Been a long time since my last posting, so I got a lot on my mind this time. Again, more random thoughts:
- Softball injury update: In addition to the balky right hamstring, I hurt my left wrist in a collision at first base a week and a half ago. It was my first time playing first, and the throw from third was wide to the left, and I collided with the runner as I ranged into the basepath to catch the ball. At least I kept the runner from taking the extra base on the overthrow. I hope it's just a sprain. In addition to that, I got drilled in the back today on an errant throw to home. Yeah, that's going to leave a mark.
- I may be the last person anyone would expect to say this, but I feel sorry for Bill Buckner. With Edgar Martinez retiring after this season, everyone is talking about his Hall of Fame chances, but Buckner had 500+ more hits, yet no one talks about him. The man has 2700+ hits, yet his career gets boiled down to one moment in time. Yeah, the Red Sox lost, but the 1986 World Series was the FOURTH one that they lost in seven games. It's not like he helped blow Game 7. Never mind that the bullpen blew a two run lead with one out to go, it's Bill Buckner who'll forever live in infamy. The poor guy had to move to Idaho, IDAHO(!), to escape. The man had a decent career, but whenever people hear his name, that's all that'll come to mind. What a shame...
- So AMC has the rights to the Rocky films now, and I watched all of Rocky II for the first time recently. A few things I noticed: 1) Apollo must've really done a number on Rocky in that first fight, because Rocky is practically retarded in II, 2) Somehow, his eye suddenly got better for the later movies. The way Drago was hitting him, Rocky should be freakin' blind by now, if not dead, 3) Rocky couldn't do commercials in II, but someone, not only could he do commercials in III, he was hosting the Muppet Show. That's a big leap from not being able to read cue cards, 4) and most importantly, has anyone else noticed how HOT Apollo's wife is? (At least in I and II.)
- Speaking of hot sistas, apparently Rick Fox and Vanessa Williams are getting a divorce. Does he realize that a) he's just another crappy benchwarmer without her, and b) despite her age, she and Halle Berry are the Shaq and Kobe of hot black chicks? And if we're going to go with the basketball analogy, I guess Tyra Banks would be the Karl Malone and Beyonce would be the Gary Payton, with Vivica A. Fox pulling up as Derek Fisher.
- I really don't think I can ever get tired of watching Star Trek II. It is, by far, the best Star Trek film. No Star Trek film is anywhere as near as quotable. If they want to save the film franchise, the clowns that pull the strings now should get on their knees and BEG Nicholas Meyer to come back.
- Rambo II made me who I am today. It just goes to show you that an angry man on a mission of vengeance armed with a very large knife is capable of ANYTHING.
- KITT from Knight Rider was up for auction on eBay a few weeks back, and I told one of my co-workers that if I had the money, I'd buy KITT an drive him (it?) to work everyday. He scoffed, saying that 40 Gs were too much for a 1983 Trans Am. (He's an Italian guy from New Jersey, so I guess he would know his black Trans Ams.) But I had to explain to him, IT'S KNIGHT RIDER! Think about it, KITT is probably one of the only iconic Hollywood cars that you could actually drive around without drawing too much unwanted attention. Driving around the General Lee or the Batmobile would draw way too much attention. KITT though would blend right in, until of course he got that red scanner working. It's subtle, yet distinctive. The only other cars I could think of that would be cool to drive around but wouldn't draw too much attention would be the A-Team van, the black faux-Ferrari from Miami Vice, and the red Ford Gran Torino from Starsky and Hutch. Any others?
- So Bloodsport came up at work last week. I guess we have a thing for cheesy action movies from the eighties at work. Anyway, I think the WWF missed a huge opportunity when they didn't bring in Bolo Yeung to play Chong Li as a wrestler. Think about it, he'd be perfect! The perfect villain, with the crazy eyes, the huge pecs, and the cheesy dialog. And plus, it'd give us Asian kids our own wrestling hero. (No, Yokozuna didn't count.) On a side note, why didn't they ever bring in a real life Zangief? Think of how many copies of Street Fighter 2 that would've sold for Capcom. And how come we're noting seeing a modern incarnation of the Iron Sheik in the WWE? Let's face it, the Islamic extremists we face today threaten us much more than Iran ever did. If you can have a French tag team be villains, than a new Iron Sheik definitely has a place.
- Somehow, William Hung has figured out a way to utterly embarass over a billion people at once. Please, William, take your money, your UC Berkeley degree, and STOP!
- I am what some may refer to as a "gun nut," but I have to say, I'm not a hunter. I'll say it, to kill another living thing for pleasure is not only unsporting, it's sick and barbaric. If deer could shoot back, then sure, by all means, fire away, but until they do, hunters are exterminators, not sportsmen. There's the argument that deer are a threat, and that hunters thin out the population. Well then, you're exterminators. If they really were that big a threat, they'd call in the Army National Guard and they'd send choppers flying over the forest with guys firing machine guns. But I'm not going to try to stop people fromm hunting. If that's what they want to do, fine.
- One thing I can't stand are guys who drive Crown Vics who go really fast in the fast lane and tailgate you like they're cops, but once you move over, you find out they're just civilian schmucks in Crown Vics. Dickheads...
- You know, what is it with those Darwin fish on the backs of cars? What do they have against people with Jesus fish? A Jesus fish professes someone's faith, and the Darwin fish mocks just one aspect of it. Why are mocking the religious beliefs of others in the first place? Once again, further proof and making fun of Christians is widely accepted.
- Finally, on the state of the Yankees:
A) Bernie Williams has to learn how to play first base. I think it's obvious that Bernie's days in center field are numbered, especially with Carlos Beltran on the market this winter. If far less athletic men like Mo Vaughn or Cecil Fielder can play first base, then dammit, you can do it too Bernie. Besides, there's no shame in it. Even Mickey Mantle shifted over to first eventually. What ball player in his right mind would prefer to DH rather than learn a relatively new position to stay on the field? For as much money as he'll be earning over the next two years, he should be maximizing his worth.
B) Get a lefty specialist. Why the hell they traded Gabe White and not Felix Heredia is beyond me. And now they got C.J. Nitkowski? He doesn't even have to be left-handed. Or they can't find a young lefthander in their farm system, and lock him up with Ron Guidry in Tampa and now allow him to leave until he learns Guidry's slider?
C) Don't sign Pedro. First off, he's a punk, and the Yankees don't need that. Sure, the Yanks have had drunks, drug abusers, and even wife swappers, but Pedro is a punk. Besides, he isn't what he used to be.
- Softball injury update: In addition to the balky right hamstring, I hurt my left wrist in a collision at first base a week and a half ago. It was my first time playing first, and the throw from third was wide to the left, and I collided with the runner as I ranged into the basepath to catch the ball. At least I kept the runner from taking the extra base on the overthrow. I hope it's just a sprain. In addition to that, I got drilled in the back today on an errant throw to home. Yeah, that's going to leave a mark.
- I may be the last person anyone would expect to say this, but I feel sorry for Bill Buckner. With Edgar Martinez retiring after this season, everyone is talking about his Hall of Fame chances, but Buckner had 500+ more hits, yet no one talks about him. The man has 2700+ hits, yet his career gets boiled down to one moment in time. Yeah, the Red Sox lost, but the 1986 World Series was the FOURTH one that they lost in seven games. It's not like he helped blow Game 7. Never mind that the bullpen blew a two run lead with one out to go, it's Bill Buckner who'll forever live in infamy. The poor guy had to move to Idaho, IDAHO(!), to escape. The man had a decent career, but whenever people hear his name, that's all that'll come to mind. What a shame...
- So AMC has the rights to the Rocky films now, and I watched all of Rocky II for the first time recently. A few things I noticed: 1) Apollo must've really done a number on Rocky in that first fight, because Rocky is practically retarded in II, 2) Somehow, his eye suddenly got better for the later movies. The way Drago was hitting him, Rocky should be freakin' blind by now, if not dead, 3) Rocky couldn't do commercials in II, but someone, not only could he do commercials in III, he was hosting the Muppet Show. That's a big leap from not being able to read cue cards, 4) and most importantly, has anyone else noticed how HOT Apollo's wife is? (At least in I and II.)
- Speaking of hot sistas, apparently Rick Fox and Vanessa Williams are getting a divorce. Does he realize that a) he's just another crappy benchwarmer without her, and b) despite her age, she and Halle Berry are the Shaq and Kobe of hot black chicks? And if we're going to go with the basketball analogy, I guess Tyra Banks would be the Karl Malone and Beyonce would be the Gary Payton, with Vivica A. Fox pulling up as Derek Fisher.
