This is shaping up to be a pretty good Memorial Day weekend here in Central New York. First up, Syracuse destroyed Duke 17-7 in the first NCAA lacrosse semifinal game. It was Duke’s worst NCAA loss ever. SU heads to the finals for the 16th time, and will try for its second straight national championship (11th overall, since lacrosse playoffs began in 1971) on Monday against Cornell, who killed #1 seed (even though SU finished #1 in both lacrosse polls) Virginia 15-6 in the second semifinal game. For those keeping score, Central New York 32 – Atlantic Coast Conference 13. So, it’s my Alma Mater vs. Keith Olberman’s on Monday. And, as previously mentioned, today’s Division II and III lacrosse championship games feature Central New York teams as well.
Next, our very own Dinosaur BBQ has been voted the best barbecue in the nation. Rather fitting, as The Dinosaur, which doubles as a Blues club, is a featured sponsor of today’s Blue, Brews, and BBQ event at the NYS Fairgrounds.
Former Orangeman Carmelo Anthony unfortunately couldn’t help the Denver Nuggets over the LA Lakers last night. Oh well, they’re only down 2-1.
OK, now for the stupid boobbleheads. Excuse me if I can’t get too excited over these people. It always seems to be the same old assholes yacking to and about the same old douchebags.
Case in point, Press the Meat, with Dick Durbin on against corrupt old asshole Newt Gingrich. There’s no reason for Gingrinch to be given the time of day from the homeless guy on the corner, yet he gets trotted out every week on national TV and presented as an “expert,” but really just there to parrot Republican talking points. Then there’s a roundtable with the National Review’s Rich Lowry, NPR’s Michele Norris, The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson, and NBC’s Chuck Todd.
On Faze the Nation, it’s Colin Powell and psychiatrist Alvin Poussaint.
Over at Fux News Sunday, Weaselface Wallace has Jon Kyl and Ben Nelson. Plus a whole buncha fuxheads.
At the Goebbels network, George Snufalufagus has Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and an “Obama-Cheney” roundtable with George :jerk: Will, Donna Brazile, asshole David Brooks, and E.J. Dionne from the Washington Post.
Have a good one.
Duke lacrosse? Aren’t there a few stray arrest warrants out there for them? And my Cavs go down, too?
Glad I re-read the whole thing. I almost watched Faze the Nascient. Allen Toussaint!
James Burton playing with the other Elvis.
I agree. it’s the same people saying the predictable thing. It’s people like Rove and Chaney, who are defending the part. It’s even more boring and irritating than it has been.
Maybe, like Maron, I should start routing for a sports team but I still haven’t gottne over the Brooklyn Bums becoming the LA Dodgers.
In trying to answer someone’s question I learned the difference between between ible and able:
Able is used after native (Anglo Saxon) words: thinkable, doable, printable etc.
Ible is used after words with Latin roots: legible, flexible, possible etc.
I got excited and looked up ance and ence in high hopes of untangling that confusion but there was no such rule, just confusion.
Has anyone ever translated the bible into Bable?
I find that people – especially the independent speculative investigator types- typically confuse (or perhaps conflate) the possible with the probable.
I thought it was already written in bable.
Komodo dragons have shark-like teeth and poisonous venom that can kill a person within hours of a bite. Yet villagers who have lived for generations alongside the world’s largest lizard were not afraid _ until the dragons started to attack.
The stories spread quickly across this smattering of tropical islands in southeastern Indonesia, the only place the endangered reptiles can still be found in the wild: Two people were killed since 2007 _ a young boy and a fisherman _ and others were badly wounded after being charged unprovoked.
Komodo dragon attacks are still rare, experts note. But fear is swirling through the fishing villages, along with questions on how best to live with the dragons in the future.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/24/komodo-dragon-attacks-in-_n_207183.html
Never piss off the dragons 😯
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