Day: June 28, 2011

Eat My Sports: Grantland

As many of you may already have gathered, I am a huge fan of Bill Simmons. I can’t quite put my finger on it as to why, it probably lies somewhere in between our deeply rooted love for the Red Sox and his complete ability to transition from Rajon Rondo to Lindsay Lohan’s breasts in a 1,000 word rant and make it seamless. Regardless, I admire the guy, and have done my best to immulate without hacking the man who has made a life out of being a sports’ fan who won’t shut the hell up.

recently Bill decided to take his talents away from ESPN. Simmons’ brainchild is Grantland, a website theoretically based around sports but with enough wiggle room to touch on Sookie Stackhouse and drop more tha a few f-bombs without it seeming too offbase. Which is why as a sports fan myself, it fails. Continue reading Eat My Sports: Grantland

Monkey see, monkey impulse buy

If Mad Men has taught us anything, it’s that advertising takes a lot of booze, cigarettes and whoring-around. So, it doesn’t surprise us that–when particularly cutting edge or risky–it takes some serious animal research, too.

Just for the record, we think there’s always room for red Jell-O with lady Capuchin genitals.

Definitely flash mob, not flush mob

The news is kind of like your parents, in that, they don’t always get the terms right when detailing a story to you, but you appreciate the effort just so much. My own mother has spent time asking me how a Ridiculous (Ludacris) concert that I went to was. I’ve even heard some parents of my friends ask them about the “internets” and if they have enough “Gaggles” in their computer.

Another example: a Delaware newspaper has a story about a flash mob marching together into a Philadelphia Sears and running off with tons of merchandise.

Except, it’s not really a flash mob, so much as a conspiratorial group. Yes, they may have all planned it on a social networking site, but a surprise birthday party for a friend of mine was set up on Facebook. That doesn’t exactly mean we’re going to break into a song and dance.

Also, Sears? Really, group of thieves? You couldn’t do anything more high class and less portrait studio-y?

Behold, the next step in politician evolution

Hey! Did you know that X-Men is a popular movie series that a lot of registered voters out there have seen? Rep. Michele Bachmann knows.

She said recently that not only is she running for president, but she has a “titanium spine,” you know, in case anyone thought she was made of mere bone. You know who else has a titanium spine? Wolverine. This is a great idea, presidential candidates can liken themselves to a popular character in a summer blockbuster.

Coming soon: Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is … Optimus Prime!