The super blog

So what we learned from this year’s super bowl.

At least Payton still is Double Stuff Racing League Champion this year with his and Elis victory over the Trumps.

All advertising agencies are run by misogynistic men who think the lowest common denominator in the country want to see men being assholes, acting sexist and women acting subservient.

Any feud between comedians will end if there is a chance for a joke you would make as a 12 year old.

No one learns.  If for 18 games you can take the ball down the field and score to cut the heart out of the other team in the last 2 minutes of a half, you can do it in the 19th game even if you start from your own one yard line.  No reason to change.  That is where the game was lost by the Colts.

The Who are really, really old.  So old that the only thing their performance inspired was talk on morning radio about Pete Townsend’s porn conviction.

I think there should be a fashion designer named Utero.  So US magazine can say.  Demi Moore at the Oscars in utero.

I am disappointed the owner of the Saints did not dance on the field with his umbrella, like he did one of the 2 other times the saints won a playoff game.

The Bitterest Pill (I have had to swallow)

So let me get this right.  Scott Brown is an outsider candidate, a candidate of the people who will bring change to Washington.  How much money did he take from the Republican National Committee?

Also, is change for changes sake a good thing?  Why does there need to be a backlash from finally having a good president?  And why is someone proud to be the 41st vote against providing healthcare to all Americans? The chants of 41, 41, 41 reminded me of drill baby drill.  When did America become so stupid?

How many people want the same thing from a politician as Curt Schilling?  What does the average citizen have in common with a man who has made more than $100million in his lifetime?  (NB. the same could be said of Bruce Springsteen)  However, Springsteen is not supporting a party that calls for lower taxes as a battle cry, resulting in smaller government and less regulation.  How has that worked out over the last 10 years.  Let’s see….

less regulation of energy–Enron

less regulation of banks/financial services-Madoff and bailout

less regulation of mortage people–foreclosure crisis-another bailout

What do these things have in common?  Poor/middle class people suffer the brunt of the fallout.

So it turns out politics is a game of rich people convincing less rich people that what is good for the rich will be good for them, and the less rich people believing them time after time-as far back as Regan’s trickle down economics and probably farther.

The general public is just stupid and the race for this senate seat turned into a bunch of frat boys being idiots and carrying along the rest of the sheep in suburbs.

From the link below.

Messages posted on Coakley’s campaign Facebook include these vicious sentiments: “Scott Brown should rape Martha Coakley and then deny her emergency contraception’’. “Martha Coakley getting raped would complete my life.’’ “Abortion is wrong. Kill her.’’ After one message that states “Looking forward to the rally Friday, Martha,’’ a woman named Amelia Bosley writes:“Hope she gets shot.’’ Imagine putting your name to that in the name of political change.

Also, Brown supporters surrounded Coakley’s car shouting you suck.

Stay classy Massachusetts.

Todd can you fix this link?

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/01/18/brown_supporters_trying_to_suppress_vote_by_bullying/?rss_id=Boston.com+–+Local+news

On another note-Golden Globes happend this week.  Observations-Don’t know what the fuss is about Sandra Bullock’s dress-she looked fine.  Very happy for Jen and her co-presenter apparently they made out all night.  I really don’t understand Extra and all the shows like them that tease stories and then when they show the story there is nothing more than the tease in the story.  It  happens consistently across all of these shows.

The winter classic

With all the hoopla of the hockey game at fenway park one thing is lost.  It’s still hockey.   All the hoopla and the stars and the dropkick murphys and controversy about ticket scapling.  2010 hockey is boring.  With the new Red Sox ownership there is no reason that they should not put up ice at Fenway Park every year to make money and make hockey more interesting.  Although I think there are more good seats for hockey in the Garden than there are at 
Flyers honorary captain Bobby Clarke appeared with teeth and I could remember more players from his teams, Bernie Parant and Dave Schultz than I can of players not on the bruins who are playing today (sidney crosby).  The main thing hockey can do to spice up the game is take off the helmets.  Not being able to recognize players because they wear helmets (nfl doesn’t count, because it is popular because of ease and fun to bet on games).  The 1970s players led by Bobby Clarke had no teeth when the played.  NFL regularly sacrifices its players lifespans for popularity of the league.  What’s a few teeth?  Also the announcers for this game are terrible.  They are constantly making jokes about baseball.  Hey the first ground rule double in hockey.   Hahaha.  Also this was the worst Canadian/US national anthem combo ever.  David Powter/James Taylor.  I said to Courtney that was the worst Canadian national anthem I have ever heard , where’s Rene Rancourt?  and then Taylor butchered the Star Spangled Banner.   Oh and then before the game the camera goes to a guy shoveling snow off the ice and Bob Costas goes oh look shoveling snow off the ice, so easy a caveman can do it.  Give me a break.  

