Fucking Giants...

Eli is getting fucking wasted, and I don't blame him - the New York Football Giants suck.

For the first time in the recent history of the Giants, they suck terribly, and in no way shape or form can Eli Manning be blamed at all for this shit show.  Quietly or not quietly, Eli Manning had a career year. Highest completion percentage of his career, highest yardage, and highest QB rating.  (61.7, 3880, 94.2). This can all change (for the better or worse) when the Giants play the Vikings this weekend, but I think the Giants will have a good game.  The Vikings have to try, they need to go into the playoffs with SOME mojo, and Eli is a fucking man, so you know he's playing.

Tiger Woods Wrap-Up

The year is ending, as is my interest in everything Tiger Woods-affair related.  I took a few posts to explain how ridiculous things were, and all the facts weren't in at the time.  Things have gotten pretty crazy since then.  Let's take some time and get it all out of our system so 2010 brings us a Tiger-less-tabloid scene...

First - I'm sick of all of this dropped sponsorship non-sense.  I'll say it again, Tiger will rise like the Phoenix from his own ashes, but it's looking like it's going to be a lot later and take a lot longer than I originally believed.  If he's not playing golf, and he's staying out of the public eye, why would advertisers want to keep paying him?  It's a financial thing, and they'll be back on the bandwagon as soon as it's trendy again.

End of an Era

Well, maybe not the end of an era, but it's the end of the decade.

Well, not it's not.  Technically the decade ends next year.  Technically the new millennium started when 2000 ended and 2001 began, same goes for this, but with the decade.

End of an era!  People throw that around all the time.  What does that mean?  I submit that it means nothing.  Shit happens, and chances are if you already noticed an era is ending or coming to an end, it's inevitability has already arrived, so what's the use in pointing it out?  NO POINT!

On this New Year's Eve, stay safe, and also, Stay Thirsty My Friends.

Men are from Mars...

Women are ridiculous.  BuDaChick and I have been together for a while, and let me tell you, it's not easy ordeal.  Women are fucking trips man.  Like out there.  For example, Sundays.  Man-days (or Sundays), a guy can watch (and will watch) football all day long.  BuDaChick, on the other hand, watches Wedding Central in 17 hour blocks.  Siick.

This I can deal with.  What I can't deal with is the difference in sizes.

More Offseason Baseball Stuff

A few things...

The New York Yankees finalize at one year deal with Nick Johnson for $5.75M.  He will be the DH and likely bat #2.  Last year Johnny Damon batted in the 2-hole.  This is ripe for an obvious comparison...

The Beginnings of Xmas

In honor of the upcoming holiday of Xmas, I hope to recount its beginnings with astounding detail for you.  As we all know, Xmas is the purely commercial holiday that was once the Catholic holiday of Christmas.  Few people know this, but Xmas does have a beginning of its own.  That is the holiday we celebrate today, and that is the story I will remind you of now!

Where Did They Go? Tara Reid

Once the hot chick from American Pie, then the hot chick from American Pie 2, then the hot chick from National Lampoons: Van Wilder, then the bimbo from Wild On! Featuring Tara Reid, then the bimbo from Taradise.  She's had one wild ride, but where is she now?!

We forget Tara Reid used to be hot, and we also forget that Tara Reid used to be the "parties too much Hollywood socialite".  She has since been usurped by Lindsay Lohan, but that's also why Tara needed to get botched surgery to stay in the limelight.

So where did Tara go?  Is her hotness gone for good?  Is her poor choices of plastic surgeons gone for good as well?

Offseason Baseball Moves

It's no longer the Winter Meetings, but there has been a solid amount of activity.  Let's take a look and see some of the major additions.

New York Yankees
Notable Additions: Nick Johnson, Andy Pettitte, Curtis Granderson
The big question for the Yankees for the rest of the offseason is the rotation.  What happens with Joba and Phil Hughes?  That's likely a question that will be answered in training camp.  The Yankees still have to address the issues in the outfield - where will Johnny Damon be next year?  The signing of Nick Johnson essentially puts a nail in that coffin, but personally, I'd rather rely on Johnny Damon in the 2-hole than Nick the Stick.  Another question mark is the issue with centerfielders of last year - do Melky and/or Brett Gardner get traded, and for who and what?

REVIEW: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)

The end of an era.  It's official.  Even though this game was released on June 12, 2008, I didn't finish playing this game until today.  So today it's official.

I'm going to give my review of the game, but I think that first you should know, and I make no bones about it, I love this series.  I remember playing the original Metal Gears when I was younger at friends houses, and in 1998-1999 Metal Gear Solid quickly became my favorite game.  I read in a magazine that there was a rumor for Metal Gear Solid that you could play as the Cyborg Ninja (quite possibly the coolest game character ever) if you beat the game on the "Insane" difficult on three separate save slots.  Yeah.  I think you can guess how that turned out.

