Day: October 15, 2013

Sunday night marked one of many things. One, Big Papi added to his legend and once again, restored Sox fans’ faith. Two, the political soapbox commentary that Bob Costas provided everyone with by taking his halftime minute on Sunday Night Football to talk about how the Redskins should change their team name.

This isn’t the first time Costas has taken his political agenda to the masses, and to be fair, for as long as he’s been in broadcasting, he’s earned his opinion, and the right to voice it. That being said, the opinion to change the name is wrong. Trying to get political figures involved is wrong, the whole movement against it just needs to stop.

Why? When has this ever been an issue prior to the last few years? I grew up in Redskin country, and not once prior to 2011 had I ever heard this loud of a voice, or any voice against it. Now, by saying I grew up in Redskin country, I’ve known fans of the team my entire life. I’ve known white fans, African-American fans, Asian fans, and yes, Native-American fans, and you know how many of them had an issue with the name? None. You know how many of them, any race, that are Skins fans have an issue with the name change? A lot.

Redskins fans have a deep, dedicated history of their own. Not so successful recently, but in over 80 plus years, has a tradition that their nation-wide fan base is intensely proud of, and if the team name should ever be changed, it should be at the voice of their fans, and not at the urging of a predominantly outspoken-white media movement. If you’ve been following the story at all, the loudest voices have been Roger Goodell, Peter King and now, Costas. Let the team and their fans have their history and their team, and leave the politics to the politics. I mean there are bigger government issues at hand right now other than a team name, right?

Are you tired of being bossed around by commercials? Don’t you wish you didn’t have to switch beer brands just because an ad made you horny or laugh? Now there’s a way to mindlessly watch commercials without losing self-control and consumer choice: popcorn.

A recent set of experiments indicates that, when exposed to a new product name in advertising, we simulate its pronunciation with our mouths. Unless our yaps are full of popcorn. Then we’re unable to remember it later, which means we just spent the past 30 seconds chomping, chewing, unproductively tonguing at bits of corn skin between our teeth and simply watching the bright, shiny colors pass before us, undigested (just like the un-popped kernels).

So, be clever while looking like a cow: buy Orville Reddenbacher’s new Ad-Blocker Popping Kernals today.

We could be just a few years away from hopping in Jeep Cherokee, complete with a CD-ROM, and a tour of a park filled with “dina-sowers” after a recent discovery.

An ancient mosquito has been discovered preserver in shale rock, nearly bursting with blood in its belly. Provided that we can control these things, The Guys have no problem with cloning dinosaurs. They are an extinct species that probably couldn’t survive long without us, and we can even train them to hunt and eat our natural enemies — every other animal species on Earth.

Calling 911 for the proper reasons is something that really should be given more prominence than “Click it or ticket” or other stupid programs. This has gone on for decades. Just 5 years ago, we told about 911 abuse for sub sandwiches.

It’s still happening.

A man called 911 because his Jell-O was stolen. That is a real sentence. The investigation continues, though the police need to act quickly if they still want to find the culprit red-tongued.