Around the Horn, Sexy Time edition!

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-“The Genius Factory” caused quite a furor when it came out a couple of years ago, and I’ve just started reading it. So far, it’s great, and I thought you guys might wanna learn a little bit about the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank. Here’s an article in the Guardian about the resulting children by the guy that wrote the book.

-Congratulations South Korean men! Apparently, your penises have been growing in leaps and bounds! In an article about condom firms, a chief of one of the big firms (ahem) in South Korea stated, “The size of South Korean condoms now meets international standards, helped by an increase in the size of men’s penises here.” My question is, who’s doing all the measuring?

-Redefining rock bottom, Britney’s VMA performance will soon no longer be her most embarrassing video. Her home was burglarized recently: The burglars are believed to have made off with Britney’s collection of raunchy homemade sex tapes as well as a selection of the singer’s steamiest photographs. Some of the uniforms Britney allegedly wears for kinky sex games were also taken. Article here. A lot of people think I’m celibate because nobody wants to hook up with me, but that’s simply not true. I just don’t want to make a bunch of raunchy sex tapes and steamy photos only to have them fall into the wrong hands.

-In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, filmthreats.com is honoring the 50 greatest breasts in cinematic history.

Happy Mass Murdering Slave Trader Day!

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The most absolutely appalling holiday in America is today, as we celebrate one of the most evil men to ever walk the planet. Columbus Day is an embarrasment. From American Heritage:
Columbus led an expedition against the defenseless Indians that was incredibly savage in its slaughter of the naked islanders and destruction of their villages. The heavily armed Europeans were accompanied by ferocious greyhounds each of which, Las Casas wrote, “in an hour … could tear 100 Indians to pieces because all the people of this island had the custom of going … nude from head to foot.” Many people were taken alive, and five hundred were sent as slaves to be sold in Castile…Today the Arawak community of peoples, those “innocents” of Father Las Casas, who once inhabited in such numbers the larger islands of the Caribbean and who welcomed the white men to the New World, has vanished from the West Indies.

When Columbus first arrived in the West Indies, he wrote to the Queen: “So tractable, so peaceable, are these people, that I swear to your Majesties there is not in the world a better nation. They love their neighbors as themselves, and their discourse is ever sweet and gentle, and accompanied with a smile; and though it is true that they are naked, yet their manners are decorous and praiseworthy.” Within months, he was cutting off their hands if they couldn’t find him gold and killing their babies and cooking them on spits to teach these people a lesson about respect. And yet, five years ago, George W. Bush issued a presidential proclamation celebrating “Columbus’ Bold Expedition and pioneering achievements”, a presidential order to celebrate genocide, greed, and evil. Of course, with the legalization of 15th century torture techniques and “shock and awe” to teach respect as two of his administration’s legacies, maybe that shouldn’t be so surprising.
RELATED: Here’s a pretty good comparison of Columbus to Heinrich Himmler.

Pics of last weeks winners

Alright, let’s find out what hot new shows are on tv right now. I’m gonna post a question about new shows in the fall schedule and you can answer in the comments below. One guess per person. Last week, nobody figured out who the Phillies lost their 10,000th game to. The answer was the Cardinals.

Week in Review


The Week began on Sunday, when the Phils completed their monumental comeback (and the Mets completed their monumental collapse). It led to a wild, impromptu celebration in the middle of Broad Street.

-In quizzo action, we begin at the Big O, where the Young, the Old, and the F****** Psyched About the Phillies continued to roll past the competition with a 107-93 win over Dork Sided.

-The Sofa Kingdom cruised to a 99-80 win over the Narkotyzing Dysfunktion at the Bards, and then we all celebrated with Mind Erasers (above), which are a manly drink, I don’t care what you say.

The Jams (aka Madison Square Garden: Ladies Entrance) won for the 9th time in 11 weeks at the Rendezvous, acing Round Four to knock off Playing With Steve, 112-102.

-A nailbiter at the Black Sheep, as Duane’s World slipped by Who Needs D? 102-100. After a couple of slow weeks, the crowd seems to be picking up at the Sheep as well. Once the weather turns, I think the Sheep will again become a hotbed of activity.

MAGMA returned to the Good Dog on Thursday, and emerged with a victory. But they were upstaged by Mayoral candidate Michael Nutter, who showed up in time for the 4th round (above, with a crazed looking JGT, who happened to be wearing a “Member of the Right Wing Conspiracy Club” shirt that night). His team finished 4th. Al Taubenburger, if you’re listening and think you can put together a squad to take on Nutter’s team, let me know. I’ll see if I can put something together

-An overtime match at a packed Bards on Thursday night, as the Hurtin’ Bombs and the Kingdom ended in a dead heat. The OT question was, “When was Garth Brooks born?” The Kingdom answered 1954 and the Bombs answered 1958. The answer was 1962, and the Bombs came away with a win.

Never say die

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I remember when Utley went down with an injury, and I said to Trivia Art, “Well, I think that may do it for our Fightin’s.” Art strongly disagreed. “Oh yeah, like they’re gonna break our hearts in August. This team isn’t going down without a fight, if only to make the pain in September more acute.” Well, I feel the same way about this series. This team isn’t gonna get their asses kicked for three straight games. A) They’re too good to do that. B) This team seems to thrive with their backs against the wall and C) That wouldn’t break our hearts. Winning games 3 and 4 and then losing game 5 at home would break our hearts.

Teams never come back from 2-0 down after losing twice at home. But teams also don’t come from 7 down with 17 to play, teams don’t make the playoffs with a bullpen that consists of guys who haven’t been good since “Teen Spirit” was released, and teams sure as hell don’t make the playoffs when two of their starters go down for the year, one goes to the bullpen, and one is the worst starter in baseball. This is a team that has defied every law of baseball this year, and has fought like a rabid animal every time they’ve been backed into a corner, so don’t expect them to go quietly into that good night. I’ve seen too many crazy things happen this year. I’m not throwing in the towel until the final out of the final game is made.

Goodtimes Chokes in Choker Column

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Yep, I accidentally used the word ‘benevolent’ when referring to Hitler when that was not what I meant. (Read column here). Fortunately, a very friendly lady pointed out my mistake in a “Letter to the Editor” and in doing so, only called me “stupid” like three or four times. Apparently, despite her excellent vocabulary, the only words she knows for unintelligent are “stupid” and “dumb”. It’s probably because all of the people she hangs out with are sheer, mistake-free geniuses so that she never has to use words that mean “unintelligent”.

And it wasn’t my fault. I had initially written “tyrannical dictator”, but Charlie Manuel replaced “tyrannical” with “benevolent” in the fourth inning!

Like Whoa

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This is beyond belief. This guy named John Wood lost his leg in a plane crash, but decided to hold onto it. He kept it in the freezer a while, but then decided to put it in his grill in storage. Well, when he fell behind in his payments, the grill was sold. The guy who bought the grill, Shannon Whisnant, is no dummy. He realized that a human leg inside a grill is his key to fame and fortune, so now he won’t give the leg back. Shannon gave the leg to a local funeral home, but is still charging people to look inside the grill where the leg used to be! He is charging adults three dollars and children one dollar. What a deal for the kids! Shannon understands that the children are the future, show them grills and let them lead the way. Show ’em where there used to be a leg inside. Give them a sense of pride!
UPDATE: John got the leg back! Hooray for justice!

Did Charlie Blow Game 2?

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Good stuff from Jayson Stark at ESPN.com:
Charlie Manuel isn’t the first manager in postseason history to gong his starting pitcher in the fourth inning. He isn’t the first manager to wave for a reliever who found himself muttering later about that “one bad pitch” he tossed up there. But he was the first manager in the history of his franchise to yank his starting pitcher in the fourth inning of a postseason game even though he had the lead. And when a manager puts himself that far out there on a limb that precarious, here are the rules of October:
He’d better be right.

Phil Sheridan disagreed. Good luck on this one, Phil. When 46,000 people boo because they see a manager make a bad decision and then get completely validated by the results, you can be damn sure that the manager is going to hear about it. Forever. Charlie has made plenty of bonehead moves, but this will be the one that he’ll be forever defined by. Says Stark:
20 years from now, the manager shouldn’t be shocked if some total stranger approaches him in a restaurant and asks: “Why the heck did you take Kendrick out?”