Let's see how MGS4 turned out - I swear, I'll try to be objective.

WinterStormWatch 2009

I the area that I live in, things get a little nutty when they predict snow.  Between one and two inches will shut down the all the roads for hours, and the Noreaster you've been hearing about the past week, and over the weekend, has been predicting up to 24 inches.

If I owned a super market I would want there to be snow storms like this everyday.  Take a look at the picture on the right.  This is a few hours before the snow was supposed to hit and was taken at my local Stop & Shop.  It's nuts.  Every single aisle was open, and every single aisle had 3 or 4 people flowing out the back of the actual aisle itself.

We actually received about 5 or 6 inches.

The New Deadspin

Not a huge fan of what I am calling the "New" Deadspin.  Gawker media now has it's other affiliates adding information to Deadspin, and writing more lengthy articles.

Like this one about Shaquille O'Neill from the year 1996.  Honestly, why is it being published in the final month of the year 2009?

[No, Shaq Didn't]

Where Did They Go? Lark Voorhies

We all know how hot Tiffany Amber Thiessen is and was (see pics), and Elizabeth Berkley wasn't too terrible, but I submit that Lisa Turtle was the quietly hottest girl on the show Saved by the Bell.  That's right fellas - Lark Voorhies.  Where has this hottie sista been?

Before I go into my findings of where Lark has been, first I want to break down why I think she is under appreciated as far as hotness goes on the show.  The uber-dork Screech Powers obsessed over Lisa Turtle, the Zack Attack had Kelly, and A.C. had Jessie, so they couldn't really explore her hotness.  She was more or less relegated to being the dorks interest, and in turn was subject to having a level of dorkiness associated with her.  How hot could she get if she was never allowed to do anything sexual-like unless it was with Screech?!

Brainwashing Bible Bastards

Personally, there just isn't enough Jesus in my life.

Also, I could use a God loving Super Hero wielding a lightsaber...

Enter Bibleman, and the Bibleman Team.  Are you fucking kidding me.

I'm flipping through some channels today, and I come across this nonsense.  Seriously, what ever happened to the good old fashioned way of getting kids to like God: Fear?  Now there's a new and even more diabolical way of turning kids to Christ - want to have cool weapons, and wear cool costumes?  Come get you some Jesus!

Should It Be Yanked?

That's what she said.  Apparently Italian-American's are upset about MTV's new reality show Jersey Shore.  Personally, I'm not offended.  As an Italian-American myself, I'm beyond entertained.  Back in the not-so-distant past, even I had a blowout.  What was a young Italian-American to do in a town of Guido's?!

[MTV's Jersey Shore upsets Italian-Americans: Should it be yanked off the air?]

Personally, I say no.  I'm curious to see what happens to this group of young yet-to-find-themselves Guid's.  I'm just not buying the fact that they're "young".  How is it possible that anyone has the time to go on any of these shows, let alone drive their personal automobile to live in a shore house in Seaside, and sell t-shirts twice a week for 6 hours at a clip...

Where Did They Go? Jaleel White

Who used to watch Family Matters on TGIF?  Fucking everybody.  That's who.  Jaleel White was the originally dorky character Steve Urkel (later to nerdily transform himself into Stephan Urkelle), and my question is: Where did this dude go?!

I'm not saying he was the greatest every, but c'mon, Steve Urkel!

Go to Google.com and type in "Jaleel White", and you'll notice that "Jaleel White Dead" is the second most frequent option.  Does my search end here?  Is Jaleel White Dead?

Friday Morning Commute

This is the last thing I want to see on my way in to work on a Friday morning.  The LAST thing.  Seriously, it's the exact thing that no one needs.

DEBATE!!! Health Care

Some people are having difficulty figuring out the debate that is at hand - Public vs Private.  Health Care vs No Care.

I think this needs to be broken down in a way that every man woman and possibly child could understand...

Your health care is a toilet.

MLB Winter Meetings Minute-by-Minute

Not really.  There is no way I have the ability to cover every single minute of Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings.

I feel like the Winter Meetings could be a giant hand job, to get media attention for Major League Baseball a few months after the season ends for no good reason.  You know, something sort of similar to the way they release awards once a day, every other day for about three weeks.  Honestly, they can release the Rookie of the Year for the AL and NL on the same day, same with Cy Young and MVP...

As much as I'd have thought these Winter Meetings are just masturbatorial self-promotion, judging from last year and what's happened so far this year, I think I'm nothing but wrong.

Candid Coffee Shop

What are the people doing in your local coffee shop?  That might be doing just about anything.  Sometimes people will be doing work, sometimes a homeless person will be loitering around, and other times people will be doing incredibly weird things.  I'm interested to know those weird things, and yesterday I saw this.

