From ESPN:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=5932950
3 years ago
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
They say you can make as many mistakes as you want, so long as you only make them once.
From ESPN:
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/news/story?id=5899769
I despise the Jets. As an organization, recently they've run themselves like Animal House. Pick up players with checkered pasts (despite their football potentials) and see if they can piece them together. They just lost 45-3 to the Patriots this past week after beating them in Week 2.
That being said, they're 9-3 and up there in the AFC as we speak. I do like Rex Ryan because he does what a coach does best, motivate. Whether that is to take the pressure off his players and be a huge goof-ball and have the media poke and prod him instead of his players, or whatever, he's quite the entertainer.
Same can be said for Chad Ochocinco. He would be up to his antics so the pressure was deflected off his team and onto him. Sadly, T.O joined forces with him and is drastically outplaying him with none of his typical antics. The Bengals are an awful 2-8 this season.
#85 Ochocinco 59 rec, 724 yds, 4 TDs, 12.3 avg, 42 long VS
#81 Owens 71 rec, 961 yds, 9 TDs, 13.5 avg, 78 long
Also another good story: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5900267
Why is using Riddell so important? There needs to be more pressure on Riddell to make safer helmets, or otherwise the NFL should just let players pick their own helmets that at least provide the minimum risk allowed. For car insurance California has state minimums, but people can buy the pricier premiums for more coverage. Same should be done for the NFL who does not want to assume health responsibility for its players, to be really honest. So mandate a minimum for helmets, and if players want to use the more padded ones, perfect they'll be good role models. If not, then they're liable under their own assumed risks.
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/news/story?id=5899769
I despise the Jets. As an organization, recently they've run themselves like Animal House. Pick up players with checkered pasts (despite their football potentials) and see if they can piece them together. They just lost 45-3 to the Patriots this past week after beating them in Week 2.
That being said, they're 9-3 and up there in the AFC as we speak. I do like Rex Ryan because he does what a coach does best, motivate. Whether that is to take the pressure off his players and be a huge goof-ball and have the media poke and prod him instead of his players, or whatever, he's quite the entertainer.
Same can be said for Chad Ochocinco. He would be up to his antics so the pressure was deflected off his team and onto him. Sadly, T.O joined forces with him and is drastically outplaying him with none of his typical antics. The Bengals are an awful 2-8 this season.
#85 Ochocinco 59 rec, 724 yds, 4 TDs, 12.3 avg, 42 long VS
#81 Owens 71 rec, 961 yds, 9 TDs, 13.5 avg, 78 long
Also another good story: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5900267
Why is using Riddell so important? There needs to be more pressure on Riddell to make safer helmets, or otherwise the NFL should just let players pick their own helmets that at least provide the minimum risk allowed. For car insurance California has state minimums, but people can buy the pricier premiums for more coverage. Same should be done for the NFL who does not want to assume health responsibility for its players, to be really honest. So mandate a minimum for helmets, and if players want to use the more padded ones, perfect they'll be good role models. If not, then they're liable under their own assumed risks.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
December 7, 2010. Thanks Republicans, Again.
From the New York Times:
The wealthiest Americans will also reap tax savings from the proposal’s plan to keep the cap on dividend and capital gains taxes at 15 percent, well below the highest rates on ordinary income. And negotiators have agreed that the estimated $900 billion cost of the cuts will simply be added to the deficit — not covered by reductions in spending or increases in other taxes. That is good news for hedge fund managers and private equity investors, who appear to have withstood an effort to get them to pay more by eliminating a quirk in the tax code that allows most of their income to be taxed at just 15 percent.
In fact, the only groups likely to face a tax increase are those near the bottom of the income scale — individuals who make less than $20,000 and families with earnings below $40,000.
“It’s going to look like the rich are getting richer again,” said Anne Mathias, an analyst for MF Global Inc.
"The marginal tax rate on high incomes will also remain unchanged. The top brackets had been scheduled to increase to 36 percent and 39.6 percent, from 33 percent and 35 percent.
Under Mr. Obama’s failed proposal, which would have raised the rates on income over $250,000 for families and $200,000 for individuals, the taxpayers at the top 1 percent of the income scale — those with incomes above $564,000 — would have received an average tax break of $28,000. Under the agreement reached with Republicans, the top 1 percent will receive breaks of about $70,000.
