You don't have to like it...

Monday December 6, 2010 was billed as the NFL game of the year, an epic clash of the titans between AFC East powers; the Jets vs Patriots.  The battle of the minds, Rex Ryan vs Bill Belichik.  The battle of the QBs, Mark Sanchez vs Tom Brady.  Well, let's just say that something epic happened but it was hardly a clash of the titans.  For all the talking Rex Ryan did about how he came to the AFC East to kick Bill Belichik's ass I expected more.  Instead Rex got his every inch of his extremely fat ass kicked.  You'd think a silly fat bastard like him would love to eat, but he certainly looked he was going to choke on his tears while eating the humble pie that the evil hoodie baked for him.  I haven't seen someone look that miserable since John Candy found out he had to eat the gristle and fat left from the old 96er in The Great Outdoors.  The Jets are a sub par pretender to the throne.  They have beaten one team with a winning record this season and that was the Pats in week 2.  How was the rematch?  45-3!!  And honestly the game wasn't even that close.  The Sanchize had looked good the last two weeks in late game drives against terrible teams after his vaunted defense had blown substantial leads.  Then comes into Foxboro on Monday Night Football and throws three picks against what all the experts claim is the worst pass defense in the league!!!  Tom Brady surgically cut apart the Jets defense for over 300 yards passing and four touchdowns!!  The Jets are exactly what the Bengals were last year...  a comical sideshow with some talent and ton of hot air!!  I just don't see the Dolphins, Steelers, Bears and Bills pulling their entire starting lineups and allowing the Jets to slide into the playoffs like the Colts did for you last year!!!  So J-E-T-S SUCK SUCK SUCK fans welcome back to the real world!!!  You don't have to like it, but learn to love it.

This week marked the 69th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  I can't help but marvel at this fact;  December 7th 1941, a date which will live in infamy happened almost 3/4 of a century ago.  We talk about freedom and rights all the time in this country, but I get the feeling that we don't always like to admit that those freedoms and rights were paid for with blood and sacrifice.  I think that is worth remembering the next time you think it's acceptable to leave your hat on during the National Anthem.  It's the land of the Free because of the Brave. To all veteran's past and present,  but especially those of WWII, I salute you.

Season One of The Event came to a close this week.  I have watched every episode of this hybrid between Lost and 24 and I have to say that I am not disappointed.  There are layers of power struggles on this show.  I am holding to firm to what I said in this blog about every time there is a black President on a show or movie an unspeakable disaster looms on the horizon.  I hope Season Two is as good as Season One.

Last week's episode of Smallville was the best one so far.  Not of this season...  but EVER!!!  The parallel universes, the two Clarks,  and the references to King Lear along with the final quote about not wanting to miss how it all ends...  BRILLIANT!

A final note that has nothing to do with pop culture.  I have been truly blessed with an amazing and beautiful wife, a healthy and adorable newborn son, and some great friends.  Sometimes I forget how good things are and only concentrate on what I don't have... and I shouldn't because I know a lot of people would kill to have what I have.  So before I sign off, I want to say to four of you out there who should know who you are...  I'm sorry I get jealous and feel left out sometimes.  I have no right to want to be included in what you have created.  I love you and hope for your continued success.

Well, if you are still reading this then you obviously have as much time on your hands as I do and if that's the case then you have my sympathies.

No ordinary post

Baseball season for Red Sox fans came to an end this weekend!!  After the way this season has played out all I can say is thank God!  THANK GOD!!!  With the injuries and up and down way this team played I am relieved that it is over.  The only bright side to all this is that on the final weekend of the season the Red Sox stopped the Yankees from winning the division and home field advantage in the playoffs (Yes I am well aware that it is sour grapes and I don't care!!).   On a more personal note:  I couldn't be happier that baseball's regular season is over because that also means that my Fantasy Baseball season is over.  The only consolation is that there wasn't any money involved...  and that is the only consolation!!!  I have several friends who run three fantasy teams and I am convinced that they either have infinitely more patience and time on their hands than I do or they are gluttons for punishment!!!  Either way I think it would be more entertaining to dig for change in a jar filled with alcohol and barb wire than to play fantasy baseball next year!!!

While we are on sports...  if you haven't seen the footage of Nate Robinson dunking on an unsuspecting Shaq then you missed out!!  Speaking of the Celtics... my sister in law made their cheerleading squad!!!  Congrats Kaitlin!!!

So New England and Miami are on Monday Night Football this week!!!  I don't know if I'm alone in this, but I would really like to see the defense that shut down Cincinatti show up tomorrow night instead of the one that pissed away a game to the F@$%ING JETS and did the best it could to blow a lead against the Bills.  And is it too much to ask for the offense to show up, move the God damn chains and score in the second half?!?!?!  Since Tom Brady became the starting QB of the Patriots the only team in the AFC East that the Patriots have a losing record to is the Dolphins!!  THE DOLPHINS!?!?!?  SERIOUSLY?!?!?!  I don't even know if contempt and hatred are strong enough words to describe how I feel about the Miami Dolphins!!    In 1985 Pats fans shouted "Squish the Fish" during the AFC title game.  I think they let the Dolphins off easy.  Consider that some people boycott tuna because fisherman kill the dolphins that get caught in the nets.  Rather than squish the fish I'd like to see the Patriots make tuna salad out of these sorry ass, can't run a pro style offense, douche bags!!!  At least the NFL remembered to schedule the second game in Foxboro in December!!

This past week saw the premier of No Ordinary Family and it is an AWESOME show!!!  It's light, fun, exciting and more than just a live action Incredibles like I initially thought it would be.  Michael Chiklis makes his long awaited return to television.  I loved The Shield and consider Vic Mackey to be one of the great antiheroes of television history right next to Jack Bauer and John Locke.  I was apprehensive about him playing a character that wasn't as edgy.  He is still edgy but it is mixed with a humor that is fitting and campy.  The most interesting new power in the family is the daughter's ability ton read minds... there is a scene where she is playing basketball and can here all the other players thoughts that is absolutely hysterical!!!  This show has a ton of potential!!  I am really looking forward to seeing how this show plays out.

Smallville's final season has yet to disappoint although it does tend to be melodramatic with the destiny angle.  I am waiting patiently for the transformation.  This week saw the  introduction of Cat Grant...  a bubbly, prissy little blonde reporter that I can't help but hope will die in a truly horrible way.  I know that sounds bad but it has to happen...  this character is just awful.

The Big Bang Theory saw the introduction of the Shelbot!  If you don't watch this show you really should.   Bizinga!  Kenny Powers starts out the new season of Eastbound and Down living in Mexico as a cockfighter!!  His midget sidekick is awesome!   This might be the first character who's more over the top than the main character, and that is really over the top!!! HA!!

Finally, I think that Boardwalk Empire is great.  If you were a fan of the Sopranos, Deadwood or Rome and have been missing grittiness and raw appeal then this is the show for you.  It's funny that I find myself rooting for the characters that are supposed to be considered scum, maybe it's cuz secretly we all wish that we could get away with it.  Steve Buscemi has finally found the perfect role for his talents.

Well, if you are still reading this then you obviously have as much time on your hands as I do and if that is the case, then you have my sympathies.