Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Maybe Jessica was at the game after all...
Apparently, The NY Post bought a ticket for a Jessica Simpson impersonator to go down to the Dallas - NY Giants game this past weekend to distract Tony Romo. She had a pretty good seat, 3 rows off of the 50-yard line, so maybe Tony did end up seeing her...HILARIOUS
Monday, January 14, 2008
We're talking about practice... I mean PLAYOFFS
Here are my thoughts / ramblings about this past weekend's NFL playoff action:
-We're hopelessly screwed now that the San Diego Charger's depleted team defeated the Colts who were our greatest hope to ruin New England's perfect season. The Chargers are going to be entering their game with the Patriots with Phillip Rivers, LaDainian Tomlinson, and Antonio Gates all nursing injuries. It's going to be a cake walk for the Pats. I've never hated a team more, except maybe the New Jersey Devils of the late 90's, early 00's.
-After riding Brett Favre to prominent status in fantasy football the last two seasons, the Green Bay Packers are now my default favorite team in the NFL (sorrys go out to the Dolphins and Eagles). The Packers looked pretty unstoppable on Saturday and with the Cowboys losing, the Pack have the home field advantage for the NFC championship. With an invigorated Brett Favre, we have a potential "GOOD VS EVIL" matchup in the Super Bowl: Packers vs Patriots... or even a potentially "entertaining for one half" rematch between the Pats and the Giants
-THERE'S NO CRYING IN FOOTBALL!! I'm pretty sure I saw Tony Romo rubbing his eyes after throwing that interception to seal the Cowboys' fate. Romo is now the NFL's new poster boy for Quarterbacks who can't win the big game and I love it. And T.O.'s cry baby act at his post-game press conference was appalling. STOP TRYING TO ACT LIKE A TEAM PLAYER AND TRYING TO DEFEND ROMO!! You'd have no problem stabbing him in the back the second that you stop getting the ball thrown to you... Hopefully the Cowboys will continue to implode next year and slowly become the horrible team that they really are.
-The one bad thing that will come out of the Cowboys' loss is that we will never hear the end of Tony Romo's Cabo vacation with Jessica Simpson. The coach told his team to take some time off and relax, there were no rules against taking a vacation in Mexico, so he didn't really do any harm. But everybody will want to point the finger at that and we'll never hear the end of it.
-Sunday will be the only time I ever openly root for the Giants. Generally I hate everything about them, but to have them ruin Romo and T.O.'s seasons really made my day. Now hopefully they pop a squat against the Packers so we can enjoy Brett Favre back in the Super Bowl...
-We're hopelessly screwed now that the San Diego Charger's depleted team defeated the Colts who were our greatest hope to ruin New England's perfect season. The Chargers are going to be entering their game with the Patriots with Phillip Rivers, LaDainian Tomlinson, and Antonio Gates all nursing injuries. It's going to be a cake walk for the Pats. I've never hated a team more, except maybe the New Jersey Devils of the late 90's, early 00's.
-After riding Brett Favre to prominent status in fantasy football the last two seasons, the Green Bay Packers are now my default favorite team in the NFL (sorrys go out to the Dolphins and Eagles). The Packers looked pretty unstoppable on Saturday and with the Cowboys losing, the Pack have the home field advantage for the NFC championship. With an invigorated Brett Favre, we have a potential "GOOD VS EVIL" matchup in the Super Bowl: Packers vs Patriots... or even a potentially "entertaining for one half" rematch between the Pats and the Giants
-THERE'S NO CRYING IN FOOTBALL!! I'm pretty sure I saw Tony Romo rubbing his eyes after throwing that interception to seal the Cowboys' fate. Romo is now the NFL's new poster boy for Quarterbacks who can't win the big game and I love it. And T.O.'s cry baby act at his post-game press conference was appalling. STOP TRYING TO ACT LIKE A TEAM PLAYER AND TRYING TO DEFEND ROMO!! You'd have no problem stabbing him in the back the second that you stop getting the ball thrown to you... Hopefully the Cowboys will continue to implode next year and slowly become the horrible team that they really are.
