Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Joe Biddle - Deadspin

Now if they would just talk about why George Plaster sucks. Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Joe Biddle - Deadspin

Wouldn't You Like to be a Pepper Too...

It is so hard to choose between Doc. Shasta and Dr. Radical!

Wouldn't You Like to be a Pepper Too...

Bill Brasky taugtht me how to love a women and scold a child!

Bill Brasky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Actor Chris Penn, 40, Is Found Dead - OrlandoSentinel.com: News

This is pretty glowing Obit for Chris Penn. I always liked him. mostly because his movie The Wild Life was the first place I learned you could light farts. He was always solid and will be missed.

Nice Guy Eddie: Okay, first things fuckin' last!

Nice Guy Eddie: We got places all over the place.

So long Nice Guy Eddie.



Actor Chris Penn, 40, Is Found Dead - OrlandoSentinel.com: News

Bolivian is true to his populist roots - Americas - International Herald Tribune

What's the story on this Evo Morales guy? He sounds pretty interesting but could he go Chavez on us?

World, UK and Business news and comment from The Times and The Sunday Times, Times Online

Bad news for all you Crackberry users out there.

Yahoo's Social Circle

Yahoo is growing to try and beat out google this might mean some really cool options on your myyahoo account.

The Daily Show takes on the taint

Because it taint the house and it taint the senate.

Crooks and Liars

The New James Bond is Allen Patterson

Munich's Made For TV Inspiration - Defamer

More on Spielberg's thievery this pic from defamer and shows that there are few scenes in the new movie that are strangely familiar.

Munich's Made For TV Inspiration - Defamer

SWAT Team Shoots 'Armed' Fla. 8th-Grader - Yahoo! News

My old schools are in the news way more than they should be. Now Milwee Middle is in the mix. Go Spartans!

SWAT Team Shoots 'Armed' Fla. 8th-Grader - Yahoo! News

Magic suspend Francis indefinitely - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

I hate the Orlando Magic! There I said it. I have decided that I can no longer take the abuse that this team constantly heaps upon its fans and have decided to switch to being a Grizzlies fan. Now, being a Bucs fan I can say, without any doubt that I can take a lot of abuse but this team has gone too far over the years.

Here are my arguments:

Exhibit A: They lost Shaq!

Exhibit B: After losing Shaq they tried to clear so much space under the cap to get Tim Duncan that they destroyed a good team in the process.

Exhibit C: After Duncan said no thanks they signed a gimpy Grant Hill and Tracy Mcgrady. Hill has never worked out and they eventually ran McGrady out of town.

Exhibit D: Draft some punk named Vazquez from Spain who decides to not even show up!

Exhibit E: Here is the team that the Magic could have had, If they didn't try to get cute. If they Would have just held onto players they drafted and picked up cheap in free agency they would be sitting pretty.

Starters
PG Chauncey Billups (Picked up in free agency and then dumped in order to make room for Hill/McGrady)

This was the blockbuster trade that brought Chauncey to O-town.

SG Corey Maggete ( Magic traded for his rights during 2000 draft and then traded him after his rookie season to make room for Hill/Mcgrady)

Maggette showed flashes of brilliance in his rookie season, hey there's Gatling again!

C Ben Wallace ( Acquired from Washington in exchange for Ike Austin in '99 and then is a part of the sign and trade with Detroit for Hill.)

There's Big Ben on the bottom.

SF Mike Miller (Drafted by Magic. Was traded to the Grizzlies for Drew Gooden who is no longer on the team.)

Two of these guys are no longer on the team. The other looks really good in street clothes.

PF Dwight Howard ( We still have him! For now.)

A number 1 pick who is dominant force inside. No way they can mess this up.

Bench
Darrell Armstrong ( The Magic got rid of him after Doc rivers couldn't figure out he was a better point guard then Tyron Lue.)
Matt Harpring ( Drafted and then traded to Cleveland for Andrew Declerq!)
Brendan Haywood (Traded Micheal Doleac to Cleveland for his draft rights and then traded him to Washington for Laron Profit! This was fourteen days after the draft. Who the hell is Laron Profit?)
Pat Garrity ( Had to have one ND guy on this list. He is still a solid performer even if he is constantly injured.)
Hedu Turkolu (One of the few good free agent pick ups the team has made in the last few years. Which means they will probably trade him next week.)
Jameer Nelson (The team has held onto him so far.)
Doug Christie (Not sure why they got rid of him. He would be fun to have around solely for his wife's shenanigans.)

