Month: February 2008

Scoreboard, brought to you by the butterfly shirt

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O’NEALS

  1. We Got Nothing 113
  2. Dorksided 105
  3. Vini, Vini, Vini 102
  4. Cornbread Mafia 97
  5. Young, Old, and Restless 92

BARDS

  1. Sofa Kingdom 109
  2. Narcotyzing Dysfunktion 98
  3. Western Omelette 91
  4. Chaka Kahn, Chaka Kahn 70
  5. The Beasley Boys 35

LOCUST RENDEZVOUS

  1. The Jams (aka Where’s the Beef) 100
  2. This is Not a Bus 87
  3. da Jamzzzzzzzzzz 80
  4. Trust Us We Know 79
  5. But My Mom Says I’m Cool 75

BLACK SHEEP

  1. The Dalembert Report 108
  2. WTF 2: Electric Boogaloo 105
  3. Herve Villechaize 102
  4. Baron Munchausen 94
  5. SuperDuper Delegates 93

GOOD DOG

  1. Fort Awesome 97
  2. MAGMA 95
  3. C+ Average 87
  4. Salt Pepper Ketchup Hot Sauce 82
  5. Bada Bing 69

BARDS

  1. Hurtin Bombs 111
  2. Sofa Kingdom 103
  3. Western Omelette 103
  4. Mehmed Birthday 101
  5. Standing By the Bathroom 99

Week in Review

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Another wild one, as we have a couple of unlikely teams over halfway to Bounty Bowls. We start at O’Neals, where We Got Nothin’ has come out of nowhere to win three straight weeks at O’Neals. On to the Bards, where the Sofa Kingdom ended the Dyfunktion’s two week run. At the Vous, it was “Where’s the Beef” cruising again this week with yet another double digit win. The Dalembert Report pulled off their 2nd straight win at the Black Sheep, spoiling the return oone of Johnny’s all-time favorites from the old school, WTF. At the Good Dog, MAGMA returned to try to take back their rightful place as kings of the hill, but got clipped by Team Awesome, as it was Team Awesome’s 3rd consecutive win. Finally, on to a ridiculously packed Bards,where the Kingdom and the Omelette both had a perfect score going into the final round, but finished tied for 2nd, as the Hurtin’ Bombs took home the gold. Scoreboard coming soon.

Let’s Discuss

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I don’t really cover a lot of politics here because there are plenty of other places to find that, but with the election coming up it’s kind of hard to avoid, especially because I do like to discuss it. A few days ago, my good friend Parsnip Cabbagepaw, who is a Republican, said that he thinks that Obama is more cult leader than politician. To back it up, he posted link to this column in the comments section this morning. I disagree, but it’s all fine and good. But he then says that the Republicans would rather face Obama than Hillary, to which I say, “You have lost your mind! Sir!” This is obviously the latest desperate Republican spin in a year in which they have almost no chance of winning, barring a catastrophic event. The only thing Republicans agree on in 2008 is Hillary Clinton, and their common bond is a vile hatred of her. She is the only thing that can bring the Republicans out to vote in large numbers, and if Obama does pull off this upset, those same Republicans will stay home. The Boston Herald writer above simply feels what we all feel at some time or another about the people we choose to follow. Is McCain a bitter, angry man who would let that bitterness control his foreign policy? Would Hillary annoy the living s*** out of us with her phony attempts at sincerity? (“I found my voice!”) Hell, I’m sure Obama is a little worried about this responsibility himself. And more importantly, if he is able to run a country anywhere near as effectively he has run his campaign, and if he is able to inspire the country the way he has over the past year, I think it is a chance well worth taking. Your thoughts?

Congratulations Ryan

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Ryan Howard won his arbitration case, and even though they had every right to take it to arbitration, the Phillies just come off looking the way they always do: like cheap bastards. Whether that is fair or not in this case I don’t know, but due to a long running (124 year) history of doing everything on the cheap, they’re gonna come off looking like the bad guys in a situation like this. They paid him a measly $900,000 the year after he won the MVP, and Howard wouldn’t have such a short tenure if they hadn’t been so short sighted and signed Thome. Anyways, we’ve got four seasons of Howard before he moves on to greener pastures (aka teams that don’t pretend like they don’t have any money). So does Howard deserve $10 million? Fans in Philly sure think so. More importantly, I’m glad he won. This will be one less distraction in the coming year.

Happy Birthday, Sir Charles!


One of my favorite people in America celebrates a B-day today. Here’s a few choice Charles quotes, courtesy of barkleyquotes.com:

  • On the Portland Trail Blazers serving Thanksgiving meals: “In between arrests they do community service.”
  • “You’re the boss, Ernie. The white guy’s always the boss.”
  • “They say it about brothers, but I can guarantee everybody in Finland look alike.”
  • Ernie: Do the Knicks have any chance of turning things around? Charles: Heeellll No!
  • On the Enron scandal investigation: “Almost all those politicians took money from Enron, and there they are holding hearings. That’s like O.J. Simpson getting in the Rae Carruth jury pool.”
  • Ernie Johnson: “Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort.” Sir Charles: “20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also.”
  • “I’m not a role model, … Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.”
  • “When I was recruited at Auburn, they took me to a strip joint. When I saw those t**s on Buffy, I knew that Auburn met my academic requirements.”