-The one bad thing that will come out of the Cowboys' loss is that we will never hear the end of Tony Romo's Cabo vacation with Jessica Simpson. The coach told his team to take some time off and relax, there were no rules against taking a vacation in Mexico, so he didn't really do any harm. But everybody will want to point the finger at that and we'll never hear the end of it.
-Sunday will be the only time I ever openly root for the Giants. Generally I hate everything about them, but to have them ruin Romo and T.O.'s seasons really made my day. Now hopefully they pop a squat against the Packers so we can enjoy Brett Favre back in the Super Bowl...
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
American Gladiators: The Next Generation
Growing up, I was a HUGE fan of American Gladiators - I even remember the names of the main hosts: Mike Adamle and Larry Csonka. And I love watching re-runs of American Gladiators which currently run on ESPN Classic. So when I found out they were remaking American Gladiators, I was skeptical and intrigued all at the same time. After having watched parts of the first three episodes here are my thoughts on American Gladiators 2.0.:
- Hulk Hogan and Laila Ali are horrible hosts... Hulk needs to take some time off and let his divorce sink in and Laila needs to go back to boxing.
- I found out that at any one time, there are 23 different cameras taping any one scene. So instead of NBC just using the best angle out of all 23, they've decided to switch back and forth from all of the angles, affecting the frame of time, and giving me somewhat of a headache.
- The new crop of gladiators aren't as dominate as the gladiators in the original version. Too many of the competitors were scoring high in the events.
- I enjoy the introduction of fire and water to the proceedings. It's added incentive to win the event. Instead of landing on the pillow soft mats, you're gonna get soaked.
- In the Eliminator, they should have the inclined treadmill and the hand bike at the beginning of the event, not towards the end when the competitors are exhausted. Those are the two toughest obstacles of the Eliminator and with the competitors being exhausted when they get to them, they don't really put up too much of a fight. Basically everyone was falling off the hand bike and everyone struggled on the treadmill... AND where are the penalties for falling off the hand bike or rolling log?? AND why do the Gladiators have no involvement in the Eliminator?? That's bullshit.
- And finally, I've found the female gladiators to be extremely hott this time around. I'll leave you with some pictures of the Gladiators and my thoughts on each of them.
CRUSH
I've got a "CRUSH" on her...HAHAHAHA
She's a MMA fighter which is awesome and she's the hottest Gladiator on there. I'd let her kick my ass any day...
SIREN
She looks like a bad ass but I bet she's got a heart of gold
VENOM
She might be a little too muscular for me but there's still something about her...
STEALTH
That outfit doesn't leave much to the imagination
FURY
That pony tail was left over from the 90's verson of American Gladiators
HELLGA
(Picture not included)
She's the size of a linebacker and her name is Hellga so that scares me...
- Hulk Hogan and Laila Ali are horrible hosts... Hulk needs to take some time off and let his divorce sink in and Laila needs to go back to boxing.
- I found out that at any one time, there are 23 different cameras taping any one scene. So instead of NBC just using the best angle out of all 23, they've decided to switch back and forth from all of the angles, affecting the frame of time, and giving me somewhat of a headache.
- The new crop of gladiators aren't as dominate as the gladiators in the original version. Too many of the competitors were scoring high in the events.
- I enjoy the introduction of fire and water to the proceedings. It's added incentive to win the event. Instead of landing on the pillow soft mats, you're gonna get soaked.
- In the Eliminator, they should have the inclined treadmill and the hand bike at the beginning of the event, not towards the end when the competitors are exhausted. Those are the two toughest obstacles of the Eliminator and with the competitors being exhausted when they get to them, they don't really put up too much of a fight. Basically everyone was falling off the hand bike and everyone struggled on the treadmill... AND where are the penalties for falling off the hand bike or rolling log?? AND why do the Gladiators have no involvement in the Eliminator?? That's bullshit.
- And finally, I've found the female gladiators to be extremely hott this time around. I'll leave you with some pictures of the Gladiators and my thoughts on each of them.
CRUSH
I've got a "CRUSH" on her...HAHAHAHA
She's a MMA fighter which is awesome and she's the hottest Gladiator on there. I'd let her kick my ass any day...
SIREN
She looks like a bad ass but I bet she's got a heart of gold
VENOM
She might be a little too muscular for me but there's still something about her...
