Oscar Week: The Supporting Players

Best Supporting Actress
Frances McDormand (North Country) Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain) Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) Catherine Keener (Capote) Amy Adams (Junebug)


This category seems to be a one horse race, Rachel Weisz has basically won every other award for this movie that anyone could have won. Michelle Williams and Amy Adams are relative non factors here. Weisz strongest competition comes from the always steady Francis McDormand (she is like the Craig Biggio of movie actresses) and Catherine Keener. Keener’s performance was very understated throughout the movie, but then afterward you realize how much she brought to the table, almost the moral conciousness of Truman Capote. I would not be surprised to see an upset in this category, but Weisz was terrific in The Constant Gardener and deserves the award. MY PICK: Rachel Weisz PREDICTION: Rachel Weisz

Best Supporting Actor
George Clooney (Syriana) Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man) Matt Dillon (Crash) Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain) William Hurt (A History of Violence)


Much like the previous category this one has some heavyweights battling it out. Again, Matt Dillon has emerged as a favorite for his strong performance as the Racist cop in Crash. Clooney was good, but Syriana was a strong ensamble and while Gyllenhaal was also good, Brokeback was completely driven by Heath Ledger. However, the one man who stood out above everyone was Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man. He absolutely stole the show, even when he was in scenes with someone as good as Russell Crowe. Giamatti was the driving force behind the whole movie, and when he was on screen you were excited to see what he had to bring to the table. MY PICK: Paul Giamatti PREDICTION: Paul Giamatti

Documentary FilmThe Smartest Guys in the Room, Murderball, March of the Penguins, Darwins Nightmare, Streetfight


Sometimes this category is a no brainer, like 2 years ago with Farenheit 9/11, however this year this category is as hotly contested as the Best Picture category. The odds on favorite is the box office smash March of the Penguins. Streetfight and The Smartest Guys in the Room are compelling documentaries about people in the business and political world and are both very well done. My personal favorite is Murderball about the wheelchair based sport. It is a violent game and the competition is fierce and the filmmakers brought you right inside this world which is what a documentary is supposed to do. MY PICK: Murderball PREDICTION: March of the Penguins

Oscar Week: The Technical Awards

In anticipation of the Oscars forthcoming next Sunday evening we will be breaking down the competition all week long. We will give a category, outlines some of the Favorites and then give you who we think will win, and who I think should win. You see, because that way I sort of get to choose 2 out of every category, so at then end of the day I have a better percentage of being correct. I am not as dumb as my belly would indicate I am. Today we will be looking at the technical awards (not all of them, just some I find important and interesting). Tuesday: Supporting Actors & Documentary, Wednesday Lead Actress, Thursday Lead Actor (easily the most prolific list and hardest to predict) and Friday Director & Best Picture.

ART DIRECTION
King Kong, Harry Potter, Pride & Prejudice, Good night & Good luck, Memoirs of a Geisha
Sometimes the favorites for this award are movies which take place in a highly fictional world, something not really of any time period or specific real place that we know. As is the case with this years nominees, Harry Potter and King Kong seem to be the odds on favorite. However, both Pride & Prejudice and Good Night & Good Luck were far superior in all aspects. Pride & Prejudice was stunning visually with the countryside of England, the Castles and Homes, and the costumes and scenary. MY PICK: Pride & Prejudice PREDICTION: Harry Potter and the something of something, whatever this months title happens to be.

