Can't say I've ever seen a trailer that moved me to tears like this one.
Monday, March 30, 2009
observations and questions, or the Bud Light O's and Q's if this were ESPN
If you've been following the NCAA's you've probably seen this commercial at least 30 to 700,000 times, then another 7 during the final round of Arnold's invitational yesterday. Any way here's my O's and Q's
1. Dude is wearing a a tie, and he's adjusting it, but he doesn't tighten it to the collar suggesting that although he is required to wear a tie, he's not a corporate tool.
1a. At the 2 second mark it is quite obvious that our hero is sporting a mullet, once again confirming that our guy is playing the game, but by his rules.
2. What is this guy's motivation while adjusting his tie? Many possibilities here. He looks very confident though while looking @ himself in the mirror.
3. His house is quite effeminate and sterile and obsessively clean for a single man.
4. This single, go getter, lives in a lg. multi bedroom, multi bath house in suburbia??
5. They show him at work, but he is not working. He's shooting it with a co-worker, in the meeting room
6. In total, the guy is in the commercial for 6 seconds, and I get that, it's a commercial for the SUV, not the guy. But does he have to audition for that role? Does he put it on his resume? Is it better, for his career, to be in a Lexus commercial than in a Kia commercial because it's better to drive a Lexus than a Kia?
7. Finally, did the ad firm intentionally write a script with these directions, or did it simply edit out that way, or am I reading way too much into it. Anyway, it has provided me with decent entertainment during this spectacular tournament and got me thinking about the commercial which is half of what it is suppose to do, for the other half, would I buy this product?, assuming I could afford it, which, I guess I could, if wanted to short shrift my family's present and future needs, not a chance.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
ZZ Tops's favorite coach
Jay Wright, head coach at Villanova, is the best dressed coach of any sport at the present time and vying with Pat Riley for best dressed coach ever.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Greg Oden - strongman
I copied this story from Jason Quick who covers the Portland Greg Oden's for the Oregonian
The Ambush
The locker room is quickly emptying. Players grab pieces of pizza as they leave. By now, only four players remain: Roy, Outlaw, Aldridge and Oden.
I interview Roy, then move over to Aldridge, who is especially quiet and terribly behind everyone else. Everyone else is dressed and gathering their belongings, but Aldridge is still in only his towel.
He has a headache, probably lingering from his concussion, and he is upset with his game: 8 points on 4-of-16 shooting. I get some information from him about a new text service he is helping start. As we finish, Roy calls to me from behind.
I look over my shoulder and there is a sudden burst of chaos.
While I was talking to Aldridge, Roy and Outlaw had lured Oden over to the corner of the locker room by Outlaw's locker. When they had him cornered, Roy alerted me.
As I turned, they ambushed Oden. Roy went low to the legs, Outlaw up high.
They were attempting the rookie initiation of Oden, which typically involves one of three treatments: a cold shower, a dunk in a tub of ice water or a dunk in a garbage can.
This season, the team has already given Batum and Bayless the cold tub dunk.
But Oden is a different beast.
The action is violent and frantic, as if an animal is being attacked by lions.
But it lasts for only a couple seconds.
That's how long it took for Oden to not only fend off the 6-foot-9 Outlaw and 6-foor-6 Roy, but get them both in a headlock.
With Roy and Outlaw under his arms like little brothers, Oden parades them in a circle, all while he has a deliberate, ho-hum look on his face.
As if ...
Oden releases them both and straightens his sports coat with a tug at the bottom and a couple of brushes of the sleeves.
Defeated and short of breath, Roy red adjusts his cockeyed stocking cap.
"We need a big man,'' Roy said panting. "Two of us ain't going to do it.''
Oden proudly struts to the pizza table and woofs a piece. It is yet another reminder to everyone what a physical specimen Oden is.
It's not like anyone had forgotten, though. In Cleveland on Thursday, the Blazers players got quite the rise out of watching Oden shove LeBron James to the side and administer a hard foul on "The King". James is quite the physical specimen himself, but Oden was neither fazed nor intimidated.
I asked him about the two incidents at the morning shootaround. On the brushing him aside after his dunk, Oden was matter of fact.
"I turned around and he was right there,'' Oden said. "He was in my way. So I was either going to look like a punk or ... ''
He shrugged and smiled.
James also took exception to a foul by Oden.
"That was just a hard foul,'' Oden said. "Wasn't no big thing to it. I mean, what am I supposed to do, let him score? I'm not going to do that.''
Back in the Milwaukee locker room, Oden surveys his stalkers as he munches his pizza. He is clearly amused.
Roy is still panting, lamenting a plan gone awry. He is convinced it will take three players. At least.
"We need that big man. LaMarcus over there, could have used him, but he would have lost that towel and been naked,'' Roy said. "We don't need that. I think we're going to have to get big Mike Ruffin.''
With that, another road trip had ended. But this wasn't just any trip. It might have been the most important week of the season. I thought the Blazers found an identity - that of a scrappy, don't-take-any-crap team. They also came to fully understand the value of movement on offensive - both with and without the ball.
And it was when Oden not only came back to the team, but once again reminded everyone just how valuable and how missed his was for those 15 games. The stats might not show it, but Oden played great defense - impact defense -for the Blazers.
It was a lot of fun ... and to think, it's only going to get more fun. The playoffs are just around the corner.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Don't do it!
I'm already pissed about OSU fans. Sure they'll outnumber Sienna fans 90 to 1, but they will sit on their hands, not yell, be pissed if we are only winning by 5, and act like we are entitled to beat Sienna.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Deadbeat
University of Tennessee's finest and ex nfl running back Travis Henry can't pay the child support for his nine children from his nine different babies momas'. Who knew he was the Shawn Kemp on the NFL.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
The NBA, it's fantastic!
The Cavs/Heat game last night was special. Dagger 3's, incredible rejections, sweet a$$ no look passes, alley-oops, dunks o' plenty, and Big Z diving on the floor in the fourth quarter to give the Cavs an extra possession. The game maintained a high intensity level throughout and was a joy to watch.
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