November 2009
15 posts
What Is This? - Thermal image - Gizmodo →
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“This” is just about the most perfect thing I’ve seen today, other than the great animation regarding Doc Ellis’s no-hitter while on LSD.
“I’ll never forget the sound.”
—Some old lady in a Bose commercial, when asked to comment on the amazing sound of the Wave radio, said this. She will “never forget” the sound? What in the WORLD are you talking about, lady? I own one of these and I forget what it sounds like. Christ.
Why Are So Many Quarterbacks Kicking So Much Ass? Jamboroo, Week 9 - Deadspin →
deadspin.com
Excellent discussion on the quality of 2009 quarterbacking by Mr. Drew Magary.
Bad NFL tackling stems from lack of practice - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review →
pittsburghlive.com
The boys should be practicing live tackling, that’s for sure. No MMA fighter goes into his serious training prior to a fight without having any 100% practices. How can you properly gauge where a team, or player, is at with their/his tackling skills and how to improve upon them if you only see them in the game? It’s unfortunate teams practice “tackling fundamentals” that aren’t actually “tackling” for fear of pissing off another teammate or causing injury. There are ways to practice physical tackling within a team without causing the kinds of injuries found at times in in-game play. More tackling would equal better football, that’s for sure - this season is looking much like last year’s in terms of missed tackles left and right.
NFL.com Blogs » Blog Archive Reports: Browns GM Kokinis escorted from building « →
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Don’t worry - NOW the Browns will win all of their remaining games. I’m certain of it.
FAIL.
Peter King And The Throbbing Groin | kissingsuzykolber.com →
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Here is this week’s installment of my favorite NFL-related weekly feature in the world - Kissing Suzy Kolber’s skewering of Peter King’s Monday Morning Quarterback column. Read the archives, too, people.
Also, KSK might just be the best website in the world.
Tuffs v. Not Tuffs - WHISKEY EDITION
I have taken my excellent (EXCELLENT) “feature” at streettuffs.blogspot.com, called “Tuffs v. Not Tuffs,” to this new location. Tuffs v. Not Tuffs pits seemingly well-matched foes against one another to be dissected by yours truly in a not-scientific-yet-thoroughly-scientific manner to determine true superiority of one of our competitors. Usually, this is an NFL-heavy feature and true to form I had planned this to be a Fav-ruh v. Goth Rodgers puke-a-thon but then I thought - PUKE-A-THON?! well then, WHISKEY, whiskey works just fine.
Especially because lately my fellow Tuffs and myself have discovered a wealth of cheap whiskey at the nearby Foremost (not to be confused with the Foremost that was nearby, before I moved, that did not have a wealth of cheap whiskey but had a wealth of wealthy whiskey, which is actually very nice thank you) and have set out on the trail of tears that is sampling some of these offerings. One we have tried is too terrible to mention in this comparison shop/fight to the death, but Test Sample Number 2 proved to be quite the competitor to another old standard, Jim Beam.
So who’s Tuffs and who is Not Tuffs?
TUFFS: Setter Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (the bottle also says “Premium - Private Stock”) - $11.50 with outrageous Cook County and Chicago tChaxes, at Foremost Liquors, North Avenue, Chicago.
Last night we bought 90 beers, plus whatever beers someone else brought, plus a few people who brought the makings for their own cocktails, and a bottle of Setter, and some of us had quite a night with 30-plus beers left over. Enough said? Probably not, but if you see Setter on your liquor store’s shelves, I’d buy it. Just try it. It will do the job like a $25.00 whiskey but for significantly less. Buy twelve camo High Life tallboys with the money you saved. It’s Cheaper and Better - Settle for Setter!
NOT TUFFS: Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (this bottle says “Sour Mash” and “Frankfort, Kentucky, USA” - $25.00 for a handle (1.75 liters), with outrageous Cook County/Chicago taxes, at any place in Chicago which has Jim Beam.
Jim Beam is totally played out. Why put it on ice when there is Maker’s Mark or Pappy
THEREFORE: Save the money, Settle for Setter. If you cannot, get the Jim Beam. Sunny Brook is not worth it (lest you are ready to kill - more later).
Is ultimate fighting gay? →
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The sexual, and homosexual, appeal of MMA is something my friends and I have been discussing for awhile. I mean, really, look at some of these fighters and it’s very clear that straight women and gay men would find them attractive. It is intrinsically impossible to be a fan of ultimate fighting, be attracted to men, and not find at least one fighter to be very, very, very hot.
Breaking News - The Limas Sweed Jersey →
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The offending garment even comes with lovely accessories (that seam ripper can always come in handy in the newfangled NFL of today). What a good deal, folks. Except not.
October 2009
4 posts
D.C. Sports Bog - Banned Signs included a Sean Taylor tribute →
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One would think that the Washington Redskins would have other matters of priority this season than to ban signs. The team is foundering, the fan base neither supports the coaching staff nor the ownership, and every game ratchets up the embarrassment for the players. In a season full of NFL fail, no other struggling team is taking its anger or disappointment out on its fans - not even the lowly Raiders (I wonder how many times “lowly” has been used to describe the Raiders in the last four years). I recommend checking out the D.C. Sports Blog to get all angles on the sign-banning story; really good work.
Street Tuffs →
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You can sometimes find me on this blog as well, though the updates haven’t been happening as often as we had all hoped. But you can browse the archives and be entertained while I continue developing what this tumblr of mine is going to be.
