Friday Random Thoughts
1. These are the random thought nights when it sucks to be El Presidente. It’s late, I’m tired but I’m going to dig deep to pull together some interesting stuff. And the pressure is on since we changed our website yesterday to highlight more daily content. It looks like our writers got goosed on day one of writing web only articles. Oh well. On a positive note, I’m happy to report that I won the Bubble Hockey tournament at the Sports Depot for the 2nd time in three weeks. Lots of Stoolies were in attendance and I ripped right through them like a hurricane. Viva La Stool.
2. By Phil Miller The Salt Lake Tribune - Andrei Kirilenko has been granted restricted free agency - by his wife. Masha Lopatova, a former 
Russian pop star who has been married to the Jazz forward for nearly six years, understands the temptation NBA players are faced with as they travel around the country for seven months a year. And she believes that forbidding something only makes it more tempting. That's why, she revealed in a story in the current issue of ESPN The Magazine, she allows Kirilenko an "allowance" of one night per year with another woman. "What's forbidden is always desirable. And athletes, particularly men, are susceptible to all the things they are offered," Lopatova said before the Jazz's loss to Charlotte on Wednesday. "It's the same way raising children - If I tell my child, 'No pizza, no pizza, no pizza,' what does he want more than anything? Pizza.
"So this is the arrangement that Andrei and I have," she said, adding, in the spirit of openness, that she does not have a reciprocal agreement with her husband. "If I know about it, it's not cheating." Kirilenko, according to the magazine story written by Salt Lake City freelance writer Chad Nielsen, has no plans to exercise his "allowance." "Of course it was a surprise," Kirilenko said. "I'm not planning to do anything. But she said, 'If you want to do it, you can do it.' "
What has Masha Lopatova been watching Curb Your Enthusiasm or something? Let’s clear up a few things in this story. First of all, don’t insult us Andrei Kirilenko by saying you don’t accept the allowance because we all know your cheating on your wife. And I hate to break it to Masha, but letting Kirilenko have one hook up per year isn’t going to rein him in. It’s only going to wet his whistle. The bottom line is all NBA players cheat except Doug Christie. You can try and ignore it or couch it in fancy words, but there is no denying the truth. As a side note, I may propose this “arrangement” with the first lady. After all I did win the bubble hockey tournament last night. That’s kind of like being an NBA player.
3. 19 year old Amanda Bynes was at the CambridgeSide Galleria signing autographs yesterday to help promote her upcoming movie “Shes’ The 
Man” What is the deal with this chick? Is she the new Britney Spears or Lindsey Lohan? By that I mean is she the new really young chick that is so hot you can’t help but want to bang her ,but realize it’s kind of perverted since she’s only 19? I think she’s really cute. And she seems really wholesome, but you just know she’s a freak. It makes her even hotter. And for all you people who are thinking I’m disgusting just keep in mind I refuse to look at any pictures of Britney’s little sister, Jaime Lynn Spears. At least not for 2 more years.
4. Speaking of Lindsey Lohan here is a link to a little nip slip on her part. Clearly not safe for work.
4. 
JESSICA ALBA is this close to suing Playboy for slapping her bikini-clad body on the cover of the March issue and boasting that she’s nude or seminude in the article featuring the 25 sexiest celebs. The legal reps for the “Into the Blue” actress charge that Playboy refused “to take ‘no’ for an answer” after it approached Alba to pose, and then misrepresented themselves to Columbia Pictures in order to procure a still snapshot. Alba’s attorney is demanding that the magazine stop circulation of the issue and offer the actress a “monetary settlement.”
I hate when magazines manipulate chicks to sell papers. Who the f-ck does Playboy think they are?
5. Inside Track - T he House of Blues nightclub chain is suing Boston University, the Hotel Commonwealth and its Foundation Lounge for trademark infringement and deceptive practices for allegedly stealing the name of the Blues joint’s VIP rooms. “It’s David vs. Goliath,” said Foundation Lounge lizard George Lewis, who opened the Kenmore Square nightspot in the basement of the BU-owned Hotel Commonwealth last April. The House of Blues chain, which began in Cambridge in 1992 and now has a dozen or so clubs around the country, is complaining that the name is deceptively similar to its Foundation Rooms. The Rooms are VIP areas in six of the House of Blues clubs. Additionally, there is a stand-alone Foundation Room on top of the Mandalay Bay hotel in Vegas. “Foundation Room locations have provided a place for sophisticated clientele to socialize, conduct business, and entertain,” the HOB’s lawsuit states. “Notably, Foundation Rooms also include a lounge area called the ‘Foundation Lounge’ . . . an intimate area for socializing and entertaining within Foundation Room locations.” The lawsuit contends that barflies will be confused by the similarity in the names and that the Kenmore Square boite’s owners acted with “willful and wanton or in reckless disregard for the rights of the House of Blues.” The suit, filed in Boston’s U.S. District Court, asks for a court order prohibiting the club from using the name Foundation Lounge. Or even the word Foundation!
