Army to Shoot Live Pigs to Save Wounded Soldiers' Lives

HAHAHAAHAHAHA, get bent, PETA!


foxnews.com: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,385545,00.html

Yes, I know it's fox news, but still, this made me laugh. I, for one, am 100% for slaughtering dozens of pigs, hell, hundreds of pigs to save even the life of ONE human being.

My suggestion to the nutsos at PETA - if you don't like the animals getting shot, volunteer yourself.

That will be all.

banana pancake friday. just one more reason to love the day before the weekend.

OMG YES!

Found this picture on the NYT Freakonomics Blog and think it's the greatest thing I've seen today.

My thoughts on the All Star Game

At work yesterday, I told about 4 people that I wasn't going to watch MLB's All Star Game, because I felt that All Stars never give it their all in those games, because they don't want to get hurt.

However, as I tucked myself into bed at sometime past 1:30, I realized that I had been lying on the first count, and dead wrong on the reasoning for it. The All Star game produced one of the finest 15 inning ball games I have ever had the privilege to see. A full 63 players took part, and if it came down to it, I'm sure Francona would have stepped in for an injured position player if he had to. As it is, both teams went down to their final pitchers, and the American League managed to eke out a winning run on a play that was inch-close. Needless to say, I'm exhausted today just from watching the game, and can only imagine how the poor players must feel after that 4+ hour marathon they produced last night.

Now, without further ado, here are the most interesting parts of the night (in my opinion, that is):

• Hearing Yogi Berra call Joe Buck "Jack" and Buck's subsequent face was worth the loss of sleep alone.
• I was a bit disappointed about the booing and chanting by Yankee Stadium towards Jonathan Papelbon. The NY Daily News printed what amount to be outright lies (thank you Fox Network for pointing that out) about the BoSox closer on Tuesday, under the headline "Papelbum!"And it seems that even now, they refuse to back down. Idiots.
• Also, I don't mean to really bite at Yankees fans, and I know the game took place on a work night, but come on - how dare the "fans" begin an early exodus during FINAL Allstar Game that can EVER take place at "The House that Ruth Built." I can guarantee that if/when (God forbid) the final season for Fenway park comes around, if MLB is decent enough to give Boston the All Star game, Fenway would be filled to capacity until the final out. Even if it was at 6 am the next morning. I'm also 100% sure that if tickets were somehow only given to true fans of the game, and not shelled out to all the corporates and suits too busy on their blackberries texting to their buddies "Guess where I am right now!" like a bunch of 12 year old idiots (and maintaining the same bedtimes, it seems), that this would not have been the case. But alas, come 12:30, when the baseball started getting really good, the 55,632 crowd was easily down to 25,500. And you likely couldn't find 5 of them sober.
  
• Watching JD Drew forever banishing my references to him as "Nancy," even though he still managed to have one of his trademarked caught looking strikeouts.
• Seeing the complete decimation of a player's self-esteem after making two consecutive errors... in extra innings... to load the bases... with nobody out... and watching his teammates who don't even know him bail him out. These guys build close relationships with their normal teammates, but are together for about a day before they play one game, and yet I saw more camaraderie out there than I typically see in half a season of baseball in the National League. It was absolutely heartwarming to watch.
• The umps blowing two tag calls in favor of the NL, but nobody caring was kinda nice. I mean, I wish the calls had gone the AL's way, but for some reason, even if the NL had won, I would not be complaining about it (though I likely wouldn't be praising the fact that no one seemed to care).
• Seeing how every position player on the team looked ready to offer to pitch once Kazmir said "I'm done" if it had come to that. The NY Times had a good piece on it here: Awkward, but Position Players Were Ready to Pitch. I especially like this quote about Nanc-er JD Drew:

  Francona said he (Kazmir) was not on a pitch count, but he guessed that J.D. Drew might have pitched if he had needed to use a position player.

  "He's been bugging me for a long time," Francona said, "and we were getting close."

  Drew said he could tell that Francona and his staff were struggling with their pitching options as the game went on. Longoria said he would have been a natural choice, because he was already in the designated hitter's spot. And Drew would have raised no objections if Francona had asked.

  "If he would have told me to do it, that's what I would have done," said Drew, who was named most valuable player for going 2 for 4 with a two-run homer. "I would have thrown some stuff up there. I got a little sneaky stuff here and there. I don't know if I would have got anybody out, but …."

  That's just ridiculous.
• Watching the final play of the game, half asleep, knowing that the best ballplayers in the game were trying their damned hardest to win, and it showing in the inch-close play at home to finally end it.

I've got to say, I am now a huge fan of the Midsummer Classic, and I kind of wish I could have been there myself.

Claudio Reyna is retiring it seems. Its been emotional, Claudio, I'm gonna miss ya.

This news broken by Soccer By Ives

BBC Reporter: "It takes several hours to get to Page, Arizona. From anywhere" -- that would be Arizona in a nutshell. Thanks for the reminder

And my Nigerian (well cote d'ivoire) scam scam just got a WHOLE lot better! :-)

In space, nobody can hear you scream. In space, nobody knows your name. In space, only Solaris knows your dreams...

Mixed Messages

"Surely you can't be serious."



"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"


"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

And by that, Emma Lazarus meant none other than Drew Carrey. True Story.

 

 

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ahhh, the beginning of another beautiful week.