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Batman Begins, Brokeback Mountain, Good night & Good Luck, Memoirs of a Geisha, The New WorldI am not usually one to wallow in the lack of nomination for someone, however the most well shot movie this year was War of the Worlds. That being said this category is highly competative. The recent buzz has been for Batman Begins, whom everyone says is better than it gets credit for, but to me it was typical action flick with a bad story. Obviously Brokeback Mountain and director Ang Lee are always in the mix and should be. The movie was beautifully shot and edited. But again Good Night & Good Luck just had something about it, the cinematography really brought you into those newsrooms and into the heart of what Edward R. Murrow was trying to do. For a movie with a few basics sets, it was very entertaining visually. MY PICK: Good night and Good Luck PREDICTION: Batman Begins

SCREENPLAY-ADAPTED
Capote, Brokeback Mountain, The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence, Munich
Again a tough categorey to choose. All the movies well done and all terrifically formatted for the sceen. But movies like Brokeback Mountain and CApote left a lot of interpritation up to the director of the movie. Munich on the other hand was layed out perfectly on the screen. The pacing and suspense of the movie really translated onto the screen and through it into the audience. MY PICK: Munich PREDICTION: Borkeback Mountain

SCREENPLAY-ORIGINAL
Crash, Good Night & Good Luck, Match Point, The Squid & the Whale, Syriana
This may be the most underrated category of the evening. Each of these stories were original and fascinating on the big screen. Unfortunately for The Squid & the Whale and Match Point there is too much other star power in this category. Although Match Point reminded me of why I love Woody Allen and his offbeat take on things. I think in this category Syriana and Crash are the big favorites. The story behind Crash was riveting and controversial, but so was Syriana. I just think the racial aspect of Crash makes it so much more appealing. MY PICK: Crash PREDICTION:Crash


Obituaries
As we know, not every Tom, Dick and Mordechai gets an obituary on my page. However, this weekend there were two actors who passed away whom deserve a mention. First is Don Knotts, who down here in the Carolina's is like a Demi-God because of the still popular Andy Griffith show. He is best remebered as Barney Fife on the aformentioned Griffith Show. His bumbling Deputy Fife is one of the all time great sidekick actors. He is also known for being the eccentric landlord, Mr. Furely, on the 80's classic Three's Company. Don Knotts will always be remembered for his wiry body and plastic face that made so many laugh. The other death is that of the versatile and talented Darren McGavin. McGavin is best known to older generations for his work in "The Night Stalker" television serial in the 70's. He played the reporter Carl Kolchak searching for the night stalker and was brilliant. To others he is bets known for his 3 fatherly roles. First as the second greatest grumpy dad (nobody is better than Dan Lauria in The Wonder Years) in "A Christmas Story", secondly as owner of Madison Hotels in the comedy "Billy Madison", and third in his emmy nominated performance as Murphy Browns father in the hit television series of the early 90's. McGavin was also a veteran of more than 150 movies and TV guest apperances on shows ranging from Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Dr. Kildare, Gunsmoke, The Virginian, Six Million Dollar Man, and more recent shows like Touched by an Angel, The Commish, The X-Files, and Grace Under Fire. McGavin versatility is simply noted in the longevity of his career and breadth of his work. Both McGavin and Knotts will be remembered forever in their legendary performances.

The Weekend Wrap 2/17-2/19

In the business, it’s called “re-tirony”

Barry Bonds sort of announced that he will be retiring after this current season. Now everyone who believes that please raise their hands. Okay, I see no hands are up, I tend to agree. Now, may this be Barry’s last season, sure it could be. But do I believe he has made up his mind now, not a chance. Barry has been known to be slightly outspoken in his time, so for him this is nothing new. There is no more ardent supporter of Bonds than myself, but what happened is nobody has really been talking about him coming into this season; everyone is focused on the World Baseball Classic. So Barry, being an a typical egotistical athlete, decided it was time to shift the focus back on him. Barry will break the homerun record than retire, and the reason he will wait until he breaks it is so that he can shove it up everyone’s ass. He could look at the record books and see his name at the top, no matter what people think of him.

