Who Doesn't Love Barca?

Kobe Bryant talking about his lust for FC Barcelona and Ronaldinho:

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v17353841eHEN926f

Medicine for Melancholy

"I love the city. I hate the city."

Story of my life:


http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/medicineformelancholy/

Foodies Unite

Some fun guerilla/pirate foodie ventures to check out:

http://www.theghet.com/

http://blog.missionstreetfood.com/

The Ubiquitous Diego Maradona

Ever since Diego Maradona was selected to coach the Argentinian National Team he's used his carte blance and demi-god status to visit seemingly every European based Argentine footballer.

Every day I see a different photo of little Diego clutching some strapping Argentine. And whoever it is is obviously beside himself with glee because arguably the best player ever is posing with him (OMG it's DIEGO FUCKING MARADONA!).

I'm interested to see how long Diego's Tour de Europa lasts. Who's footing the bill on his cigar-fueled, fantasy football vacation...i mean scouting trip?

Quirky, whimsical, weird, arrogant, Napoleonic--you gotta love Diego.

Rap is too far gone to redeem itself

Wow! How can Rap continue to get worse? Lil' Wayne continues to reign and the same 10 producers are in heavy rotation among these fake emcees. This mess is redefining what a "groupie" is.

I guess the game is imitating the business world now. Only a few corporations own everything we consume so it's no big surprise that the rap world reflects this.

Right now, if rap was meat I'd go vegan.

Face Tattoos...

Why?

Etiquette

When do you tell your friend(s) "it's time to grow up"?

Does the fact that I'm even considering such things make me old or just responsible...or arrogant...or uptight?

30 is getting closer and closer...

I Love the BCS

Couldn't have said it better myself:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/52186/saturday-night-live-update-bcs-song

Get Off Tim Tebow's *#$@

The Hater is back...

Never has a college quarterback been as heralded (or overhyped) as Tim Tebow. The media has anointed him as a messianic figure (both on and off the field). Last night his Florida Gators locked up their second National Championship during Tebow's tenure in The Swamp.

Throughout the game and during the entire season the announcers (and media in general) have praised this guy like there's no tomorrow. On and on about his offseason trips to leper colonies and mission trips and how he has a bigger presence than the average college Junior. Blah, blah, blah.

Enough is enough.

They've overlooked the arrogance (not confidence, arrogance) of this burly do-gooder.

Spoiler Alert: Christian friends may want to cover their eyes or click away.

Mission trips don't make you the best guy ever. Praising Mission trips is like "supporting our troops". No one's gonna give you shit about going to Developing nations to spread the word of your God. Instead people will deem you noble. Especially if you're doing it during Spring Break as opposed to hittin up Cancun in search of the thickest girl in Mexico.

Get over this kid so he can get over himself. Jesus Christ! (pun intended)

Back to the arrogance: Why don't people point out the obvious nature of his cheerleading and taunting? He's always trying to hype the crowd like a Pro Wrestler. Give me a fucking break. If he pulls that shit in the Pros Ray Lewis or Joey Porter will lay his ass out.

On his ability as a quarterback: He's overrated here too (no big surprise). He's a fullback with a big arm, period. He runs a high school offense that hurts my eyes to watch. Various times during the season I wanted to throw my remote at the screen while watching Florida's offense. It's all gimmicks, people.

While Pete Carroll prepares his boys for great pro careers with an excellent system, Urban Meyer runs a two-bit offense consisting of misdirection, brute force and speed. Yeah, he's winning but how could he not win with the talent at his disposal?

Add all of these rants to the fact that Florida arguably isn't the best team. Tebow's legend is growing as I type but dude hasn't played the mighty Trojans of USC, this year's edition of the the Texas Longhorns (who beat Oklahoma) and the undefeated #2 Utah Utes. How would he fare against these foes? I'm salivating thinking about what USC's linebackers would do to Tebow and Harvin.

So, to boot, the system is flawed. Florida isn't the people's champ...they're the media's champ and Tim Tebow is their Don King.

Utah's gotta be crying in their cereal this morning.

In the words of Jim Mora: "Playoffs? Playoffs!"

Yeah, it's past time for playoffs. But that's a whole other bitchfest.

Yummy

We all know we've been pigging out over the last two weeks. Gluttony and sloth. Here's a tribute: