There are certain things that fathers pass down, from generation, to generation...One of those things that my old man passed down to us was, Duct Tape can fix almost anything!
And well, after this past week, I've realized that there are a lot of people out there, whom it would serve well, if they spent some time Duct Taped to a chair!
You see, I've had bit of a battle this past week with some people at Sporting News...That's where I first started blogging...I still post there once a week...This past Wednesday I wrote a blog blasting LeBron James, the Cleveland Indians, and the City of Cleveland...My displeasure with the city I live in is well documented...I re-posted it at SN...This post rubbed people the wrong way...One person who lives in Washington state, but calls herself a Clevelander was very unhappy about it...She responded and called me an "Underachieving Jerk"...Not really that harsh, but I reacted, as I often do, by over-reacting, and going for the throat...
This lead to many people blasting me, and ignoring the point of my blog, and that she provoked me...So I posted another blog, trying to get people to understand where my opinion was coming from, and backing it up with facts...It didn't matter...They kept coming after me, and some taking shots at You Gab Sports, even though I was the only Gab member involved in this...
So this lady posted a blog about the incident, and apologized, while still getting in some jabs...More people commented and blasted me...I responded, and apologized for what I called her, but nothing else...We both seemed to be done with it...But since then 3 blogs have been posted by 2 people, about it...And well, about how I'm the asshole...
I had planned on walking in here with my gasoline shoes on,and dropping matches all over the place...I was ready to light everyone up, and continue burning bridges... But then, this afternoon I realized, it's not worth it...1. that's what they want...They want me to go off, so they can keep poking at me, and say what asshole I am...2. There's no winning...I'll never change their minds, and they sure as hell aren't gonna change mine...So fuck it!
You know what, I will win...Because they're still gonna come and read my blogs...They can't wait for the next one.
Say hi to Lindsay Marie...
(yes it's random, but some people will get it)
Moving on...I had another losing day at the track as Lookin at Lucky won, and my horse Jackson Bend came in third...I also had money on Dublin, who shit the bed right out of the gate...Sorry Little Beeze, you may have to get a job soon! Especially after signing the kids up for swimming lessons today...Last year our local rec center, funded by our tax dollars, charged $23 dollars a kid, for lessons...This year $40...this really pisses me off because they cut the rec center hours 6 months ago to save on the costs...This is what happens when your Mayor is drunk and sexually harassing people all the time!
Then we signed the little Beeze up for T-Ball...that was $35...Then the lady started pushing me to coach...Apparently they haven't had many volunteers...So I agreed...I don't know how good our team will be, but we'll have the best swearing bunch of 5 and 6 year olds around!
But at least I won't be teaching them to shake their asses like a bunch of cum dumpster strippers...In case you haven't seen this shit, I'll let you check it out, then I'll break it down like John Madden, without blowing Brett Favre...
I'll start by saying this...For 7 year olds, they dance well, and you can even see a bit of gymnastics in play here...But they're dressed like strippers! They're 7 years old, and dressed like strippers! I know how strippers dress! Then there is the song selection...Beyonce's "Single Ladies"...The basic idea of the song, at least what I get out of it before I turn it off, is it's suppose to be an empowering song for women...But every time you see women or girls dancing to it...They're dancing like strippers...Dirty cum bucket strippers...And this fucking crowd is loving it...'Look honey, Our little girl is gonna be rockin' the pole one day!' And I'm the asshole!?!
In hockey news, Friday night the Boston Bruins finished off an epic fail...After taking a 3-0 series lead over the Flyers...the boys from Philly came back to win 4 in a row...As much as it hurts, I have to give the Flyers some credit...They continued their winning ways, blowing out Montreal 6-0 in the first round of the conference finals...
In the West, Chicago took a 1-0 series lead after beating San Jose 2-1...This series is packed full of talent...San Jose has collapsed repeatedly in the playoffs, but seem to have it together this year...Chicago is young, and I don't have a lot of faith in their goatending...I see this one going seven games, and being a real knock-down, drag-out fight...
On the home front, we're still looking at names...I think we've settled on a girls name...Molly Kathleen...For a boy, Finn is the front runner, but we needs solid middle name for that...Yeah, I'm Irish if you couldn't tell!
