Wow! What a great seven days to be a Philly sports fan! First, last Tuesday, the Phillies lost Billy Wagner, getting absolutely nothing in return. Then, the Sixers went on a four game losing streak that reached it’s apex last night, when in the last 30 seconds they pulled off a meltdown that was just laughable. On Monday, the Eagles not only dishonored Reggie White by quitting in the first half, but then lost Bryan Westbrook for the year. That McMahon-Moats-McMullen trio is a finally a reality! What a week! Kinda makes you want to beat a Devils fan, throw batteries, and boo Santa.

OK, so I’m a day late on this. You’ll get over it. The question is, “Did FDR know about Pearl Harbor and allow it to happen so that we had an excuse for entering a war the AMerican people were not interested in at the time?” Pretty interesting stuff.

A couple of big names on the left are celebrating birthdays today. First of all, it’s interesting to note that Noam Chomsky’s birthday falls on December 7th. He is a vehement critic of American foreign policy, and a pretty fascinating writer and thinker, whether you agree with him or not. Here is an interview with him about a month ago And here is an interesting old article in which he discusses the mainstream media, and what that entails. It is also Howard Zinn‘s birthday. Zinn is perhaps best known for the book, A People’s History of the United States, in which he pulls no punches while describing America’s treatment of other people and nation’s. It is a fantastic (if somewhat depressing) book. Here is an interview he did with Bill Moyers right before we went to war with Iraq. Here is a diss of Zinn by a man named, get this, Dan Flynn. I don’t think it’s the same one that owned Doc’s, but you never know.

I got Spanish class, but I’ll be posting stuff this afternoon. In the meantime, check out this, the dullest blog in the world.

Big ups to Brett “The Barber” Beefcake and Danielle, the now live in couple who had their first date at the Bards quizzo on December 6th, 2004 (That’s them on the left). JGT Quizzo: Where Dreams Come True. Congratulations, kids!!!

If you like to see bodybuilders make awkward passes at Brazilian women, then this is just the video for you. Warning: This is not safe for work (there’s no sex, but there is public nudity and lots of girls in thongs), and not safe if you have any sense of decency left in your body. It’s about 5 minutes long. Thanks Pedro, for sending me this link. If you have a good link that should go on the website, just send it to johnny@johnnygoodtimes.com.

There was an article about Doc Watson’s in this past week’s Philadelphia Weekly, titled “21, I presume”. Looks like ol’ Doc’s is gonna be reopening. Other than the underage kids and the overall shadiness of the place, you gotta admit, it was a lot of fun. I doubt we’ll be doing quizzo there again, but I do hope that it gets reopened.

Yo peeps! Johnny will be back in action tonight at O’Neals and the Bards. O’Neals offers $2 Mexican beers and $3 marguarita’s during quizzo and JGT will be giving away Comedy Sportz tix tonight at both spots. And of course Pedro will be rocking the mic at the Dive. Hope to see you there!

What team did the Chicago Bears defeat 73-0 in the 1940 championship game? (I think you can guess where I got my inspiration for this week’s question.)

Well, they’re at it once again. Focusing on all the negative aspects of last night’s game, and ignoring the many positives. Such as: A) Time of possession was VERY even. B) We held the most feared rusher in the NFL to 49 yards on 19 carries, a 2.6 ypc average. Pretty measly. C) The snow looked really cool. Like on Tecmo Bowl 2. D) Their back up QB, some guy named Wallace, didn’t complete a single pass (he was 0-2)! E) We held them scoreless for the last 29 minutes and 45 seconds of the game. Here’s a pretty interesting look at shutouts.