Some observations

I have a few ideas floating around for some good blogs, but for some reason right now I'm not in the mood to write them, so I'm going to try something a little different - an observations blog. In mnay cases completely unrelated to the rest of the article, here are some thoughts that have come to mind recently that I would just like to jot down.

- When did making jokes about Star Jones become so popular? She's been on The View for years and years now yet everybody including Leno, Conan, Letterman, SNL, and basically anything comedic on television have been super heavy on the fat jokes. My best guess is that her recent attention grabbing stunts in relation to her wedding last year have painted an even bigger target on her back, that is if that much paint actually exists in the world.

- The Pistons will most likely win the title again this year. When I watch them play no matter how bad they're looking I never really feel they're going to lose the game. Tayshaun Prince is easily the most improved player in the NBA, although Simmons from the Clips will easily win the award (and I'm not really disputing that, statistically it's a really hard argument). What Tayshaun Prince can do using only one hand in the most competitive arena of basketball in the world makes me wonder what the rest of the league would have to do if he developed anything to his right.

- While discussing the Pistons, although he coined "Detroit Basketballllllllllllllll," their anouncer is easily the most annoying in sports. Names like Billups, Hamilton, and Wallace do not take 15 seconds to say under any circumstances.

- Battle of the gridiron stars on ESPN is hilarious. Hell, anything with Chad Johnson has to be good. I missed it, but I heard he and Carson Palmer were pretty good on another new favorite show, Teamates, also on ESPN. I'm not sure if this video is floating around on the net anywhere, but there's an interview out there with Chad right after a game in which he suffered a concussion. Nobody was aware of his status, so he played on and I believe caught something like 3 touchdowns. In the interview he realizes that he doesn't even remember anything about the game, and wonders how he remembered the plays when they were called. He even asks the reporter what TD celebrations he performed, and then gets quite upset to be told that he didn't do the one he had planned all week, the Pepto Bismol dance. Maybe one of the best interviews in sports history.

- Having a cigarette put out on your arm not only hurts, it leaves a really nasty mark.

- Nancy Grace is one scary woman. If you haven't ever seen her show, I think it's on Headline News at 8 every weeknight. She covers famous trials and legal battles all across the country. The show is unique because she chooses a side so vehemently that she'll yell at her own guests and onsite reporters to prove her point. Her glare has subdued some of the most respected legal experts in the country. If you want to get drunk playing a drinking game, play one where you take a shot every time she interupts or degrades one of her guests.

- The Evil Dead may be the most ridiculously gorey movie ever made.

- Have any of you ever heard of the conspiracies that man never really landed on the moon, it was all filmed in a studio and faked a million different ways? Well, if you believe any of this, you're extremely wrong. I watched a special about the conspiracy on the the National Geographic channel the other day and it took this one guy about 10 minutes to debunk every major concern any theorist ever brought up. For example, why are there no stars in the pictures taken from the moon, without an atmosphere they should show up brightly they all argue. This guy goes outside and takes tons of pictures of stars with the same film they used on the moon, and surprise surprise, it can't pick up such light features. Why haven't any of these theorists tried this simple experiment before writing entire books devoted to this subject among others? My only answer is that the leading theorist currently lives at a cat sanctuary, living among literally hundreds of cats. Enough said.

- I often wonder if when our generation gets older, will liberal thought win out in the political arena? Will we grow to be the same as our parents and moreso grandparents, and lean back right? Will we elect presidents for reasons not only completely unnecessary to the position (religious and moral), but that seemingly don't even apply to the candidate (Bush's immoral past)? Will growing concerns over money cause us to change our views? I hope our generation can carry all of our current values and ideologies through to future elections, as right wing radio figures alone make me confident that the left is actually the farthest direction from the devil.

- Would products that leave a woman's legs hairless for weeks work on a man's face? Do they not market this possibility simply because it's unsafe or potentially painful to apply in such locations? I'd be happy to not have to shave for a few weeks.

- This blog is getting amazingly long.

- People should comment on blogs more often. It creates for entertaining reading.