Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

If (and when) Donald Trump loses this election - it would be cool if he and his wife did a re-make of Green Acres. It would be a perfect fit!... David Ortiz is just one of four players in baseball history to have 500+ home runs and three World Series rings. The others are Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and Reggie Jackson... College football announcers who say "true freshman" should also be forced to say "true sophomore", "true junior" and "true senior" as well... RIP Marine... Metabolic Cascades of Dysfunction would be a good name for a fantasy football team. It's also a fancy way to say "concussions"... If Hillary Clinton were a Harry Potter character there's no doubt that she'd be Dolores Umbridge... Just a reminder - house centipedes are your friends... Would like to see Shia LeBeouf get a role in the next Star Wars movie as just some random guy who gets killed in first few minutes of the movie... Did Money Monster really already come and go from movie theaters? Is George Clooney still considered a movie star?... Sangria Law would be a great name for a bar that had bacon as a staple bar snack... Sam Bradford reached his perihelion under Chip Kelley (just wanted to use that word)... Growing up we were all told that the big danger from Mexico was killer bees. Now it's taco trucks on every corner? I call that progress!...

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Jason Sudekis has been attached to play IM Fletcher in the long rumored Fletch Won prequel. If you've read the Fletch books I think this is a good choice.

- Game of Thrones honest trailer. A history test with dragons and boobs!

- Heh heh - "When he's [George Clooney] drinking, he considers himself a close personal buddy of the President."

- Cool - a wetsuit design that stops sharks from eating swimmers

- Amazon and HBO ink exclusive deal.

- Heh heh - Three stages of curiosity

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Cool physics - the potential energy power of dominoes

- "There's an old saying in politics: when your opponent's in trouble, just get out of the way" - Barack Obama. Good advice - let the proponents of Obamacare reap what they have sown.

- Jennifer Lawrence is awesome

- Interesting point - beer calories and your fat ass

- My big quibble with that above link - it doesn't mention the fact that Guinness basically has the same calories as a Bud Light. Guinness is good for you.

- The time George Clooney dominated Leonardo DiCarprio at pick-up hoops.

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Not being critical of Jason Varitek but after watching his retirement announcement I am saying that I doubt if a career in broadcasting awaits him... If the average American guy spent as much time taking online lessons at Khan Academy as they do watching porn online - the country would be peopled with the equivalent of millions of Ph D level men... I am disappointed that AJ Burnett's fractured orbital bone was caused by a failed bunt attempt and not someone smushing a pie in his face... Interesting article on George Clooney. Read it if just for a great Harry Hamlin anecdote... Am I the only one who sometimes confused Carl Sagan and Paul Tsongas? They did sort of look alike... I always considered Johnny Damon to be a clean player. I wonder what he thinks about Ryan Braun getting his 50-game suspension rescinded while Damon is unable to find any work?... If I was a Division 1 college AD with a struggling baseball program - I'd think about making Jason Varitek an offer to be new head baseball coach.

The Ides of March

I recently saw The Ides of March - the George Clooney political thriller (and yes I know that technically Ryan Gosling was the star but this was a Clooney movie). The movie was dark and maudlin but the feeling that really struck me after watching it was how misogynistic it was. Seriously - I am as surprised as you are.

I couldn't help thinking that there were just three women portrayed in the movie - a doting wife, a shrew New York Times reporter and the ultimately tragic nympho intern. Men in this movie had all the power and did all the thinking while the women were window dressing pigeon-holed into their assigned roles. Maybe the real world of politics is like this or maybe that's just how writer, director and  star George Clooney sees the world. Trying to figure out which of those two positions is more correct was what I was left thinking after seeing the movie.

I'm glad I saw the movie - and don't get me wrong - it wasn't a bad movie but it also wasn't a movie I'd be eager to see a second time. And BTW - the Ides of March in my house just means 2 days till Saint Patrick's Day.