Monday, November 20, 2006

Howard's Johnson

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...is huuuuge. Mad props and all my love to the man with the plan, all 260 pounds of fun-loving, homer-swatting, walk-getting, teenage-girl-impregnating, value-providing hero. Here's looking at you, kid.

Double-take all you want. Those numbers are for real. And Howard, he is the real thing.

Phillies for life!

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Good News

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Just Kidding. More bad news.

Double Fuck.



Judging how things are shaping up today, i think the sports gods have it out for Philly. What are they going to do next? Have Pat Burrell wave his no-trade clause? Oh, no, sports gods. Anything but that. Please don't let us trade Pat Burrell. He's so much better than ALfonso Soriano. Anyone but him.

Bad News

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Fuck.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

The Webb-ster

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Yes, I know, kos was all over this one, but its so good and so important that i thought id link it, as well.

Jim Webb, you are a genius.

Way to publish this in the journal and not the times. As you say, it is important for the upper class to understand what they have to gain from the promotion of equality in american life.

Chuck Schumer, i want to have your babies.

seriously. lock their windows at night...



In other news, kudos to House for making the trip to AC to get a delectable I-talian sub and commit second degree murder.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Brood-eo 60

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OK, so, i think Ive gotten my head around Aaron Sorkins' melodramatic shit-show of a show (and i dont mean that in the bad way, necessarily).

In an early ep of WW, Leo's wife confronted him, saying that his new job was making him an absentee husband, to which he replied, "its an important job."

"Not more important than your marriage!"

"Yes! It is more important than my marriage!"

Or something like that. But anyway, that rung true. Running the free world IS more important than making sure your 60 y/o wife gets plenty of dick (and affection, etc. etc.). So, essentially, we watched the WW only concerned with the characters professional lives. With the exception of some of Josh's sexual antics and mopey Tobey's fraternal disfunctions, we saw very litte of their personal lives, and instead got to follow them as they talked about ideas. Wow, that was good TV.

But, c'mon. You expect me to believe that these TV producer guys can be so satisfied professionally that they have no personal life outside of standing up for their beliefs on gay marriage? Dont get me wrong, just because most shows seem to take place in a world where noone ever lied to the American people to justify invading Iraq, doesnt mean that all TV should avoid the pressing issues of the day.

But that also doesnt mean that you can just invent shells of characters in shells of an enviroment and expect us to have fun watching them debate. Clearly, if this show is gonna shape up, it needs to invest a little more into the personal lives of their characters.

Or at least show some boobs.

Two faces staring at eachother of the year

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N.L. Cy Young: and the winner is....Brandon Webb. Ok, I was a little late on this one (thats what she said). In all hoensty, my choice would have been trevor hoffman as a sort of lifetime achievement award. But, i mean, a 16 game winner is dominant...runner up: Roy Oswalt. Honorable Mention: Jon Lieber. (J/K!)

A.L. Cy Young: Johan Santana. Duh. I mean , this guy was sick this year, and he is cruising into a hall of fame career. In fact, stay tuned next week when i make the case for Santana winning another serious award. Also, pronounce it Joe-han, and tell me you don't smile. Runner-up: Chien-Ming Wang (I am an equal opportunity awawrd giver-outer). Honorable Mention: Roy "Holiday Road" Halliday.

Next time, JFox expains why Bobby Cox is a big stupid moron, and why the Phillies are definately, 100% happy that they hired Charlie Manuel and not Jim Leyland.

Monday, November 13, 2006

Quoted

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PuebloMan4: who cares
PuebloMan4: its a sukkah

BoobTube

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No, why would i have a video on YouTube?

Sunday, November 12, 2006

And your bird can sing

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Alot to blog about to-day (which is to say, alot of work to procrastinate over)

1. so, apparently, you cant put pictures on blogspot

2. i saw paul mccartney yesterday. do you think he understands who he is? Also, i saw Will Arnett. Come on!

3. FU,W

4. National League Manager of the Year: Joe Girardi

5. American League Manager of the Year: Jim Leyland. Duh.

6. Congrats, Ryan Howard and Chase Utley on your first silver slugger awards.

7. Simpons tonight?

8. Who knows 8?

9. Joking Smokers, don't you think the joker laughs at you?

10. I think i'd be 10 times more inclined to read this Sarte, and 20 times more inclined to read these vietnam documents, if the Man wasnt telling me to do so.

11. LBJ, what were you thinking?

12. Rumsfeld? I mean, Come On!

13. Wii comes out this friday? who wants to go to Best Buy at 6 am with me? I am completely serious.

14. I am now accepting bets on what i will be doing next year. The vegas odds:
TFA: 2-1
Snowboard Instructor: 5-2
Trubadour: 7-4
Peace Corps: 3-1
Junior Speech Writer for Democratic Nominee for President Ed Rendell, 4-1
Fellow: 5-1
Struggling screenwriter/waitor: 6-1
Zarathustra: 7-1
Navy Intelligence Officer: 10-1
Professional She-Male: Even
Paul McCartney/Ryan Howard worshipper: 1-100
NL manager of the year: 25-1

15. Gentlemen, start your engines.

16. anyone wanna get drunk and go to the Harvard Objectivist Club meeting next friday night?

17. Know any single girls?

18. Response Paper? tomorrow? we just wrote one last week!

19. http://youtube.com/watch?v=6X0S4nYyaTk

20. Its funny because its true.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

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Monday, November 06, 2006

Little Big League

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Part one of our baseball awards preview takes us on a tour of one of the best rookie seasons in recent baseball history. In the AL, young pitchers exploded onto the scene, and became integral parts of good teams. In the NL, florida showed us once again that a team needs neither money, fans, a ballpark, or a winning record against the phillies to be totally sweet.

AL Rookie of the Year: Jonathan Papelbon. SO good. All the attention may be in the motor city on this one, but the AL Champion's ace had some seriously bad games, didn't stirke out as many as he should have, and had an ERA (3.63) that doesnt exactly shout dominance. Here's one that does: 0.92. Papelbon pitched in a full 59 games, allowing only 7 earned runs in 68.3 IP on his way to earning 35 saves that kept boston in it. Even his second half melt down doesnt not make papelbon the single most promising rookie pitcher in baseball. Runner-up: Verlander. Honorable Mention: Liriano.

NL Rookie of the Year: Dan Uggla. This is a close one. Zimmerman had more RBIs (110) and a higher BA (.287) than Uggla (90, .282), and both played sick D. Uggla gets a boost for being on the Team of the Rookies, and for hitting a homerun that was enough to beat the phillies because Ryan Howard didn't hit two homeruns that game....oh wait, he did. Runner-Up: Zimmerman. Honorable Mention: Josh Johnson.

Midterm: 11/7, 20% of final grade

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So, Gore Videl is calling this midterm election the most important election of his lifetime. Kos is Daily saying that this is the beginning of the equivalent of the reagan revolution (the "Ned Lamont Revoltuion" if you will). SO I just GOTTA weigh in...

First off, my predictions:
if there is no wave, i say 21 house seats and 4 senate seats go to Dems, which, if nothing else, is a statement to premiere Bush that, yes, this country can be motivated by emotions other than fear. heck, it can be even be motivated by rational thought..
if there IS a wave, i say 34 house seats, and, dare i say, 6 senate seats (im liking ex-Sec. of Navy Webb's chances)...in this case, look foward to two years of subpoenas and, like it or not, finding out about all those pig entrails that made it into the sausage that is the iraq war, medicare bill, no-child-left-behind, and energy policies.

but thats not all that important. Here are the real stories of the 2006 midterms:

1. The cementing of Karl Rove America. No longer will people have to deal with people who have different opinions than they do. All these dem house seats aint coming from kansas. rather, the few remaining moderate R's will be wiped out of DC, as NY and CA turn darker blue. What Karl Rove wants Karl Rove gets.

2. the most important story of 2006 starts with "O" and ends in "hio." Ohio tipped the scales for bush in 2004, as we all know, but after 2 years of extreme corruption in the state, a squeeze of the middle class thanks to republicans willingness to incur massive debt but not to raise the minimum wage, and the slow painful death of evangelical politics, Ohio will be shifting from red to blue this year, from top to bottom, governor, senate, congress, AG, you name it. What once was red will now be blue, perhaps for quite a few cycles. Unless Trent Lott can convince all those NYC hippies that abortion is bad and imperialism is good, there is a very good chance that the 2008 map will look alot like the 2004 map, except for one, crucial difference.



So, VOTE. no vote no voice. Our brothers are in iraq right now to make sure you have the right to go out there and flip the electoral bird at our despotic leaders. make it count, especially if your section participation grade is going to be low...

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

The Broad Street Bomber and Dirtball

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Could they do it? I mean, could they really do it? The phillies are poised to make a run at their first playoff birth since 1993 (i was 8), and with the NL MVP, a dirty ass 2nd baseman, closer, and wife-beating southpaw, i think they've got a chance. Consider this:

J-Rol: He is batting .274 out of the lead off spot, with 22 homers and 73 ribbies (not to mention 115 runs), playing gold-glove defense, and stealing 36 bases in 40 tries. 3 more triples would give him his third consecutive quintuple double...

Coste: the 33-year-old rookie-wonder is awesome! In 55 games behind the plate he has batted over .300 and driven in 27.

Moyer: In his 6 starts since coming over from Seattle, he is 3-2 with a 3.79 ERA. In those six starts, he has averaged over 6 IP, giving the phillies bullpen much needed rest.

Hamels: Boy oh Boy, is this guy gonna be good, and could hold the keys to the castle should the phils make it to october.

The Bench: The additions of veterans Jeff Conine, Randall Simone, and Jose Hernandez give the phils depth and experience, not to mention some big bats in tight spots. The three of them have combined to drive in 36 runs in the short time theyve been phillies.

So there you have it. The team that was all but declared dead in July is in the thick of it, and while all the above players have been vital, should the phillies actually make it to the playoffs, its all on the big man's shoulders. And if the broad street bomber sees a strike in october, you better believe that he could slug the phils into the world series.

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Uncle-Father Oscars

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George Clooney has been saying for years that Hollywood should be making movies that are socially responsible. This year, he put his money where his mouth is, and I think a few others did too. In fact, i think all the best picture noms (at least the four I saw) are socially responsible. Now, I dont mean that every movie shold be liberal propaganda, but our ability to define ourselves with on-screen characters is an ability no artist has ever had before the advent of film. Pointing out the problems of society and making them urgent, and thus demanding change, or at least consideration, is perhaps the highest value of filmmaking.

My numeros unos and dos:
Picture: Munich, Good Night and Good Luck
Director: Spielberg, Clooney
Actor: Hoffman, {ledger}
Actress: {Witherspoon}} {Knightley}
Sup Act: Clooney, Dillon
Sup Acts: Weisz, Keener
Org Screen: {Squid and the Whale}} good night and good luck
Ad Screen: Munich, Chipotle

Well, there u have it folks. So when Brokeback(which, i suppose, i should see) wins everything--and it will--you wont have ol' jordan fox to kick around anymore.

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Smalls don't get down like that.

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Anyone wanna see 2046 tonight at the MFA? I just might go.

So, I really couldnt care less about harvard politics, but i do think its rediculous that Larry Summ-mo has to resign. I mean, what a pussy. COME ON! He shouldve stuck to his guns, and every one else shouldnt have been such a bitch. Sumbot was like the one guy at harv-mo who cared about student space and cores and shit, and now we're gonna have some jack-mo making decisions about science and shit noone cares about. But like I said, i really dont care.

Derek loves So Right by Dave Matthews Band.

LOVES IT!

Also, BattleShip Pokemon tomorrow night at the harvard film archives. Any takers?