- I really don't think I can ever get tired of watching Star Trek II. It is, by far, the best Star Trek film. No Star Trek film is anywhere as near as quotable. If they want to save the film franchise, the clowns that pull the strings now should get on their knees and BEG Nicholas Meyer to come back.
- Rambo II made me who I am today. It just goes to show you that an angry man on a mission of vengeance armed with a very large knife is capable of ANYTHING.
- KITT from Knight Rider was up for auction on eBay a few weeks back, and I told one of my co-workers that if I had the money, I'd buy KITT an drive him (it?) to work everyday. He scoffed, saying that 40 Gs were too much for a 1983 Trans Am. (He's an Italian guy from New Jersey, so I guess he would know his black Trans Ams.) But I had to explain to him, IT'S KNIGHT RIDER! Think about it, KITT is probably one of the only iconic Hollywood cars that you could actually drive around without drawing too much unwanted attention. Driving around the General Lee or the Batmobile would draw way too much attention. KITT though would blend right in, until of course he got that red scanner working. It's subtle, yet distinctive. The only other cars I could think of that would be cool to drive around but wouldn't draw too much attention would be the A-Team van, the black faux-Ferrari from Miami Vice, and the red Ford Gran Torino from Starsky and Hutch. Any others?
- So Bloodsport came up at work last week. I guess we have a thing for cheesy action movies from the eighties at work. Anyway, I think the WWF missed a huge opportunity when they didn't bring in Bolo Yeung to play Chong Li as a wrestler. Think about it, he'd be perfect! The perfect villain, with the crazy eyes, the huge pecs, and the cheesy dialog. And plus, it'd give us Asian kids our own wrestling hero. (No, Yokozuna didn't count.) On a side note, why didn't they ever bring in a real life Zangief? Think of how many copies of Street Fighter 2 that would've sold for Capcom. And how come we're noting seeing a modern incarnation of the Iron Sheik in the WWE? Let's face it, the Islamic extremists we face today threaten us much more than Iran ever did. If you can have a French tag team be villains, than a new Iron Sheik definitely has a place.
- Somehow, William Hung has figured out a way to utterly embarass over a billion people at once. Please, William, take your money, your UC Berkeley degree, and STOP!
- I am what some may refer to as a "gun nut," but I have to say, I'm not a hunter. I'll say it, to kill another living thing for pleasure is not only unsporting, it's sick and barbaric. If deer could shoot back, then sure, by all means, fire away, but until they do, hunters are exterminators, not sportsmen. There's the argument that deer are a threat, and that hunters thin out the population. Well then, you're exterminators. If they really were that big a threat, they'd call in the Army National Guard and they'd send choppers flying over the forest with guys firing machine guns. But I'm not going to try to stop people fromm hunting. If that's what they want to do, fine.
- One thing I can't stand are guys who drive Crown Vics who go really fast in the fast lane and tailgate you like they're cops, but once you move over, you find out they're just civilian schmucks in Crown Vics. Dickheads...
- You know, what is it with those Darwin fish on the backs of cars? What do they have against people with Jesus fish? A Jesus fish professes someone's faith, and the Darwin fish mocks just one aspect of it. Why are mocking the religious beliefs of others in the first place? Once again, further proof and making fun of Christians is widely accepted.
- Finally, on the state of the Yankees:
A) Bernie Williams has to learn how to play first base. I think it's obvious that Bernie's days in center field are numbered, especially with Carlos Beltran on the market this winter. If far less athletic men like Mo Vaughn or Cecil Fielder can play first base, then dammit, you can do it too Bernie. Besides, there's no shame in it. Even Mickey Mantle shifted over to first eventually. What ball player in his right mind would prefer to DH rather than learn a relatively new position to stay on the field? For as much money as he'll be earning over the next two years, he should be maximizing his worth.
B) Get a lefty specialist. Why the hell they traded Gabe White and not Felix Heredia is beyond me. And now they got C.J. Nitkowski? He doesn't even have to be left-handed. Or they can't find a young lefthander in their farm system, and lock him up with Ron Guidry in Tampa and now allow him to leave until he learns Guidry's slider?
C) Don't sign Pedro. First off, he's a punk, and the Yankees don't need that. Sure, the Yanks have had drunks, drug abusers, and even wife swappers, but Pedro is a punk. Besides, he isn't what he used to be.
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