This pregnancy has been a tougher on the wife...the first two she never got sick...This time she's puking a bit, and feeling run down...Although the 20 hours of OT she worked last week doesn't help that...All of this isn't helping me need for sex either...I'm spending even more time at xHamster****(before you click that, it's a porn site)****
This next video I had to share...Countdown with Keith Olbermann pulled this from The Daily Show...Olbermann seems to have lost his marbles, but this may have been the most sanity his show has aired in awhile...It's Lewis Black, losing his shit over how f**king insane and obsessed with Nazis Glenn Beck is...Olbermann and Beck should get together and choke each other out!
Christ, one day Black is gonna have a heart attack on stage!
Now, on a sad note, Sunday singer Ronnie James Dio died after battling Cancer...He was 67 years old, and had one of the most incredible Rock & Roll voices ever...Rest in Peace.
In an odd twist, the driver for a blood-thining energy drink, is being treated with blood thinners for clots around his lungs and in his leg. Brian Vickers, driver of the RedBull #83 was immediatley sent in for testing and blood thinning treatment when clots were found. Scary situation if you ask me. DVT, no not Doug, but Deep Vein Thrombosis is an issue that takes 3-6 months of blood thinning treatments. Doctors won't let him race without clearance, but that is for the good of the driver regardless of what the team achieves or loses. Last thing Nascar needs in a driver going 190 into the first turn and having one of those clots break loose and kill him while driving. Here's to a full recovery for Brian and kudos to RedBull Racing for giving Casey Mears the seat while Vickers is out.
Looks like Tony Romo won't be able to work on his second sports career of 18 hole hacker. Organized Team Activities will hamper his ability to make the qualifing round at the Byron Nelson Championship. Team duties (I said doody) will take up his day from 11a-12:30p and his tee time would be for 9:57am. Unless there is substantial weather delays in the Dallas area, Tony won't get his shot. How's that for commitment from your #1 guy, knowing that during your teams activities, he's thinking about golf. Just like the Penguins... OH!!!
Well... So much for that Exacta... Super Saver got boxed, but in the wrong way. And now we won't see either SuperSaver or Lookin'AtLucky in the Belmont on June 5th. I guess my chance for making up for my losses is not so good. Either that or there will be only 4 horses running that race and I got a shot at picking 3 right.
There will be 3 Game 1's today: Celtic's at Magic, Blackhawks at Sharks, Canadiens at Flyers. Which one will you be yelling at? Me? I will be yelling at the lawn tractor, the weeds in the front planters, the grill in the back, the wife from the garage asking her for the third time... What did you say??? My picks for the day. Celtic's, Sharks, Habs'.
Wow... Cleveland Sucks!!!
I think I saw this somewhere, not sure where... Hello 2010 Bruins, meet the 2004 Yankees.
Really??? An A-Team movie??? Really???
That's it for me for being inside... Catch y'all at dinner by the grill.
When Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing was found to have had the hormone hCg in his bloodstream, controversy soon ensued. The hormone is a banned substance for players in the National Football League because it can be used as a masking agent for steroid users. It is also used to increase fertility amongst men.
Cushing had a 2009 rookie season that saw him named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press. The AP also named him AFC Defensive Player of the Week and Month twice each, as well as tabbed him as a Second Team All-Pro.
He had tied for the lead of most tackles in the AFC Division with Baltimore Ravens Ray Lewis, and had four sacks and interceptions along with a safety. It led him to being voted as a also starter for the AFC in the Pro Bowl.
The AP expressed rage and disappointment in Cushing, a player suspected of using steroids since high school. They took it so far to attempt to revoke his Rookie of the Year Award by calling for a re-vote. When he still retained the award by winning the second vote, it made the AP look even more ridiculous an entity.
This is the same organization that voted Bill Belichick NFL Coach of the Year in 2007 after being accused of cheating himself. He was fined $500,000, the largest amount ever levied on a coach in league history, after admitting his guilt. His team was fined an additional $250,000. It is a moment of NFL history that still creates much debates and brings out the ire of many football fans.
The sudden interest of fair play by the AP must be dealt with the scrutiny of a raised eyebrow. It also brings into question the real intent, as "publicity stunt" appears to be written all over the Cushing case. Though the acts of Cushing and Belichick vastly differ, the common thread is that they both broke the rules.
Though Cushing still maintained his Rookie of the Year Award, the AP still rescinded his Second Team All-Pro honor. It was perhaps a petulant act of a child feeling they suddenly were empowered to justify what they felt was right for the game. Yet Belichick's award remains unscathed and unquestioned.
The writers who participated in this fraud just made a stronger case as to why only the players and coaches, the people who truly know and understand the game, should be involved in the voting of all of their awards.
