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It's only Wednesday of Super Bowl week (ugh) and the New York Times is already resorting to running an article about, um, how it's really cool that this year's game is Super Bowl XL, because, you know, XL also means extra large.
Super Bowl week, gotta love it. Is there a more miserable, over-hyped event than the Super Bowl?
Actually, I think there is. Last night gave us the State of the Union, which I didn't even bother to watch. The highlight, apparently, was when Bush declared that "America is addicted to oil"... then broke into an out-of-control supervillain laugh, as the Dems frowned, shook their fists, and grumbled to themselves.
Speaking of overhyped events, here's a couple of quotes from the New York Times article about the Oscars. First Spielberg talking about how "Munich" was the only big budget film nominated for Best Picture, and then Clooney reflecting on his three nominations (two for "Good Night and Good Luck," and one for "Syriana"):
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/01/arts/music/01pete.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&8hpib=&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1138801549-pwa3jVnxytWQGJR1oMC5QA
All of which makes Doherty only slightly less of a disaster than my Knicks. What can you say? Up by nine in the first quarter, lose by 33 to Kobe's Lakers. Larry Brown got ejected in the third quarter then spent the next hour-and-a-half secluded in his office--my theory is that he was watching the State of the Union. Qyntel Woods, who somehow led the Knicks in scoring with 15 points, called the game a real "dogfight." OK, that's not true, but it would have been great if he did.
It's only Wednesday of Super Bowl week (ugh) and the New York Times is already resorting to running an article about, um, how it's really cool that this year's game is Super Bowl XL, because, you know, XL also means extra large.
Super Bowl week, gotta love it. Is there a more miserable, over-hyped event than the Super Bowl?
Actually, I think there is. Last night gave us the State of the Union, which I didn't even bother to watch. The highlight, apparently, was when Bush declared that "America is addicted to oil"... then broke into an out-of-control supervillain laugh, as the Dems frowned, shook their fists, and grumbled to themselves.
Speaking of overhyped events, here's a couple of quotes from the New York Times article about the Oscars. First Spielberg talking about how "Munich" was the only big budget film nominated for Best Picture, and then Clooney reflecting on his three nominations (two for "Good Night and Good Luck," and one for "Syriana"):
[Spielberg] quipped in an interview that he could have financed all four of his co-nominees and still had enough left over for "The Squid and the Whale," which was nominated in the best original screenplay category.The Times also has an interesting article about Pete Doherty, former frontman for the excellent British band The Libertines, who now records under the name Babyshambles. If you've never heard of Doherty, he's the latest in the long line of promising rock talents who can't stay sober long enough to actually live up to that promise. Last Friday, he somehow managed to get arrested three times, in one day. He even managed to do something that doesn't seem possible: get arrested while sitting in a police station, where he had already been under arrest for a different offense. Nice!
Mr. Clooney added humorously that he was surprised that these were his first nominations. "I was a little disappointed I didn't win for best actor in a bat suit with nipples," he said referring to his much-mocked performance in "Batman & Robin" in 1997. "But I needed a specific category."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/01/arts/music/01pete.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&8hpib=&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1138801549-pwa3jVnxytWQGJR1oMC5QA
All of which makes Doherty only slightly less of a disaster than my Knicks. What can you say? Up by nine in the first quarter, lose by 33 to Kobe's Lakers. Larry Brown got ejected in the third quarter then spent the next hour-and-a-half secluded in his office--my theory is that he was watching the State of the Union. Qyntel Woods, who somehow led the Knicks in scoring with 15 points, called the game a real "dogfight." OK, that's not true, but it would have been great if he did.
posted by Zackattack at 9:45 AM
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Zarch Fleps has a bloggy. Alert the media.
Zarch Fleps, hm, I should've taken that as my username.
Ahh, shit, I've got to go take this Blackberry message. And then after that it's off to one of the many Starbucks in my neighborhood... I think seven within a three-block radius, at last count.
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