Day: November 16, 2010

Eat My Sports: Washington, we have a problem

Everyone seems to think that I have some sort of huge problem with the Washington Redskins, that I hope that they’re terrible, that I enjoy their misfortunes. OK, so I laugh ridicuously hard when they suck, but honestly, I know enough people who are Skins fans, that I pull for them even when every fiber in my body screams “THIS IS THE TEAM THAT FOLLOWED UP A SUPER BOWL BY PUTTING THE HANDS OF THE TEAM IN HEATH SHULER, GUS FREROTTE, BRAD JOHNSON, PATRICK RAMSEY, MARK BRUNELL AND JASON CAMPBELL WHILE TRADING AWAY TRENT GREEN.” ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSSS.

After Monday night’s 59-28 schlacking at soley the hands of Michael Vick, I have this short column to say to every Skins fan: Monday night was a microcosm of why your franchise deserves every bit of criticism it has received since the first Clinton administration. You followed up overpaying Albert Haynesworth by offering a 34-year-old quarterback $80 million. your best defensive player is the worst top-corner in the league, you’re looking like Betty White out there. Continue reading Eat My Sports: Washington, we have a problem

Your game and you

Science marches on, and today it looks at your game!

Jeffrey Hall of the University of Kansas communication studies department has analyzed five different flirting approaches: physical, traditional, polite, sincere and playful. Whichever one you use can determine who you are as a person and what type of relationships you look for.

Unfortunately for The Guys, he left off “inappropriate” and “discomforting.”

Fourth rule of robotics: never harm your drama coach

Japan is really pushing this robot thing to new extremes — now it’s encroaching upon the entertainment industry.

The robot Gemini F, which can been seen “acting” in the video in the link, was part of a short play called Sayonara, which was controlled by a team of people off-stage. It’s not exactly the best acting, and according to the actors, it was plenty difficult to work with. Robot divas are such a pain.

Remember people, just because the Uncanny Valley is just over the hill doesn’t mean we need to rush over to cross said hill.

The man does know how to party

So, who’s ready for a sequel to a surprise hit comedy that will almost surely fail to reach the genius of its predecessor, but be played more commonly on cable than the first installment because it costs less? That’s right, we all know The Hangover 2 is going to be made, and we all know that Mel Gibson is not going to be appearing in it.

However, former President Bill Clinton will be making a cameo. This could be the greatest presidential appearance in a movie since Jimmy Carter in An Officer and a Gentleman.