Redskins fans: they’re easy to pick on, and lets face it, I do it a lot. Why? Because their last point of relevancy was during George Bush 1.0’s presidency, they hired Norvell Turner and from every QB from Heath Shuler to Jason Campbell? Well that’s just too easy.
Their latest continuing atrocity? Albert Haynesworth. Continue reading Eat My Sports: An offseason to remember
Five!
Five dollar!
Five dollar –GAH, EXCUSE ME WHILE I STAB MYSELF IN THE BRAIN.
Many people share that same sentiment as I, but ultimately to no avail. Subway has become a perpetual monster of the sandwich shop (but not ye olde sandwitch shoppe), even going so far as to state that the term “footlong” is exclusive to Subway and Subway alone (trademark pending). Major emphasis should be on the trademark pending portion, but nonetheless, that’s not stopped Subway from sending C&D’s to companies over their usage of the term.
But perhaps that may not continue. Casey’s General Stores of Ankeny, Iowa, a regional convenience store chain with around 1600 locations, has decided to not be bullied into submission.
Casey’s is asking for a jury trial and is seeking a declaration that the term “footlong” is generic and does not violate any trademark owned by Subway. Casey’s is also asking for unspecified damages over Subway’s “frivolous” claims.
We for one wouldn’t be against cheering for the little guy, though mainly because our Subway in college was too far away to get free cookies from late at night.
In a sign that maybe Skynet won’t take us down after all, Brad Rutter tied Watson, a super-IBM computer in part of a three day challenge on Jeopardy.
However, it should be noted that Watson may not have been able to pick up on “The pen is mightier,” “An album cover,” or “Colors that end in ‘urple'” categories.
Do you smell that? In the air? No, it’s not (just) leftover Astroglide from yesterday’s Valentine’s celebrations. It’s the aroma of pennies being saved and earned in this year’s round of budget cuts!
The President has his plan, but Republicans have theirs; and theirs includes killing Sesame Street or at least forcing the simpler speaking Muppets into a voucher program. House Republicans want PBS, and NPR, off the government dole for what they perceive as over 40 years of unchecked liberal picture-moving.
You know what? They’re kind of right. PBS never really went out of their way to program shows that pander to conservatives. Maybe tax dollars shouldn’t help fund their programming if they ignore half of the political population.
And, so long as we’re trimming the politically-biased fat off of our pork, then perhaps it’s also time to eliminate churches’ tax-free status. After all, they cater almost exclusively to conservatives and even tell their donors how to vote.
It seems like every few weeks there’s a new study out saying that Americans are stupid. We don’t know or care enough to read food labels, we can’t teach our children, we consider ourselves members of the Tea Party, etc.
Well, one out of three Russians hold geocentric beliefs. What’s that, you don’t know what that means? They think the sun rotates around the Earth. Eat it, comrades, you’re dumber than we are!
