May 2009
73 posts
The Godfather II (XBox 360)
Based on the pulp novel by Mario Puzo, the first two Godfather movies are the pinnacle of American cinema. The first Godfather is one of the few movies where every scene is a classic, from the wedding scenes to the final shot of the door being closed on Kay Adams. The second Godfather set the standard of a sequel being grander in scope and more ambitious than the first one, splitting the story...
April 2009
56 posts
“Two-peat? Are you kidding? The Celtics are just trying to crawl from their...”
– Gene Wojciechowski on the classic Celtics-Bulls first round series.
Wojciechowski is one of the better writers on the Worldwide Leader, but it pisses this shit out of me how he keeps writing “two-peat” in his articles about the Celtics defending their NBA title. It’s repeat! ...
Conversations
Janine: gah i just want to be drunk
me: gah i want to go to sleap
Janine: gah
me: gah
Janine: gah
me: gah
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me: gah
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me: gah
Janine: gah
me: gah
“Activision and Treyarch bring Japanese Imperial zombie killing to World War II...”
– via Kotaku
I am always impressed with Activision and Treyarch’s dedication towards recreating history through the art of video games.
“The Yankees have no choice but to live with this and hope a juice-free Rodriguez...”
– Pete Abraham on the latest A-Rod allegations
My favorite part of the story is how Selena Roberts magically finished this book and the story somehow found its way to the front page of the New YorK Daily News a week before A-Rod’s expected return. What happened to this book coming out on...
“I’d punch him in the face.”
– Tarik on the question “What if Manny told us he had swine flu?”
Attitude Adjusted
Through my various schemes and sorcery, I managed to finagle free tickets for the WWE taping of Smackdown at MSG last night. Actually, my boss had tickets and couldn’t go, so she gave them to me. I haven’t been to a wrestling event since Wrestlemania of last year, and due to Smackdown being on Friday Nights, I haven’t watched the show in years. There has been a transition of...
Tim Geithner looks like a vampire
I don’t trust Tim Geithner. Not just because he is the Secretary of the Treasury and doesn’t appear to know what he’s talking about half the time, not just because he is uncomfortably cozy with Wall Street executives who have brought the banking system to its knees, but because he looks like a vampire. It makes me uneasy to know the fate of the United States economy and rests...
“Like everybody who goes to reunions say, wow everyone is so successful. But...”
– Adan on the SMS “because its been 12 years already!!!” Reunion
“If you built the ideal point guard, like how you can create a player from...”
– Bill Simmons
Personally, when I create a player on NBA 2k9 (which is 10x better than Live), I build a fat white guy with pink cornrows and excellent court vision. Is Derrick Rose as good as my imaginary player, four time league MVP Alfredo Nancypants? No way.
“WASHINGTON (AP) - Then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice verbally...”
– via Huffington Post
I feel bad for Condi Rice. Not because she’s under fire for authorizing harsh interrogation methods like waterboarding, but because she’s in trouble for something she did 7 years ago. It would be like if I got a summons for getting drunk and stealing the...
Pigeons
It is spring time. Baseball is back, TV shows are starting to gear up for their season finales, billboards and commercials for big event blockbuster movies are all over the place. The days are longer, the nights are warmer, and although it has been raining a lot, that is only a precursor to flowers blooming in parks and gardens across the country. And all this means is that my longtime nemesis,...
Fuck
I flashed back this morning to the first time I said the word fuck. It was a summer day in 1990 or 1991. I was wearing shorts, and playing with my Hulk Hogan and Ted DiBiase wrestling figures in my WWF Superstar ring. I think my cousin Vincent was sitting on the couch, drinking a Coke. My sister there too, probably drawing or playing with toys. My mom and grandmothers were watching a...
Wii don't play that
The Wii is the most successful system in the world. Since it’s release in November 2006, Nintendo’s fifth console has already sold over 50 million units, far outpacing the competing Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft XBOX 360. There are senior citizens who play the Wii with their grand kids. There are schools that have made the Wii a feature in music and gym classes. Every time I...