Simply:
The wealthiest Americans will also reap tax savings from the proposal’s plan to keep the cap on dividend and capital gains taxes at 15 percent, well below the highest rates on ordinary income. And negotiators have agreed that the estimated $900 billion cost of the cuts will simply be added to the deficit — not covered by reductions in spending or increases in other taxes. That is good news for hedge fund managers and private equity investors, who appear to have withstood an effort to get them to pay more by eliminating a quirk in the tax code that allows most of their income to be taxed at just 15 percent.
In fact, the only groups likely to face a tax increase are those near the bottom of the income scale — individuals who make less than $20,000 and families with earnings below $40,000.
“It’s going to look like the rich are getting richer again,” said Anne Mathias, an analyst for MF Global Inc.
"The marginal tax rate on high incomes will also remain unchanged. The top brackets had been scheduled to increase to 36 percent and 39.6 percent, from 33 percent and 35 percent.
Under Mr. Obama’s failed proposal, which would have raised the rates on income over $250,000 for families and $200,000 for individuals, the taxpayers at the top 1 percent of the income scale — those with incomes above $564,000 — would have received an average tax break of $28,000. Under the agreement reached with Republicans, the top 1 percent will receive breaks of about $70,000.
Simply:
- If you are an individual that makes under $20K or a family that makes under $40K, your taxes are going up
- If you're a hedge fund manager (making millions already), you get to continue to cheat the program and pay a 15% capital gains tax instead of your proper income tax bracket of 33-36%
- Those making over $200K a year as an individual, or $250K as a family, your taxes aren't going up to the pre-Bush [Clinton Administration] tax bracket percentages of 36% and 39.6%
- All in all adding $900 billion to the deficit, the thing that Republicans kept preaching they would not do from this recent election campaigning [we need to balance the budget, blah, blah blah rhetoric]
Dandy.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Happy December. I'm back, and with a serious social question
I promised that I'd blog more often. Thinking of what to blog about, I think I watch too many sports, so I'll discuss that, and I follow too much news coverage, so that'll be of issue too.
Today:
First of all, everyone can agree that is pretty sexy. Women's bodies are beautiful, the physique has always been deemed a sign of beauty.
But it made me think of quite a few questions:
1. It was directed by Michael Bay, the same guy who capitalized on several elements to make Transformers work, namely:
a. Transformers is beloved by our youth and brings about a sense of nostalgia
b. To appeal to more men, it features sci-fi elements, and over-the-top special effects and violence
c. Attractive female lead [Megan Fox]
I don't think Mr. Bay has done a VS ad before, but watching this sole creation made me think, is this supposed to make women be sold upon buying more lingerie or sold to men to drool over?
2. If sold to men:
a. Are we supposed to aspire to date/have sex/marry these women, who are deemed our "fantasy?"
b. And if so, should we feel bad about the women we currently are dating/have sex with/are married to?
c. Do I want to buy my special woman lingerie from VS because it makes them this sexy?
3. If sold to women:
a. Is this the only way to be sexy? Do I have to look this way?
b. Is it solely marketing, and the combination of beautiful women and beautiful lingerie means higher sales?
c. If I buy stuff from VS, I will be deemed sexy?
d. If I don't look like that, am I not some man's fantasy?
If the ad is solely supposed to be "These women are sexy," then that's that. But you know VS is a publicly owned company, a subsidiary of Limited Brands Inc., so they have to make a profit to stay a viable business. Are they just selling their lingerie? Could they sell their beautiful lingerie with unattractive models?
Which begs further questions:
The history of VS is simple: It was designed by men so that men could shop for lingerie for their special lady, or with a female companion and not feel awkward. They hired beautiful supermodels, deemed Victoria's Secret's Angels, and do an annual fashion show on CBS which garners high ratings.
Therefore is it fair to call these women sexual objections without feeling like you're degrading them? Isn't their career--modelling--utilizing their physique as a canvas for that sole purpose? Can we say it's fair they have a choice not to be lingerie models?
It's a slippery slope for sure. Shoot me some feedback on what you think. I'd love to see your opinions. I'm not here to bash VS, their marketing styles, their employees, or lingerie models in general, I just want to pose a bunch of questions that make you think.
Today:
First of all, everyone can agree that is pretty sexy. Women's bodies are beautiful, the physique has always been deemed a sign of beauty.
But it made me think of quite a few questions:
1. It was directed by Michael Bay, the same guy who capitalized on several elements to make Transformers work, namely:
a. Transformers is beloved by our youth and brings about a sense of nostalgia
b. To appeal to more men, it features sci-fi elements, and over-the-top special effects and violence
c. Attractive female lead [Megan Fox]
I don't think Mr. Bay has done a VS ad before, but watching this sole creation made me think, is this supposed to make women be sold upon buying more lingerie or sold to men to drool over?
