Blog Question Of The Day:

Why is it that when you have a cold, it only seems that one side of your nose is stuffed up at a time?

Things That Piss Me Off

People that don't know when to quit drinking.

If its Tuesday night . . .

And you go to a rock concert at the local arena . . .

You get there at about 6:30 . . .

And you immediately head for the bar . . .

At which point you order a double . . .

And insist that you should get one, despite the rules against it . . .

Then YOU are an alcoholic.

Blog Question Of The Day:

Why is it that every woman in popular music has a sequence in her music video that looks like it came straight out of the Spearmint Rhino?

Dear TSN:

Please do not assign Rod Black to CFL football games. He doesn't just suck at the job of play-by-play announcement. His lack of skill transcends the description of sucking. Rod Black's ineptitude in this function approaches epic status.

Milt Stegall is one touchdown away from setting a new record for touchdowns scored in a career. Okay, we get it. So shut up already!! Having to listen to it, over and over again, just drives me into a rage that can only be described as psychotic. I want to kill something, anything just to make the constant phrase 'Milt Stegall' disappear from my brain. Its this incessant, pounding refrain of 'Milt Stegall, Milt Stegall, Milt Stegall'. The repetition assualts your senses with deliberate maliciousness until you are tearing at your scalp trying to make the voices stop.

So please, if you have any concern for the fans of the CFL that are watching your telecast, you will not assign Rod Black to the game. Because once Milt reaches his record, and he will reach it eventually, Rod will find some other inane statistic in the game on which to obsess. Which will bring back the voices to reverberate in our minds. And well adjusted or not, we will be turned into slobbering, monotonous oafs, constantly shouting 'Milt Stegall' or some other short, easily remembered catch phrase.

In closing I would like to again ask you, the brain-trust of TSN, to please not assign Rod Black to any more football games. Me, my fragile psyche, and the hundreds of thousands of other afflicted CFL fans would thank you.

Regards,

CFL Fan #11105

Blog Song Of The Day:

My Chemical Romance - Teenagers

"No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater... than central air."

Blog Question Of The Day:

When Superman gets shot, why doesn't he at least end up with a hole in his costume?

I have just finished watching my third CFL game of the season. The Riders beat Montreal 16-7. It was a largely boring game but the outcome was nice. I would like to make an observation about one of the new rules in the CFL.

There needs to be a concept of discretion in the application of any rule that's in the book. Because there was a situation that was absolutely ridiculous in tonight's game. A Saskatchewan Roughrider struggled through the line and ended up on the ground at the Montreal quarterback's feet. Calvillo proceeded to trip over the Rider. This was considered, tackling below the knees, and amounted to a 15 yard roughing the pass penalty.

Come on! This is just stupid. I agree, we should protect the quarterback. And if someone submarines the passer when he's trying to throw, that should be a penalty. But when a guy is lying on the ground and grabs the quarterback's foot, that's not a penalty. Football is a rough game, and sometimes people get hurt. Quarterback's are exposed, and I agree that they need protection. But no defensive guy is going to catastrophically injure a quarterback by trying to bring him down while lying on his belly.

That's my three nickels worth of opinion.

Man its good to be watching CFL football again!!

However . . .

I had forgotten how many ANNOYING poker commercials they play on TSN. Does this work? Does anyone visit these sites because of the commercial? I can't see how they could be each and every commercial is absolutely brutal.

Blog Observation Of The Day #1:

I am spending too much time thinking about the iPhone.

Its not available anywhere yet. At least not officially. Some insiders have managed to snag one but I won't repeat those stories. Officially it doesn't release until June 29. And that's only in the U.S. A release date in Canada has not been confirmed. And its not even going to be available on my carrier! You have to have Rogers Wireless, and that's pretty much the crappiest service there ever was.

So, given all the things between me and ever having an iPhone, why am I spending so much time thinking about it?

Brian: My sandwich tastes funny. Is there something wrong with the Smuckers?
Peter: Yeah, its been on my crotch.

Blog Quote Of The Day:

"You like that stroke, don't you?" announcer in the Cincinnati Reds/Seattle Mariners baseball game

Blog Question Of The Day:

Do we really need a sidewalk along 51st Street?

Blog Song Of The Day:

Ministry - N.W.O.

Blog Question Of The Day:

What is behind the compulsion that exists for country, or western performances to play rock music as the background preceeding the event? Have they conceded that their music is shitake and its a pathetic attempt to co-opt something that is clearly superior?

In the intervening years between when she first released her version of Janis Joplin's 'Piece Of My Heart' and tonight's rendition, live at Credit Union Center, I have to confess that I believe she has greatly improved her delivery of the classic song.

Things That Don't Make Sense:

You are hosting a concert that will fill the building to its capacity of 13,000+ people. Before the concert begins, you intentionally block of 1/4 of the pre-defined parking spots. Thus, first arrivals are already resigned to parking half a mile from the building.

WHY!?!?!?!

Blog Question Of The Day:

(This one is just for the Saskatoon people. And I'm serious about this. I drove by tonight and couldn't remember for the life of me the name.)

What was the name of the hotel, across the street from the Barry, that was just as much of a dump?

June 18, 2007 Observation #1:

Alexis Bledel has the prettiest blue eyes.