Also, how sick is the jam in the end of lizzards. Why hasnt anyone made a gamehenge movie yet?

Also, does anyone wanna get a house in san diego and be hot shot bartenders? I'll drive.

Finally, in dedication to Lawrence Summers, I'd like to offer these beautiful words (and no, mom, I dont mean that sarcastically) of wisdom:
"She don’t remember shit! just the two hits!
Her hittin the floor, and me hittin the clits!
Suckin on the tits! had the hooker beggin for the dick
And your moms ain’t ugly love; my dick got rock quick
I guess I was a combination of house of pain and bobby brown
I was humpin around and jump-in around
Jacked her then I asked her who’s the man; she said, b-i-g
Then I bust in her e-y-e"

Monday, February 20, 2006

HUDS: Harvard University Dining SUCKS

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I am soooo hungry!!!!

Ice-capades

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Went skiing in Maine yesterday, and boy was it icey....and cold...and windy. But all in all, i'd say the trip was a success. And now, for a monday full of classes and other work related activities....NOT! Thank you, Mssr. President. Somebody told me that Presidents' Day was bogus, and I was like "Hey, guy. My grandfather was a president."

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Phish V. Radiohead

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...no, not the landmark supreme court case in which people with radio's for heads were barred from sueing people for stealing credit card numbers throuhg online deception. Rather, a heated debate between me, podo, d-rok, and guy t.

So, i advance the claim that Phish is the most important band of the 1990s, and perhaps the most important page in the musical history of the 20th century after stravinsky. Why, u ask? Because phish not only puished the envelope of music, like, i agree, radiohead did, but they redefined the very aesthetics of pop art, specifically, but not only, pop music. Under their hoppity, smooth beats there exists series of tight fuegal jams and anti-jams, compositional structures that contrapuntally challenge even post-modern definitions of atonality and polytonality, and an advanced minimalism that gives way to jazz and blues structures that shouldn't even exist in the same sentance of their typical rock nominalism.

Does that actually mean anything, or am i just making up words? The world man never know.

Also, does anyone know if Lord Byron's first name was Lord, or if he was a lord, or if he was actually a deity?

In other news, does anyone have a thesis idea for me...Im running out of time, i might actually have to get a job this summer. Anyone wanna work on a kibbutz?

Tipsy fuddled boozy groggy.

Monday, February 13, 2006

The higher they rise, the harder they Jaws

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So, I saw this sweet movie today, called Jaws. Ever hear of it?!!? Totally shitty movie. But, no, it really is a sweet movie. A solid 10/10, if you will.

In other news, Im currently trying to think of a thesis topic, in a desperate attempt to score free money. Any ideas? Currently, the two top contenders are "Best Response: Game theory and the formulation of cold war security policy in America and the USSR, 1947-1960" or "Was Your Face and Drive Me to Ferenzy: Phish in the American consciousness." Which one should I chose? So to speak...

And, in the end, the love you make is equal to the love you fake.

Sunday, February 12, 2006

Blogger? I hardly even know her!

February 12, 2006. A day which shall live in infinity. The infinity...of Outer Space. within the internet.

Im not really shore was the point of a blog is. If its a web-log, shouldn't you just make a list of all the websites you went to, and like how much time you were there fore? So, I guess my "blog" for today is:
00:02 CNN.com
01:20 webmail.fas.harvard.edu
07:20 boxofficemojo.com
53:21 mantotrannyinsixtyminutes.com
05:32 geezey.blogspot.com

So, I guess I should say a little about myself. I was born in new mexico, and I'm so old, when I was born there, it was part of mexico and called New Jersey. Then my roommate created a blog from spain (whatup lindone) and so I'm trying to compete. Also, I really like buffaloe wings.

I predict, that withing the next 15 years, TVs will be replaced with computers, computers will be replaced with calculators, and dogs will be replaced with flesh eating bacteria.

thank you folkes, you've been great tonight. I'm gonna go rub dead skin cells off of my face.