not add value to the Indians organization. That leaves us with RHP Brad Peacock (#10). #10 prospects are by no means sure fire stars (see Lou Marson), but Peacock does have a lot of upside. At age 22, he threw 140 innings in 2010 with a 9.4 K/IP and made it to AA. His WHIP (1.33) and ERA (4.50) are a bit high, but those numbers have a habit of flattening out as power pitchers gain better command.
Lastly is Marrero. Baseball America's overall #27 prospect coming into 2008, Chris has fallen on middling times in recent years. Although he hit .294 with an .800 OPS and 82 RBIs at AA Harrisburg last year, he has not shown the explosivity that Washington expected. He is in a no way a bust yet, he has simply fallen to #9 in the Nationals' system and some (see scoutingbook.com) still have him ranked in the top 65 overall. This is a make or break year for Matt LaPorta and, even if he exceeds expectations, he has some versatility (I hate that word) in the field. The "prospects" behind Matty draw a big "meh" (see Wes Hodges and Beau Mills), so Marrero does fill a need.
I am not promoting or supporting the idea of such a trade. .500 this year would be nice. It would put some butts in the seats and a song in my heart, but the Tribe ain't making the playoffs this year and needs to look 2-3 seasons out to a time when their bevy of young talent is pennant ready. I am simply saying that, if the Indians want/need to move Grady and Fausto, they cannot accept less than I have described.
Also, count me as part of the 45% on Cleveland.com that believe that the Buckeyes would beat the Cavs in a a head-to-head matchup.
Cheers.
Tuesday
Pretty Girl 01.26.11 - Amanda Knox
Pretty sure she's drunk in this... or high... or both...
Hows About "Ocho-Stinko?"
The Jays have traded recently acquired C Mike Napoli to the Rangers for former closer Frank Francisco. Napoli certainly fits into Texas' offensive mindset (does he fill their need for a right-handed bat?) and Francisco will contend with Octavio Dotel for closing duties.
Why is it that anytime anyone mentions Derek Jeter, the media swarms like raccoons to trash? By the way, he might, at some point during his 4-yr contract, play a position other than shortstop. Oh mon dieu.
The Cavs lost to Celtics, lowlights to the side, 112-95. It's odd that I consider that a reasonable spread. "They only lost by 17" sounds pathetic. That's 18 in a row and 28 of 29. In case you're wondering, the NBA record for consecutive losses is held by... the Cavaliers. Across the span of 1982 (two seasons) they lost 24 straight. We're watching history unfold before our eyes. The next 3 (Denver, Orlando, Miami) are automatic losses and I would wager that the Cavs will not win again until February 13 when they host the road-winless Wizards. That would be 27. Sigh.
Why Can't I Find a Nice Girl Like This?
Let's see... Redhead? Check. Dime piece? Check. Party Girl? Double check. Bat-shit crazy? Hells yeah!
Monday
Pretty Girl .01.25.11 - Jill Arrington
It's All You, Ryan
From 2006, this Nike spot features all of the celebs from the previous clip plus Neon Deion Sanders and Jill Arrington as proud parents. A classic.
Generation Why?
There is no commonality of opinion on the delineation of generations. Some say than Generation Y began in 1979, others 1982, still others use the vague term "the mid-seventies" (thanks, wikipedia). Many, though, choose 1978 (see USA Today, Huffington Post, Facebook, etc). I was born in January of 1978, which puts me in at the forefront of my own amorphous cadre.
Generation X is widely considered the "MTV Generation," those who were raised by cable television. Generation Z, for lack of a better term, began in the early 90's and is just wrapping up now. These are those younger than myself (and you, most likely) that thrive via social networking and are just now coming of age. Gen Z lives in Friedman's flat world. They see a limitless future before them. They leap before they look. Gen X was angry. They raged against the machine. I watched in 1999 as they burned down the "peace wall" at Woodstock. For the most part, they have settled comfortably into suburban adulthood, comfortable in the security that a professional life affords them. That leaves me. And my fellows. In "Generation Why?"
American culture is sometimes describe as a living organism. The growing pains of out nations are thereby described in comparison to an individual person. For the sake of this discussion, I shall apply this anthropomorphism as follow --
The modern America was born in the wake of World War II and the dawn of the nuclear age. The portion of the 1940's that followed the conclusion of the war can be considered Gestation. As new expectations were defined, the world rebuilt and America with it. The Greatest Generation came home to renew the workforce and boom their babies. The nation was as young.
The '50's immortalized in program's like Leave It To Beaver, was an innocent Childhood. The decade was socially conservative to the bone. The country behaved itself and there was always the strong parental hand of total nuclear annihilation hanging overhead.
The sixties almost go without saying. They were all about Rebellion, very much like the behavior of a teen becoming a legal adult.
That adult took the 1970's to Party. Regardless of whether college is involved or not, the early 20's of most people involve a perpetual free-for-all. The lingering sense of immortality from youth is paired with a profound sense of freedom and autonomy. The drug fueled Studio 54 orgy of the pre-AIDS culture is an apt parallel.
Gordon Gecko succinctly clarified the '80's philosophy when he uttered, "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies and cuts through to the essence of the evolutionary spirit." I cannot improve on that description. The decade is analogous to the sensation of getting that first, big professional check. It embodies The Prime Earning Years.
The nineties were very much about the same Generation X considered above. This is the time when we realized that the world does not necessarily keep its promises. The world is not fair. Someone else gets the girl, the promotion, the last doll off of the Christmas shelf. We recognized the banal, frustrating nature of adult life and it really pissed us off. We were Disenfranchised.
I'll try to be objective here as I am not a fan of the 21st century's first ten years. Fed by GW Bush and reality television, the 2000's were defined by anti-intellectual nihilism. We gave up. Adulthood sucked, but there was nothing to be done. Lop on a healthy schmear of post 9/11 paranoia and we can understand that we have not yet fully escaped the Fear and Futility of a lost decade.
This decade, the 2010's should belong to my generation. The issue is that we don't know what to do with it. We made a strong statement by electing an thoughtful and well-spoken intellectual to the presidency, but that has provided the return that we imagined. We have watched our brothers lose focus and surrender to the gears of a system that is so broken that it cannot be remodeled, it must be rebuilt. We are threatened by financial insecurity, a behemoth in the East and a hefty dose of existential angst. The present must be lived by the bard's words: "To Thine Own Self Be True." This age must not be adherent to any umbrella of normality. These colors must bleed across all lines and boundaries. Neither conservatism, nor hedonism, nor the temptation of disregard can bind us as we look forward. This is the time for us all to recognize our path and walk it tall, proud.
As a generation, we ask "why?" Why effort to such an end? Why risk the distaste of failure when the recognition of success is so unlikely? I have an answer for you, for me. We do this because it is what we are here to do. This is our time. We are talent without scope, creation beyond imagination. We are the last hope of a stubborn race. Let our names, let our deeds ring down through the centuries because we were the next to change the world. We are a force of will and a force of nature. Let us surpass expectation, let our greatness unfurl in the gale, let us tower as titans in the heavens and give our world a new archetype of radiance and grace.
Cheers.
Generation X is widely considered the "MTV Generation," those who were raised by cable television. Generation Z, for lack of a better term, began in the early 90's and is just wrapping up now. These are those younger than myself (and you, most likely) that thrive via social networking and are just now coming of age. Gen Z lives in Friedman's flat world. They see a limitless future before them. They leap before they look. Gen X was angry. They raged against the machine. I watched in 1999 as they burned down the "peace wall" at Woodstock. For the most part, they have settled comfortably into suburban adulthood, comfortable in the security that a professional life affords them. That leaves me. And my fellows. In "Generation Why?"
American culture is sometimes describe as a living organism. The growing pains of out nations are thereby described in comparison to an individual person. For the sake of this discussion, I shall apply this anthropomorphism as follow --
The modern America was born in the wake of World War II and the dawn of the nuclear age. The portion of the 1940's that followed the conclusion of the war can be considered Gestation. As new expectations were defined, the world rebuilt and America with it. The Greatest Generation came home to renew the workforce and boom their babies. The nation was as young.
The '50's immortalized in program's like Leave It To Beaver, was an innocent Childhood. The decade was socially conservative to the bone. The country behaved itself and there was always the strong parental hand of total nuclear annihilation hanging overhead.
The sixties almost go without saying. They were all about Rebellion, very much like the behavior of a teen becoming a legal adult.
That adult took the 1970's to Party. Regardless of whether college is involved or not, the early 20's of most people involve a perpetual free-for-all. The lingering sense of immortality from youth is paired with a profound sense of freedom and autonomy. The drug fueled Studio 54 orgy of the pre-AIDS culture is an apt parallel.
Gordon Gecko succinctly clarified the '80's philosophy when he uttered, "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies and cuts through to the essence of the evolutionary spirit." I cannot improve on that description. The decade is analogous to the sensation of getting that first, big professional check. It embodies The Prime Earning Years.
The nineties were very much about the same Generation X considered above. This is the time when we realized that the world does not necessarily keep its promises. The world is not fair. Someone else gets the girl, the promotion, the last doll off of the Christmas shelf. We recognized the banal, frustrating nature of adult life and it really pissed us off. We were Disenfranchised.
I'll try to be objective here as I am not a fan of the 21st century's first ten years. Fed by GW Bush and reality television, the 2000's were defined by anti-intellectual nihilism. We gave up. Adulthood sucked, but there was nothing to be done. Lop on a healthy schmear of post 9/11 paranoia and we can understand that we have not yet fully escaped the Fear and Futility of a lost decade.
This decade, the 2010's should belong to my generation. The issue is that we don't know what to do with it. We made a strong statement by electing an thoughtful and well-spoken intellectual to the presidency, but that has provided the return that we imagined. We have watched our brothers lose focus and surrender to the gears of a system that is so broken that it cannot be remodeled, it must be rebuilt. We are threatened by financial insecurity, a behemoth in the East and a hefty dose of existential angst. The present must be lived by the bard's words: "To Thine Own Self Be True." This age must not be adherent to any umbrella of normality. These colors must bleed across all lines and boundaries. Neither conservatism, nor hedonism, nor the temptation of disregard can bind us as we look forward. This is the time for us all to recognize our path and walk it tall, proud.
As a generation, we ask "why?" Why effort to such an end? Why risk the distaste of failure when the recognition of success is so unlikely? I have an answer for you, for me. We do this because it is what we are here to do. This is our time. We are talent without scope, creation beyond imagination. We are the last hope of a stubborn race. Let our names, let our deeds ring down through the centuries because we were the next to change the world. We are a force of will and a force of nature. Let us surpass expectation, let our greatness unfurl in the gale, let us tower as titans in the heavens and give our world a new archetype of radiance and grace.
Cheers.
Big Mack With Pineapple
Speaking of Pro Bowlers, see if you can recall the commercial that the following supplements.
Btw, the Tribe has announced it's 2011 broadcast schedule.
Cheers.
Sunday
Droppin' 30 Footers Like Rain
Ya ever wonder why ballers call out "Money!" This is why. Lamar Mundane.
Mmmmmmm... Blasphemy
This ad was pulled from a possible Super Spot because it risked offending Catholics. Shocking. Is there anything (except child molestation) that doesn't piss these people off? At least we can still listen to Money For Nothing.
Ehhh, 4.5 pounds?
Unbelievably, one of these is an honest to goodness advertisement. I saw it @ 3:30a. Could there possibly be people sitting up at all hours with 13.5 lbs of impacted fecal matter? Welcome to hell. ;-j
Cheers.
Cheers.
Saturday
Pretty Girl 01.23.11 - Debra Messing
And Then There Were 2...
Following Kansas' 74-63 home loss to Texas (breaking the Jayhawks' 69 game home winning streak), the Buckeyes' only company in the ranks of the unbeaten are the San Diego State Aztecs. Wow.
Here are the OSU/Illinois highlights. ESPN made a valiant, if ultimately irrelevant, effort to prevent me from sharing them with you. Not shown, Aaron Craft's two clutch free throws inside the final minute.
Cheers.
Here are the OSU/Illinois highlights. ESPN made a valiant, if ultimately irrelevant, effort to prevent me from sharing them with you. Not shown, Aaron Craft's two clutch free throws inside the final minute.
Cheers.
Friday
Pretty Girl 01.22.11 - Alexis Dziena
Chance of Flurries
I was all ready too post a movie trailer, but the GMs of the AL east had other ideas...
The Rays have signed both Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez. Damon gets 1-yr, $5.25mil, ManRam a year at $2mil. Waitwaitwaitwait... the Tribe will give Austin Kearns a buck and a half, but wouldn't give Manny 2?
Then the Blue Jays traded the remaining 4-yrs and $86mil contract of Vernon Wells (and, well, Wells as well) to the Angels for C Mike Napoli and OF Juan Rivera. This is pure salary dump for the Jays and a nice addition for the Halos. If LAoA can find some consistency in the 'pen then they should be the front runners in the West.
While we're here, I guess it's obligatory to mention the Cavs, who have now lost 25 of their past 26 games after falling at home to the Bucks. It was nice to see 11 healthy bodies lining the bench, while not so nice to watch Andrew Bogut dismantle the Cavaliers undersized interior or 15 Cleveland turnovers translate into 23 Milwaukee points. Antawn Jamison has shown admirable offensive consistency (22) and Ramon Sessions added 22 himself, but Session seemed inept as the primary 1, unable to include his teammates in the offense. Boobie Gibson added 15 off the bench and Christian Eyenga 9, but Manny Harris fell off the map, going scoreless in just 15 minutes. Also, Samardo Samuels blows. As Byron Scott said tonight, the team needs 5 or 6 guys show up and play really well in order to win, not just 2 or 3. That way, the Cavs can avoid 9-0 stretches that bloat opponents leads to 20+. I feel like a broken record as there's only so much one can say about a team that has made losing a way of life. At least it was a different team (actually 2) that lost by 40 tonight. Blarghh.
The Buckeyes play at noon tomorrow. I'll have to get up early.
Cheers.
PSA
If you don't laugh at this then you don't have a soul.
With bonus #4...
And Glenn Beck for the buzzkill...
With bonus #4...
And Glenn Beck for the buzzkill...
No Punto For You
Local and late-breaking - Dick Jauron is not dead. He is the Browns' new DC. Seemingly, Dave Wannstedt was the team's first choice, but he signed on with the Bills instead.
Also...
Falcons' QB coach, Bill Musgrave, has agreed to become the Vikings offensive coordinator, so cross him off of the Browns' list.
Brian Fuentes inks with the A's for 2-yrs, $10.5mil. Unbeknown to me, his nickname is "T-Rex."
The Yankees found their right-handed bat in Andruw Jones for 1-yr, $2mil.
Former Indian Jody Gerut joins the Mariners on a minor league deal.
Mel Kuiper Jr has mocked Georgia WR AJ Green to the Browns at #6. Let's all cross our fingers.
And finally... The new Cavs Fanatic jerseys are awful.
Cheers.