STEALTH
That outfit doesn't leave much to the imagination
FURY
That pony tail was left over from the 90's verson of American Gladiators
HELLGA
(Picture not included)
She's the size of a linebacker and her name is Hellga so that scares me...
DAN'S TOP TEN ALBUMS OF '07
If I were a good blogger I would have had this posted before 2007 ended but alas you had to wait until now for my favorite albums of 2007, in no particular order:
Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre
Four Year Strong - Rise or Die Trying
Via Audio - Say Something
The Starting Line - Direction
Circa Survive - On Letting Go
All Time Low - So Wrong, It's Right
HORSE THE BAND - A Natural Death
Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer - Schemantics
Kanye West - Graduation
Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
HONORABLE MENTION: MXPX - Secret Weapon, The Bled - Silent Treatment, The Color Fred - Bend to Break, Tegan & Sara - The Con
Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre
Four Year Strong - Rise or Die Trying
Via Audio - Say Something
The Starting Line - Direction
Circa Survive - On Letting Go
All Time Low - So Wrong, It's Right
HORSE THE BAND - A Natural Death
Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer - Schemantics
Kanye West - Graduation
Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
HONORABLE MENTION: MXPX - Secret Weapon, The Bled - Silent Treatment, The Color Fred - Bend to Break, Tegan & Sara - The Con
NEW TV son...
So after being fed up with continually being kicked off of the family HDtv in the living room by my sisters and mom, I decided to take it upon myself to buy an HDtv for my room as an early birthday present. Considering that my TV room is the size of a closet and space was limited, I settled on a 37" SAMSUNG 720p HDtv. Of course it was on sale at Best Buy when I tried to purchase it so there were none in store. So I had to settle on having it shipped to the store at a later date. Ironically, the tv is not going to be delivered until January 29th, which also happens to be my birthday...
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Politics Update...
It was an exciting Saturday night in the McHenry household... Myself and Bri grabbed some beers courtesy of Marty (the Saranac Holiday Variety 12-Pack was pretty clutch), and some bags of chips and hunkered down to watch the Pittsburgh - Jacksonville. Well it just so happened that on this exciting Saturday night, there were also going to be some Presidential Debates on ABC, both the Democrats and Republicans. Here are my thoughts on the current Political atmosphere having watching a good part of those debates and having followed the Iowa caucuses... CAUCUS!! (I've gotta yell it after I say it in regular context)
On the Republican side, it seems that Rudy Guiliani is dead in the water and if Mitt Romney doesn't turn things around in New Hampshire, he might be following him shortly. I found Ron Paul to be somewhat intriguing. I had seen all of his "Ron Paul: Revolution" signs hanging up all over I-76 and thought he was just some underground Green Party candidate or something like that but evidently, he's a Republican -- but different from the rest. It was kind of funny seeing the candidates overreact after each innovative idea that Ron Paul introduced. His ideas might not all be realistic, but it's a breath of fresh air. Obviously, I'm a little intrigued by John McCain because he tends to lean towards the middle and is not above bipartisan politics, but I don't think he has enough support from the right wing of the Republican party, which is the majority. Fred Thompson was there because he used to be on television... And finally Mike Huckabee, the current front runner courtesy of the Iowa caucuses...CAUCUS!! He's a Pastor, so he's got the religious right in his corner and apparently he's also got CHUCK NORRIS in his corner as well so that is pretty clutch and smart on his part. Chuck Norris is popular amongst young people and viewers of Walker Texas Ranger so the smart thing for Huckabee to do would be to make Chuck Norris his Vice Presidential candidate. AUTOMATIC PRESIDENTIAL WIN!!! Done and Done.
On the Democratic side, Bill Richardson, former governor of New Mexico was there just for filler... He seemed to be pretty loose and comical up on stage at the debate. He was trying to push the fact that he was the only one with Executive experience, having been a Governor compared to his opponents who have all been Senators, but that seems to have fallen on deaf ears. Hillary has a bullseye on her back both from Republicans and Democrats. Obama and Edwards were teaming up against her at times, resulting in Bri commenting that they're "Hulk and Animal of the Legion of Doom"... Bri then insisted that if either Edwards or Obama is able to win the Presidential nomination, they'll be each other's Vice Presidents. Which I disagree on, considering they've been aligning themselves with each other, and more than likely the Democratic party would want a VP nominee who would be from the opposite end of the spectrum than the Presidential nominee... but who knows... Barack Obama is the "Candidate of Change" but Charlie Gibson, the moderator of the debate made a good point in saying that Washington generally likes to keep the "status quo" so a candidate of change might not be feasible... As Obama continued to make his points throughout the debate, Edwards kept aligning himself up with Obama reiterating some of the things that he was saying which I found odd... Before the debate, I had been leaning a little towards Edwards just because I think the whole "Candidate of Change" thing is a crock of shit... but now it looks like I might be back on the fence...