Takeaways-hockey is boring to watch, indoors or outdoors in 2010, ice is slippery, no one knows hockey players.

First intermission update-Curt Schilling is on the intermission show and boy as a 40 year old retired millionaire-can’t he find a little time to work out?  To say he has put on weight would be an understatement.

2nd period update-32 baseball references.

OK except for that third period.  Wide open hockey, once again what all hockey should be like, back and forth, up and down and my team won.  There is no reason they cannot leave the ice at fenway all winter.  It would actually make people interested in hockey.  One more shameless plug with Captain Morgan (the actual captain) in the monster seats.  Also, who is USA Hockey kidding.  We have no shot at the gold and it is not hard to pick your team, because there are very few Americans who can play hockey and fewer who play goalie.   Sweet Caroline at the 8 minute mark was a very nice touch.  

Bruins win in extra innings.  Final Tally 57 baseball references.

hope I die before I play the rock and roll hall of fame 25th anniversary show

people who are famous from their teens or young 20s have pictures of themselves around in the public eye a lot longer than they are actually young.  If they live to be very old, it haunts them.

People who did not live long enough to embarass themselves at this concert.  Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, George Harrison, many of the Ramones, half the Who, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, d. boone, and many I am forgetting.

People who did show up and a quick review.  The parts of the concert I saw, yes I am not sure I saw the whole thing.  There is one host band and guests come in and do a song or two between hosts songs.  Song selection was very strange and some people just should stay out of the public eye and let us remember them as they were when they were 20-30 instead of showcasing the fat, old, plastic surgeried, bald version of themselves.

The hosts–Crosby, Stills & Nash, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Metallica, U2.

CSN-if you are rich and famous there has to be a better way to do gray hair

CSN guest James Taylor-playing love the one you’re with is a fitting tribute to Tiger Woods

Stevie Wonder guests

Sting-Playing bass and looking like he is a lost beach boy from the early 70s.  Misses the police still

BB King-philandering diabetic, VERY old

Smokey Robinson-more face work than Cher

little anthony and the imperials way too old

Jeff Beck-why is this guy famous.  If he was in the Stones instead of Ron Wood, would anyone notice?

Paul Simon-stop air guitar, bass, horn and anything else you are doing.  Still married to Edie Brickell and still looks like the original Anakin Skywalker when they took off the mask, he tries too hard to be personable on stage.

Dion Denucci of the Belmonts really REALLY old, announced Runaround Sue, forgot the words and it turned out he was supposed to be singing the Wanderer.

crosby and nash with simon for here comes the sun,  nash and crosby have to have something better to do when they are not singing than the faces and gestures they made.  and Graham,  really did you need to say that was for George after the song was over?

Garfunkle. go away.  horrible shirt, Bridge over troubled waters is like hey jude just a bad overrated song.

metallica-Who likes them–butt head, the guys from columbine and the record companies who wanted to get rid of napster.  I can’t believe people actually like them in the numbers that they do.  Also, they were responsible for the most ironic part of this concert when the played Enter Sandman with video of Mariano Rivera.  Just dumb, reverse something stupid.  So video of Rivera inspires them to play better? tune tighter?  dumb dumb dumb.

Lou Reed-did way too many drugs or has altzheimers.  He cold not remember any words of his songs and he is another one who could benefit from staying out of the public eye and letting people remember the young lou.

Ozzie Osburne, looks great and healthy with a lot of makeup on.  Would have kept his mystique intact much better if he did not have the show.

Aretha-another host-how can she say sing with me if no one knows the song she is singing.  Even if you say come on you know it does not mean people actually do.

annie lennox sang with Aretha, maybe it is just stage personas from the 80s don’t work in the aughts.

back to metallica

patti smith and bruce springsteen-because the night was actually the one thing I thought was good.

U2 and mick and fergie and will i am (are black eyed peas in the hall of fame?) singing gimmie shelter.

