Wednesday Random Thoughts
1. Texas high school recruit Terrence McCoy -- who's older brother plays at Texas A&M -- explained his decision to join the Aggies in refreshingly candid terms yesterday.
"They take care of you down there," McCoy said. "I know from my brother they keep your pockets full, give you plenty of money, keep feeding you meals. Besides that all the help they give you with football. They keep you on your grades with private tutoring. Just good all-around."
Hmm, this sounds like our new sales guy rationale on why he chose to join the Stool. “They take care of you down there he said. Plenty of tits and ass everywhere”
2. There was an article in the Boston Herald yesterday with Tyler from the New Real World who went to Tufts and lives in Somerville. Here is an excerpt from the article
“The 23-year-old grew up watching the MTV reality show but was so busy with school, he missed the most recent seasons. Then he began watching the debauchery, drinking and hooking up that was ‘‘Real World: Austin.”
‘‘I was like, ‘Whoa, the show has changed so much.’ And I actually became very, very nervous because I do take myself very seriously and I do have a lot of career goals,” he said during a recent telephone interview. ‘‘I honestly was expecting this trailer-park train wreck. But once I got there and met my castmates, I thought, ‘This isn’t Austin.’. . . We had a lot of politically charged discussions. We’re a very intelligent group. It’s not just boozing and sex this season.”
Do you think Tyler got a knock on his door from an MTV executive after this interview? I didn't even watch it because of this. No offense dude, but I got better things to do than listen to you talk politics. I want hot girls who are having lots of sex and the guys getting in fights. And I want it now. As a side note, Tyler must have been out of the loop for more than one season if he thought Real World Austin had an excess amount of drinking and sex. That was child’s play compared to past seasons. To quote Homer Simpson, “you don’t make friends with salad, you don’t make friends with salad”
3. Boston Herald Inside Track - There was a story in the Track yesterday about how George Regan who owns Regan Communications is pissed at the Harvard Hasty Pudding Club. "Apparently three of his clients - Bonfire, 33 Restaurant and the Boston Harbor Hotel - got stuck with a whopping tab for the fetes - including a $10,000 bar bill! - and got virtually nothing in return. There were about 100 kids from Harvard drinking for free all night at the 33 Restaurant,” Regan said. “The bill was $10,000 and Halle Berry didn’t even show up!” As for Bonfire and the hotel - they provided a couple of lavish luncheons gratis, Regan said - and weren’t rewarded with nearly enough free press. The hotel closed the restaurant and gave them a $6,000 meal and got no pictures, no nothing,” he fumed. “They didn’t even invite anyone from the hotel to the lunch.”
While complaining to the Inside Track about people who have mistreated you is always a great move, I wouldn’t have recommended it in this case. When dealing with Harvard dorks the best thing to do is just beat them up and stick them in lockers. Regan should have hired a Northeastern kid to show up at 33 and just beat the snot out of these Hasty Pudding actors. That’s the only thing these kids understand.
4. The Flying Tomato was on the cover of the most recent Rolling Stone. Just look at this kid’s body! He is five foot nothing, 140 pounds and not a speck of athletic ability. Seriously he is 5”8” 140 pds. 
He couldn’t have tackled me in pop Warner football! My question is how can this kid be considered a world class athlete? I feel like the X game generation is screwing up the entire equilibrium of the earth. These freak sports/hobbies were designed by dorks who were sick of not making their Freshman High School basketball team. And all their fans are just fellow dorks who can relate to the fact that they sucked at real sports too and got picked last at recess. Guys like Shawn White belong in Central Square playing guitar or at band camp but not competing in “athletic” competitions.
5. Anybody see Barry Bonds dressed up as Paula Abdul in an all rookie American Idol competition for the Giants? I’m not here to talk about his outfit, but rather the fact I think Barry is still on the juice. He is freaking huge!!! And by the way, this should have been what the monsters looked like in the last Project Greenlight.
6. A quick comment on the finale of the Bachelor which aired on Monday Night. In case you missed the world’s most boring Bachelor, Travis, gave the chick he picked at the end an engagement ring on a necklace. Why stop there is what I want to know? Why not just go the whole ten yards and give her a clatter ring? I mean what kind of stunt is it to give a grown woman a necklace with a ring on it? I don’t even think High School girls accept that type of sh-t anymore. Regardless the bachelor finale was still good as always because it never gets old watching the 2nd place chick get her heart stomped on. I especially liked Travis’s unique touch of smiling and telling her how special she was right up until the point he ripped her heart out of her chest.
7. The First Lady summed up everything you have to know about American Idol yesterday with the following quote.
“Someone needs to tell Seacrest to lay of the orange tan.”
It’s true. He flat out looked orange last night.
