Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Thoughts and Musings...

Who’s Now Today - Michael Vick, who on Tuesday was indicted by a federal grand jury on dog fighting charges. Now, as we are true patriots and adherents to the law here at About As Cool as Cancer, we believe one is innocent until proven guilty (High-five Duke!). Now with that being said, Michael Vick should be mauled to death by a pack (gaggle?) of pitbulls. I love dogs. They’re my boys. They’re my dogs (pun; count it!). Taking advantage of their instinctive loyalty in order to profit off their falsely engineered ferociousness is sick and should only be punished through the fiery ancient justice of the old school badass Hammurabi.

Now Vick is most likely guilty. Because, I mean, usually when you provide the facility to platform a multi million dollar illegal dog fighting ring, you are aware of it. But the more I think about it and how crazy Vick and his brother are, how crazy is the rest of his family (especially his cousin, who admits/claims to running the operation)? What if Vick really did have no idea?


Michael Vick: Yo cuz!

Cousin Vick: (To self) Oh shit. (Throws away blunt)

MK: Yo nigga, what the fuck’s going on??

CV: Yo, umm, ya see…

MK: Why is there like five million po-lice sniffin’ around my place??

CV: Aight, yo look, we was havin’ a party, and some-

Police Officer: (Approaches; to MK) Mr. Vick, we have found 66 buried dogs on this property.

MK: Mothafucka! I lend you this house for one week, I say don’t do anything stupid, and you-

CV: Nah, Mike, it’s not what it sounds like. We was having a barbeque with some of these Korean fools and they wanted to eat dogs, cuz like that’s the kind of shit they do over in South America, and we was like, ‘aight, I’ll try some dog’ and-

MK: I am so fucked.


Yes you are. Yes you are.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Thoughts and Musings...



  • Griffey Passes Frank Robinson on Home Run List – With his 587th homer, Ken Griffey Jr. moved to 6th on the All-Time List. We’re not sure a fortnight goes by (yeah that’s right, we said fortnight) where we don’t wonder aloud the “what could have been of KGJ”. But then again, he’s probably going to end up with 620 -650 for his career. We guess that’s pretty good. And he played with his Pops, so he’s got that going for him. We still play basketball with our Dad. He still makes us cry.

  • Brewers Place Sheets on 15 Day DL – With an injury similar to fellow pitcher Joel Zumaya, Guitar Hero continues its vicious rampage. Damn the Japanese and their PS3s and Youtubes and GTA: Istanbuls and appealing technology markets and RIDICULOUS FUN GAMESHOWS!!!

  • Beckham Makes Practice Debut – In other stirring news yesterday, we took a dump. It smelled. It was big. And brown. (Juvenile yet clever! No? Whatever).

  • Who’s Now Today – The Wire: Season 3. Omar’s gonna be steppin’ at some fools.

Monday, July 16, 2007

Thoughts and Musings...



  • Phils First to Reach 10,000 Losses – That’s a lot of losses. Congrats.

  • Yankees Over .500 – Well, you have to start sometime and somewhere.

  • Nate Robinson Wins LV Summer League MVP – He finished averaging 19.6 points, 6 assists, and shot 48% per game. Maybe more importantly he’s been playing smart and in control.

  • Who’s Now? Ron Artest, who’s hanging out in Kenya. A very noble gesture, but proves he’s still batshit crazy.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Thoughts and Musings... Demetris Nichols, Brandon Tierney, and Brian Kenny



  • I can’t say I’m surprised by Demetris Nichols’ success so far in LV Summer League. I maintain he should have been a top twenty pick, especially over guys like Noah and Hawes. He may not be a steal. He IS THE steal. He led the BIG EAST in scoring. And it wasn’t like he was jacking up thirty shots a game. Here are some basic stats: 18.9 ppg, 1.5 apg, 2.0 topg, 1.1 bpg, 5.4 rpg, 45% fgp, 85% ftp, 42% 3pp. I watched him a fair amount at Syracuse, and he reminds me a lot of Reggie Miller and Rip Hamilton. Not so much that he is a great shooter (which he is), but there are few currently in the League who move as well without the ball. Moving without the ball is a lost art in the NBA, and Hamilton illustrates every year how to exploit that loss. He’s not as much as a deep threat as Miller was, nor is his mid-range game as sharp and quick as Hamilton’s, but he does both very well. And he’s only a rookie. He’s got size (6’ 8”, 215 lbs), length, above average defense, is smart, runs the floor very well, and is always hustling. I’m thrilled with this guy.

