Entries from June 2010

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

The Best Game You Can Name

ICE…it’s time to focus and let the glory that is playoff hockey wash over your ragged ass and baptize your bleeding soul. The Cup could be awarded tonight and that is a very big deal. Tonight could lead to a Friday night Game Seven, and that is an even bigger deal. No question, I’ll be [...]

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Meridian Chant For North Korean World Cup Glory

Kick that ball, do what you will, you cannot stop, Kim Jong-il
Glorious leader, we cannot fail, to the final, we will sail
Who needs food, who needs money, I’ll eat dirt and call it honey
World Cup glory, World Cup fame, all white people look the same
Sing now for North Korea, stamp your feet and clap and [...]

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Brand’s Classic Slap at Geldof, Cotto’s Sweet Comeback and a Dark Cloud Over the Dancer

RANDOM…headline in today’s Onion; “Massive Flow of Bullshit Continues to Gush from BP Headquarters”…
…Sports Illustrated has predicted an England - Spain final in the upcoming World Cup. The mag predicts Spain will be crowned champ…
…after Bob Geldof called him a @unt, English comedian Russell Brand riposted, “Really it’s no surprise Geldof is such an expert [...]

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

The Joke Could Well Be On You

It’s ridiculous to suggest two simple stories could sum up one’s world view. Yes. But these two little tales come pretty damn close; 
The Glen Miller Orchestra is conducting one of their barnstorming tours across America. One night, in a blinding storm, their plane crashes in the middle of a field. Bruised and battered, the band [...]

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Fly Down Poised For Belmont Glory

BELMONT STAKES…for years I floundered when it came to picking a Kentucky Derby winner. Not to worry, lads, I rejoiced in my unofficial and wholly suitable moniker; The King of the Belmont. I have never had so much success in one race as in the mile and half marathon from New York.
So I hopped out of [...]

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Safe At First; No Umpire Can Stop This Meridian Onslaught

ICE…somewhere, today, Pat Kane sits, pensive and distraught, grimly reminding friends, “I told you all about those sick taxi driving bastards”…Pat Kane, ahead of his time…( of course we’re all heartbroken by the events in England yesterday…just a little levity…Kane’s NHL career was almost derailed by an incident where he punched out a cabbie in [...]

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Gun Kata, Sing-Talk and Celine’s Strangest Idea Ever

How tacky! Celine Dion has announced, via her Fan Club, that she will give birth at an “in-the-round” Medical Facility in Las Vegas, one that will be able to accommodate 300 lucky contest winners. Gross. Further, a Grand Prize winner will be invited to cut the umbilical cord! A bit much? Yeah, of course I’m going [...]