Brawl at the Shootout, Alec Baldwin, and Yeti Crabs.

As many of you already know, I am a Kentucky Wildcats fan.  I have been since birth and for some reason that I've never understood, Kentucky fans are supposed to hate UC.  I never really got it because there was no big rivalry or anything.  It's not like they play all the time.  The last time they played was in the NCAA tournament where UC was a 7 seed and Kentucky was a 2.  Eric Hicks and Jason Maxiell were the stars of UC, and Rajon Rondo, Randolph Morris, and Patrick Sparks were the stars of Kentucky.   I used to hate them because that's how I was taught, especially during the Bob Huggins era.  When Huggy Bear was let go of his duties, I started to follow them a little more.  I actually liked Jason Maxiell.  I have nothing against UC anymore.  I see no reason for it so that is that.  Now as for Xavier, I've always followed them, a little Catholic school in the heart of Cincinnati.  I've rooted for them to do well.  I liked players like Romain Sato and Lionel Chalmers who led the team to a surprising Elite 8 appearance.  They've been one of my favorite teams.  They're from the A-10 and I always like the underdog schools and they're local so why not cheer for them?

Anyway, I have always enjoyed the Crosstown shootout, and I usually cheer for the away team or underdog because I don't cheer for one team over another at any other point in the season.  Any of you that talk to me about college basketball know that I've always been a fan of Yancy Gates.  Yeah, he's a little bit of a thug but he's also a good guy if you listen to him speak.  He never lived up to his potential and he gets lazy on rebounds and doesn't run the court like he should, but I've always liked him.  I bring all of this up because of one of the craziest brawls I've seen in basketball.  I remember the malice in the Palace where fans got involved, but the one on Saturday was just as insane.  The game was a blowout going X's way.  Just win and as a Catholic school, you let your play speak for yourself right?  No that's not the case.  The Xavier players smack talked the whole time, starting during the National Anthem.  They never let up.  They cussed and taunted at UC coaches and fans, and of course, the players.  Xavier's image is a nice little Jesuit school, that doesn't condone any of this.  The fans chanted "Fu*K UC" during the game at Xavier's Cintas Center and things were boiling the whole game.  Smack talking came from both sides and the referees gave a total of one technical foul the whole game.  They didn't understand the rivalry.  The schools hate each other.  Anyway, a UC player got in the face of Tu Holloway, a first team preseason All-American.  Something happened to wear #5 for Xavier pushed the UC player over right in front of UC's bench.  Then all hell broke loose.  Yancy, who had the ball threw it directly at Holloway.  The benches cleared. Yancy blind sided Kenneth Fraese and it knocked him out immediately.  It was a nice punch but Kenneth was blindsided and I don't like cheap shots.  This doesn't change my opinion of Yancy though.  I still like the guy.  He was just coming to the defense of his teammate who was pushed down.  Those of you who talk to me regularly know I am a huge fan of Pat Sims on the Bengals for doing the same thing.  And at the press conference, for some reason they let the Xavier kids speak.  They came off with a "we are better than them" attitude.  Not just in basketball but like snobbish.  They aren't though.  Where you go to school does not matter.  UC has the thug reputation. I.E. Steve Logan, Leonard Stokes, Ruben Patterson, Danny Fortson, and who could forget Art Long who was known for punching a horse.  He later went on to work one of the basketball booths at King's Island.  Back to this situation on Saturday:  I believe that this could be avoided if the referees had called a few technicals and it never would've come to what happened at the end.  Xavier made their school look just as bad as UC's.  There is no justifying either side.  I have no loyalty to either school.  My unbiased eyes saw both teams look embarrassing and it could've been avoided if both teams have just shut up.  Xavier sounded like thugs at the press conference.  They are no better than UC.  Tu Halloway asked the beat writer for Xavier to tweet, "We just put them (UC) in a f**king body bag."  That is pretty classless.  I can't even defend it.  I also can't understand the #13 on UC stomping on Fraese who I believe was attempting to stop the fight.  This is also very classless.  I hope they can continue to play the game annually because one bad event doesn't mean it will happen every year.  