On the Republican side, it seems that Rudy Guiliani is dead in the water and if Mitt Romney doesn't turn things around in New Hampshire, he might be following him shortly. I found Ron Paul to be somewhat intriguing. I had seen all of his "Ron Paul: Revolution" signs hanging up all over I-76 and thought he was just some underground Green Party candidate or something like that but evidently, he's a Republican -- but different from the rest. It was kind of funny seeing the candidates overreact after each innovative idea that Ron Paul introduced. His ideas might not all be realistic, but it's a breath of fresh air. Obviously, I'm a little intrigued by John McCain because he tends to lean towards the middle and is not above bipartisan politics, but I don't think he has enough support from the right wing of the Republican party, which is the majority. Fred Thompson was there because he used to be on television... And finally Mike Huckabee, the current front runner courtesy of the Iowa caucuses...CAUCUS!! He's a Pastor, so he's got the religious right in his corner and apparently he's also got CHUCK NORRIS in his corner as well so that is pretty clutch and smart on his part. Chuck Norris is popular amongst young people and viewers of Walker Texas Ranger so the smart thing for Huckabee to do would be to make Chuck Norris his Vice Presidential candidate. AUTOMATIC PRESIDENTIAL WIN!!! Done and Done.
On the Democratic side, Bill Richardson, former governor of New Mexico was there just for filler... He seemed to be pretty loose and comical up on stage at the debate. He was trying to push the fact that he was the only one with Executive experience, having been a Governor compared to his opponents who have all been Senators, but that seems to have fallen on deaf ears. Hillary has a bullseye on her back both from Republicans and Democrats. Obama and Edwards were teaming up against her at times, resulting in Bri commenting that they're "Hulk and Animal of the Legion of Doom"... Bri then insisted that if either Edwards or Obama is able to win the Presidential nomination, they'll be each other's Vice Presidents. Which I disagree on, considering they've been aligning themselves with each other, and more than likely the Democratic party would want a VP nominee who would be from the opposite end of the spectrum than the Presidential nominee... but who knows... Barack Obama is the "Candidate of Change" but Charlie Gibson, the moderator of the debate made a good point in saying that Washington generally likes to keep the "status quo" so a candidate of change might not be feasible... As Obama continued to make his points throughout the debate, Edwards kept aligning himself up with Obama reiterating some of the things that he was saying which I found odd... Before the debate, I had been leaning a little towards Edwards just because I think the whole "Candidate of Change" thing is a crock of shit... but now it looks like I might be back on the fence...
FANTASY FOOTBALL RESULTS...
Alright I was a bit of a liar... I had said that I was going to be continually updating my blog but it's been extremely busy around here lately so I dropped the ball... Nonetheless, I am back yet again and this time for good.
So in case anyone was curious I'm going to run down the results of the two fantasy football leagues that I was in.
In Bri's "Pardon the Interception IV" league, I finished in dead last...DEAD LAST. I was doomed from the start, having drafted Matt Leinart and JP Losman as my quarterbacks and for having the gusto to draft Shaun Alexander as my number one RB. I was almost able to redeem myself with my gutsy drafting of Ronnie Brown, who almost singlehandedly kept my team afloat early on in the season... but alas he blew out his knee and that was the last straw for my team. Of course it didn't help that everyone in Bri's league were fantasy hawks, picking up backup players seconds after the starting player was injured. The majority of the time, I wasn't near a computer when something like this would happen, so I was out of luck. Highlight of the season would have to be when one of my starting RBs, Priest Holmes, decided to go into retirement while he was still in my starting lineup. That sums up my year right there.
