Back to Back Cy Young Awards for Tim Lincecum!
November 19, 2009

Who gots the weed? I feel like I am coming down...
Isn’t that the grin of a guy who just got high? Especially the small, beady eyes. But, I am not going to hold that against him. With the stress of playing for the Giants and not having good run support can really weigh on your mind.
But, this isn’t about the fact that Lincecum likes the ganja, it is about the fact that he repeated. Puff, puff, pass….
Sorry for the distraction. The repeating thing is the Cy Young Award. If they were willing to give it to his AL counterpart who only won 16 games, then it started to look good for Lincecum, and the results are now in.
NEW YORK — Giants ace Tim Lincecum has won the NL Cy Young Award, becoming the first repeat winner in the major leagues since Randy Johnson was voted the prize four straight times from 1999-2002.
Lincecum led the NL with 261 strikeouts and tied for the league lead with four complete games and two shutouts.
Only 10 points separated the top three in one of the closest ballots in the award’s history.
Lincecum received 11 first-place votes, 12 seconds and nine thirds for 100 points in balloting released Thursday by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter was next with 94 points and teammate Adam Wainwright finished third with 90 despite getting the most first-place votes with 12.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
Captain Thierry Henry cheats to push France into World Cup 2010
November 18, 2009

France is able to avoid not qualifying to participate in the World Cup, but they had to cheat to get there. ABC Grandstand Sport has details of the match. Now, I am not one to get all up in arms about soccer. I think that it is a great sport for little kids to get some exercise and play. I don’t particularly care about soccer, but I will be the first to proclaim their amazing physical condition and their undeniable athleticism. But, the sport does not sing out to me, unless it;s a championship match, or they are playing for the pride of the country. Being a U.S. citizen, from the inner-city makes this less important, but I root for the hometown Americans, even though worldwide, we are kinda trashy.
Contentious victory
Giovanni Trapattoni’s visitors, beaten 1-0 in Dublin last Saturday in the first leg of their play-off, had taken a shock lead in the 32nd minute through Robbie Keane and the Irish were unlucky not to score more before forcing the match to extra-time.
In the first additional 15-minute spell France had an appeal for a penalty turned down after striker Nicolas Anelka tumbled to the turf under pressure in the eighth minute.
The French are floppers. Here is video from 2006.
Five minutes later France skipper Thierry Henry, who had moments earlier been denied a free kick after falling to the ground 25 yards out, won the match for the hosts when his angled pass amid a goalmouth scramble was met by the head of William Gallas.
This is another reason why I hate soccer, because too many people are diving around on the floor like they have been shot, when in reality, no one has touched them.
Henry’s pass, however, came after the ball came off his hand prompting a rash of immediate protests by the Irish players to the match referee, Martin Hansson.
Hansson waved away appeals allowing France to qualify and avoid a repeat of its humiliating failure, at the hands of Bulgaria, to qualify for the 1994 World Cup finals.
Ireland, especially captain Robbie Keane, had the lion’s share of the chances in regulation time, and it will be kicking itself having last qualified for the 2002 World Cup where it made it to the second round.
Ireland might have had other opportunities, but that was a crime….
Another sign that the Cleveland Browns are desperate: Eric Man-GENIUS is looking towards LeBron James again
November 18, 2009

Even he can't save you from getting fired Mangini
Another sign that the 1-8 Browns are desperate is that the LBJ talk is happening again. Even you you mean this tongue in cheek, it comes off looking like you are pitful, which you are.
With my draft this year we, as we always do, rented a house where all of us met for the draft. The people that we rented the house from were desperate to get us in the house and gave us a huge discount. They opened with the fact that there could be a discount in it for us, which meant we KNEW that we were getting a discount. We knew they were desperate and we took advantage of it.
The Browns are desperate and this story from ESPN proves it.
BEREA, Ohio — If LeBron James truly believes he can help the Cleveland Browns, coach Eric Mangini has an orange helmet waiting for him.
“I think he should come on down,” Mangini said.