This includes induction into Canton, a voting process severely mired in politics as inferior players get in ahead of superior players because they got along with the voters better. Favoritism is the mission of the writer for both the players and their own image and ego, not for the betterment of the game itself.
Cushing, instead of keeping his mouth closed in quiet relief, felt it necessary to continue this circus. He recently held a press conference and stated, “I want to make it known that I did not inject or ingest any illegal substances that would enhance my performance. The question of how it got into my body is still unclear.
“It’s something I’m very concerned about, just the fact of how it’s there and what’s going to deter it from happening again. And that’s something that we’re going to have to medically investigate.”
“When everything first came out, I was completely unfamiliar with hCG,” Cushing claims. “I was told that the only way it can get into your body, and, obviously, everyone having their different opinions, was that it was either through injection or through a tumor.
“I know that I didn't ingest or inject anything. I played the whole season thinking I had tumors and this could not only be my last season but my last year.”
His agent, former NFL player Tom Condon, then supported his client by stating Cushing had been seeing experts last season about possibly having cancer. Experts, though they agree hCg can cause cancer, say it would be surprising for someone who tested positive in October not to have felt some sort of abnormal mass in his testicles.
The Texans offered no comment to the recent Cushing press conference, which can be construed as damning by their silence. Even with Cushing's claims. His need to hold a press conference was a baffling move, considering history will still show him as the winner of the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award.
History will also show how the Associated Press went from backing one rule breaker to turning against another in two short years. Their credibility holds about much sound footing as Cushing himself right now. Perhaps it is best both parties go back to where they came from and stay silent from now on.
When Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing was found to have had the hormone hCg in his bloodstream, controversy soon ensued. The hormone is a banned substance for players in the National Football League because it can be used as a masking agent for steroid users. It is also used to increase fertility amongst men.
Cushing had a 2009 rookie season that saw him named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press. The AP also named him AFC Defensive Player of the Week and Month twice each, as well as tabbed him as a Second Team All-Pro.
He had tied for the lead of most tackles in the AFC Division with Baltimore Ravens Ray Lewis, and had four sacks and interceptions along with a safety. It led him to being voted as a also starter for the AFC in the Pro Bowl.
The AP expressed rage and disappointment in Cushing, a player suspected of using steroids since high school. They took it so far to attempt to revoke his Rookie of the Year Award by calling for a re-vote. When he still retained the award by winning the second vote, it made the AP look even more ridiculous an entity.
This is the same organization that voted Bill Belichick NFL Coach of the Year in 2007 after being accused of cheating himself. He was fined $500,000, the largest amount ever levied on a coach in league history, after admitting his guilt. His team was fined an additional $250,000. It is a moment of NFL history that still creates much debates and brings out the ire of many football fans.
The sudden interest of fair play by the AP must be dealt with the scrutiny of a raised eyebrow. It also brings into question the real intent, as "publicity stunt" appears to be written all over the Cushing case. Though the acts of Cushing and Belichick vastly differ, the common thread is that they both broke the rules.
Though Cushing still maintained his Rookie of the Year Award, the AP still rescinded his Second Team All-Pro honor. It was perhaps a petulant act of a child feeling they suddenly were empowered to justify what they felt was right for the game. Yet Belichick's award remains unscathed and unquestioned.
The writers who participated in this fraud just made a stronger case as to why only the players and coaches, the people who truly know and understand the game, should be involved in the voting of all of their awards.
This includes induction into Canton, a voting process severely mired in politics as inferior players get in ahead of superior players because they got along with the voters better. Favoritism is the mission of the writer for both the players and their own image and ego, not for the betterment of the game itself.
Cushing, instead of keeping his mouth closed in quiet relief, felt it necessary to continue this circus. He recently held a press conference and stated, “I want to make it known that I did not inject or ingest any illegal substances that would enhance my performance. The question of how it got into my body is still unclear.
“It’s something I’m very concerned about, just the fact of how it’s there and what’s going to deter it from happening again. And that’s something that we’re going to have to medically investigate.”
“When everything first came out, I was completely unfamiliar with hCG,” Cushing claims. “I was told that the only way it can get into your body, and, obviously, everyone having their different opinions, was that it was either through injection or through a tumor.
“I know that I didn't ingest or inject anything. I played the whole season thinking I had tumors and this could not only be my last season but my last year.”
His agent, former NFL player Tom Condon, then supported his client by stating Cushing had been seeing experts last season about possibly having cancer. Experts, though they agree hCg can cause cancer, say it would be surprising for someone who tested positive in October not to have felt some sort of abnormal mass in his testicles.