I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir

A 5’9 guy wins the slam dunk contest and a 7 footer is the three point shootout champion? What the heck is going on here folks? All big guys want to pretend they are shooters, but few are big Dirk. And every little guys dream is to be able to throw down; well Nate has got some crazy hops. Let’s address this Slam Dunk “controversy.” I have long thought I should be the commissioner of every sport, and this Slam Dunk contest is one reason why. I firmly believe that certain time the dunk contest should be cancelled after someone pulls out something to ridiculous to behold. Here are a few examples: When ‘Nique threw down that sick reverse in 1987, when Isaiah Rider went between his legs for the first time, and when Vince Carter did his first ever slam dunk contest dunk (the wrong way reverse 360 windmill thingy). And this Saturday night we had another opportunity to save everyone time, once Andre Igoudala knocked down his second dunk. I don’t care if Nate Robinson jumped over Shaq (which would have been more impressive than leaping my sister), Iggy started on the wrong side of the basket. Do you realize what he did? I want everyone to try just leaping from out of bounds and trying to throw in a reverse lay-up. Never mind catching a pass and keeping enough elevation and stride in your jump to dunk a ball while going away from the basket. Iggy is my champion, forever!!

What did the old man trade for these assholes, a used puck bag?

What the hell is going on with the hockey teams from this continent? We could have packed up a bunch of Mexicans and sent them over to Turin to compete about as well as the US and Canadian teams. Really, what is the point of stopping the damned NHL season to send these crackpots over there to get their brains beat in. I know America is not the greatest hockey nation, but hell we might not make the damned medal round, that is embarrassing. I know everyone is going to say, its just Olympic hockey and nobody gives a shit, but still if we are going to bother to make an effort we have to put forth a better effort than this. The only thing that is making it okay for me right now is the fact that Canada sucks too, that is cool because those freaks live for hockey up there, and they say Eh a lot.

Hey, man, you don't talk to the Colonel. You listen to him

In my time in college athletics I have had the opportunity to meet some famous people, in the world of athletics, entertainment, and other forms of being famous. But this weekend I was up close and personal with someone who is going to be in history books. Not some no talent run of the mill celebrity of now, nope a real international newsmaker in his day. Friday afternoon at our basketball practice one of our team doctors comes in to watch for a few minutes and standing with him is a gray haired man probably in his late 60’s early 70’s. Most likely I assumed in some way he was related to Dr. Katz, either father or father in law of some type. I continually stare at the older man, because he looks eerily familiar. Alas, I have to leave practice early and do not get chance to talk to the Doc before I leave. The next morning as we are getting ready for our game, a friend says to me, hey did you see Dr. Katz and his father in law yesterday. I said yeah I did, not realizing that indeed it was someone famous. My friend says can you believe he is married to Oliver North’s daughter. What? My head about fell off, Ollie? Then, no more than fifteen minutes later Dr. Katz comes strolling in and says hey Kris I want you to meet my father in law Colonel North. How fucking bad ass is that? Oliver North, he was a cool dude too. After the game I got a chance to talk to him a little bit, and even informed him that since we lost and this was his first game here watching us that he was most likely not invited back. Hah, I talked shit to Oliver North.



Normally we have done an old school rap lyric of the week and if you name the artist and song title you win a prize. This week I want you to name the movie or TV show in which each of the headlines appears in. I get creative with the stuff, but at least to me they are very funny.

The Daily Nooner 2/13

There's only two things I do well, sweetheart, and skating's the other one

Now I am not going to really pretend to know a lot about figure skating, nor that I care much for the Winter Olympics. However, this Michelle Kwan chick is a fucking joke. Basically she bullied the USCOC and the Figure Skating Board (what do you have to do to get on that thing) into putting her on the team so that she could try and win an Olympic Gold. The only thing she could have done worse was faked a Nancy Kerrigan like beating and cried her way onto the team. Hey Michelle what about the other eight Olympics you had a chance to win gold in? Enough, it is time for other more deserving people, like her replacement Emily Hughes. Hughes, from everything I read, is way more deserving and about 5 times the skater Michelle Kwan is at this point. Now all Kwan did was hinder Hughes chances to medal in these games. Thanks for playing Michelle, time to disappear from out national consciousness just like Peggy Fleming, Dick Button, Dorothy Hamill, and Tara Lapinski.