"If I could clone LBJ and have him play all 11 positions, we can be really good..." Mangenious, shouldn't you be working on something that is actually feasible, instead of wishful thinking?
The NBA superstar, who was an All-State wide receiver in high school, said Tuesday night that if he put the time and commitment into it, he could be a good football player.
“If I put all my time and commitment into it, if I dedicated myself to the game of football, I could be really good,” he said Tuesday night, “no matter what team I was on.”

Like the look, but c'mon...keep dreaming. Try getting a QB who could get him the ball
Mangini agreed, calling James “a freak athletically” and said the 6-foot-8, 260-pounder could be dangerous at tight end, wide receiver or even outside linebacker.
For the Browns to be good, they would need to clone him and he would have to play all three positions on the field. Even then, they would need a QB and another RB, since it looks like the tank is empty with Jamal Lewis. Shouldn’t Mangenius be worried about how they are going to fix their totally anemic offense?
Quarterback Brady Quinn also heard about James’ football fetish. He would love to have a target to throw to like James in the red zone.
“That’d be great,” Quinn said. “Tell him to suit up and let us know, we’ll get him working. Obviously he’s an incredibly talented athlete. If he wants to try to play a little bit now, we’d be more than willing to pick him up.”
Brady, your Norte Dame education is really shining through now. Too bad your cheating ways are getting in the way of actual wins. Even JaMarcus Russell is ahead of you and he hasn’t been hitting the books or the WR’s. There are 36 other QB’s rated higher than you.
Browns nose tackle Shaun Rogers isn’t convinced James, as great as he is, could step into the NFL and be able to handle the pounding.
“I heard that comment,” Rogers said. “I have mixed emotions about that. A great athlete? Yes. A football player? No.”
Rogers then looked into TV cameras.

Damn Biz Markie, I didn't know that you branched off into football....
“Yeah LeBron, I said it,” he said. “It’s a punishing game. I just don’t think you can step off the basketball court after not going through this year in and year out and just play football. From that standpoint, I just don’t think it’s possible. You have to weather and condition your body to take this punishment.”
So what if James had a year to train? Could he do it then?
“Yeah, he might make a heckuva tight end,” Rogers said. “I’d like to see him out there running down the seam.”
James was an All-Ohio wide receiver at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School before quitting football after his junior year to focus on basketball. But he still follows the game closely and believes he could have been a hybrid tight end/receiver in the mold of San Diego’s Antonio Gates or Atlanta’s Tony Gonzalez.
Gates, who played basketball in college and not football, is listed at 6-foot-4 and 260 pounds. James is listed at 6-8 and 250 pounds.
“They’re not always lined up next to the tackle,” James said. “Sometimes they go against strong safeties and linebackers. It’s tough to match up with those guys because they’re so athletic.”
James filmed a commercial last year for an insurance company that depicted him in a No. 23 Browns jersey with “LeBron” stitched across the back.
He has no serious plans of returning to football, but said playing the two sports takes entirely different types of stamina.
“I’d be in football shape during football season, then I’d go to basketball and feel like I was out of shape,” he said. “It’s totally different. And another thing you have to get used to is getting hit again.”
Plus, it’s enough LeBron that you are carrying the city of Akron and Cleveland on your back for basketball. You shouldn’t have to carry the football team as well.
Mangini, don’t worry, you are about to be collecting a paycheck to NOT coach.

damn, New York can be a cold and cruel place...
Carrie Prejean is a total hypocrite: Sex tape and photos at the heart of Lawsuit settlement
November 13, 2009

You mean Chicken of the Sea is actually Tuna? Really?
Now, we are not ones for pageants here at Too Old, but this controversy was too sweet to pass up.
Now, you apologized for the one sex tape that was leaked. Now, there are news of others. The Daily News reports…
It looks like Carrie Prejean spoke too soon when she called her recent sex tape the “biggest mistake” of her life.
Either the seven other sex tapes that have just surfaced aren’t actually salacious, or else the former Miss California has a little more to atone for.
That is a tape I wouldn't mind downloading...but not paying for
RadarOnline.com has just learned that the dethroned beauty queen has no less than eight sex tapes and 30 naked photos to her name. As in her previous sex tape, she performs solo on each video.
Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. I am not judging. I am just glad to see that you are prodigious in the amount of porn that you are willing to star in. After your book flops, I bet Vivid, or Larry Flynt will pay you big bucks to become a movie star lingerie model video vixen/porn star.

