Placido Polanco- Sayid: Never got the same amount of attention as Jack, Saywer and Locke, but was the backbone of the series. Forming a faction on the island? You want Sayid. Need someone to solve a problem with lives on the line? You send Sayid to do it. In the rare instances where he was injured, he’d walk it off, and he seemed to be the most dependable castaway, always doing the right thing.If you hear my voice in more than one question there, well, you know my ongoing concerns.
Also, Grantland debuted today.
I love that parody mailbag column. The Ben Francisco one at the end made me choke on my cereal this morning.
ReplyDeleteThe Grantland premiere was kind of anticlimactic. Nothing blew my mind, and only the HBO Recycling article was particularly poor.
He tweeted more along the lines of the Ben Francisco thereafter including "The Gload" and "The Utley," the latter of which involves an injury halfway through.
ReplyDeleteNothing the first day on Grantland blew me away. But this, today, by Chuck, damn...talk about eye-opening. I've always struggled with my love/hate relationship with sports and my DVR, and this absolutely nails it. I'm not sure it's going to change my sport-watching decisions (live or DVR), but it definitely will make me more aware of what the trade-offs are. Best line, when talking about the importance of commericals to create drama:
ReplyDelete"I should probably just sit through every commercial and let the tension build. But I'll never do that, because that would make me an idiot.
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6626431/space-time-dvr-mechanics
Thanks, Adam. I'll now spend my afternoon trying to come up with "The McNabb," which will almost certainly have to involve S&M and mother issues.
ReplyDeleteThe McNabb means you have to quietly gripe when your partner isn't up to your standards and you may vomit before the end. All in all, though, it can be satisfying for a long time.
ReplyDeleteThe Avant is one of the most reliable, yet infrequently used strategies.
You forgot the part about the McNabb where the people watching on the webcam keep yelling that you're doing it wrong.
ReplyDeleteThe Antone Davis involves ineffectively spending the whole time on your back.
The DeSean Jackson is very similar to the Herman Edwards (which is like the Chuck Bednarik without the violence).
I am much more excited about the prospect of lots of Klosterman than anything else. Hoping he moves off sports soon.
ReplyDeleteThe Mike Schmidt: a lot of hard pounding but you still get criticized for lack of effort.
ReplyDeleteThe Iverson: maximum effort, with exertion demonstrated on your face all the time, and then afterwards you go to TGI Fridays.
ReplyDeleteI am excited about Grantland only because when I followed the link, I discovered that one of the contributors is a high school classmate of mine, who I may or may not have propositioned in physics class.
ReplyDeleteHe's a writer now and I'm a French teacher - clearly the physics class was useful to us both.
ReplyDeleteThe Ron Hextall: makes you work for it but ultimately gives up the 5-hole.
ReplyDeleteStill up for grabs:
ReplyDeleteThe Mamula
The Eaton
The Stackhouse
The Mamula: looks fantastic before it starts, but comes up disappointingly short when it matters. Also, you could have had the Sapp instead.
ReplyDeleteAdding, for The Iverson: it's all game action and you never have to practice.
ReplyDeleteThe Abreu: it's pretty efficient from a technical perspective, but ultimately not that satisfying -- though you never have to worry about bumping into walls.
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