Winner of the Day:  Alec Baldwin.  Yeah, Alec, you are an actor, so you are right you shouldn't have to follow the same rules that everyone else does.  He was thrown off of a plane for refusing to shut down "Words With Friends" on his cell phone for takeoff.  There was a point where I was addicted too, but it gets old fast Alec.  Trust me.  A month from now, you'll be burnt out.  The story.

Loser of the Day:  The city of Cincinnati.  On national TV, its two major college basketball programs were in a brawl and on Sunday its pro football team blew a win.  Not a good weekend for the city.

Quote of the Day: "If you can't beat them beat them."


Song of the Day: Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin

Cool Animal of the Day: The Yeti Crab

From http://divaboo.info/

Kiwa hirsuta is a crustacean discovered in 2005 in the South Pacific Ocean. This decapod, which is approximately 15 cm (6 inches) long, is notable for the quantity of silky blond setae (resembling fur) covering its pereiopods (thoracic legs, including claws). Its discoverers dubbed it the "yeti lobster" or "yeti crab"[2].

K. hirsuta was discovered in March 2005 by a group organised by Robert Vrijenhoek of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Monterey, California, using the submarine DSV Alvin, operating from RV Atlantis[3]. The discovery was announced on the 7th of March, 2006. It was found 1,500 km (900 miles) south of Easter Island in the South Pacific, at a depth of 2,200 m (7,200 feet), living on hydrothermal vents along the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge[4]. Based on both morphology and molecular data, the species was deemed to form a new genus and family (Kiwaidae). The animal has strongly reduced eyes that lack pigment, and is thought to be blind.

The 'hairy' pincers contain filamentous bacteria, which the creature may use to detoxify poisonous minerals from the water emitted by the hydrothermal vents where it lives. Alternatively, it may feed on the bacteria, although it is thought to be a general carnivore[2]. Its diet also consists of green algae and small shrimp.

Relationship Advice Column Edition 9: Flirting

It's Friday, so that basically means relationship advice day.  Today's topic is flirting.  What constitutes flirting?  Everyone's definition is different.  The word flirt has three meanings according to Dictionary.com.  We are dealing with the first definition which says, 

Flirt:
verb (used without object)

1. to court triflingly or act amorously without serious intentions; play at love; coquet.

If you ask ten different people to define the word, you'd get ten different answers.  I know, you are all just sitting at home, at the school library, at work, or in some coffee shop somewhere thinking, "I wonder what David Brooks thinks is flirting." And Ladies (and gentlemen, if you actually read on Friday's), today is your lucky day.  Dictionary.com used a bunch of big words in their definition, two of which have squiggles underneath them because my blog doesn't recognize them as words.  My definition will be straight forward.

Flirt:

verb

1. To show someone you are interested in them many times in a light and silly matter, although it could be deep.

Basically flirting is anything you do to try to get the attention of someone of the opposite sex (or the same sex if you swing that way) and is someone to whom you are attracted.  With that being said, some heartless people out there will break the rules and flirt with people that are not attracted to which begins the term, "game playing" and it causes confusion, lead ons, and all of that good stuff.   

There are varying levels of flirting.  The first tier, is basic getting to know you or playground stuff.  You'd maybe pull the girl/guy's hair or like tap their other shoulder.  Maybe you'd tease the person.  Playful stuff you'd see at a grade school playground, and yes I've seen plenty of this going on in my adult life.  The second tier is sweet talking.  You know, like telling the person, "you are very hot with clothes on, I'd love to see you with them off." 

 I know that's cheesey and I promise I've never used that line in my life but it was an example to get my point across.  The third tier is the touchy-feely tier.  This could be a result of the first two tiers.  Cuddling, putting your arm around them, rubbing their back, and massaging are all examples of this tier.  Yes, you could be dating someone and still be flirting with them.  Anything beyond this tier goes past the realm of flirting and into deeper relationship/cheating categories, like kissing, making out, feeling up, and sex are not flirting anymore and anyone who says they are misunderstand and misuse the word, flirt. 

Flirt can take the form of a noun.  You've all heard someone use this line, "she's a flirt."  I think it basically means a slut of flirting.  I know that sounds like it has negative undertones, but it is just a statement.  I call myself a music slut all the time. 