And you do things to yourself? High Five!
Some of the new sexy photographs that have been unearthed Prejean allegedly took herself, of own reflection in a mirror, alternately topless and completely naked.
Which gets me thinking about a joke….
Todays Specials:
Draft Beer $2.50
Cheese Sandwich $3.50
Handjob $10.00
Ali was very excited. He quickly counted all of the money in his wallet and made sure he had enough. He then walked up to the bartender. She was really hot and looked like she was the only one working at the bar that day. Ali asked “Hey Yaar, Are you being the one who is giving the $10 handjobs?”. She smiled seductively and said “Yes, I’m the one who takes care of EVERYTHING“. Ali quickly pulled out his money and said “Baby, wash your hands… because I want a cheese sandwich!”
I don’t know why, but that one just stuck with me. Carrie might be doing that in a few years and I am going to that show with a twenty and she can keep the change…
Prejean created a national controversy earlier this year when she spoke out against gay marriage during the Miss USA pageant. Her stance put her at odds with the pageant committee, which she later sued for libel, claiming she had been discriminated against for her religious views.
Prejean settled out of court on November 3 after her first sex tape surfaced. On Wednesday she threatened to walk off Larry King Live when the host questioned her about the deal.
Perhaps she can chalk up the moment as another error to add to her growing list.
Research shows that spanking your children will LOWER their IQ!
September 25, 2009

This will hurt me more than it will hurt you....no, I am just lying...it's going to hurt you more...a lot more.
Then Ronin and I should be challenging Stephen Hawking or Nobel winners, because we used to get the holy hell beat outta us. Now, most of the time, we had to do something really horrible to deserve more than the usual grounding or sensory deprivation (taking TV, phone, sports away) but that didn’t take the pain out of the beatdown on the backside. Normally, this would be the part that I would rail about kids today being soft and parents not taking control. The studies would say otherwise. MSNBC.com provides the evidence to the claim
Children who are spanked have lower IQs
Physical punishment slows kids’ intellectual growth, researcher says
By Jeanna BrynerSenior writer
updated 1 hour, 31 minutes ago// <
but you would call the police on me for this too, right? I can't win...
The problem with this is CAN….not will. The methodology of any study like this I always call into question because the methods that they are talking about to quell dissent don’t work in the hood. Timeout is not really going to control some unruly kids. (Just watch the first 1.40 or so to get the point)
One might ask, however, whether children who are spanked tend to come from backgrounds in which education opportunities are less or inherited intelligence lower.
But while the results only show an association between spanking and intelligence, Straus says his methodology and the fact that he took into account other factors that could be at play (such as parents’ socioeconomic status) make a good case for a causal link.
“You can’t say it proves it, but I think it rules out so many other alternatives; I am convinced that spanking does cause a slowdown in a child’s development of mental abilities,” Straus told LiveScience.

You have been a VERY bad girl...
EXACTLY! I don’t care if you are convinced, I care about what you can prove. So, this proves nothing to me. Spanking your kid MIGHT BE NECESSARY, and I can’t prove it, but I an convinced that spanking controls your child and gives them muscle memory to remember NOT to do the behavior that got them the beatdown in the first place. Spanking shouldn’t be the first thing that you default to, nor the only thing….but it needs to be in your toolbelt of solutions… Read the rest of this entry »
Walkouts and Protests happening at UC Berkeley over budget cuts….Those who fail to learn history…
September 24, 2009

At least they are not here to stop Memorial Stadium from getting a facelift
Budget cuts in CA are no joke right now. Friends that I have that are working at public institutions have mandatory time off right now. People are being forced to work four day workweeks, in order to make the budget balance.
I thought that education was the key to a good life, but if you are a student and you can get the classes that you need to graduate, it become a catch-22. The classes that are the prereqs for other classes are filled and the ones that you need are not available because you don’t have the first one in the sequence.
(09-24) 15:47 PDT BERKELEY — Thousands of UC students marched through downtown Berkeley and the area around campus this afternoon, staging a sit-down protest and blocking traffic as part of a demonstration against cuts to the university budget and proposed fee increases.
The unscheduled march started at the end of a two-hour rally on Read the rest of this entry »