Once a Raider, always a Raider

Hey, welcome back Art Shell. What exactly did this guy do to not deserve another Head Coaching job in the last 12 years? Heck, even the Raiders should have hired him back sooner. His worst season with the Raiders was in 1994 where he went 7-9. In 11 seasons without Davis the Raiders have won less than 7 games 5 times. And Shell couldn’t get another job with the Raiders, or anyone else? Ahh, that’s right, Art Shell is black, I forgot. Lord knows we needed to give white guys like Joe Bugle, Dave Wannstedt, Rich Kotite, and Bruce Coslet a second chance before we could have a black guy get a second chance. The combined winning percentage of those 4 clowns in their first head coaching stop is .423, in 18 seasons worth of football. But they immediately got other head coaching opportunities. So let’s not pretend that race isn’t a huge issue when it comes to the hiring of coach’s in sports like pro football and college football.

Tap my cell, and the phone in the basement

We briefly explored the topic of the “Cell Phone Era” and how it has actually made it more difficult for people to make plans. When in the past, you would just say, “hey we are all meeting at The Wigwam Tavern at 9,” and then everyone would just show up. Well now we love to be mobile and fluid and change our plans 700 times in any given night. But also, if things change or if you are looking for someone you simply call them on the phone and alert them to what is happening. Not a hard concept. Except, I always seem to know people who struggle with this, but then they give you the line, “where the heck were you last night?” Hummm, me, I was right here. Where? Here, it is a simple place, it is the space on earth that my body occupied last night, well for part of the night it was over there, but then I came here. This happened to me Friday evening. I am a strange duck and have been known to disappear at times, which makes it all the more logical that one would call me and leave me a message and let me know what is going on. So on the eve of Friday I decided to go see some movies, by myself of course, the only way to truly enjoy a movie. Well when I left the theatre around 12:30 I noticed that not single person had called or sent a text message, figuring they either weren’t doing anything or then didn’t want me there I went home and passed out. Well the next day I get the inevitable, “where the heck were you last night” or the “are you gonna hang out with us tonight?” I simply said you could have called me and let me know what was up and I would have gladly stopped by. Well one guy insisted that he called me and another insisted that he sent me a text message. Well in the “Cell Phone Era” that is easily traceable and looking at their phones it turns out both of them were lying, although one guy did try and send me a text message but it did not go through. Of course the circular argument of who could have called who began, one I personally love, because I have the great equalizing answer. They said I could have called them too, of course which is true, but then again I knew where I was and I was not looking for them, they were looking for me. Yeah, I know it is stupid and trite but I just hate when people say dumb things like that. “Where were you?” Most of the time I am home sitting on my couch, not hard to find me.

You’re gonna need a bigger boat

The man who penned the spine chilling novel “Jaws” passed away yesterday, Peter Benchley was 65. In 1974 his novel “Jaws” was a bestseller and soon optioned as a movie. With very little support and a relatively unknown director named Steven Spielberg the movie version of Benchley’s novel helped create the modern summer “blockbuster” movie craze. Though some of his other novels were also bought by Hollywood none would ever create the same buzz and suspense of “Jaws.”

Take Gretzky, and lay the 3 points

This thing with Rick Tocchet and Wayne Gretzky is starting to get real ugly. Now I am going to try and be fair to Gretzky but it is hard for me to do so. I am one who was always especially critical of Michael Jordan’s gambling addiction, and the fact that it led to most of the problems in his life (see James Jordan’s death). Now it appears that Gretzky has the same affinity for spending his money through illegal gambling. Again, much like in the Pete Rose and Michael Jordan situations I do not think this in any way detracts from any of their accomplishments on the playing field. However, off the field they are looked at by their sports and by society as people that have a high moral standing and as ambassadors for their games (Ed. I know we got into this one time about TO and how we seem to care more about our athletes morals than we do some of our elected officials, but in this case I think that we need to keep in mind Gretzky holds a high place in our society and he should be held to a very high standard, one that he created for himself).