  • A couple of days ago I heard Brandon Tierney on ESPN Radio slam a couple of announcers calling the Rockies game (I don’t whether they were for the Rockies or the visitors) for either not knowing why offensive statistics were down this year and saying they had decreased for the “wrong” reason (whichever one it is is irrelevant). Tierney pointed out the Rockies management had installed a humidor in the ballpark and that was the reason for the lower production. Too make a long rebuttal short and save you a physics lesson (although it is a pretty interesting one, however interesting physics can be), Baseball Prospectus did a study on this “humidor theory” recently, and came to the conclusion that it had an insignificant effect on offensive statistical output. I remember Tierney telling his announcer friends to quote “do their homework”. May be time to take some of your own advice, Brandon.

  • Here’s a link to FanHouse’s Michael David Smith whom suggests replacing Dan Patrick with Brian Kenny on ESPN Radio’s early afternoon slot. Couldn’t agree more. Like Smith, I heard Kenny (with Eric Kuselias) this morning talking with Oscar de la Hoya about boxing, his [de la Hoya] current state, and the current state of the sport. It was a very interesting listen, which I can never say about the fellas who Kenny and Kuselias were filling in for. I have found it fairly impossible to get to like any of ESPN’s anchors, but Kenny has been a bright spot. I’m guessing the WWL won’t go this route because Kenny isn’t much a name in the ESPN household compared to others, but putting him on the radio would be quite the contrast with blowhards like Stephen A. Smith and Mike Greenberg.

Friday, May 4, 2007

Brady Quinn... Getting his John Amaechi On


Umm, what?

Monday, April 30, 2007

MLB Power Rankings Week 4




AL POWER RANKINGS


1. Boston Red Sox - Homos
2. Cleveland Indians - Better than Native Indians
3. Minnesota Twins - Mauer's overrated
4. Anaheim Angels - 8 - 2 last ten
5. Detroit Tigers - Staff is strong
6. Toronto Blue Jays - Canadian
7. Chicago White Sox - Congrats on the no-no
8. Baltimore Orioles - Keepin' it real
9. Seattle Mariners - Won't last
10. Oakland A's - Harden's vagina's leaking again?
11. New York Yankees - WILL YOU ASSHOLES WAKE THE FUCK UP!!!
12. Tampa Bay Devil Rays - Go fuck yourselves
13. Texas Rangers - Suck
14. Kansas City Royals - Suck more

NL POWER RANKINGS

1. Atlanta Braves - I like 'em
2. LA Dodgers - Solid, should handle the division over the long run
3. New York Mets - David Wright, I hope your period ends soon
4. Milwaukee Brewers - I shouldn't be surprised, but I am
5. Arizona Diamondbacks - And now they have that ugly guy.
6. Philadelphia Phillies - 7 - 3 last ten; I think they'll be fine
7. Florida Marlins - The division will eventually kill them
8. Cincinnati Reds - Improve the home record (3-9)
9. San Diego Padres - Should pick it up
10. Pittsburgh Pirates - .500, but I don't trust them
11. San Francisco Giants - Fuck Barry Bonds
12. Chicago Cubs - HAHAHAHAHA
13. St. Louis Cardinals - Quite simply, not that good
14. Colorado Rockies - Somebody please talk about Holliday
15. Houston Astros - I hoped you earned the money fast, Brad
16. Washington Nationals - Not worth writing about

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Prepping for the 2007 NFL Draft (Running Blog)


9:03 – Wake up, drink lots of water to attempt to cure cancer-like hangover, and begin to watch a variety of crap on tv.

9:07 – Roommate asks me to move into another room so he can sleep. Douche.

9:08 – This room is so much sweeter than mine. Plasma. Boo-yah (fuck Stuart Scott)

9:15 – Friend walks into room and looks at wall with huge dent in it. Conversation ensues:

Friend: (Looking at dent) Did you did this last night?

Me: (Looking at wall; suddenly remember taking an iron pool and then baseball bat to wall for yet to be determined reason) Fuuuuckkkkk. I did do that.

Friend: (Laughing) Why, ‘cause of the Yankees?

Me: No, it was later in the night.

Friend leaves, laughing. Douche.

9:22 – Dawns on me I went Patrick Bateman on wall because I couldn’t find my phone last night (even though I eventually found it sitting on my desk). Slightly embarrassed, I rectify situation by plastering duct tape all over dent. It’s a weird, shiny kind of duct tape, so we’re good.

9:40 – Decide to watch NFL Network. The one day where that channel is relevant.

9:42 – Rich Eisen, Steve Mariuchi, Marshall Faulk, and a couple other douchebags are rambling about some bullshit. It’s like ESPN all over again. This is not difficult; can we please get a panel of analysts that are both intelligent and not terrible human beings?

9:51 – Crack open first beer. Mmmmm, delicious Natty. It’s gonna be a long day.

10:03 – If I ever see this infomercial guy Billy Mays on the street, I’m gonna tear his beard off and beat him to death with it.