Everybody has flirted.  Sometimes one does it consciencely; sometimes it's subconsciously.  Anyway, when is it okay to flirt?  I have been in arguments about this so I guess it is a debate.  Obviously it's okay to flirt with anyone who's single.  I don't mean single like on official documents like not married, but single as in anyone who's not in a relationship.  If anyone is considered in a "talking" phase of a relationship, it is okay to flirt.  I say this mainly because I don't believe in the term.  You are either together or not.  There is no middle ground.  You could be "dating" but that just means not going steady with anyone and dating around, and in that phase, of course it's okay to flirt.  Now when someone's taken, I don't believe it is okay to flirt with them.  Some argue that if the taken one flirts with you it is okay to flirt back.  I get that.  I still believe you should resist the urges even if you are attracted.  We've all slipped up and broke this rule, myself included.  Don't take the bait.  There's a hook on the worm; it's obvious if you just look and if you don't want that thing in your upper lip with someone reeling you in ready to eat you then resist the temptation.

I know I said I'd finish the story I began yesterday on today's blog, but this one is already long enough so I will save that for Monday.  

Quote of the Day: "If I kind of like a guy, then I'm a fantastic flirt. But with a guy I truly like, I get painfully shy."-Shannen Doherty

Song of the Day: I'm a Flirt Remix by R.Kelly ft. T-Pain and T.I.

The Pregnancy Story, NKU goes D-1, the Rock & Roll HOF, & Lindsay strips down.

So I thought about writing about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and how they inducted their 2012 class which included the Beastie Boys, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Guns n' Roses.  They are all somewhat deserving but there are more deserving bands that are not in like Black Sabbath, Rush and one of my favorite bands, Heart.  What more do you have to do besides have hits in every decade spanning back to the 70's which includes Barracuda, Crazy on You, Alone, These Dreams, and What About Love?  I was reading on Wikipedia that some article written suggested that Ann and Nancy Wilson, the two main parts of the band and sisters, were secret lesbian lovers.  That is just ludicrous to believe.  It inspired Ann to write the song, Barracuda, which made it all the way to #11 on the charts.  Anyway I am not going to write about this.

I could write about my alma-mater, NKU and how they have finally been accepted into a Division 1 conference.  Why can't we think of a better term to use than alma-mater?  It's not even English.  We should create some other word that means 'school one graduates from' because that matta - mater debate always gets to me and I never know which to say.  Anyway they got accepted into the Atlantic Sun conference where they will have one of the largest arenas and rank third in the conference in enrollment.  They beat West Virginia this preseason so it was about time to play with the big boys.  I can't wait until a few years down the road when they face the Wildcats in the first round of the NCAA tournament.  Here's the article. I'm not going to write about that either.

Here's what I'm going to write about...today waiting at the bus stop, I looked down and there, on the ground was an EPT wrapper.  For those of you who are still clueless, and EPT wrapper means pregnancy test.  It got me to thinking this girl who threw this out must have a story.  Maybe it was a prostitute making sure she wasn't knocked up.  Maybe it was someone who was raped, scared to tell anyone her story.  But here's the story I think is most likely closest to reality:


Carrie, an average looking 15-year-old sophomore in high school, planned on waiting until marriage.  Guys never really went up to her to ask her to hang out, and all she wanted was to be noticed.  The previous summer, she started a diet and lost 15 pounds.  She developed breasts and got a job at a local Arby's.  She was able to shop at the American Eagles and Victoria's Secrets of the world.  Her first day of her sophomore year, yeah the boys noticed.  They looked twice.  Colin, a star full-back for the 1st place Mustangs, really noticed.  


He'd joke with his buddies, "Wow, what happened to Carrie? She got hot.  I'm gonna hit that before this year's over."  Colin went old school.  He wrote a note which read, 


Hey Carrie,


I know you aren't the party type, but if you come watch me in my game this Friday against those losers over from Lyle County, Mike's having a little get together over at his parents' place.  They buy us alcohol and everything but you don't have to drink if you don't want to.  I'd just love to see you there.  It will be a big celebration because I know we're going to win!


Love,

Colin 


Colin was slick.  He stuffed the note through one of those little vents in her locker.  When Carrie opened the locker, the note floated to the ground.  She picked up, folded in the paper football shape, and looked left and right to see if anyone was playing a cruel joke.  Carrie slowly unfolded the note and mumbled it to herself.  A big smile whipped across her face.  