This is an image from a Starbucks in Stamford, CT, and this big fat lady sitting down right there is on her computer watching some video of Erykah Badu.  I was stunned to see that someone was still interested in Erykah Badu in the year 2009, so naturally I have to do some research.

GMeN Succeed in Must-Win at Home

Big game from the GMeN.  In the article referenced, Brandon Jacobs said this:

"It's extra special against Dallas. That's absolutely a team I can't stand. I've been hating Dallas ever since I knew anything about football."

BJake, who is criticized for his lack of reception skills and today took a short pass from Eli Manning 74 yards for a touchdown.  Well done sir!

Domenik Hixon took a punt return for a 79 yard touchdown, and when it looked as though he was going to run right into a tackler managed to break loose for a score.  Well done sir!

The real story from today is that the Giants won, which keeps them in the hunt for the playoffs, and that the Cowboys lost, and they have one of the toughest schedules in the league for the duration of the season.

Surprised Kitty

I saw this video a few days ago on the morning news, and it's probably been everywhere, but I think it's hilarious.  I love puppies and kittens, and dogs and cats, and animals in general.  If you don't like this, well, something's wrong with you.



[Surprised Kitty (Original)]

Music Television - No Music, Awesome Ridiculousness

I used to really enjoy MTV; back when they had music, back when they sort of stopped and said "that's what MTV2 is for", then even when MTV2 stopped playing music and became reality television.

I always liked Real World.  I always liked Road Rules.  I always liked the stupid Challenges.  Haven't watched them  recently - and I heard I'm missing a lot of great stuff.  Currently the BuDaChick is sleeping, and I'm blogging about sports that no one will read, and watching the 2nd to last episode of this seasons "The Ruins".  Yeah, it's about as enjoyable as I remembered.

NFL Week 13 Preview and Giants Breakdown

Have been terrible about my picks over the past few weeks, and I'm not going to give a full breakdown for all the games, but first let's take a look at some interesting matchups this Sunday (Jets already beat the Bills) and then let me express my thoughts about the New York Football Giants.

Here we go.

LA Angels of Anaheim To Suck 2010 and Beyond

According to some source, Chone Figgins is close to signing a deal with the Seattle Mariners.  See this article here for the details:

[ESPN.com - Source: Chone Figgins, Mariners near deal]

The Angels just won't be the same - BuDaMan said it:

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Chone Figgins (32)

Chone is this teams spark - they live and die by this guy.  When he gets on base, good things happen.  In the ALCS, he didn't get on base.  I think the Angels need to sign him or the look and shape of their team is altered to something completely different.  If they don't sign him, a lot of team out there will look to acquire Chone's services...

That was back in the beginning of November.  Bam.

[BuDa - BLoG - 2009-2010 Offseason Interests]

I Couldn't Give a Tiger's Ass...

Still, everyone is all about this Tiger nonsense.  CNN.com has a "Quick Vote" poll asking, "How much damage will Tiger Woods 'transgressions' do to his image?"

The possible answers (for a CNN poll) are "A Lot", "A Little", and "None".  I'm a big fan of polls.  I like to see what the United Stupid of America are thinking (or rather, not thinking about) - United Stupid of America is a Bill Maher term, not an original BuDa-ism, I wish!

I submit these events, or transgressions, or whatever the fuck you want to call them, will not hurt Tiger Woods image in any way shape or form.

All Day Peterson Too Fast On and Off Field

Apparently All Day Adrian Peterson believes he is too fast and too fine while both playing football and living his life.

See this article here.

Brings new meaning to "Too Fast Too Fine", emphasis on the "Fine", as in "penalty by law".

See an old post of mine to get the full meaning on Too Fast Too Fine.

Stumbled on this Little Gem...

Tiger - None of our Business

Check out this article: [Rick Reilly: Go Fish]

I'm honestly sick of all of this "Tiger-talk".  It's ridiculous.  He doesn't want to say anything about an accident he had right outside his home, whatever, that's fine.

I have no idea how the Florida Highway Patrol got involved.  I've seen the aerial shots of Tiger's house (and Wesley Snipes next to his), and that ain't no damn highway.  Unless there's a way station right next to it, I'm pretty sure this is out of their jurisdiction.  Also, they've been watching too many CSI shows, because I doubt the FHP is qualified to identify whether Tiger's injuries were the cause of a car accident or blunt force trauma from a wife weilding a 5-iron.

Sarah Palin - Let's Get Down to What Matters (UPDATED)

I am sick and tired of hearing all this nonsense about Sarah Palin and her beliefs, and her political views.

I just don't hear enough about how hot she is - because she's hot.

I don't care about her books, or her thoughts that are inside her head.  I care about what she's wearing, how revealing it is, maybe that skirt is a couple of inches higher than her knee than her god intended, maybe that hair let down reveals some kind of Alaskan-American hottie goddess - I don't know, but that's the shit I want to be hearing about.