Friday, April 25, 2008

"When the season's over, do you look forward to your first joint?"

I've always liked Josh Howard. He was underrated at Wake Forest and throughout his first few years in the league. He might be a bit overrated at this point and the Mavs could be on the verge of getting blown up in the off-season, but I digress. He's a pretty fun player overall and always seems to end up on my video game bball teams at some point.

He also just recently admitted that he enjoys that kush (presidential shit, George Bush) in the off-season, without shame. He's not the first guy to talk about the herbals in the NBA, Charles Oakley famously claimed that 60% of the league smokes. Howard doesn't put a number on it, but pretty much says the same thing.

Now, this story has been out for a few days now, but peep below for an interview Howard did today on the subject. Ironically, one of the hosts of the show is Michael Irvin. Yes, this guy and oh yeah, that guy too. Irvin doesn't really come off as a hypocrite (as he was good friends with that Lindsay Lohan during his playing days), but more so as genuinely confused as to why Howard would would straight up admit he smokes. He does projects his own fears onto Howard and asks him if he's worried about becoming an addict when his playing days are over. They also ask the foolish question of whether smoking in, let's say July '07, would be the reason that he's having a shitty series thus far against New Orleans...because of course it is.

Fun stuff and you should all enjoy Josh Howard more today. Listen below:


Josh Howard on the Michael Irvin Show

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Pour Out Some Liquor For This Jackass

Good riddance. I can't say you'll be remembered fondly by folks in these parts, but we will all remember your bad coaching and your pants ripping while jumping up and down furiously on the sidelines.

Nostradamus, Galadriel, & Mike Judge ?

I'm guessing everyone has now heard that the 3 remaining Presidential nominees are campaigning by way of the World Wrestling Entertainment show, but I'd be surprised if many have seen, or even heard of, Idiocracy (thanks to its blacklisting by 20th Century Fox).

While the movie's premise and story are both endlessly entertaining and maddening, it eventually fails for several reasons I won't go into depth about here. Regardless, Mike Judge has predicted the future. In Idiocracy Judge presents a future in which our presidential candidates have been replaced with Professional Wrestlers.


I challenge anyone that gives people a hard time for not voting to defend this one. These candidates are out of their fucking minds. These Parties are out of their fucking minds. Change? Hope? Fuck that. What the fuck is our political system deteriorating into ? ? Hillrod?

THIS SHOULD SCARE YOU IMMENSELY!

How long until they start wearing enormous chains and latex suits ?? Until they start watering our crops with Gatorade?? Until Ow My Balls! premiers on the Spike Network ??

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

An obnoxious pseudo-philosophic movie full of staggering pretentiousness

Dave Eggers, John Krasinski, and Sam Mendes (director of American Beauty fame) are making a movie. Separately, each person taken in small doses is semi-tolerable. But together, they form a region of space in which the emo-gravitational field is so powerful that nothing, not even light, can escape its pull after having fallen past its event horizon.


Only god or death metal can save us now. But we must act quick before they take the rest of America's youths.

Friday, April 18, 2008

Earthqaukes?


For years in response to my cousins (who live in California) constant banter "How can you live in the Midwest, it's so cold?" Has been "At least we don't have earthquakes and crips" Last night at 4:36 AM I experienced my first earth quake. It was relatively pussy on the Richter a magnitude of 5.2. So pussy in fact that I initially blamed my neighbors drum set, or possibly a late night session with a random girl.

Apparently there is a large fault in Southern Illinois that is responsible for two of the largest three earthquakes in the lower 48 ever recorded.

Tornadoes have been getting old so I'm down with a little change in natural disasters and I can't really count on Volcanoes or Tsunamis.

Don't Get Got a Decade Later, Son

Remember when everyone wanted to beat this Edgewood dude up in high school? I think I went along for the trip, but never really knew the reason behind it. Luckily, it did result in a drunk EC running through the Edgewood cafeteria, and some fat guy getting slapped and then spit on.

Well, now I know the reason why.