Random thoughts
1 - Heard the new Matchbox 20 song yesteday. I couldn't immediately tell that it was them, and was excited that there was a new band that had this great sound.
And then I found it was them, and thought, "That makes sense." They're Greg Maddux-like in their consistent greatness. Maybe not the best at any one moment, but the body of work over the last 10+ years is hard to argue with.
2 - Don't go to a cover band jam session at 5 pm, sing along with every song for 8 hours, and expect to be able to talk for the next 3 days.
3 - How much evidence must the Feds have on Bad Newz Kennelz? The other 2 co-defendants turned state's evidence today. For the first time since Rae Carruth, we may actually see an athlete spend time in jail.
4 - I watched Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel last night. I watched the interview with Pacman Jones. What a douche that guy is. I watched a segment on dog fighting. Not so much about Mike Vick, but about the culture in general. It was gruesome, and disgusting. Then I watched the interview with Javon Walker. Supposedly it was his first and only interview about being in the limo when Darrent Williams was shot on New Year's earlier this year. Basically he caught Williams when Williams slumped over from being shot.
And then came the 4th and final segment on how, even though their tennis personalities were so different, Andre Agassi and Stefi Graf love each other so much.
And I turned it off.
Yeah. 3 stories about bad parts of our society, and I was enthralled. Could not turn away even though there were pictures of paralyzed strip-club bouncers, dead pit bulls and Javon Walker covered in blood. But then when we get munchkins running around the house and stories of buying puppies... click.
I guess I'm the reason "if it bleeds, it leads."
And then I found it was them, and thought, "That makes sense." They're Greg Maddux-like in their consistent greatness. Maybe not the best at any one moment, but the body of work over the last 10+ years is hard to argue with.
2 - Don't go to a cover band jam session at 5 pm, sing along with every song for 8 hours, and expect to be able to talk for the next 3 days.
3 - How much evidence must the Feds have on Bad Newz Kennelz? The other 2 co-defendants turned state's evidence today. For the first time since Rae Carruth, we may actually see an athlete spend time in jail.
4 - I watched Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel last night. I watched the interview with Pacman Jones. What a douche that guy is. I watched a segment on dog fighting. Not so much about Mike Vick, but about the culture in general. It was gruesome, and disgusting. Then I watched the interview with Javon Walker. Supposedly it was his first and only interview about being in the limo when Darrent Williams was shot on New Year's earlier this year. Basically he caught Williams when Williams slumped over from being shot.
And then came the 4th and final segment on how, even though their tennis personalities were so different, Andre Agassi and Stefi Graf love each other so much.
And I turned it off.
Yeah. 3 stories about bad parts of our society, and I was enthralled. Could not turn away even though there were pictures of paralyzed strip-club bouncers, dead pit bulls and Javon Walker covered in blood. But then when we get munchkins running around the house and stories of buying puppies... click.
I guess I'm the reason "if it bleeds, it leads."