I’ve got to be honest this is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard in my life. If you can find me one person who confuses the Foundation Lounge in Kenmore Square with the House of Blues than you’re a better man than me. The HOB should just shut their ass and go away. Listen guys, you went out of business. Deal with it.
6. 
There is a chance that this next link is my favorite link of all time. Supposedly it is a link of Texas A&M basketball player Chris Walker and friends lip synching to “Total Eclipse of the Heart” Granted, it is on a University of Texas website so I’m not sure if it is really him, but does it matter? Regardless of who these guys are, it’s Gold Jerry Gold. The guy in the way back almost had me in tears.
Reader Email
Email #1
El-Presidente: I always told you that spelling was important, but you scoffed. Now you’re pushing 30 yrs. old and it has become, whether you like it or not, a central issue in your life.
DAD
I didn’t think spelling was important back then and I still don’t think it’s important now. If spell check can’t fix a word than God didn’t mean for it to be fixed.
Email #2
Prez,
I'm assuming that Friday's random thoughts are going to include a tribute to Craig Smith? Smitty (as Teddy calls him) has been one of the greatest college basketball players this area has ever seen and has done it with class. He's a 3 time all league performer and has recently joined the 2000 point / 1000 rebound club. Anyways, I'll be among the 8,606 paying tribute to Smitty this Saturday when he puts on the uniform for the last time at Conte Forum. I'm looking forward to reading the feature article he certainly deserves in next weeks in issue of Barstool.
-Legend
I’m not convinced he’s graduating yet. He’s been at BC longer than Dustin Almond has been at Southern Miss and that’s saying something.
Email #3
I would like to congratulate Vaughan's use of the upperdecker on the Hasty Pudding kids. If there has ever been an appropriate time to employ so devious a measure, it’s against Harvard drama club wieners. Serves them right for awarding Halle Berry for "acting". Cassidy
To Berry’s defense she did put on a good show at the award ceremony. I think the dork kid creamed himself during her lap dance.
Email #4
Prez,
Can you help me get to the bottom of the phrase “not for nothing”? JF used it in yesterday’s random thoughts, and I have a friend that uses it…drives me crazy. What the hell does it mean? And how can a phrase consisting of three words really have two negatives in it? The WBC is looking like more a joke by the day, the Dominican Republic isn’t looking so tough now without Manny, Vlad or Pedro. You haven’t weighed in on the labor strife in the NFL…what up? I’d hate to see the Cowboys and Redskins turn in the Yankees and Red Sox, although since Paul Allen is far richer than any other owner it might be good for Seattle. Today’s going to be a good day, the air is always a little sweeter when Duke loses.
Brian in NYC
I got to admit that I use nothing from nothing. For me it means “not that you care”
Email #5
Just wanted to remind you that David Ortiz was injury prone (every frickin year) when he played for the Twins. Your luck is running out, especially with the WBC coming up.
-Brett, Minneapolis
How’s the Love Boat working out?
Email #6
Yo El,
I'm glad you still remember that I'm the original "no caps" guy on your website. In a very deep dark vestibule somewhere under my ballbag I still harbor a grudge due to the fact that you robbed me of my originality and trademark, but for the good of our relationship, your sanity, and my festering nuts, I've agreed to let bygones be bygones as you already know. Please note that my last couple of years of conformity on this whole grammar thing is due to the great respect I have for you and your work. The last thing I'd ever want is for you to think of me as just another "Donald Judd" just passing through. That's almost as bad as being called Peyton. Far be it from me to shy away from a locker room clearing WWF melee. To paraphrase Hacksaw Jim Duggan.....HOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!
ED FROM EASTON (now living in stoughton)
Ed, I’m just hoping you make it to the March Madness party. It wouldn’t be the same without you.
Email #7
Congrats you won the tourney tonight at Sport Depot, but just remember you didn't have to play me or Legend on your way to the title. Your bracket had a bunch of 3rd grade girls in it. My first game was the longest bubble hockey game in history in round 1. Fatigue set in in round 2. Despite being down 3-0, I was able to battle to 3-2 and have the clock run down, but before I could tie it, USA was able to capitalize on a goal.
I still own Pete Manzo though!
Bon
nSp
Listen, you talked a lot of junk. I told you to show up to the rink and lace em up. You got bounced in the 2nd round while I waltzed through the brackets and won another world title. End of story. And saying you own Manzo means nothing. Everybody owns Manzo.