"So are you going to go?" Colin whispered as the two sat next to each other in class.  


Carrie looked at Colin in a shy way and asked, "Why me?"


Colin fed her the line that it was because she was the only girl he notices and she is gorgeous and all that jazz.  As he was saying these things, Carrie felt as if she was floating.  


(Stay tuned for tomorrow's blog for more of the story)


Winner of the Day: Lindsay Lohan.  She has managed to find someone to still employ her.  She was offered a clean million to pose for Playboy.  Her issue will be out in December.  The article.  Good for you Lindsay.  I'm sure Herbie the Love Bug is proud.  I'm glad she stayed on bail long enough to take the pictures.

Loser of the Day: Rachelle Grimmer.  She pulled a gun on her two children and her welfare officer after being denied food stamps.  The story though is this:  her daughter posted a few things on facebook while the ordeal took place... Her first post said, "May die 2day."  The other posts are listed in the article.  The girl was later shot by her mother critically wounding her before Rachelle took her own life.

Quote of the Day: My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on."- Forrest Gump played by Tom Hanks (1994)


Song of the Day: Crazy On You by Heart

Face Tattoo/Piercing of the Day:

Carrie Underwood Review, Pearl Harbor Day, and eye black legends

So, I hope everyone had a fabulous St. Nick's day.  The jolly old man brought me a tie conveniently for the show I was to attend in the evening and two used albums: Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Greatest Hits Vol. 2 and The Temptations 25th Anniversary Album.  I spent my St. Nick's Day attending my company's Christmas party.  If you read yesterday, you'd know that the talent was Carrie Underwood.  I know I was all about Team Kelly yesterday, but hearing Carrie's voice live makes me want to change my mind.  Her voice was amazing.  It felt like every time she hit a note, she was cheating on her husband with me.  I will have plenty of pictures up later on that I will post on the blog once I upload them from the actual good camera I used, but for now here's a ridiculous photo of Carrie from my cell phone. 

Here's my review:  It was the most unique concert I've ever been to because it felt private.  You aren't sharing the moment with an arena full of people, but just with coworkers and close friends/family.  With that being said, the audience was stiff.  No one really got into it like it was a real concert which kind of took away from the experience.  Everyone was all tight, which makes a little sense since you are in the presence of bosses but I wish people would've sang along, clapped along, and cheered like we were at a concert.  Now, the whole thing was free and I had a spectacular view and Carrie is a talented person, who just won female artist of the year the night before, so I have no complaints.  I had a stupendous time and I got to dress up which I love to do.  The food after was great and who could complain about free drinks?  The Carl Lindner memorial video was very touching and actually brought a tear to my eyes.  Carrie sang every song that I knew of hers except for her cover of Home Sweet Home and that new Mamma's Song.  I wish she would've sang Home Sweet Home because I love Motley Crue, but only for selfish reasons and I'm being very nit picky.  It's what you are supposed to do it a review.  She gave no encore, but the people didn't cheer enough to get one quite frankly so she was right not to.  I respect her because when she talks she seems very down to Earth and very sweet. It's not a persona she just makes up for cameras.  That's really her.  She was a journalism major...I love that.  I was a journalism minor.  She was in college wondering what she was going to do with her life, and she decided to try out for American Idol and it changed her life.  She's married to an NHL star, and that dude is a lucky man because he's married to a beautiful lady with an amazing voice and personality.  She just seems like someone who'd hang out with you, you know. She's not one of those stuck up, I'm better than you people.  I think it's because 6 years ago she was in our shoes.  She sang her heart out at this gig too.  Like, she just was at this big country awards show the night before and then came up here and sang her heart out for a few thousand people the night after. I really appreciate her and Great American for throwing the party.  Carl Lindner is one of the most amazing men to live to start this years ago, having many great artists like Carrie perform for his employees and employees reflect their leader.  Carl was a great man.  Cincinnati lost a great man who touched people.  He has already changed my life for the better and I never met the man.  I appreciate everything he has done, and I hope his sons can continue the tradition of the Christmas party.  It won't be the same without Carl but the party can be thrown in his memory.  I am grateful for everything Great American does for me.  Sometimes I sit back and say, "Do I really deserve this?"   But anyway I'm getting off track...Now for my grade of the Carrie Underwood concert:


Voice- A
Outfit- A- 
Song Selection- A
Audience Interaction- C-
Audience Involvement- D+
Band- B
Lyrics- A+
Performance- A
Overall- B+


Winner of the Day: America.  On this day, back in 1941, "...a day that will live in infamy," according to FDR, Pearl Harbor was bombed and ambushed by the Japanese.  353 planes attacked the Harbor, sinking four battleships.  2,402 Americans were killed that day, the largest of any attack on American soil until September 11, 2001.  America declared war on Japan after the attack of Pearl Harbor, who awoke the sleeping giant that is our country and of course the rest is history.  A crappy movie with Josh Hartnett and Ben Affleck was made about it and Ben's huge white teeth distract you from the movie, which is about an hour too long, but anyway  shout out to anyone in the military.  I'm proud of each and every one of you. I know it's cliche but you are my heroes. 

Loser of the Day:  The neighbor of Jinx.  Jinx was an 8 year old dog who was killed by eating hotdogs stuffed with needles.  The neighbor had complained Jinx was in his yard so he decided to be cruel and do this.  It's horrific.  Read the article for details.

Quote of the Day: "Press on: Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.  Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.  Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.  Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."-Carl Lindner


Song of the Day: Jesus Take the Wheel by Carrie Underwood

Eye black Legend of the Day: John Randle

A Tribute to The Best Blog in the World, and some leftover Carrie vs Kelly

I had an entire blog written about Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood that started like this:





Tonight I will be attending my company's Christmas party, and the entertainment for the show will be Carrie Underwood.  This had me thinking about the old American Idol debate, Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood?  Who is better?  Now, Kelly burst on to the scene after winning the first season of the show.  Carrie won the 4th season.  There of course were other winners, including my personal favorite, Ruben Studdard, but none compare to the two talents mentioned above.  One, a mainstream pop princess with one of the biggest hits of the 00's; the other, a country goddess and every song that comes out of her mouth strikes gold.  So who truly is better?  Let's review their resumes:

And I chose Kelly due to without Kelly there'd be no Carrie even though I believe Carrie would have a much longer and successful career, but for some reason, my blog timed out and never autosaved after I wrote long resumes for each side including Kelly's horrible performance in From Justin to Kelly which makes Mariah Carey seem like an Oscar worthy actress.  I included how Kelly has won a Platinum ranking 9 times while Carrie's debut album went 7X platinum.  I added that Kelly's Since U Been Gone was #5 on Vh1's Top 100 Songs of the 00's while Carrie's Before He Cheats was #99.  I added Carrie had guest appearances on Blue Bloods and How I Met Your Mother and is married to a hockey player.  She has collaborated with Randy Travis while Kelly collaborated with Reba, who is a ginger therefore I can't stand the woman.  Anyway, I had all this worked out.  Kelly is hot right now, her album's huge, so I went with her.  I'm not redoing the compare chart, because for some reason google timed out on me and I lost all the information I typed.  I had the whole blog written and it was awesome.  These are just a few of the facts I had.  It was probably the best blog I've ever written..You can't dispute it because you never wrote it.  Kind of like the Tenacious D Tribute song, "This is not the greatest song in the world.  This is just a tribute."  This is a tribute blog to the best blog ever written. Yeah it was supposed to be about Kelly versus Carrie, but it branched out into the meaning of life, the sound only dogs can hear, the feeling one gets while making love or going down on a roller coaster....that's what reading today's blog would've been.  Unfortunately though, google ruined it.  I won't even capitalize your  name google, you are not worth it.  Yahoo! is calling my name.  Does Alta Vista still exist?  Remember the old search engine battle?  Now all you have is Bing, google, and Yahoo! Is ask Jeeves even around anymore?  There were about as many search engines as 10-10-321 long distance numbers back in the late 90's and early 2000's.   As you can tell I am angry at technology.  I'm like Will Smith in the black people version of the Terminator, IRobot.  I feel like I'm Hulking out into like Ving Rhames with bullets across my chest in army pants and no shirt, with a machine gun wanting to pick off anything that moves.  I'd be wearing eye black of course.  Anyway, google, you giant and pioneer of the final frontier of the world wide web, yeah you with your fruity colors and probably soon to join with Amazon to create a super website that already owns YouTube.  You destroyed my greatest blog ever, and disappointed my tens of viewers who look at this daily. I will boycott you until I have to look up some useless fact like who invented Big League Chew or who sang that one song in the 80's that bombed but was sampled in a new rap song which made it big?  My blood is now pumping and all I want is to snap necks.  You can mess with me.  Just don't touch my writing, you bastard.  Internet, you suck.  Why did you time me out anyway?  It's freaking google.  I checked that always keep me signed in box yet when I'm in the middle of something you just log me out.  At least wait until I'm finished.  I'm really lightheaded from this.  I think I need Michael Clarke Duncan to come suck the sick out of me like he did Tom Hanks.  So when you become an angel on Earth would you have big wings like John Travolta in "Michael" or would you be a gigantic black man in overalls with a mouse as a friend?  Anyway, my tribute to the best blog in the world must sadly end because I actually have to do some work, so have a good day readers; I'm sorry you are stuck with this tribute rather than the best blog ever written.  It's kind of like going to see a horrible cover band, rather than the real deal, but hey it's all I got left in me.