Mick c0uld use some facework and needs to realize he is in his mid sixties and it is just gross watching a 60 year old act like he is even 40.

and shouldn’t they sing songs people know.

this is a companion piece to shim’s post Love stinks.

who wore it best-blowout week

Usually the Who wore it best features of US magazine -when they ask 100 people who wore the same dress or outfit best-are close 56-44, 62-38.  However a phenomenon happened last week that I never saw before.  Out of six pairs, three were mega blowouts 96-4 beyonce over meoldy thornton.  94-6 Jessica Alba over Anna Wintour, 92-8 stephanie pratt over Britney. and two more wore in the high 70s for winners.  Only the Vivica A. Fox 58-42 match up over Michelle Williams was even close.   I cannot think of a reason why this would happen or something to compare this to, but I thought it needed to be pointed out.

Tallbob is not so tall

So in the realm of email addresses my name has been everything from ted.trevens to teddy, to ttrevens to trevens to ted and don’t forget snevert, so bob is starting a trend or maybe he did 6 years ago when he got a gmail account to use a descriptive phrase with your name to have as your email address.  However, Bob is only tall relative to those he hangs around with.  If he grew up with the celtics, what would his email be.  heywhatsthatdirtonyourchinbob  or hugosdadbob.  Which brings up the question what is the most distiguising trait you can put on your email address or those of your friends.

brilliant basketball

Last year the Celtics had Mikki Moore, he was very skinny, had dreadlocks, he wore number seven and breathed a little too much air on the court.  In a brilliant move this year they signed Marquis Daniels, a foot shorter than Moore but with many similarities in that he is also thin and has dreadlocks.  So when the Celtics assigned him number seven, not only are fans confused, but it was a brilliant strategy to lull other teams into a false sense of security.  Now when the dreadlocked, skinny number seven on the Celtics rebounds, dribbles, scores and just plays with energy, no one is ready for it.  Brilliant. 

 

also, I love Hudson.  As Bob says our chant for this year,  82-0, fo’ fo’ fo’

our dumb neighbor

So we have a neighbor who got a baby German Shepard six months ago.  When she brought him home she told us his name was Pranee (pronounced Pra Nay).  Now she started calling him Pranee (pronounced Pra Knee) as a nick name.  I have told Courtney over and over again, you cannot have nicknames that are just a different pronounciation of the same word.  It is just stupid.  It would be like my name is Teddy (pronounced Ted dee)  and my nickname is Teddy (pronounced Ted day).  Once again it is just stupid.  I have good nick names for my pets-Paisley is called Pousley, Baloo is called Mr. Stinky Dog.   I fully expect Don to write at least 5,000 words about how I am wrong and if he were a pet he would not want me as his owner.

interesting things from a weekend with Molly and Emma

We went to Sephora (a make-up store) and they mixed all kinds of perfume on the free cotton pads and thenMolly  pulled them out of her pocket all weekend.   Emma asked to smell them every time they were out.

Blue nail polish is in.

Emma can put her own eyeshadow on, Molly requested help.

All weekend they wanted to go back to Sephora.

They know how to use our TV remote better than us.

Emma thought our waiter at sound bites had an Irish accent, which spurred a discussion that his accent was either from Maine or Spain.

Knowing limits with little kids is good.  If they say can I have pancakes and an omelette, it probably is better to make them choose one.

Molly’s favorite is Baloo, Emma’s is Paisley.  

No juice or lemonade, only water or fizzy water.  (they are very impressed by Kathy’s seltzer machine).

Things Molly and Emma told us this weekend that we need confirmation of,

They go to a school that has 8 first grade classes and 8 second grade classes and a pre school and that’s it.  

All the little pre school kids don’t know how to pull up their own diapers.

 They are going to Arizona sometime soon.

They are not allowed any chewy, hard or crunchy candy, but all chocolate is fine.

Junior

There are a lot of Juniors in this world that are misunderstood.  Junior Mints-never saw senior mints.  Carl’s Jr.-it just does not make sense.  But one Junior that makes sense is Junior Seau-from his first retirement, which he called graduation in a long press conference to his most recent signing with the Patriots, he is always colorful.  So this is the quote I heard on the radio today and had to find, just because it makes so much sense.

“I, basically in eight months, have been working out for a chance to make a choice, a chance I didn’t have control of; Bill had control of that. But the choice was to be prepared for that chance. So for eight months I have been training to receive a chance – and to have a choice – and here we are.’’

It reminds me of something Mike Brady would say in A Very Brady Movie or A Very Brady Sequel which by the way are brilliant.   In fact, did you know that the Brady Bunch True Hollywood Story on E! was the most watched True Hollywood Story ever?