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 Friday, January 24, 2003
In his weekly column on ESPN.com, the Sports Guy Bill Simmons revealed that Jimmy Kimmel is dating Sarah Silverman - something I had heard about a week ago. Anyway, I was looking through my site's traffic log a few minutes ago and noticed that several people dropped by my site after doing a Google search for Jimmy Kimmel divorced (currently the 1st entry on the 2nd page). Just thought it was cool that that revealing piece of information in Simmons' weekly column could increase my traffic. Right now the majority of my hits from search engines come from people looking for the George Bush chimpanzee photo, Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (Golden Globe winner for TV comedy), Jimmy Kimmel or Sports Guy Bill Simmons.
Chicago artist Dick Detzner has a series of paintings called Corporate Sacrilege that I find to be rather interseting in the way they skewer the icons of mass marketing. I find it funny that his painting "The Last Pancake Breakfast" caused so much of an uproar a couple of years ago. Just goes to show that some people take things waaaaay too seriously.
Thursday, January 23, 2003
Ouch! This had to hurt.
So I was poking around PeteRose.com trying to find a few things for a small project I may or may not do. I stumbled into his merchandise area. I have no problem with former athletes trying to make money off of memorabilia, especially those who played before the big $$$ contracts came about. More power to them if they can get people to pay them. But what made me laugh my ass off was on the autographed baseball page. Most of the balls are listed at $109.00. And then there is the ball signed by BOTH Rose and his son, Pete Jr. This ball went for $89.00. But why the hell would anyone want to buy a ball with Pete Rose Jr.'s autograph to begin with?
Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Them celebrities sure do love their kiddie porn, don't they? First it was Pee Wee Herman and the principal from Ferris Beuller's Day Off. Then, a week ago, it was The Who's Pete Townsend. Now R&B singer R. Kelly is back in legal trouble with his recent arrest on child pornography charges.
Here's a column detailing how "The Sports Guy" Bill Simmons landed a writing job on ABC's new talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live". Worth a read if you are a Sports Guy fan.
Holy cow. I couldn't stop laughing about these kids who couldn't understand why their art teacher wouldn't let them make dope-smoking paraphernalia in ceramincs class. I wish I could have been there to hear some of these conversations.
My Super Bowl prediction: Bucs 13, Raiders 6. Bucs win with a superior defensive effort. Brad Johnson does just enough to win the game...and the MVP award (by default).
Well, it looks like Pete Rose is going to be reinstated to baseball so that he can be elected to the Hall of Fame. Newsday is reporting that Rose is willing to admit to and apologize for betting on baseball and will serve a brief probationary period. Why the hell are they going to let this asshat back into the game? He bet on baseball and he has lied to the public for the last 13 years about it. Screw him. Plus, MLB's Rule 21, section d states:
(d) BETTING ON BALL GAMES. Any player, umpire, or club official or
employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in
connection with which the bettor has no duty to perform shall be declared
ineligible for one year.
Any player, umpire, or club or league official or employee, who shall
bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which
the bettor has a duty to perform shall be declared permanently ineligible.
So, if he actually bet on his own games (which the evidence allegedly shows), then, according to baseball's rules, he should NEVER be allowed back in the game. You can't make rules that apply to some of the people, but don't apply to others because they may hold a prestigious record. That's fucking ridiculous. The sad thing is, I bet the only reason that Bud Selig is doing this is to try and raise his popularity with the fans.
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