The problems for these guys arise though because of the way we deify our athletes in America. They feel a lot of the time as if they live above the laws of society. And secondly they feel they can control any situation. This is where gambling steps into the forefront, and guys like Gretzky, Rose, and Jordan get into trouble. All of these men were great athletes and they could control all things on the field of play, with gambling they feel they can do the very same thing. They think they know sport so well they can easily predict what is going to happen. Athletes’ gambling is nothing new, but when it is someone like Wayne Gretzky it becomes a serious issue. Why do you ask? Because it will always call into question the integrity of that person, and when a person like Gretzky’s integrity is in question than so is the league as a whole. He represents something bigger than the game, and Gary Bettman knows this.

Gambling is a very serious addiction and people who do it usually don’t stop at “just betting on the super bowl,” as Janet Jones Gretzky is alleged to have done through this illegal gambling ring. And lets be honest here, Janet Jones Gretzky acted about as alone as Lee Harvey Oswald. I am not naïve enough to think that occasionally Gretzky just bet on big sporting events, these guys like to win, and win big. Once the win big, they try and make another score. And maybe they do, maybe they win again, but eventually they start losing. And when you begin to lose you look for a sure thing, well if you are Wayne Gretzky what is the surest thing you know, hockey. That is where all of this is leading, we know that. Eventually it will be discovered that somewhere along the line bets may have been placed on hockey games through this mafia gambling entity. If Wayne Gretzky or Janet Jones Gretzky’s names appear anywhere in these record books (as they allegedly do) then things can get real hairy.

Now I know some people will say, “Hey fat man the Gretzky’s are loaded, and if they want to blow a couple hundred grand on betting, who cares?” Well normally I would not disagree with that assessment; however they have been placing bets with an illegal bookmaking agency. Although, technically (and I am not sure how) right now it appears that placing the bets is not “illegal” but the bookmaker taking the bets is the guilty party here. I guess it is like saying the john is not guilty for paying, just the hooker is guilty for accepting, I think. So they may not be punishable by the letter of the law, but they were still involved in illegal activities.

Is Wayne Gretzky telling the truth? We are a forgiving society; we want to know the truth. If Gretz comes out and says, “Hey, yeah, we placed some bets with Tocc and his people and we know it was wrong and we are sorry for doing so,” we will forgive him. What we don’t want is for him to pretend like he knew about as little as I did about this a week ago. They apparently have him on audio tape making sure Tocchet can keep he and Janet’s name out of the investigation. That is what we hate most about people in America, when the lie. That is all we were really on Bill Clinton about with Monica and the same with George W. Bush about Weapons of Mass Destruction. Did you lie to us? That is all we want to know. I hope in the end Gretzky gets absolved from all these proceedings, but the evidence seems to be mounting against that outcome. To paraphrase the most famous quote NEVER said “Say it ain’t so Wayne, say it ain’t so?”


Did you guys know there is a movie coming out today called Final Destination 3? That is basically triple redundancy.

The Super Bore

As predicted the Steelers won the game, mostly in a comfortable fashion. And as expected the game, the hype, the concerts and everything about the game in general was an unmitigated disastrous bore. I don’t know what it is but the Super Bowl holds no intrinsic excitement or value to me. The playoffs leading up to the game are great, and then the game just plain blows. I know we are all sick of all the shit that surrounds the game, especially those of us who actually like football, the sport not the entertainment venue.

Last year I had many of these same views and by most of the readers I was ripped apart for having them. But again I don’t care; I want to watch a football game, preferably a good one void of errors and mistakes and played by the premier players in the game. What do I get? I get a bunch of washed up entertainers sharing the national anthem, after a washed up blind guy played a pre game concert. Pre game concert? Are you kidding me, I hate to sound like Chuck Bednarik, but when the fuck did a football game need a pre game concert. Only to be outdone by all these washed up clowns the NFL trotted out the fucking Rolling Stones for halftime. This halftime show was so bad and out dated that before “Satisfaction” Mick Jagger stated, “We could have played this before the first Super Bowl.” What does that tell you? Nobody gives a shit about the Stones, not even old people who used to like the Stones.