10:09 – Deion Sanders might be one of the worst people I have ever seen. Why do you have pinstripes on the collar of your button down shirt? That just doesn’t make sense. Leave Calvin Johnson alone, asshole. He doesn’t want hang out with forty year old has-beens. And will people please shut the fuck up about a couple of these guys admitting they smoked weed. It’d be news if they HAVEN’T blown coke off a sorority girl’s tits while getting blow jobs from every scout in the NFL.

10:15 – The fat guy on the NFL Network makes a joke about being fat. It’s not funny, but he is fat. He is now screaming about how Joe Thomas is analogous to a five-tool baseball player. I can feel that. The young white guy analyst is pretty good looking (no homo). He looks like he should be in a Polo ad or something. He actually seems to be pretty smart too, so I’ll stick around for a little while more while the douches on ESPN gear up. Always a good time. Speaking of smart, the new guy on ESPN, Todd McShay, is the shit. Watch out, Mel.

10:19 – God, I would bang the shit out of Erin Esurance.

10:25 – Alright, let’s see what’s crackin’ at the WWL. Commercials. Rats. Go get another beer.

10:27 – Remember telling girl I would hang out with her all day today. Looking for rusty spoon to cut balls off with. I better get some pussy. I definitely won’t.

10:32 – Sources: Raiders will take Russell with the first pick. This is why the Raiders will float in dreadfulness for years. Or until Al Davis dies. Big, dumb animals should never be drafted early. Go with Calvin you morons. Steve Young agrees, Keyshawn “I have proved it is possible to have a negative IQ” Johnson disagrees. I feel pretty good about myself. I mean just imagine if the Raiders had taken Leinart last year, then took Johnson this year. That’s the makings of a powerhouse.

10:37 – Alright, I’m bored, let’s see what’s happening on 595.

10:38 – “All Nite Party Girls”. Damn. I was hoping for “Foursome” or my personal favorite “7 Lives Exposed”. How the fuck do I get on that show?

10:40 – Host: (to random dancer) Allison, what makes you a great lover?

Dancer: My kisses.

Host: Well, I must have a sample.

They begin to make out and strip. I love Playboy.

10:52 – Watching a sob story about Ryan Leaf (I usually never watch these things). He actually seems like a really good guy now, based on how much of a douche he was. Even in his interviews (current), he seems like he’s matured about twenty years in eight. Alright, enough gay shit. Let’s get the draft started.

10:59 – Receive text message from girl. “I’m getting my hair done at eleven, I’ll call you after.” NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Must… Watch… Draft… (Dies). Fuck, I’m pissed. I’m gonna take a shower and drink faster.

11:28 – Mort, get you’re fucking mic fixed, you sound like the elephant man.

11:30 – What is going on with Berman’s tie? It’s like-, alright I’m sounding too much like Simmons. Must be unique.

11:40 – Berman interviewing Goodell. Careful Berman, fuck up your syntax and you’re liable for a fifteen year suspension and the rack.

11:44 – The MNF guys!!! I’m sorry, but I really love these guys. Fuck Theismann. Fucking douchebag.

11:51 – Moment of Silence.

12:02 – That intro was pretty fucking gay.

12:08 – Damn, Reggie Bush keeps it real. And while we’re on commercials, fuck the Coors Light train. That stupid thing would do so much property damage and alter the climate and literally geology of the earth to disastrous proportions. All for a crappy light beer.

12:10 – And we begin. Please don’t call.

12:19 – She called. Hopefully I’ll be back soon.

2:44 – Alright, back. Watched “Monster-in-Law” and ate health food. And I didn’t even get my nut.

2:45 – A quick look back at the action so far: So Quinn hasn’t gone yet? Wow, NFL GM’s may actually be, dare I say it, intelligent. Lions taking Johnson with the 2. I know the whole Lions/WR fetish, but it’s hard to criticize anyone taking Johnson. I’m surprised they didn’t trade down. No surprises it looks like. As of now, I would go with the Texans taking Okoye at 10 as the best value pick.

3:01 – I wonder if Rachel Nichols talks like that in real life? I’d still do her.

3:07 – Brady Quinn quote – “Some teams just don’t need quarterbacks.” Or maybe some teams don’t need bleeding vaginas. (High-five to self).

3:16 – Steve Young’s philosophy, “it doesn’t matter whether your first pick in the draft is good or not, it just has to SAY something” is maybe one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard come out of an “expert’s” mouth. And as we all know, that’s pretty difficult to do. This guy was a Super Bowl QB?? I mean what does that even mean? “SAY something?” Drafting Quinn would SAY you’re into dudes. So? It doesn’t make your team better. Teams have gameplans douchebag. One pick doesn’t determine the destiny of your organization. I’m surprised Mort didn’t kick him straight in the nuts.

3:35 – Damn. Kind of wanted the Giants to take Hall. Probably go with Staley now. I hope its Posluszny.

4:04 – Alright I don’t feel like typing anymore. I’m gonna go jerk off.