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Respeck to da Jets. They tried hard to stay true to their
rotten history with that insanely moronic roughing the passer penalty, but
apparently the Chargers wanted it even less. It's been said many times
before, but damn is the stupid little kicker important in football. I was
discussing it with Little Scotty F. and we could only name
Vinatieri is one of the few guys who actually seems like a legitimate member of the team. Most of the time, kickers are merely tolerated by their teammates. Even after a big kick, usually only a couple of guys will run up to congratulate the kicker. It's like they don't want to mess with him in any way. He's just a fragile, annoying but ultimately necessary part of their football experience. I know I dogged U2 a while back, and I'm still not a big fan, but I recently caught the last ten minutes of their SNL appearance and it was really great. They came out at the end of the show, right before the credits, and played "I Will Follow," with Bono in full ham mode. He was dry humping the face of a woman in the first row, and he was grabbing the camera and swinging it around the studio. I'm sure it was all cleared and choreographed in advance (is that redundant? you can't choreograph something live, can you?), but it had a nice impromptu vibe going. They sounded great, too, which is rare on SNL. Major paws to them. That's a new one. It replaces "ups" or "props." "Your nipple's showing. Do you care?" With those words, and wonderful accompanying images, VH1 introduces "The Surreal Life 4." If you know me, you know I have a weakness for trashy television, but I want to make it clear that I am not a reality TV addict. I don't watch "Survivor" or "The Bachelor" or "Fear Factor" or "The Apprentice" or most of the other popular reality programs. I like "Real World" and "RW/RR Challenge" and beyond that it's hit or miss. And I haven't really been that into the previous seasons of "The Surreal Life" because I personally find the practice of poking fun at has-been celebrities mean-spirited and played-out. But with "SL4," the muddafukkas at VH1 have me hooked. D. Lee called me up after seeing the premiere Sunday night, and he was barely able to speak he was so excited. Even though he eventually gave me a thorough recap that should have spoiled the whole thing for me, I still found myself alternately laughing and covering my face in shame when I watched the encore at midnight. Just a few highlights from tonight and the season preview they showed afterwards: -Mini Me drunk, naked and pissing in the corner while sitting
on his little scooter thing. Lots of other good stuff. This series is going to be a huge hit. Get on board now. If anyone wants to tell me what airport is in the picture below this post, you might win the latest edition of "Where is this?", verbungle.com's latest image-related quiz game. More on the prize in yesterday's post below. I just noticed that Jenny McCarthy is on the cover of Playboy this month. I think one of the saddest career arcs is that of a big-time Playboy centerfold. It probably goes: -stripper I don't want to know what comes after that. Finally, yes, we struck out on the VWFE this weekend, but I blame that on the fact that I had to work on Saturday. We'll have that thing up and running soon, no doubt. In the meantime, we have something better: a contribution from the author of the popular "Coventry" entries, Crsmal. Here are his Driving Rules. Dig in and feel free to agree, disagree, or add your own rules. |
