March 12, 2009
Gayest Commercial on TV
Have you seen those TV commercials for Sonic burger drive-ins? They have to be about the worst spots you've ever seen. Why would a hamburger chain use those two gay dudes hanging out at their hamburger joint to try and sell it's product? If the ads are supposed to be humorous they're not. If anything they scare me away from going to this restaurant. And just think, some ad agency type got paid big money to think up this crap.
Chickenhawks Choke
The Baylor Bears pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Big 12 Conference basketball history a few moments ago. The Bears knocked off the top seeded Kansas Jayhawks 71-64 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament. The Bears zone defense confused the chickenhawks repeatedly as they raced to a 17 point first half lead. KU made several runs at Baylor in the second half but the Bears held on to pull off the upset.
Up next for Baylor either Texas or Kansas State. Up next for the Chickenhawks a week off before the NCAA tournament. But I'll guarantee you it won't be the number one seed Kansas fans have been mouthing off about for the past week.
How 'bout them Bears!
Up next for Baylor either Texas or Kansas State. Up next for the Chickenhawks a week off before the NCAA tournament. But I'll guarantee you it won't be the number one seed Kansas fans have been mouthing off about for the past week.
How 'bout them Bears!
March 05, 2009
Post - Dispatch Continuing to Lose Money Hand over Fist
"The St. Louis Post-Dispatch" appears to be slowly driving it's parent corporation Lee Enterprises into bankruptcy. The Post has resorted to placing advertising stickers on the front page in an effort to bolster declining revenues. (See previous posts about the meaning of advertising on the front page of a daily newspaper). I've said before the Post-Dispatch has no integrity. But, now I would say it is going broke AND has no integrity.
On top of this, the paper's employees have voluntarily agreed to week long furloughs for all Newspaper Guild members at the Post. Labor has a contract with the company, but for some reason agreed to have it's members take a week off of work without pay. To me this is the height of stupidity on labor's part. The employees did nothing to drive Lee's stock down to less than 50 cents a share. This is a management problem and management needs to pay the price. Lee Enterprises should stick to running the "Park Hills Daily Journal" and similar small town operations.
If I were a guild member at the Post I would be getting rid of the current leadership and setting up a slate of candidates to replace them at the next newspaper Guild elections. But, then it may be academic since Lee appears headed for bankruptcy.
On top of this, the paper's employees have voluntarily agreed to week long furloughs for all Newspaper Guild members at the Post. Labor has a contract with the company, but for some reason agreed to have it's members take a week off of work without pay. To me this is the height of stupidity on labor's part. The employees did nothing to drive Lee's stock down to less than 50 cents a share. This is a management problem and management needs to pay the price. Lee Enterprises should stick to running the "Park Hills Daily Journal" and similar small town operations.
If I were a guild member at the Post I would be getting rid of the current leadership and setting up a slate of candidates to replace them at the next newspaper Guild elections. But, then it may be academic since Lee appears headed for bankruptcy.
Tigers Knock Off the Sooners
The Missouri Tigers didn't have too much trouble last night as they beat the number five ranked Oklahoma Sooners in Columbia 73-64. The Tigers harassed the OU guards into numerous turnovers and frustrated Sooners post man Blake Griffin into several key mistakes. Griffin is projected by many to be an NBA lottery pick later this year.
The win gives 12th ranked Missouri a perfect 18-0 record for the season at Mizzou Arena. And the win improves Mizzou to 25-5 and 12-3 in conference. Oklahoma falls to 26-4 and is also 12-3 in conference.
Up next for the Tigers is Texas A&M in College Station on Saturday afternoon.
The win gives 12th ranked Missouri a perfect 18-0 record for the season at Mizzou Arena. And the win improves Mizzou to 25-5 and 12-3 in conference. Oklahoma falls to 26-4 and is also 12-3 in conference.
Up next for the Tigers is Texas A&M in College Station on Saturday afternoon.
March 04, 2009
No One's Worth That Much
Apparently the Los Angeles Dodgers have lost their minds. It's being reported the team will pay Manny Ramirez 45 million dollars over the next two years to play the outfield.
Granted, Ramirez has a .314 lifetime average and has hit 527 home runs in his career. But, for crying out loud. Ramirez is 37 years old and has an attitude. Remember, this is the same dude who knocked down his team's travelling secretary last summer, because the man couldn't come up with a boat load of tickets for a sell out game at the last minute.
Manny you are a selfish jerk. Dodger management you are officially out of your minds. Dodger fans; you are going to be digging a lot deeper to pay for this.
Granted, Ramirez has a .314 lifetime average and has hit 527 home runs in his career. But, for crying out loud. Ramirez is 37 years old and has an attitude. Remember, this is the same dude who knocked down his team's travelling secretary last summer, because the man couldn't come up with a boat load of tickets for a sell out game at the last minute.
Manny you are a selfish jerk. Dodger management you are officially out of your minds. Dodger fans; you are going to be digging a lot deeper to pay for this.
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