The Texans offered no comment to the recent Cushing press conference, which can be construed as damning by their silence. Even with Cushing's claims. His need to hold a press conference was a baffling move, considering history will still show him as the winner of the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award.
History will also show how the Associated Press went from backing one rule breaker to turning against another in two short years. Their credibility holds about much sound footing as Cushing himself right now. Perhaps it is best both parties go back to where they came from and stay silent from now on.
I'm confident that we as a society are addicted to the "pharmacology model" of behavior and addicted to the idea that prescriptions can cure anything that ails. Have a cold? Take some Sudafed. Have a headache? Take some Tylenol. Can't live up to your significant other's expectations? Viagra baby, but definitely call a doctor if it works just a little too well. I mean, it's even to the point that online games are heavy into performance enhancing drugs - "Boosts" to enhance your score and "Favor points" to enhance the badass nature of your online character. I've even thought about creating an online game called "Psychopharmville," where you diagnose your neighbors and attempt to coax them into treatment for their psychiatric disorders.
If you've got an issue, then we have a prescription cure for it. So this week, Dr. Moz will be discussing some common ailments in professional sports.
Narcolepsy. We all know someone at work who all of a sudden just falls asleep. Here you were thinking that the meeting was pretty darn boring but my gosh, when he was called upon to make a presentation he is just sitting there sleeping. Even kids fall asleep at inappropriate times. This ailment can usually be counteracted by Anti-social Personality Disorder, but this has nasty side effects.
Anti-social Personality Disorder. This is a condition in which those affected possess an antipathy for social gatherings and positive communications while acting out. For instance, upon hearing news critical of one co-worker, one co-worker will challenge the other co-workers to fisticuffs. This will often change the behavior of those co-workers such that they will engage in passive aggressive behavior and antisocial personality behaviors. The good news is that this can be cured by showing those afflicted by this a little love.
Psychological Projection. Going back to Freudian theory, psychological projection is the denial of one's own failures and ascribing them to someone else. For instance, let's take the General Manager of a baseball team. This is the person responsible for managing the team payroll budget, signing players, and generally the operations of the organization. When this person's team continually fails to meet these expectations, one means by which this person manages his own self image is through psychological projection. This manifests itself through the pointing of the finger of blame and through the termination of those under him, because clearly it was the on field machinations of this person that resulted in a 12-23 record 35-games into the season. This allows the general manager to replace the "under performing" underling with another individual who has clearly demonstrated his capacity in delivering results and to replace a .422 manager with a .477 manager.
Passive Aggressive Disorder. This is a pattern of negativistic traits and passive resistance to demands for adequate performance. It is characterized by the failure to accept responsibility and to attack authority figures. A fine example would be the failure of an organization to disqualify an award recipient of an ill-gotten accolade and to instead thrust upon others to recast their original decision. Whereupon those called upon to cast judgement act in a passive aggressive manner by acting against the organization who put them in the position to begin with. It is a difficult situation to treat, as there's always a rational sounding reason why it is someone else's fault.
Encopresis. This is a disorder in which one vacates his bowels in places other than the toilet. For instance, when someone talks out of their butt and winds up dropping a heaping load of feces on an unexpecting public. This will commonly happen when the leader of an organization which is successful in spite of itself, cannot seem to figure out how to get out of his own way and he realizes he's incompetent to the task. He may wind up making the right choice, but doesn't know why and will likely experience encopresis while trying to explain the decision. This condition can often be cured by removing one's cranium from his rectum. Although in the most extreme cases, the individual may ultimately be removed from his position.
Failure to Thrive. Our last disorder today is the failure to meet expectations. This is manifested by the failure to close out a lesser-performing opponent despite three opportunities to do so leaving only a sudden death performance once this lesser-performing opponent levels the playing field...er ice. Another high profile example of this would be the failure of a high profile player to overcome adversity and allow a lesser team to take control of destiny, going on a roller coaster ride of exceptional performance to inferior performance and to eventually allowing his opponent to claim victory. This often leads to passive-aggressive disorder mentioned above.
If you will be so kind as to self-diagnose your pathologies, my next door neighbor Arse Cynic will be more than happy to dispense a little of his own eponymous medication. Just take it with lots of water and you'll be feeling just fine in a little while.
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This week I figure I will talk about the NBA playoffs, since there's not that much going on in baseball or football, and I don't know what's going on in the NHL playoffs because Gary Bettman is a fucktard who can't put his sport on a channel that I get on my tv. So, NBA it is.