8. In regards to the actual competition on American Idol, when will these idiots finally learn that slow songs don’t win the competition? I feel like I’m saying the same thing every single year. Slow songs don’t get votes. They just don’t. If any of these contestants want to hire an American Idol coach I’ll gladly accept the assignment. “Poise, Poise, Poise. I’m taking this girl to the top.” Overall, last night was one of the most boring American Idol shows of all time. It was just one slow song after another. Kelly Pickler was the best of a bad group. As a side note, I wasn’t sure Paula was going to be able to handle the first seat. I’m sure she was regretting the switch the second she made it. I think she almost fainted the first time she had to lead off with the comments.
9. 24 guys recap of 24
In the end, if I could have chosen which annoying,slightly overweight, and absolutely out of their mind blonde woman was to meet her demise last night, it would not have been Beth. She may have been a pain, but at least she was entertaining. I was disappointed that she went out with a whimper, but I think she made the right move by refusing to grease up against Annesa. She wanted to keep her "dignity"( as we all know, that's what reality TV is all about) and Annesa's reaction to the wheel landing on "Beach Brawl" was freaking scary. It reminded me of Lawrence Taylor in those old NFL films when he was all coked up screaming on the sidelines about going out "like a bunch of crazed dogs". The only way Beth could have survived last night is if there was a challenge on the wheel called "Creative ways to use the word Bitch". Rick James has nothing on Beth. At one point last night she actually said the following: Bitches, you want to bitch about me , bitch about me in front of me, not behind my back. You want me bitch, I say bring it on bitches". Nice. Hard to believe the Doors got kicked off Ed Sullivan for saying" higher".
Once again, much to my dismay, last night's "24" focus was mostly on President Logan. At this point, as much as I despise Logan, it's hard not to feel sorry for him. He is in serious trouble. It's one thing to have your chief of staff consorting with terrorists or to order the death of US citizens in a mall or even to sacrifice the lives of visiting dignitaries for the greater good of the country. Pretty much any agregious transgression the White House perpetrates can be spun away, as the Bush administration proves on a daily basis. No, Logans biggest concern at this point has to be facing the wrath of his wife. He can pray all day, (nice Nixon/Kissinger reference btw) he isn't getting out of this one. To recap so far, Mrs Logan's day has consisted of being ignored, chloroformed, felt up, nearly shipped off to a mental institution and now, to top it off, she is nearly incinerated in a limo, all the while knowing her husband, with the power to stop it , did nothing. She is going to be pissed. (We're talking "Alex Forrest" level pissed. Logan may as well start boiling the rabbit water now.) I can't think of anything a guy could do to get his wife/significant other as upset as she is going to be. If my wife came home and caught me snorting crystal meth off the stomach of an underage Haitian hooker who was wearing her earrings while I was simultaneously gambling away our life savings playing on-line poker she wouldn't be angry as Mrs. Logan. ( My wife has been bugging me to mention her in the weekly recap, so, there you go honey, enjoy!). On the other hand, anytime you guys out there get in trouble with the Mrs, and the "I've got to go" line isn't appropriate , try using " at least I didn't stand idly by while you were attacked by terrorists". ( As always, my relationship advice is free of charge)
Meanwhile, back at CTU, Rudy's tenure as leader is coming to rapid close. Typically, during a crisis day at CTU, they go through at least 3 directors, so it's not really surprising that he didn't last long at the helm. (One of my favorite parts of "24' is when the new director comes in and he makes that long walk down the hallway while they play the really dramatic music. Everyone turns their head to look, and one of the main characters, usually the person second in command at the time, who you would think would know, looks up from a clipboard and asks to no one in particular " who's that"?, and some temporary board op, who hasn't said a word all day answers " That's Thompson, he's from Division". I think on a quiet day CTU should have an employee/management retreat so they could get to know everyone at "Division".)
Celine managed to keep most of her annoying traits under wraps while helping Jack follow up on the nerve gas lead. ( Btw, can they please stop saying "centox" nerve gas. I think just saying "nerve gas' is sufficient at this point. Is it supposed to scare us more when they say centox? I don't know the difference between centox or any other kind of nerve gas, so enough already ) She almost made it through the whole show without me hating her. It was like a whole new Celine until she started quizzing Jack about how he knew Chris Henderson. ( "Who's he?" "I never heard of him". "What's he do"? "How come you never told me about him before?"..ugh). Fortunately, Celine enlisted Chloe to help her cause. Chloe was at her lip pursing, sighing ,loud exhaling best last night. Whether it was getting Edgar to go along with every felonious act just by looking at him with her beautiful blue eyes, mentoring new employee Kerry on her first day(?), or being exasperated while pleading with Rudy to follow up with the NSA on terrorist chatter, she showed her range as the most complete actress of this era. ( When Rudy told her " what do you know, your just an analyst" I though she was going to kill him. I'm pretty sure at some point last night I saw an advertisement for a new "24" video game where Chloe is a super agent named "Ultraviolet". I cant wait to play it.) Everything comes to a head when Celine stalks Curtis just as he is about to become the first CTU employee in the history of "24" to use the rest room. Los Angeles Times sports page in hand, he is just pushing open the door when she catches up with him. Curtis is hardly listening as Celine rattles on and on about how she wants him to invoke a Section 112 on Rudy. So far today he has been shot, choked and dumped in front of Doughboys house in South Central and now he can't even go to the bathroom. I'm pretty sure the reason his holster was already unsnapped when the guards came to arrest Chloe and Edgar was because he considered shooting Celine earlier. In the end, once again, the CTU lavratories are spared.