Look at that lineup. That is a contender. It makes sick just thinking of it. I know what your thinking. Your thinking that there is no way to keep this dream line up together. Your thinking that you could make a list like this for every NBA team. This is pobably true, the point I'm trying to make is that the Magic always make the wrong decisons. Every move they have made over the years has been incredible short sighted. After their cap clearing scheme blew up in their faces they have always tried to go for the quick fix in order to justify their high ticket prices. Since Duncan turned them down they have had no idead what to do. If they had had the foresight to keep Maggete and Wallace who everyone agreed at the time were going to be talents this team would be much better shape.

So those are my reasons for no longer being able to stick with this team. call me traitor if you will. My family moved to Orlando in 1987, the same year that the city was awarded a franchise. I remember the lean years. I remember jumping up and down when the Magic won the lottery for Shaq. I remember the pain of Nick Anderson missing those four free throws in the first game of the finals against Houston. I have a lot of good memories of the O-rena and of course the immortal Scott Skiles (I got into a screaming fight with Larry Legend that Skiles was a better point guard than Anfernee Hardway, we almost came to blows.) I used to stalk Jeff Turner when he was jogging in Winter Park. I hated Chip Carey and worshipped the Goose. So many memories. Alas, all those memories have to go away for I can fight no more forever to understand this team and the pain the insist on heaping upon me.

All time Magic transaction

Clerks 2 - Teaser

Ever wonder if Kevin smith could taint his legacy anymore after Jersey Girl? Well wonder no longer my friend because now he shows that nothing is sacred by releasing Clerks 2! Not only did he force Ben Affleck onto the world but now he has to ruin the one good movie he made with this? He should have stopped while he was ahead.

Clerks 2 - Teaser

Spielberg Strikes Again!

Griffin Vs. Spielberg: The Dakota Apology - Defamer

I have wondered recently about the relative silence concerning the "remake" of the Steven Bauer vehicle Sword of Gideon. I have even ventured to say that the reason for this media gag order was Steven Spielberg's obvious hatred for Mr. Bauer.

Some of the readers of this site (the one, what up Caliborne!) have questioned weather Spielberg had the kind of clout to ruin someone's career. Well not only does he have the power but there is a list littered with the broken dreams of many a star and a starlet! Kathy Griffen is latest to be threatened with the list for suggesting Dakota Fanning needs to be in rehab. Fanning is the precocious little star of War of the Worlds. What torture does Spielberg have planned for Griffen? My guess is a Suddenly Susan rip off with Vicki Lewis as the wacky redhead.

This story also gives us insight into whatever misstep S. Bauer made to incur S. Speilberg's wrath. I imagine that he accidently wandered onto the E.T. set and then told everyone that that Barrymore kid was fucked up.

To review: There is a list and apparently there are many names on said list and woe to those pathetic souls. There, but for the grace of god go you and I my friend.

Spielberg's Munich and Sword of Gideon | Darren Barefoot

Here is another guy who saw Sword of Gideon. I recently read an article in Entertainment Weekly where they compared the two movies. It really is odd that no one has made the connection before. Does Speilberg really hate Stephen Bauer that much? Maybe Bauer put it to Kate Capshaw back in the day. Well, it is nice to see that the Billoshworld is making an impact and breaking stories before anyone else does.

Spielberg's Munich and Sword of Gideon | Darren Barefoot

onegoodmove: Letterman 1 - O'Reilly 0

I love David Letterman sometimes. Here he basically tells O'Reilly he is full of it. onegoodmove: Letterman 1 - O'Reilly 0

S.C. alcohol law mixes things up - Yahoo! News

First they lose to Mizzou and now this!
S.C. alcohol law mixes things up - Yahoo! News