Archive for December, 2010
13
Dec
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: Aaron Sorkin, Al Gore, alan shipnuck, av club, Ben Roethlisberger, Bill Hancock, colin cowherd, Comedy, dead homer society, erica blasberg, examine your scalp for ringworm, Hannibal Buress, Jay Leno, julian assange, Katy Perry, michael paterniti, michael weinreb, necco, nieman foundation, political philosophy, Politics, Santa Claus, Sarah Palin, sports broadcasting, Sports Illustrated, the 2000 election, the bcs, The Big Lebowski, the Metrodome, the muppet show, The Simpsons, thurman munson. Leave a Comment
What we read while fleeing the Metrodome… We didn’t watch last Sunday’s Muppet-infused Simpsons episode until the middle of the week, so by the time we thought up something angry to write about it, our pals at Dead Homer Society had already hit the nail on the head. And while we’re at it, Bill Oakley [...]
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10
Dec
Posted by Pierre Menard in Sports, The Sports Revolution. Tagged: 40 yards > 25 yards, brian griese, Britney Spears, college football contrivances, good offenses are offenses that score quickly, kirk herbstreit, kyle brotzman, michigan illinois, Mike Patrick, nevada boise state, oregon auburn, Pierre Menard, pro combat uniforms, simultaneous overtime, The Sports Revolution. Leave a Comment
Let ESPN’s Brian Griese set the scene for you: “It’s almost like the TD was given; it’s all going to come down to the two-point conversion.” Let NPI’s Pierre Menard reset the scene for you: “Nothing in college football’s overtime can possibly be described as ‘given.’” We have spent so much time analyzing the inadequacies [...]
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10
Dec
Posted by Jake in Culture, Social Norms, Law, Comedy, Politics, The Drawing Board. Tagged: Morality, constitution, humor, abortion, The Drawing Board, right to choose, fetus, murder, unborn baby, the perfect crime, tyler hamilton, China, pro-choice chicks, sausage fest, indian reservations, hate mail. 2 Comments
Oh, great. Another MAN weighing in on abortion. Well, ladies, if you don’t like it, exercise your “right to choose” to not read it. But as it turns out, this man has the answer. And no, it’s not one of those stupid joke answers like “dude we shouldn’t make abortion legal, we should make it [...]
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9
Dec
Posted by Tim in TV. Tagged: benry is a tool, chase does it again, chase is a little thick am i right?, dan in the final three?, don't cry over dead chickens, hidden immunity idol, holly, individual immunity, jack crowley, jane bless her soul, judfabio, kelly-na, ominous harbingers of betrayal, sash, survivor survival guide, Survivor: Nicaragua, the seventh wheel. 4 Comments
“I’ve been a little flighty throughout the game.” —Chase “That kid’s been shifty.” —Benry on Sash We kind of knew last week how this episode would shape up, and if we didn’t, the “Previously on…” made sure we did: Sash was going to be the pivotal swing vote between one established alliance of Chase, Holly, [...]
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9
Dec
Posted by John S in Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Sports, TV. Tagged: Abram is a jerk, C.T. amazes once again, C.T. finally appears on Cutthroat, C.T. picks up Johnny, Cutthroat, exceeding expectations, final challenge preparations, king of the hill, Laurel dominates, Laurel tries to throw a challenge, MTV, Paula gets upset, Power Rankings, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Red and Gray, the Gulag, the return of C.T.. 7 Comments
“Oh my god! Oh my god! What the fuck just happened?!” —Abram Laurel: In any other challenge, with other people, you wouldn’t be here. Cara Maria: …Beg to differ Sometimes you get all excited for something and as the anticipation mounts your expectations grow to be so unreasonable that they can’t ever be met… and [...]
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8
Dec
Posted by Jake in This Day in Revisionist History. Tagged: Catholic dogma, deciding what to eat, doctrine of infallibility, fishsticks, food debates, Gorton's, Immaculate Conception, Italian cuisine, linguine, Pope Pius IX, the College of Cardinals, the lost art of the papal bull, the pope, This Day in Revisionist History. Leave a Comment
December 8: “Yeah, well, it applies to the Immaculate Conception and this, so end of conversation.” – Pope Pius IX, speaking on the doctrine of infallibility to the College of Cardinals, as they debated what to order for lunch and Pius found himself the lone advocate of fish sticks. The Immaculate Conception holds that Mary, [...]
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7
Dec
Posted by John S in "We Take, Among Other Things, Umbrage", Sports. Tagged: auburn, bcs, Boise State, cam newton, college football, college football playoff, dan wetzel, every game counts, every game counts the same, in defense of, Kafkaesque nightmare, oregon, Oregon v. Auburn, Sports Illustrated, tcu, the bowl system, the Little Giants, the National Dodgeball League. 9 Comments
The BCS is probably the most universally reviled institution in all of sports. It is more unpopular than the Wild Card, free agency, Billy Packer, sideline reporters, in-game celebrity interviews, that weird ball the NBA introduced a few years ago, the designated hitter, Joey Crawford, blown calls by umpires, life-shortening head trauma, and even [...]
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6
Dec
Posted by John S in "We Take, Among Other Things, Umbrage", Language. Tagged: -gate, 9/11, climategate, etymology, Gateoholicgate, Language, linguistic abuses, scandals, Sexy Photo Gate, Spygate, suffixes, Watergate, william safire. 5 Comments
Tim: You know what bothers me? People adding ‘-gate’ to the end of every scandal. Like this ‘Spygate’ thing. It doesn’t make sense. Watergate was a place–not a scandal about water. Me: Yeah… Tim: It’s like how we add ‘–oholic’ to the ends of things we’re addicted to, even though ‘-oholic’ is not a suffix. Me: You’re [...]
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6
Dec
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: lebron james, Chuck Klosterman, Sports Illustrated, Arrested Development, New York Magazine, Bill Simmons, new york times magazine, Joe Posnanski, Bob Dylan, Let It Be, Jonathan Franzen, miami heat, michael weinreb, gq, deborah solomon, Steve Martin, Michael Jordan, Cleveland Cavaliers, IFC, Cleveland, Sean Wilentz, cam newton, the war eagle reader, wikileaks, john paul stevens, Terminal 5, John Jurgensen, The Rolling Stones, Gimme Shelter, classic rock, boring interviews, Das Racist, michael sokolove, oregon auburn, bcs championship game, clyde drexler, roger pimentel, chris ballard, jill costello, spiderman: turn off the dark, jeffrey rosen. 1 Comment
What we read while telling WikiLeaks they couldn’t use our server…. Sean Wilentz reviewed Bob Dylan’s pre-Thanksgiving shows at Terminal 5 in New York, but his love of all things Dylan may have skewed the objectivity. On the other side of the spectrum, John Jurgensen wonders if Dylan should retire. In other classic rock news, [...]
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3
Dec
Posted by Tim in TV. Tagged: African-American heritage and the Minority Alliance, hidden idols, holly, Jack Black, naonka, Purple Kelly, quitters, special tribal council, survivor, survivor survival guide, Survivor: Nicaragua, worst promotional advertising in Survivor history. 4 Comments
“I’ve been sucking it up for 28 days. There’s nothing left for me to suck.” —Purple Kelly “Realistically, you think you had a shot at this game?” “Yes.” “Based on what?” “Based on my drive, once upon a time…” “This is amazing. Regale me with a story, woman.” —Probst and NaOnka How am I supposed [...]
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