Winner of the Day: 

, for taking my soul.

Loser of the Day: My readers, for not being able to read my best of blogs.

Quote of the Day: "Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense."-Gertrude Stein

Song of the Day: Tribute by Tenacious D

Tribute Item of the Day: Nelly's Band-Aid.  He wore the thing on his face because his homie, City Spud, you know, the guy from Ride Wit Me.  City went to prison and Nelly wore it in memory of him.... What a tribute.  

Why do we Love Sports, Madonna, and John Stamos controls the weather

Why do we love sports?  Is it because only in sports would a Wildcat and a Cardinal not like each other?  Is it because tubas dot "i"'s or because men in tights are considered tough?  Is it because it gives us a chance to relive the glory years by giving grown men the chance to wear jerseys again?  Is it because a strike could mean 10 pins in bowling or a swing and a miss in baseball?  Is it because eye black would have no other use?  Is it for the math? Most sports are filled with statistics, physics, and standings.  Is it to gather with 90,000 others who share the same passion as you do?  Is it to watch people jump and tomahawk dunk at 5'7?  Is it to escape from real problems in the world?  Is it just to have fun?  Is it for the love of the game?  Is it for the moments like Kerri Strugg in the 1996 Olympics or Joe Carter's walk-off in the World Series?  Is it to give you something to talk about over a water cooler?  Is it for loyalty?  Sports give you a reason to bleed a color other than red.  They make your heart beat fast in the final seconds of an intense battle.  They give you hope for next year even if the last was the worst you've seen.  They teach you discipline, and how to have heart.  They bring out the best in most and the worst in some.  They are the 15 over the 2, The Blackout over the Red Team, the Patriots over the Rams, a kid being cut from his high school team becoming the best player to ever dawn an NBA uniform. Sports are Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders and proposing to your girlfriend in the stands. They are money makers, agents, and sell-outs.  They are millionaires, and back yard games where no one is around.  They're getting picked last and hitting the game winning shot.  They are believing in each other and being part of a team.  Sports give you an excuse to tug on your ear and play with walkie talkies.  They inspire.  They make you laugh and make you cry.  They are like an old girlfriend.  They break your heart and make it better the next day.  Without sports, we'd have to pay closer attention to politics.  Can you imagine how boring that would get?  Sports are buffaloes roaming on a 100 yard field, bulldogs biting opponents, and big furry things doing hula-hoop dances in the stands.  They're tennis matches that last three days and a Tiger rising and falling in golf.   They are sweat pouring off your face when no cameras are around to prepare yourself for one special teams tackle in a big game that means everything.  They are war paint and broken fingers.  Scars that last forever and bruises that never go away.  Sports are leaping just enough to rob a home-run and taking a charge against a guy twice your size.  They are throwing a mean wiffle curve, and earning a nickname at Rucker Park. Sports are Whitney Houston singing the National Anthem amazingly and Roseanne Barr butchering the same song.  Harry Carey singing 'Take me Out to the Ball Game' and Howard Cosell saying 'Down goes Frazier.' They are Lou Gherig giving his luckiest man on the face of the Earth speech and Magic Johnson announcing he has H.I.V.  They are the Babe calling his shot and Muhommed Ali floating like a butterfly.  Sports are Gatorade showers and champaigne baths.  They are resurrecting careers and has beens and never will bes.  It's the designated hitter debate, and Pete Rose breaking the sacred rule of baseball.  They are T.O. obliterating teams and Chad Johnson changing his name.  They are Joe Louis shocking the world and Jesse Owens sticking it to Hitler. Sports are Cheese Heads and Dog Pounds, Big Red Machines and Steel Curtains.  Sports are reality TV, drama, action, and comedy all rolled into one.  Sports are The Dream Team, The Big Hurt, The Stilt, The Matrix, Chocolate Thunder, and White Chocolate.  There are Pokeys and Pee Wees; Corkys and Tractor Trailers.  They are Tim Tebow winning despite the talent.  Heck sports are the whole Tebow phenomenon.  Sports are Friday night lights and Monday Night Football. Most of all, sports are fun...so why do we love sports?  The question should be what would we do without them?