Reader Email
Email #1
A buddy of mine is getting married, so my friends and I were thinking of something to get the poor bastard, when I came up with the idea that we should get him a Dan Marino jersey, even though he has never pulled for the Dolphins or ever mentioned Marino, simply because it seems like he should be a Dan Marino fan. Everyone agreed - even though he never once mentioned Dan Marino - that he just seemed like a Dan Marino fan. So, my question is, what does that say about this guy? What if we'd agreed he needed a John Elway or Randall Cunningham jersey? What player would be the greatest in terms of positive things people would think about you, for people to say you should be a fan of? What would be the worst?
The Cracker for Carolina
That’s a hell of a question. Are we talking just football? If it can be any sport the answer is obviously Larry Bird. But if we’re talking just the NFL, I think a Bruschi shirt is as good as it gets right now. The guy is a winner. He’s been a winner his whole life. But he’s always the underdog and he just came back from a stroke. He’s probably the best role model in the NFL. You simply can’t go wrong with a Bruschi shirt.
Email #2
Prez, I think that MTV should ban quitters from future Gauntlets and RR vs. RW challenges. Personally I can’t stand Beth (her being in playboy makes me puke) but Anessa is obnoxious too. At least if there is a tug-of-war challenge someone might be able to pull her. P.S Anessa isn’t crazy; it’s an act which Beth fell for.
SKC
It’s a no brainer. The quitters are ruining the show. It’s beyond me how so many people can quit. It means that the prize isn’t good enough for them. These idiots have become pseudo stars and probably make enough money in appearance fees and other garbage like that. How else can you explain it?
Email #3
El Prez,
You are right about one thing; take the first day off for the tourney. But what about the second day???? Me and the boys would play 3 on 3 at 10am on that Friday, 2 out of 3 the losers would have to buy the keg of beer for that day. Count me and the boys in this year at Game On. (we are to old to be playing 3 on 3)
ck
I always take both days off. But I’m usually not so much fun to be around on the 2nd day because I’m down about 10 grand by that point.
Email #4
Did you see the fan at the basketball game who was hit in the face with the basketball after it was tossed into the crowd and ended up being taken away in a stretcher? I think he was stopping at his lawyer’s office before going to the hospital. The only one that suffered a more serious injury was young El-Presidente who was hit in the face as he was walking onto the court and refused to play basketball for the next six years. DAD
I did see that. I don’t know how that guy looked his son in the face after that. It was quite a show though. I remember getting smashed in the face. I was like 6 years old or something.
Email #5
Hey Prez -
Just wanted to shoot you this story re: the winter games, to show not every athlete is just looking for a free ticket (or is just an ass.)
Joey Cheek is a speed skater who won a gold and a silver medal (he also carried the U.S. flag at the closing ceremonies.) And in a total 180 from the his two teammates who looked like they were gonna claw each other's eyes out in a drunk-coed-on-a-Thursday-night-in-Allston-style catfight, this guy is actually doing some good. He's donating his $40,000 medal prize money to Right to Play, a humanitarian organization. He also got some corporations to pony up an additional $500,000 (so far).
Funny guy too: "I do a pretty ridiculous thing," he said. "I skate around in tights. But because I skated well, I have a chance to bring exposure to bigger things I'd like to pursue."
Just wanted to give a thumbs up to a U.S. Olympic athlete who "gets it".
- Andy
That is very cool. I hadn’t heard about this until you emailed me and that in itself is sad.
Email #6
Pres
What's worse?
Vince Young scoring a 6 on the first attempt?
or
Vince Young scoring a 16 on the SECOND attempt?!?!?
Give me a second chance to take the test and you better remember what you read the first time and ace it the second.
I know the answers probably aren't the same, but I'm sure you get my point...............the dude has rocks in his melon.
Vrb
What’s worse is celebrating after you get a 16 on the second time. Vince Young’s agent was making it sound like he just got a 1600 on the SAT’s.
Email #7
'Young supposedly scored a 6 on the Wonderlic test which by all accounts means a rock is smarter than Vince.'
The real question is what it makes you. It's spelled Wonderlich genius.
Frank Gaydos
"Actual space is intrinsically more powerful and specific than paint on a flat surface."
—Donald Judd
Yes, this was actually this guy’s quote to end his email. I’m sure this guy does real well with the ladies.