Damn Yankees!

"Rooting for the Yankees is like going to the casino and rooting for the house."

- Doug Stanhope

Coveting

Coveting is a wet child angry to dry off. The same child who, 7 minutes earlier, was exhausted from panting to its mother to go frolic in the neighbor’s sprinkler. “We don’t have a towel“ she says, but that doesn’t put the cheese on the needy cracker. An adult coveting is not unlike the angry, sopping wet and annoying child. Sure, our needed and unavailable towel is evident, but the compulsive desire is still present. If I were to say, “Wow! Look at Tim’s bright shiny new thing!” Would I be unlike the desperate soaked lass? The truth is, that question cannot be answered, because I would never say such a ridiculous thing. Bright shiny new thing? Is there even a market for those anymore? I imagine, in some boarded up shack in the countryside of a Midwestern state, someone is desperately searching for the bright shiny new thing. I should send them a 60 watt light bulb. But would they get the point? Would you?

All Kinds of Wrongness: Shaq freestyling and dissing Kobe

The phrase of the summer curtsey of Shaq-fu: "Kobe how does my ass taste?"

Boston: The Best Sports City in the World!

Well, the title may be a bit misleading. But look at it this way. Within the last year, in 3 of the 4 major sports (Baseball, Basketball, Football & Hockey) Boston had either a championship win, or in the case of the (until then) undefeated New England Patriots, a championship appearance.

It started off with the Red Sox crushing the underdog hopefuls Colorado Rockies. The Patriots almost had their envious "perfect" season, but fell short (to the Giants of all teams! wtf!) Then last night, with a 39 point win, the Celtics put the nail on Kobe's coffin and sent him down river. 39 points!

Seems like the Bruins need to step it up next year. Expectation seems to be sky high in Massachusetts these days.

Congrats Celtics! Thanks for shutting Kobe up!

M.I.A. Follows The Dub and Quits While On Top of Her Game

On June 13, 2008 critically acclaimed Cult British/Sri Lankan star M.I.A. announced at the Tennessee love festival, Bonnaroo that she was then performing her last show. At the tender age of 30, this international phenomenon of worldly talents has given up singing to pursue 2 of her other innate talents: Art and her own clothing line.

I for one am a bit pleased that Mrs. M.I.A. (real name Mathangi Arulpragasam) is closing the book on her singing career. Both of her albums, 2005's Arular and 2007's Kala are damn near perfect in every sense of the word. With her departure at such a young age and on such a monumental pedestal, over time those 2 albums will become the stepping stones for other generations of musicians to follow and emulate.

Best of luck M.I.A. Say hi to Master Dub for us.