July 2009
191 posts
““It scares me to think what people will believe, without even a source. Any...”
– Kanye West
You know what this means? The internet can start all the Kayne West rumors they want! And because Kayne won’t defend himself, we can all assume them to be true.
Which reminds me of the time Kayne West was found trying to molest a elephant at the San Diego Zoo, and afterwards...
‘Seinfeld’ reunion comes together on new season of... →
After years of saying no to the idea of a “Seinfeld” reunion, Larry David told reporters why he conceded and wrote a reunion into the upcoming season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm”:
“I always said no. We would never do that, it’s a lame idea. And then I thought it might be very funny to do that on ‘Curb.’ And I kept thinking about it, and started to think of different scenarios. I called Jerry, and...
Yankee Catcher José Molina
Me: damn molina is slow as shit
Eddie: he looked like Manny running from swine flu
“They pick me [to be tested for steroids] every time. I don’t know why. I don’t...”
– David Ortiz, 2005
Best thing I learned today: Rice and beans is Dominican for “steroids”
“I think you clean up the game by the testing. I test you, you test positive,...”
– David Ortiz, February 2009 (via sportscentr)
Ortiz and Ramirez Said to Be on 2003 Doping List →
Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, the sluggers who propelled the Boston Red Sox to end an 86-year World Series championship drought and to capture another title three years later, were among the roughly 100 Major League Baseball players to test positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the results.
Some of baseball’s most cherished storylines of the...
Newsweek Exclusive: 8 Secrets About the Saved By... →
NEWSWEEK sat down for an interview with Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris) in June, just a few days after he parodied his old Saved by the Bell character on a segment on Fallon that quickly went Internet viral. Here are the things we learned, printed here for the very first time. (1) Why is Dustin Diamond missing on the cover of People? Gosselaar says he hasn’t talked to him recently, and...
“We play today, we win today. ‘Das it.”
– Mariano Duncan, 1996 New York Yankees second baseman.
Race Relations
Manny: who do you NOT want to help you?
WHITE people!
me: is that (Die Hard With A Vengeance) on?
or are you just being racist
Manny: i'm watching it on DVD
me: ok
Yahoo Chooses Bing For Search
nerdology:
Yahoo has been in some trouble financially lately, so much so that it has been selling itself off. Mircosoft tried to buy Yahoo outright last year for 47.5 billion dollars but things didn’t work out. Now the two will be sharing advertising revenue and search information, putting their businesses together to take on Google.
Under the expected deal, Microsoft’s new Bing search...
Report: Favre opts to remain retired →
Quarterback Brett Favre has informed Minnesota Vikings officials that he will remain retired, according to The Star Tribune.
Coach Brad Childress confirmed the news to the Star Tribune, leaving the Vikings in an unexpected and awkward spot with training camp set to open Wednesday. The Vikings are now left to choose between Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels as their 2009 starter.
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Writer's Block
Like millions of people, there are times when I suffer from a debilitating disease. My mind blanks. I stare off into space. It feels like I’ve been sitting for hours, when only a few seconds have passed. My pulse races. I start sweating. My breathing gets heavier. I start to panic. Tears start streaming down my face, like a river of sad, breaking through a dam built by crippled...
Fact: Rickey Henderson learned he was going to be...
(via inothernews)
Rickey being Rickey.
Entourage - One Car, Two Car, Red Car, Blue Car
What I liked
Eric and the Bobblehead doll. Ashley is hooking up with Eric, staying at his house, criticizing his clients. It turns out though, The complaints she has after watching Charlie’s pilot are the same ones test screeners and the studio had about him. It’s a neat twist, making it seem like she was crazy, when in fact she has a keen eye for what works and what...
Dad: Thriller, that's the best. But I also like Ben. Ben is my favorite. But Thriller is good too.
Me: So what's your favorite, Ben or Thriller?
Dad: Thriller.
Mom: Ben was a love song to a rat.
“I love Hannah Montana.”
– Stephon Marbury
He’s still on UStream
(via nbaplayoffs2009)
Sources: Favre anguished over choice →
With Minnesota Vikings players scheduled to report to training camp in less than a week, Brett Favre remains anguished about whether he should come out of retirement and join the team. That decision, according to sources, has become more difficult in recent days because of the efforts of Vikings players including Adrian Peterson, Jared Allen and Steve Hutchinson, all of whom have now begun...
AP: Mayors of Hoboken and Secacus, NJ among those... →
inothernews:
The mayors of two major New Jersey cities and an assemblyman are under arrest Thursday as part of a major corruption and international money laundering conspiracy probe.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says approximately 30 arrests have occurred in the two-track investigation.
They include Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt, Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III and Secaucus Mayor Dennis...
“You can like it or dislike it, but your children are going to be steroid users.”
– Bill James on steroids in baseball and the Hall of Fame
A bizarre sentence, but the article is a great take on the whole performance-enhancing drugs saga.