Winner of the Day: Madonna.  Yes Madonna, now basically a robot with dangily skin, will be performing at the Super Bowl.  The question is will A-Rod be feeding his ex popcorn like he did what's her face last year since Madonna will be singing?  They should've just gotten Lady Gaga.  She's at least still got a pulse. 

Loser of the Day: The sun.  For God's sake, can you never win a day anymore.  Rain makes people gloomy and it's rained more than anytime in the history of Cincinnati this year.  Please sun, come out.  I know that John Stamos controls the weather and he's been kind of out of the spotlight lately, but if you could come out.  You don't even have to be warm.  Just clear the clouds.

Quote of the Day: 

"People don't play sports because its fun. Ask any athlete, most of them hate it, but they couldn't imagine their life with out it. Its part of them, the love/hate relationship. Its what they live for. They live for the practices, parties, cheers, long bus rides, invitationals, countless pairs of different types of shoes, water, Gatorade, & coaches you hate but appreciate. They live for the way it feels when they beat the other team, and knowing those two extra sprints they ran in practice were worth it. They live for the way they become a family with their team, they live for the countless songs they sing in their head while training all those hours. They live for the competition, they live for the friends, the practices, the memories, the pain, its who they are. It's who we are."-Unknown

Song of the Day: Happy by Leonna Lewis

Sports Photo of The Day:

Relationship Advice Column Edition 8: Crushes, Top 5 Celeb Crushes, and What is love from another POV

It's relationship advice day, and today I want to talk about crushes.  You probably had your first crush in elementary school.  You didn't really know the feeling, but back then while you were acting like you hated the opposite sex to be cool, you'd secretly be into someone.  I remember back in 1st grade I was all googly about this girl named Brittany.  I don't know anything about her now, but she was like the one girl that gave me feelings inside back then.  She moved early on in our elementary years, and I remember being heartbroken.  Brittany was my first crush, but before I even knew what a crush was.  My point is these things start out before you even realize it.  


Urban Dictionary defines crush as "a burning desire to be with someone who you find very attractive and extremely special."  Basically something about this person gives you feelings inside.  Maybe it's because of pure physical appearance but in my opinion crushes go deeper.  Just because you think someone is hot is not enough for a crush in my opinion.  It's someone who mesmerizes you with anything they say.  It's someone who makes you laugh and has an amazing personality.  It sounds creepy but a crush is someone you think about even when you're not with them, and they have no idea you feel that way.  Everyone's had a crush in their life.  For the nerdy girl, it's the quarterback.  We've seen it in the movies 100 times.  The guy doesn't even notice her behind her huge glasses and greasy hair.  She stays hypnotized with everything he does.  She doesn't even tell her girlfriends (if she has any) about the crush because it embarrasses her.  For the jock, it's always the quiet one's.  Yeah they can get cheerleaders all they want but they always want what they can't have and the goth kid in band doesn't give him the light of day, which brings me to my next point, why keep quiet about your crush?   Crushes drive you crazy.  Most people don't act on their crushes for some reason.  Maybe it's because they are shy or maybe it's because they fear rejection. I'm of the opinion if you let someone know your feelings towards someone that most likely they'll be flattered.  Sure there are leagues, and anyone who denies it is naive, and a lot of the times nothing will ever come of you telling a crush the way you feel about them.  That shouldn't stop you from telling a crush how you feel.  Slobbering over your notebook for days, wondering if the person even knows who you are is getting you nowhere, you know.  The worst thing that will happen is rejection.  That's the worst thing.  If that happens, you can always try again later.  I believe you can win someone over in time, but more importantly rejection lets you know to move on.  Try someone else. Crushes are sometimes innocent though, because once you fully get to know someone if you do end up dating your crush, it rarely turns out being what you had things looking like in your thoughts.  