Citi Field
Walking into Citi Field is like going through a time machine. It starts off while on the subway. As soon as the 7 train leaves Junction Boulevard, the new Mets ballpark looms in the distance. Even from about a mile away, everything looks different. Shea Stadium is a pile of wreckage, waiting to be turned into a parking lot. Descending the stairs at the Willets Point station is surreal. ...
Chat with Manny about his breakthrough appearance...
Manny: hi jay
me: manny you are famous
take a look at the video i sent u
u watch it?
Manny: yeah
me: you're famous! aren't u thrilled!
Manny: sure
me: your enthusiasm is breathtaking
Manny: as always
Chat with Tarik about the Manny video
me: !!!!
http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZUJXQIsakE
watch the first 15 seconds of it
or first 20 seconds
Tarik: what am i looking for?
WAIT!!!
IS THAT MANNY'S HEAD?
me: hahaha
YES
Tarik: OH MAN!!!!
me: i had the same reaction
cuz i wanted to see what the roll call from yesterday's game
and then i found the video from the game we went to
and i was like "wait, is that manny?"
what a goon
Tarik: seriously
he ruins the whole video
“1. About Tony Almedia…He could have pulled off a terrorist attack at about...”
– Will Leitch on the Tony Almedia’s shocking heel turn
Just as I feared last week when I praised this season of 24, the return of Kim Bauer doomed what has been a great season. Five minutes after Kim’s appearance in last Monday’s episode, Jack starts crying like a girl and Tony...
LOST - Some Like It Hoth
What I liked: —Hurley. This was the funniest Hurley has been that I can remember, probably going back to the first season finale when he was running through the airport in Sydney. The part where he told Miles about his plan to write The Empire Strikes Back killed me. The two of them are a great team. —The Hatch being built. I always like the callbacks to previous seasons,...
“John Madden retired on Wednesday from calling football games, leaving a weekly...”
– Richard Sandomir on John Madden’s retirement from broadcasting.
What’s amazing about Madden’s career is people who grew up from 1990-2009 know him more as a NFL broadcaster than as a player or coach, but at the same time identify him more as a video game over anything else....
Oscar
Oscar De La Hoya announced his retirement yesterday. The former champion leaves boxing with an Olympic Gold Medal, a 39-6 professional record, 10 world titles in 6 different weight classes, and enough money to buy Pluto. De La Hoya was a former Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year and #1 Pound-For-Pound fighter. His 19 PPV fights drew a combined 14.1 million buys and $696.4 million dollars in...
“I could have turned everything into a crime scene, like OJ, cutting...”
– Hulk Hogan
This is not a smart thing to say when you’re going through a divorce and your wife and her lawyers are trying to take everything away from you. This would make one hell of a wrestling promo though. Whatcha gonna do?!?!?!?!?
The Jonas Brothers
When I first saw the Jonas Brother with the curly hair, I thought to myself “Wow, that is a really ugly girl.” I had the opposite experience when I first saw the MMMBop video with the Hanson brothers, where I thought “Hey, that girl is kinda pretty.” The Jonas Brothers make me feel old. Not just because they’re younger than me and make millions of dollars, but...
Trains
True Story: I operate the NJ Transit Ticket Kiosks at Penn Station and New Brunswick faster than anyone on earth. I haven’t timed myself, but I can punch in my destination, number of tickets, and credit card information in under 30 seconds. If there was an Olympic event for buying train tickets, I would win the gold every year. It makes me laugh when I see others struggle with the Ticket...
LOST - Dead is Dead
What I liked: —Ben Linus vs. The Smoke Monster. The greatest buildup to one final confrontation since David vs. Goliath. Everything about the build was excellent, from Ben revealing he’s needs to be judged by what they call “The Monster”, to Ben threatening Rousseau, to Alex emerging from the smoke of his memories. The last five minutes with the smoke surrounding Ben...
The best and the greatest
When there’s a “Who/What is the best/greatest (fill in the blanks)”, it eventually devolves into an argument of what the term really means. And it really comes down to what term is being used, because there’s a distinct difference between best and greatest. For example, right now, LeBron James is the best player in the league. People who say Kobe is better clearly...