2. If sold to men:
a. Are we supposed to aspire to date/have sex/marry these women, who are deemed our "fantasy?"
b. And if so, should we feel bad about the women we currently are dating/have sex with/are married to?
c. Do I want to buy my special woman lingerie from VS because it makes them this sexy?
3. If sold to women:
a. Is this the only way to be sexy? Do I have to look this way?
b. Is it solely marketing, and the combination of beautiful women and beautiful lingerie means higher sales?
c. If I buy stuff from VS, I will be deemed sexy?
d. If I don't look like that, am I not some man's fantasy?
If the ad is solely supposed to be "These women are sexy," then that's that. But you know VS is a publicly owned company, a subsidiary of Limited Brands Inc., so they have to make a profit to stay a viable business. Are they just selling their lingerie? Could they sell their beautiful lingerie with unattractive models?
Which begs further questions:
The history of VS is simple: It was designed by men so that men could shop for lingerie for their special lady, or with a female companion and not feel awkward. They hired beautiful supermodels, deemed Victoria's Secret's Angels, and do an annual fashion show on CBS which garners high ratings.
Therefore is it fair to call these women sexual objections without feeling like you're degrading them? Isn't their career--modelling--utilizing their physique as a canvas for that sole purpose? Can we say it's fair they have a choice not to be lingerie models?
It's a slippery slope for sure. Shoot me some feedback on what you think. I'd love to see your opinions. I'm not here to bash VS, their marketing styles, their employees, or lingerie models in general, I just want to pose a bunch of questions that make you think.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Boost Mobile & ReBoost!
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Boost Mobile. All opinions are 100% mine.
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Have you heard of Boost Mobile or Re-Boost?
Frankly, I didn't know much. I knew they were a pre-paid phone service that had some funny commercials but have had been fairly quiet recently. Remember the "Where You At?" commercials? Yup that was Boost.
But after reading more about their company and their very competitively priced plans, there's a lot more to this wireless carrier than funny commercials.
They mean business. As in, tons of it, and offering some of the best priced plans available.
You want unlimited? Bam. $50 a month gets you unlimited everything. What's in the everything? Oh, just only calls, texts, data, and walkie talkie functionality. You even get free incoming international texts. Yup. So send as many picture messages, update your Facebook and Twitter accounts every second, and make all the calls you want every month for one fixed price, $50.
What's that? You want a Blackberry? Sure why not? You get all of the above mentioned with the unlimited, but with BlackBerry reliability and push e-mails for only $10 more.
Think about what you want out of your phone. You want it to be connected to all your friends and family all the time right? Then get the unlimited plans with a great phone. Best yet, with ReBoost it's so easy to pay your monthly bill. You can set up automatic payments through your debit or credit card so you'll never be disconnected from your phone, ever. Pay it online, through your spankin' new phone, or in person at any convenient Boost Mobile store. So simple. Why complicate a great thing and a great deal?
What are you waiting for? Get more info and make the dive! Stop paying too much for your non-unlimited plan!
- - -
Have you heard of Boost Mobile or Re-Boost?
Frankly, I didn't know much. I knew they were a pre-paid phone service that had some funny commercials but have had been fairly quiet recently. Remember the "Where You At?" commercials? Yup that was Boost.
But after reading more about their company and their very competitively priced plans, there's a lot more to this wireless carrier than funny commercials.
They mean business. As in, tons of it, and offering some of the best priced plans available.
You want unlimited? Bam. $50 a month gets you unlimited everything. What's in the everything? Oh, just only calls, texts, data, and walkie talkie functionality. You even get free incoming international texts. Yup. So send as many picture messages, update your Facebook and Twitter accounts every second, and make all the calls you want every month for one fixed price, $50.
What's that? You want a Blackberry? Sure why not? You get all of the above mentioned with the unlimited, but with BlackBerry reliability and push e-mails for only $10 more.
Think about what you want out of your phone. You want it to be connected to all your friends and family all the time right? Then get the unlimited plans with a great phone. Best yet, with ReBoost it's so easy to pay your monthly bill. You can set up automatic payments through your debit or credit card so you'll never be disconnected from your phone, ever. Pay it online, through your spankin' new phone, or in person at any convenient Boost Mobile store. So simple. Why complicate a great thing and a great deal?
What are you waiting for? Get more info and make the dive! Stop paying too much for your non-unlimited plan!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Good Weekend in Vegas.
