Blind soccer!

Wow. Questions:
1. Are the refs blind, too?
2. Do you wear a different-stronger-cup than you would for sighted soccer?
3. What happens if no one can find it?

Feels about a million years ago...

Watching this gave me goosebumps. I will watch this a hundred times before the end of the year. God, I miss how this felt...

Jonathan Coulton...

I sweated this guy here once before, but that was before Youtube entered my life. And so, here is a World of Warcraft video for one of his better songs (NSFW):



And a live version of the cover that brought him to my attention originally:

Nothing truly special about this..

But I enjoy it.

Oh. Snap.

And the Oscar for Most Awesome Movie Ever goes to...

...potentially this.

Best Video Game Trailer Ever?

It's incredible what a little well-chosen music can do:

Bad idea

So the Colorado Rapids have sold their naming rights to Dick's Sporting Goods...

The Mets, meanwhile, have done somewhat better. A relatively respectable corporate name. Utterly inoffensive.

Dear Republican party

Ha ha ha.
Ha ha ha.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

The Dog Who Was Addicted to Licking Toads

Unreal.

The dog should watch Family Guy:

Woody Allen and Billy Graham

This is worth watching. As much as I enjoy seeing Letterman beat up on Bill O'Reilly every so often, things like this were much better. Decency and civility and thought and respect and charm and actual conversation. From both.

Smile, please

Why? Why not?
We live in a world of Spanish soccer announcers who take things too far:

And music videos that feature George Wendt cameos:

You know whom I suspect shouldn't have been fired?

This guy.

Madonna

I saw her on the street in New York the other night, followed by a small group of papparazzi. She is absolutely tiny, quite possibly under 5'0. Is this some sort of secret?

So, uh, what have the Juggernaut Bitch guys been up to?

Oh dear.

A belated Happy Halloween to you all.

I have made two decisions

1. I actually kinda enjoy "Deal Or No Deal" after all.
2. Dane Cook has never been funny in his life.

The guy who did the dance in "A Charlie Brown Christmas" --that guy-- had a name

And what a name.

Hidden comedy gem

The Onion's collected weekend magazine covers.

On sports and sportswriting

No matter how firmly Malcolm Gladwell is attached to his nuts, there is no doubt that Bill Simmons has generally lost his fastball and become something of a d-bag in the process. But every once in a while, you're reminded how good he can be when he gets over himself a bit and lays his not-that-brilliant-or-original gimmickry down and writes. This is a stirring example.

Where do I get my sports entertainment these days? Largely here, and increasingly here, and sometimes here.. You should also check out my man Brian Hughes' Fantasy Column, which I think has really hit its stride of late.

Please don't.

NBC, if you cancel Studio 60 so early, I will punch Dick Eberson or whoever's there in the balls.