Now to the actual football game, a bigger bore than all the fake entertainment. I thought this game had a little potential to be a good game. Although the national “buzz” about it was awful. Really the Seattle Seahawks just don’t move the meter. Yes I know they have the MVP of the league, but most people have never even heard of Shaun Alexander. Come to think of it, after the Super Bowl even less people have heard of him, I am not sure if he ever made it to the game. He had the quietest 95 yards in a Super Bowl. It was a fairly uninspired performance by the league MVP.

The Seahawks had this game in their hands. They were and probably still are the better football team. However, every time they had a chance to do something they bit themselves in the ass. And no I do not want to hear anything about the officials, Darrell Jackson pushed off. He gained an advantage through the use of illegal contact that is textbook pass interference. Then after that the Hawks still had a 1st down and they promptly lost 4 yards on the ensuing three plays and had to settle for a field goal. After one quarter they severely outplayed the Steelers (who had 0 first downs and 3 three and outs) but negated two drives with penalties and only led 3-0. You cannot give a team as good as the Steelers opportunities like that. In the second quarter they had a typical Steelers11 play 6 minute drive capped off by a Ben Roethlisberger TD (and yes look at the replay part of the ball crosses the goal line). Then came the Seahawks total abomination; their 2 minute drill. This was an absolute freaking joke, it was like watching 11 guys and 1 coach who have never been together try and operate a two minute drive.

The second half was more of this poor brand of football. In the second half the Steelers finally played on offense as I suspected, mixing up the running game with Bettis, Parker and an end around. Then they threw in the old reverse pass which was the signature play of the game and won Hines Ward the MVP. The Steelers controlled the second half and the Seahawks just burned too many opportunities, and look no further than Jeramy Stephens who thrice dropped 3rd down passes that would have kept drives alive. The Seahawks were their own worst enemies in Super Bowl XL and that is why they did not win.

The One and Only Preview

Uummmm…………..Steelers.


Okay, well I will go a little more in depth than that. This truly is the place to get the most comprehensive Super Bowl preview. Believe me, nobody has read, watched and listened to less Super Bowl coverage than me. So therefore I feel I am the foremost expert on the subject.


Remember these few fun facts:


31 of 39 Super Bowls were won by the favorite, those are pretty good odds to take.


No coach has ever led two different teams to a Super Bowl title; Don Shula, Bill Parcells and now Mike Holmgren have taken two different teams to the big show.


MVP Facts-

The last time the regular season MVP won the super bowl was 1999 when Kurt Warner led the St. Louis Rams to the title.


Only 10 times in 39 games has the regular season MVP’s team won the Super Bowl.


However, in those 10 games the regular season MVP has also been the Super Bowl MVP, the only two times it did not happen was 1986 Giants (Taylor Regular Season, Simms Super Bowl) and the 1998 Broncos (Davis Regular Season, Elway Super Bowl).

So what does all this crap tell me, well history is certainly against the Seahawks, but if you are betting with Seattle it is a good bet that Shaun Alexander will be the reason why they win. When I look at the match-up on paper the teams seem very even and there are very intriguing battles all over the field.


What the Seahawks need to do to win


Obviously they need to run the ball, but more than that they need to run the ball early and effectively. If they can run early than the Steelers will be forced to have Polamalu at the line of scrimmage all the time, rather than move him around. If they can do this than they will be able to exploit a weak secondary for the Steelers. Also, the Steelers rely on a complex blitz package to wreak havoc on opposing Quarterbacks, if Hasselbeck can handle the pressure and look over the middle he may have some open receivers with room to run. When the Steelers blitz they drop back in a 3 deep zone as not to get beat deep, but the middle is left open.


On defense they need to not let the Steelers dictate the play at the line for scrimmage. They need to disrupt the timing of the Steelers run and pass game. If they can run blitz effectively they may be able to get some negative yardage plays. When Roethlisberger goes back to pass they need to make him feel pressure, with more than just their front four. They too need to bring Lofa Tatupu or someone and get in Roethlisberger's face, and force him to throw on the run or off balance; he still has a tendency to make stupid plays when moving around.


What the Steelers need to do to win


Much like the Seahawks the Steelers thrive on running the ball and controlling the clock. Although, I think they Steelers should keep the Seahawks guessing who is getting the ball, hand to Parker inside, then run Bettis outside, throw in a direct snap to Randel El. I am not sure if Seattle’s linebackers can adjust to the varying types of running attack the Steelers can bring. Also the Steelers line appears to have a huge advantage and if that is true then they may be able to get an early lead. If the Steelers score first and get up, you will see them sit on the ball, Cowher will not take any chances.


On defense the Steelers need to continue their aggressive blitzing style and get to Matt Hasselbeck. The Seahawks passing game rely’s on quick drops and quick releases, if the Steelers can bring different guys on each play than they can force Hasselbeck to pump fake, or pull the ball down, or maybe even a quick throw into a coverage that he does not see. The Steelers defensive plan needs to be exactly like it was against the Colts, Hasselbeck like Manning is a rhythm passer. If they can disrupt that rhythm they can force Seattle into turnovers.


So after all that, you can guess I am picking the Steelers. I think they will be able to dictate what they want to do on the offensive side of the ball. And on defense I think Defensive Coordinator Dick LeBeau is as good as anyone in the league at coming up with a game plan to stop the opposing team. And the two other reasons I am picking the Steelers is because they helped my upset special of the year come true a few weeks ago and my unexplained dislike for all things Hasselbeck.


Steelers 28 Seahawks 16

The Daily Nooner

Attica! Attica!
Well it is the day after the State of the Union address, and I shall not be addressing that issue. Sometimes I feel semipolitical and really pay attention and watch things like this, and then other times I feel as blasé as Martin does about the whole thing. Today is certainly the latter, instead of watching W yap on about who knows what I watched Two for the Money, starring Al Pacino and Mathew Mcgohannyndyeheee. Actually, the movie was not nearly as terrible as I thought it would be, however Pacino was his annoying self as usually. Seriously, is there any actor who has fallen so far of the I used to be a good actor train than Mr. Pacino. I mean really folks, this guy was great, we are talking Brando great and then in the 90’s he just started yelling and cursing a lot. He had some great movies in the 90’s like Glengarry Glen Ross, Donnie Brasco, and Carlito’s Way, but then he had a whole lotta garbage. But as I always tell “Pacino” fans if you want to see him at his absolute best just rent Dog Day Afternoon.

Radio is a sound salvation, Radio is cleaning up the nation
I do not know what happened at media day yesterday, or who went around asking that one stupid question because I did not watch any super bowl coverage. I try to stay away from all that as much as I can. However, while in the car I flip back and forth between ESPN and Fox sports Radio, because there is only so much Kanye West a man can listen to on the radio. Well all these silly radio hosts are of course at the Super Bowl, in what they call Radio Row, where every sports station in America is this week. And all that happens on these shows is people just walk by and pick up headsets and talk about what party they went to last night, or who else they were hanging out with, or some other nonsense. Nobody talks about the actual fucking game, you know the reason all you overpaid assclowns are actually there. Monday I heard Rich Eisen guest spot on four different shows. I did not want to hear what he had to say on the first show never mind the fourth.

Newman: I'm a United States postal worker.
George Costanza: Aren't those the guys that always go crazy and come back with a gun and shoot everybody?
It has been awhile but finally the other day we had a good ole fashion post office multiple murder suicide. Monday evening after being fired some female postal worker in California came back and just opened up a barrage of gunfire and mowed down about 10 people, and then of course like a fucking coward she turned the gun on herself. That is the only thing I do not like about the modern day spree killing, is that the gunmen always kill themselves. Back in the days of John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd these guys would then try and shoot their way out and go down in a hale of gunfire.