Enjoy the glory that is F*ck you!

Tags: Cee Lo Green, F*ck You, Video

I’ve recently started enjoying the humor that is Louis CK.

For those of you who don’t know about Louis CK, and I’m guessing that is the majority of you, he spent a large portion of his career writing for the Late Show with David Letterman, the Late Night with Conan O’Brien and the Chris Rock show. He also wrote and directed the less than stellar Pootie Tang (ok, I’ll look past that).

To see him do his individual stand-up is a thing of  beauty. Really, it is an hour of unbelievable comments and hilarity.  So, I give you a bit of Louis C.K. at his best.

Girls v. Women

Suck a Bag of Dicks

Tags: Humor, Louis C.K., Video

I get the feeling this add (which is a screenshot, not a working ad) wasn’t thought out…

Tags: Braille, Funny, Humor, Image

So, we remember those creepy – yet oddly funny – “I’m waiting for it” commercials… well, they are back at it with the latest version of odd commercials.  The 5-4-3 Cats.

And the Hard Rock Cats

Tags: Commercials, Quizno's, Video

What is it with the emotion that comes with the Cubs these days?  I’m not talking about their ability to perform, but simply watching the team vanish in front of our eyes…

First we said goodbye to Ryan Theriot and Ted Lilly, the Mike Fontenot was given the boot, shortly thereafter the class act of a player by the name of Derek Lee is traded… and today “Sweet” Lou Piniella retired early.

While Lou made it know that he was going to retire from baseball back on July 20th, his early departure comes as a surprise.

“I didn’t think my career would end this way,” Piniella said. “My mom needs me home. She hasn’t gotten better since I’ve been here. In fact, she’s had a couple complications.

“Rather than continue to go home and come back, it’s not fair to the team and it’s not fair to the players,” he said. “The best thing is to step down and go home and take care of my mother.”

Take a view of his “final final” press conference below, it’s rather emotional.

 

Watching him say “This will be the last time I put on my uniform” as he chokes back tears is heartbreaking.  If he truly is out of the game, we are watching someone end a 50 year chapter in their life.

They no longer make them like Sweet Lou…

Tags: Chicago Cubs, Lou Piniella, sad, Sweet Lou

Tags: Cee Lo Green, Music, Video

Love it!

Tags: Commercial, Geico, Humor

One can argue that most days are sad for Cubs fans; however, the news that Derek Lee was traded to the Atlanta Braves (for prospects of all things) truly does hurt.

Lee was far from having a banner year, he was only hitting .251 with 16 home runs, but in my eyes he was a true Cub since joining the team.  In the 924 games with the team he averaged a .298 batting average, had 1046 hits, of which were 179 were home runs. The man was a quiet leader, one that had the respect of the team, and the appreciation of the fans. No matter what he faced with this team, he did so with grace and class.

Since the failed 2007 and 2008 playoff pushes, the club has been slowly dismantled.  Gone are the solid position players such as Mark DeRosa, Ryan Theriot, and Mike Fontenot. We no longer have an impressive pitching staff, and there appears to be no plan for the future. While the experiment with Milton Bradley turned out to be a disaster, it seems the team was unable to shake the “crazy” as Carlos Zambrano decided to pick up where Bradley left off at the end of last season, and now we are resorting to trading off our stars.

If the latest action is any indication of where the team is headed, next year will be a very – very – hard year for the Cubs. While I suspect management will do some mid-level free agent signing during the off season, which has been their style over the last few years, my guess is that the results will be the same.

I’ll tell you this, I would hate to be the new manager of the team. No matter who takes of the helm next season, they will be blamed for the failure… I hope they spare the legendary Ryne Sandberg this pain as he does not deserve to suffer due to the mismanagement of Cubs GM Jim Hendry.

So, so long Derek Lee.

Thank you for the years of service to the Cubs. Thank you for the memories. Whenever I think of the players that  are true Cubs in my mind – Banks, Williams, Sandberg, Maddux, Jenkins, Grace, Dawson – I’ll remember you as well.

Tags: Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Cubs, Derek Lee

Remember back to last fall… I noted that The Orb was working with David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)… well… it turns out the new album is in the can and will be released on 10/4/2010.

From what I’ve been able to tell thus far, the ablum is just LX, Gilmore and Youth. (Fans of the Orb know who I am referring to).  What is interesting about this – aside from the fact that the huge cast that appeared on ‘The Dream’ is missing – is that Youth and Gilmore started working together, then LX decided to rework their tracks.

It should be interesting to see how this plays out.

UPDATE:

Now this is a twist.  Above I said that Youth and Gilmour started working together, then LX decided to add his touch for the final “Orb” experience.  According to Gilmour’s official blog, he never intended on doing “an orb album.” Gilmour and Youth were simply going to do ambient mix of the song “Chicago” and somehow The Orb ended up using the material over an entire album.

It really is starting to look like this was transitive property collaboration, with Youth being the connector.  (Gilmour works with Youth, Youth works with the Orb, therefore Gilmour works with The Orb).

Tags: Metallic Spheres, Pink Floyd, The Orb, Youth

Time for some random news that caught my eye today…

Less than half of US all home sales successful in 2009

No, you did not misread that… and guess what the lowest county surveyed was: Cook County, IL.

Speaking of Illinois, Blagojevich found guilty on single count in corruption trial

Really?  I mean, really…? They just get him on lying to the FBI? How inept was the federal prosecutor(s) that they couldn’t convict him on the other 23 charges?

Folks, this man was actively trying to sell a Senate seat. He stated “What do you think I can get for the Senate seat?” and “Do they think I’d just appoint Valerie Jarrett for nothing? Just to make him (Obama) happy?” This is pathetic.

Oh, did you hear that Favre is pulling another season?  This will be his 20th and after his fantastic – if not best – season last year I’m happy to see his return.  It will be interesting to see how things play out.

Note to new mothers – don’t let your children play with your bong and if you do, don’t take pictures of it and put them online (with picture goodness).

There are countless things wrong with this story but I find it scary how some people have the ability to lack… decency… common sense… an understanding of right and wrong… My guess is the kid had to learn it from somewhere.

That’s all for now.

Tags: Blagojevich, Bong, Brett Favre, Home Sales, Obama, Trial, Valerie Jarrett