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Stuff I found of interest and thought I'd share.

God help me but I find this very funny

Japanese Game of Thrones

Astronomer finds black hole sucking in star

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Very cool Junior Seau story

Interesting Mike Silver Story

Reading through Mike Silver's latest NFL column when I came across this gem of a story:

While rookies are typically the prime candidates, credit-card roulette is not an uncommon resolution tool. I’ve even fallen victim, albeit with far less damage than Bryant incurred: Once, after a Chargers training camp practice, I ended up at Japengo, a La Jolla sushi hotspot, with way too many players at happy hour. A constant barrage of cocktails and raw fish ensued. Suddenly, someone looked at his watch and noticed that curfew was approaching, and the table cleared out like the waiter had just yelled, “Bad blowfish!” Before I knew what had hit me, Junior Seau had his arm on my shoulder and said, “Silv … you’ve got the check, right budddeeeee?” Fortunately my employer at the time, Sports Illustrated, was understanding of my desire not to disappoint one of the toughest men in football in his time of need. A year later I laughed upon learning that then-rookie quarterback Ryan Leaf – same sushi spot, same smooth Seau move – had declined the opportunity to take care of the tab. That got him on Seau’s bad side, and he soon managed to tick off Rodney Harrison and every other prominent Chargers player.

Short story but it helps explain why Mike Silver has great access in NFL locker rooms and why Ryan Leaf was such a douche loser.

Red Sox Magic Number



The Red Sox magic number is now 55. I was going to post a picture of Junior Seau wearing his Patriots' 55 but him with him wife was more appealing to me. Not sure but I think Seau is all-done with football (although it's possible he could pull a Brett Favre).

Draft Day

Are you excited that its NFL Draft Day? Will you be watching it all on TV? If you said yes - I say get a life. Sure I may check to see who the Pats take at #7 or check to see where Matt Ryan ends up but I'll do that periodically. It won't be the focus of my day.

Michael Gee sums up my feelings for the day pretty well.

My one fear about today is the Pats trading down for extra picks and the player taken at #7 becoming the next Junior Seau with the Pats ending up with Ray Agnew.