A TERRIBLE RESOLVE: Today's the 66th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and, as always around this time, there's a goodly chance you can catch the brilliant 1970 movie Tora! Tora! Tora! If you have not watched this cast-of-thousands epic of late (or at all) you should be sure to do so. It's one of the best battle films you will ever see. That is, a movie that deigns simply to relay the history of part of a war without telegraphing for you -- the brain dead, morally tone deaf, non-SAG-member audience -- that war is in fact a bad thing.
Curiously, at least according to the Oracle of Wikipedia, the quote from Admiral Yamamoto was made up.
Friday, December 7, 2007
YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT: Apparently, Oakland is where Barry Bonds' career will go to die. Of course (and scandal aside) I have no idea how his numbers fit into the Moneyball analysis and I don't see how a team pays him more than about $3M a year, and I don't think he'd take less than $10M.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
OUT OUT DAMNED SPOT: Somehow, I think tonight's Grey's places pretty highly on this chart (probably somewhere between Mortal Kombat and Sweeney Todd). Also, anyone else find it ironic that by all accounts, There Will Be Blood contains far less blood than Sweeney?
SI.com - 2007 Sportsman of the Year - 2007 Sportsman of the Year: Brett Favre - Tuesday December 4, 2007 12:14AM
NO, PETER KING DIDN'T WRITE IT: Brett Favre is your 2007 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year.
As I said last year, it probably should have been Roger Federer. Three more Grand Slam titles, including his fifth straight at Wimbledon and fourth straight at the U.S. Open. A record 201 straight weeks as the #1 ranked men's player in the world. Just a stunning level of performance in a sport from which Americans have drifted away.
Alternately, it should have been Barry Bonds or The Needle, as that has been the dominant story across so many sports this year.
As I said last year, it probably should have been Roger Federer. Three more Grand Slam titles, including his fifth straight at Wimbledon and fourth straight at the U.S. Open. A record 201 straight weeks as the #1 ranked men's player in the world. Just a stunning level of performance in a sport from which Americans have drifted away.
Alternately, it should have been Barry Bonds or The Needle, as that has been the dominant story across so many sports this year.
YouTube - Barack OBollywood
TIME FOR OUR REGULAR BHANGRA UPDATE: Yes, okay, it's been a while since our last one, but since it contains no political content whatsoever I can gleefully link to this Obama-meets-Bollywood mashup video.
IF YOU'RE NOT CHEATING, YOU'RE NOT TRYING: There was a little bit of complaining about the lack of an ANTM post today, so let me just say: blame fraud for distracting me. In truth though, there isn't much to say about last night's episode. The right person went home (and should have gone home last week, or several times during the last few weeks), and we saw yet another of the show's go-to moves: encourage contestant to open up and say what's on her mind, then absolutely savage her for opening up and saying what's on her mind. In fact, if you go on this show and you say anything other than "I want to be just like Tyra, except not quite as good" or, for the less comfortable with the English language (not pointing any fingers at past winners, you understand), "yay Tyra!"
As for the rest of the season -- meaning the only remaining episode -- since they fired the one who took the best pictures, I don't really care who wins. (Actually, I'm kind of rooting for Jenah, who is very much a stunning model whenever she hides her teeth and the pocket doors that cover them, plus she seems kind of normal.) If I were betting on this, though, I wouldn't discount the fact that Tyra likes to do whatever makes her look the best, and ever since Tyra cured autism, her T-Zone work to build kids' (including Saleisha's) self-esteem has been begging for some screen time. I mean, this is a really phenomenal story, guys -- Tyra took a tall, skinny, beautiful, gregarious, sociable girl and gave her self-esteem! A Christmas miracle! Though, presuming that one gets paid to model professionally for ANTM and for The Tyra Banks Show Starring Tyra Banks, that's not all she gave her. I'm going to predict that if Saleisha wins it this cycle, then next cycle the final two are going to be Tyra's mom and the ref who gave Chris Webber the technical for the phantom timeout.
As for the rest of the season -- meaning the only remaining episode -- since they fired the one who took the best pictures, I don't really care who wins. (Actually, I'm kind of rooting for Jenah, who is very much a stunning model whenever she hides her teeth and the pocket doors that cover them, plus she seems kind of normal.) If I were betting on this, though, I wouldn't discount the fact that Tyra likes to do whatever makes her look the best, and ever since Tyra cured autism, her T-Zone work to build kids' (including Saleisha's) self-esteem has been begging for some screen time. I mean, this is a really phenomenal story, guys -- Tyra took a tall, skinny, beautiful, gregarious, sociable girl and gave her self-esteem! A Christmas miracle! Though, presuming that one gets paid to model professionally for ANTM and for The Tyra Banks Show Starring Tyra Banks, that's not all she gave her. I'm going to predict that if Saleisha wins it this cycle, then next cycle the final two are going to be Tyra's mom and the ref who gave Chris Webber the technical for the phantom timeout.
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