In TJ's "Definately Ditka" league, I almost shot myself in the foot in the draft forgetting that QBs get a point per completion and not drafting a QB until the middle rounds - Matt Leinart once again (drafting him in both leagues was supposed to make me look like a genius). But luckily, I made sure to draft Brett Favre as my backup, who just so happened to have a renaissance this year and blew up BIG time... definitely saved my season. I also got a little bold in drafting some unproven rookie RBs (Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch) to accent Joseph Addai and Willis McGahee so I was definitely a genius in that sense. The rest of my team was pretty decent and steady for the whole year and I ended up finishing second in the regular season. Of course in first place was Dusty's Evil Empire of a team, riding Tom Brady and Randy Moss for everything they were worth.
In the semifinal round of the playoffs, I lucked out big time going against Team Loges when Adrian Peterson broke out of his slump to have a decent game leading me to a one point win over Loges. Unfortunately, the team that Dusty was playing, Mooseknuckle, was a moron and apparently didn't pay attention to his team. He played Dusty's team in a week when both Tom Brady and Randy Moss played poor games and all Mooseknuckle had to do was play Philly's Defense (against Dallas) instead of Detroit's Defense (against San Diego). He played Detroit's D, he lost by only a couple of points, and I was forced to play Dusty's team which consisted of Brady and Moss, who both were hungry to break single-season TD records. So in addition to both of them having good games during the championship week, the majority of players on my team decided to take a dive as a whole, and I was blown out by the Evil Empire. Dusty won and continues to gloat about it. For the second year in a row, I finished 2nd in TJ's league, but I still did win some money so you can't beat that...I guess...
Don't worry I'll be even more ready for next season... I'm already starting to devise some plans
So in case anyone was curious I'm going to run down the results of the two fantasy football leagues that I was in.
In Bri's "Pardon the Interception IV" league, I finished in dead last...DEAD LAST. I was doomed from the start, having drafted Matt Leinart and JP Losman as my quarterbacks and for having the gusto to draft Shaun Alexander as my number one RB. I was almost able to redeem myself with my gutsy drafting of Ronnie Brown, who almost singlehandedly kept my team afloat early on in the season... but alas he blew out his knee and that was the last straw for my team. Of course it didn't help that everyone in Bri's league were fantasy hawks, picking up backup players seconds after the starting player was injured. The majority of the time, I wasn't near a computer when something like this would happen, so I was out of luck. Highlight of the season would have to be when one of my starting RBs, Priest Holmes, decided to go into retirement while he was still in my starting lineup. That sums up my year right there.
In TJ's "Definately Ditka" league, I almost shot myself in the foot in the draft forgetting that QBs get a point per completion and not drafting a QB until the middle rounds - Matt Leinart once again (drafting him in both leagues was supposed to make me look like a genius). But luckily, I made sure to draft Brett Favre as my backup, who just so happened to have a renaissance this year and blew up BIG time... definitely saved my season. I also got a little bold in drafting some unproven rookie RBs (Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch) to accent Joseph Addai and Willis McGahee so I was definitely a genius in that sense. The rest of my team was pretty decent and steady for the whole year and I ended up finishing second in the regular season. Of course in first place was Dusty's Evil Empire of a team, riding Tom Brady and Randy Moss for everything they were worth.
In the semifinal round of the playoffs, I lucked out big time going against Team Loges when Adrian Peterson broke out of his slump to have a decent game leading me to a one point win over Loges. Unfortunately, the team that Dusty was playing, Mooseknuckle, was a moron and apparently didn't pay attention to his team. He played Dusty's team in a week when both Tom Brady and Randy Moss played poor games and all Mooseknuckle had to do was play Philly's Defense (against Dallas) instead of Detroit's Defense (against San Diego). He played Detroit's D, he lost by only a couple of points, and I was forced to play Dusty's team which consisted of Brady and Moss, who both were hungry to break single-season TD records. So in addition to both of them having good games during the championship week, the majority of players on my team decided to take a dive as a whole, and I was blown out by the Evil Empire. Dusty won and continues to gloat about it. For the second year in a row, I finished 2nd in TJ's league, but I still did win some money so you can't beat that...I guess...
Don't worry I'll be even more ready for next season... I'm already starting to devise some plans
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