Thursday, July 29, 2010

Well, it seems everyone can get their 15 minutes these days.

As I was watching the Indians-Yankees game last night, Homer Matt mentioned a disturbance in the bleachers. It was actually loud and had everyone in the crowd distracted. At one point, the second base umpire even called time.

Homer Matt then continued with some cryptic thoughts about how it appeared there were two females fighting. Then he realized what was going on and started chuckling. Yes, some clown decided to wear a LeBron Miami Heat jersey. Now, why it took 6 innings for people to get on this guy's case, I have no idea.

Any video you see of this event makes me wonder, did anyone in the bleachers know how to film? Jeezy creezy, I saw one video where the guy could not keep the jersey popper in the frame. Another was filmed so you had to watch with your head tilted 90 degrees to the right. I mean, there was nothing I saw remotely close to Zapruder-quality. Shocking.

Anyhow, here's an update on the guy. And, of course, in true fashion, he says, "Eff the haters!"

I've read comments on cleveland.com that bring out the old refrain, "Wait until the national media gets a hold of this". So what? Even Kornheiser on PTI feared for LeBron's safety upon his return game and intimated he may have to sit it out. Huh? Really?

This sounds like a lot of huffery from people who don't attend games. If you wear an opponents jersey, especially at a football game, you will get yelled at. If you wanna be a guy who fights about it, there are willing participants lining up. So, it should come as no surprise that this incident happened. And, if you see the videos, it's clear he's enjoying the reaction until he gets the boot. As does his friend.

Two days from now, it's forgotten.

Meal of Links

The annual energy consumption of the average American. I go at least 50% beyond the average of driving 12,000 miles per year.

Could it be the greatest music video ever? The backstory of "Take On Me".

You know, Daniel Schorr, the last link to Edward R. Murrow at CBS died last week. I happened to hear an interview he did with Bob Edwards in 2008 on Monday and he is sorta like "Zelig" in his career. CBS, Watergate, Nixon's enemies list, CNN, NPR. Ane he was also friends with Frank Zappa. WTF?

Leonardo DiCaprio was going to do a movie with Mel Gibson. Even though he likes Vikings, Leo decided to tell Mel, "Nope."

If it involves The Who, you know I'm gonna lap it up. One of my favorites...

"La-La-La Lies"/The Who



"Dexter" stuff. I knew Julia Stiles was in, but did not know Peter Weller had joined for Season 5. Robocop! Masuka has a fake ad.

Ellen leaves "Idol". Looks like Randy and Kara need to look for work elsewhere and quick.

Foreclosures. Vegas still leads with 6.6% of housing units in foreclosure. The lowest rates seem to be in places no one wants to live.

Exercise Yard

Jack Tatum, "The Assassin" died the other day. Steve Grogan didn't like him all that much.

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6 Across: Northwest Passage seeker (6 letters) Answer: Cabot

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The good old days when MTV actually showed videos. Martha Quinn, Nina Blackwood, JJ Jackson..... Fridays, The Oven Grinder and the Mad Rapist Stalker cousin. Steve tipping tables, Ed with his head on a swivel,
Friday's waitress dressed as Betty Boop and all her pieces of flair. Take On Me was a good one. PFS