I don't know about any of you, but I am looking forward to watching the Celtics/Cavaliers tonight in Game 6 - and I'm hoping that the Celtics can finish off LeBron and the Cavs, just so I can enjoy the pitiful Cleveland fans complaining about how the world is out to get them and that they can never win anything (I would say no offense to Beeze at this point, but I can't because I know he will be enjoying it, and probably more than I will).
I think I'm going to jump on the Celtics' bandwagon since the Hawks decided that they didn't want to play anymore after their game 2 defeat, because I don't know if any of you watched the Magic/Hawks series, but it was as bad as it was made out to be (if not worse). I really believe that we could have put together an 8 man rotation here at the gab and taken the Hawks down based on the way they played against Orlando. They didn't just lose - they were totally dominated in every possible way over the course of four games. And, it didn't help matters when they quit on their coaches and fans about midway through Game 3.
(This really pissed me off, because as far as I'm concerned, quitting is the #1 unforgivable sin for a professional athlete, regardless of the circumstances. I can handle losing, but an athlete should never consider quitting. Why should I waste my time and money to support a team if they're just going to quit during the middle of a playoff series because they know they won't win? At the very least, a professional team should give their best effort for the fans who paid hard earned money for those seats in the arena, instead of quitting like a bunch of pussies.)
But anyway, back to LeBron and the Cavs. Look - I really don't give a shit where the bastard plays next season, but I know he won't be in Cleveland, and if you're from Cleveland and you think he's coming back then you're just being delusional. LeBron doesn't want to play for Cleveland anymore - he wants to go somewhere that will give him a legitimate chance to win a championship, and we all know that he's not going to get that in Cleveland. And forget New York - he's not going to play for the Knicks either, because they suck. (Unless the Knicks can convince D-Wade to come too, LeBron won't sign there.)
So where will LeBron sign? My guess is Chicago, and I'll tell you why. LeBron is a selfish prick who thinks he's the best player to ever put on an NBA uniform (don't let his so-called "respect" for Jordan fool you - he thinks he's better than MJ), so what better way to prove he's the best player ever than to go to Chicago and become the next Jordan? Plus, Chicago has a better supporting cast for a guy like LeBron, and they are one legitimate piece away from competing for the title, and LeBron could show up and take the Bulls to the next level. So, he gets to play for a title and stroke his massive ego all at the same time: why wouldn't he take this deal?
(Now, I admit that I hate LeBron - but I'm also smart enough to say that if for some bizarre reason he ended up in Atlanta, I would adjust my attitude towards him and be able to cheer for him as long as he had on a Hawks uniform. It will never happen, so I feel pretty confident that I can continue to hate him as long as he's in the NBA.)
In the Western Conference, I'm glad that the Suns advanced, and I hope they beat the shit out of the Lakers for two reasons: 1) because I hate the Lakers, and 2) just to shove the fact that Arizona is better than LA down the pussy liberals from California's throats (No offense Fan82 and DVT - you two are not included in this group, nor is anyone else here at the gab that I am not aware is from California). In case you didn't get it: I'm pissed at the news that LA has decided to boycott Arizona over the immigration law that the Federal Government fails to enforce, so I hope that Phoenix beats the living hell out of the Lakers - it would just make it that much more enjoyable for me.
I'm hoping for a Magic/Suns finals - just because it would mean that yet again David Stern failed to get one of his beloved big market teams in the finals, and he can't exploit the marketability of Kobe or LeBron to fill his pockets while there is a championship to be decided. And, with the absence of Kobe or LeBron, there might even be some real basketball played - where travelling is called and technical fouls aren't called for farting in a superstar's general direction.
But who am I kidding? I know that David Stern will not allow a finals without at least one of his dynamic duo of Kobe and LeBron, so it looks like the Suns will be out of the running in about five games from now. I think the Cavs will choke again and will lose to the Celtics, and the Magic will overpower the Celtics to take on the Lakers in a finals rematch from last season. And this time, I think the Magic will come out on top. After watching them dismantle the Hawks in four convincing wins, I would be insane to not pick them to go all the way. And, because I know I'm always wrong when I make predictions, it's my little way of paying them back for embarrassing my favorite team. Take that Ron Jeremy. (For those who don't get that, click here.)
That's it for me this week. Be sure to leave your thoughts in the comments section.
But then, this afternoon I realized, it's not worth it...1. that's what they want...They want me to go off, so they can keep poking at me, and say what asshole I am...2. There's no winning...I'll never change their minds, and they sure as hell aren't gonna change mine...So fuck it!
