Monday Random Thoughts
1. Did anybody watch Duke vs. NC on Saturday Night? And if so which channel did you watch it on? The Duke vs. UNC game was on ESPN, ESPN 2, and ESPN U. The same freaking game! Only ESPN would pull a stunt like this. This is one of the dumbest things in recent television history. I’m not buying that anybody watched the game on ESPN U which featured the Cameron Crazy Cam. I tried to check it out and got sea sick 20 seconds into it. Anyway, as for the game itself, UNC firmly established itself as a dark horse for the tournament. They’ve been just about the hottest team down the stretch in the country and showed no signs of slowing down on Saturday Tyler Hansborough is a future #1 pick and the rest of the team is very good. Carolina is definitely going to be a trendy upset pick to make it to Indianapolis.
2. I don’t know about you but I can’t really start thinking about March Madness until Popeye Jones Alma matter is officially in the dance. Thankfully the Murray State Racers qualified on Saturday which means it’s go time.
3. This link of a virtual bartender is endless fun. You need to type in different stuff to do and she’ll do it. You can type in stuff like “drink a beer” “light my cigar” "touch yourself" and "dance" and she’ll do it all. It’s very cool. I wish we could have virtual Barstool Sports girls.
4. On Friday we had a quick story about Amanda Bynes being in Boston to promote her new movie She’s the Man”. Well according to the INSIDE TRACK her stay in the hub wasn’t so special. First she got denied drinks at Bonfire and then she got denied getting into the Foundation Lounge. Hmm, what are these Boston restaurants and clubs doing? If Amanda Bynes says jump you jump. I don’t care if she is 19 years old or not. Figure out a way to get her in the club and make it happen.
5. I didn’t even know that this next story was possible. Kayla Alire, the senior point guard at Mesa Vista High in Ojo Caliente started experiencing stomach pains on the bus ride home from a basketball game. A game in which she sank two 3 pointers. What she didn't realize was that she was experiencing labor pains. Two hours later, she was at Española Hospital in labor. An hour after arriving, she gave birth to a 6-pound, 4-ounce baby boy no one knew was coming. "I was shocked," she said. "I was just so amazed."
This is crazy! Apparently athletic chicks sometimes don’t realize they are pregnant. Thank God the First Lady has only done one sit up since I’ve known her. As a side note I wonder how Kayla described her night to her friends. “I knocked down a couple 3’s, pulled down 5 boards, had 6 assists and a kid.”
6. This next link took me about 5 hours to finally download but it was worth it. It is a clip from Saturday Night Live ofNatalie Portman hard core gansta rap. It’s hilarious
7. I feel like today is a banner day for links. This next one is a great time killer at work. Basically you have to shoot 10 quails without shooting Dick Cheney’s friend Harry in the process. You can also alter the level of difficulty
8. I caught up on TV this weekend and watched the Amazing Race. I haven’t decided what I think about the contestants yet. The only team that seems like a powder keg waiting to explode is the dentist and his wife. That guy is the prototypical nut case that they look for on the Amazing Race who is always a heartbeat away from beating his wife. And I like how this guy wears a patch behind his ear just to step up his craziness factor. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that the first team eliminated was not a surprise. And it’s not because their gay. How do you expect to compete in the Amazing Race wearing Tivas? You got to be out of your mind.
Reader Email
Email #1
Hey Brett from Minneapolis,
Papi since 2003: 119 HRs, 388 RBIs and some of the most memorable clutch hits in the history of baseball. Bet the Twinkies would like to have someone like that. And guess what the Sox had to give up for him? Nothing, absolutely nothing. To quote Rounders, "Oooooh, that stings, Birch." Have fun with your $30 mil payroll.
Mack
Ortiz could never get a hit for the rest of his career and he’d go down in Red Sox lore as one of the all time greats.
Email #2
The typical common usage of "not for nothing"
translates to several meanings, depending on usage:
1) In the form of a question it means "If you don't mind my asking". Example would be "Not for nothing, but how the hell did you manage to hook up with her?"
2) Making a declarative statement it can mean "I really don't want to say this but I feel I need to".
Example would be "Not for nothing, but you're acting like a retard." Or as El Pres pointed out it can mean "Not that you care."
3) The literal meaning, and this applies when it is not used in one of above usages but most commonly in the middle of sentence is that an effort was not wasted. Example: "Even though the Pats didn't score a touchdown on that drive it was not for nothing as they came away with a field goal."
Big Remy
Right. I use it like in example #1. It means “no offense” for me.
Email #3
El Presidente...I'm a little concerned with what I heard this morning. Is it true that as of Monday morning Adam Vinatieri will be a free agent?? He turned down our $2 million offer! I hope this is not true and that he is not becoming just another money hungry athlete. I am very upset by the fact that I may not see him kick for the Patriots next season not only because he is so damn good at what he does and is clearly one of our key players, but also because who can complain about watching his tight little butt in those pants??
~Noelle
Yup, it looks like Vinatieri is gone if the NFL actually has a season next year. As far as the pants thing, whatever floats your boat. But I don’t think chicks should dig kickers as a general rule of thumb. It throws of the equilibrium of the earth.
Email #4
EL P,
More news about that fateful night about the Shitty Pudding Club, my buddy Broseph, actually stole a little mechanical alligator that was in the Teddy Roosevelt room in honor of him killing an alligator with his bare hands or something. He still has it and I'm in the works of getting some photogs of it so we can send them in, maybe hold it ransom. Vaughan, ATown
I’d love to publish a photo of that.
Email #5
El pres,
I cannot believe you bragged about winning the tournament last night and you did not mention once, in the last week of Random Thoughts, how you got smoked last week in the first round. The best part was how you said to me "I will right back after I crush this guy". Needless to say, the shock on your face after your whipping was Gold Jerry, Gold.
put that in your "random Thoughts" and smoke it.
DMINCH
To my defense I didn’t write random thoughts the next day and the guy who beat me was on the Bubble Hockey Tour. Literally. But I’ll be ready for him in the tournament of champions.
Email #6
" And saying you own Manzo means nothing. Everybody owns Manzo. “-this is the single greatest Random Thought ever. I hope to see Pete this weekend so I can say it over and over again...
Also - can we ban Legend and the BC propaganda from Random Thoughts? I think the Stool / Random Thoughts should give him up for Lent. The 40 day ban should be more than enough time for BC to get bounced out of both the ACC and NCAA tournaments early. Then everyone leaves happily ever after....
Tmoney
We don’t ban people for school spirit at the Stool.
Email #7
when I first heard of the foundation lounge that's exactly what I thought it was the "foundation room"(now of course I know better and I know the guys who own it) but I go to the one in Vegas all the time and the athletes who are in the city (Boston) on road trips have started going to the foundation room I guarantee they think its the same on as in Vegas. Hope all is well keep up the good work I read theses things daily..CC
Hmm, this may be the most intelligent random thought ever. I never thought of it that way. Now the question is whether the Boston Foundation Lounge intentionally named itself the Foundation Lounge to trick famous people into going there. Maybe I owe an apology to the House of Blues after all.
Email #8
I use "not for nothing" also. To me it sort of announces that your about to say something important. I think I really began to notice that it was said a lot on the Sopranos which is the only reality show that I watch on television. I guess there is a problem when I think it means one thing and you think it means something totally different. I think that we again have a failure to communicate.
DAD
The Sopranos is a reality show? “Not for Nothing” means your going to say something important? Maybe we don’t communicate because you don’t know what you’re talking about?