From Bill Simmons, a writer for ESPN:
"Q: So I'm in the grocery store the other night buying ramen noodles 'cause that's literally the only thing I can afford to eat. Right after I had put the fourth huge case into my cart, a really cute girl approaches me and says, "Wow, that's a lot of ramen." For whatever reason, my immediate response is, "Yeah, I'm buying it for a local food drive for the homeless." Wouldn't you know it, but the girl finds this extremely sexy for some reason, and we continue to talk for a few minutes. Eventually, I ask her out, and we decide she will come to my place for dinner and a movie later on this week. What in the hell am I supposed to do? I have no money and a kitchen full of ramen noodles that are supposed to be for some mysterious food drive. Your thoughts?
-- Shane, Baltimore"
"Q: So I'm in the grocery store the other night buying ramen noodles 'cause that's literally the only thing I can afford to eat. Right after I had put the fourth huge case into my cart, a really cute girl approaches me and says, "Wow, that's a lot of ramen." For whatever reason, my immediate response is, "Yeah, I'm buying it for a local food drive for the homeless." Wouldn't you know it, but the girl finds this extremely sexy for some reason, and we continue to talk for a few minutes. Eventually, I ask her out, and we decide she will come to my place for dinner and a movie later on this week. What in the hell am I supposed to do? I have no money and a kitchen full of ramen noodles that are supposed to be for some mysterious food drive. Your thoughts?
-- Shane, Baltimore"
Yes.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
I Am A Pencil
<-- Best book ever. Simple as that. It's everything you want in a book. It makes you laugh, cry, angry, cheer, and non-stop it tugs on your heartstrings hard.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Strep. But, hopefully gone soon.
<-- You should buy me one while mine is in the shop (:
Anyhow, turns out the:
Sore throat
Fever
Headache
Muscle aches
Difficulty swallowing
Malaise/fatigue
Tonsillitis
Means I have Strep. Cool. Saw the doc today, 2 more days of the antibiotics to go, some steroids to help clear up my swelling in my throat so I can breatheee, and I should be good to go. My mom says the steroids will make me fat, thanks mom.
Mundane Mondays.
SOTD: You know those little pleasures in life? One of my favorites is ordering something that's fried and getting a little somethin' extra. You know, ordering regular fries and having a few curly fries being tossed in, or getting the onion rings and getting some cheese sticks too? Why is my life with food such uncomplicated bliss?
Anyhow, turns out the:
Sore throat
Fever
Headache
Muscle aches
Difficulty swallowing
Malaise/fatigue
Tonsillitis
Means I have Strep. Cool. Saw the doc today, 2 more days of the antibiotics to go, some steroids to help clear up my swelling in my throat so I can breatheee, and I should be good to go. My mom says the steroids will make me fat, thanks mom.
Mundane Mondays.
SOTD: You know those little pleasures in life? One of my favorites is ordering something that's fried and getting a little somethin' extra. You know, ordering regular fries and having a few curly fries being tossed in, or getting the onion rings and getting some cheese sticks too? Why is my life with food such uncomplicated bliss?
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Happy Eurrf Day.
Reviving my blog. Frankenstein style. Rise my child!
Then you'll notice that the first line of the chorus is sung by Kevin Rudolf then the second line is sung by Jay Sean. Madness, they sound almost the same.
Tonsilloliths. Yeah. Don't Wikipedia it, I promise you it's pretty gross. Like H2S gross (Hydrogen Sulfide). But it's what I've got goin' on as well as the cold because all the cool kids are doing it. Note to self: No dairy for a month. Who needs it anyways, I'm 22 and I ain't growin' no mo anyhow. Except horizontally \:
Subtlety of the day [SOTD]: I thought I'd create a cool little thing that I'll add some fun facts everyday. So here we go.
SOTD: The song I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) by Kevin Rudolf f. Birdman, Jay Sean, & Lil' Wayne has a tricky chorus. I couldn't distinguish that the chorus is sung by two people not one. Video below:
Then you'll notice that the first line of the chorus is sung by Kevin Rudolf then the second line is sung by Jay Sean. Madness, they sound almost the same.
Captain Obvious: the song incorporates a song lyric/title from each of the performer's hit songs, and the video has some "home footage." It's like a victory mixtape that your parents make of your football plays or something to give to you for your wedding. Yeah.
Stay tuned for another version of SOTD. (:
Monday, January 25, 2010
Joe's Goals
What's with the crazy weather San Diego? Get with it please ):
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