From the time you have that first crush, to drooling over who won't give you the light of day in high school, to the girl/guy in college who sits next to who you want so badly to break the ice with but feel intimidated, to the person at your job who you aren't allowed to date so it has to stay a crush, to the next door neighbor you talk to everyday.  Crushes are everywhere, but they will just stay crushes until you are willing to do something about it.  Be that first kid in grade school who admits to liking girls, or be that girl who finally gets the courage to talk to the quarterback.  Tell a one liner to get the lady sitting next to you to laugh.  Crushes can be more if you just try.

Top 5 Celebrity Crushes

5a.  Ginnifer Goodwin- She won me over with her sweet performance as Gigi in He's Just not That Into You.  She's cute, witty, charming, and funny.  She's ditsy but very cute.

5b. Alex Morgan.  I'm into athletes and she can ball.  Hit a big goal against Japan in the women's World Cup and looked good doing it too!

4. Danielle from Big Brother.  She's got an attitude and that seems to be my type.  I like to have your back when no one else does.  She's my bad girl crush. Sorry Miley Cyrus and Lindsay Lohan.

3. Hayley Williams.  She's the lead singer of Paramore.  I've always had a thing for girls in rock bands and she won me over watching an acoustic performance of Misery Business on YouTube.  She had this gross reddish faded hair but I still thought she was gorgeous which says a lot because hair's the first thing I notice on a girl.

2. Zooey Deschanel.  Elf.  Sweet, innocent, funny, and she has pipes.  She's awkward and really sweet in interviews and I'm attracted to awkward rather than mainstream.  I get her sense of humor and she makes me smile.

1. Mila Kunis.  She's different.  Her beauty is unexplainable to the norm. Sexy, cute, beautiful at the same time.  She has a different voice and very funny.  She just gets it.  The total package.

I'm still looking for a lady with qualities from all of my crushes so it's why I am still single I guess. What would your celebrity crushes be?  Leave as a comment.  You can be anonymous although that irritates me when I have no clue who you are. 

Winner of the Day: Orange Crush.  The best orange soda there is.

Loser of the Day: Brett Butler.  The former Grace Under Fire Star is now homeless after being on a successful 90's sitcom...she abused drugs and the show was cancelled because she asked to leave the set to get drugs.  She's homeless now. Link

Quote of the Day: (From a friend, written when they were in high school about a friend)

I Love You and Always

What is love?  It is a kind of sharing that holds two hearts together in loyalty and caring; it is an understanding that one finds only too seldom--a meeting of the minds. It is a gift of God, a blessing from above that fills the Earth with fragrance--this is love.  It's only once in a lifetime you find someone special and dear who makes your world a brighter place just by being near someone who finds the rainbow when the skies above look grey and who adds a touch of magic to an ordinary day.

You're my special someone and you always will be too.  For there's no one else in all the world as wonderful as you.

With all my love,

Anonymous

Song of the Day: Crush by Mandy Moore

Fictional Character of the Day: Cupid- (from Wikipedia, the source you aren't supposed to use but everyone uses anyway and is usually accurate)

In Roman mythology, Cupid (Latin cupido, meaning "desire") is the god of desire, affection and eroticlove. He is the son of the goddess Venus and the god Mars. His Greek counterpart is Eros. He is also known in Latin as Amor ("Love"); the Amores (plural) are the equivalent of the Greek Erotes.

In popular culture, Cupid is frequently shown shooting his bow to inspire romantic love, often as an icon of Valentine's Day. He is now in the current culture the personification of love and courtship in general.