When you’re the first at anything, it’s a given that people are going to show up to come along for the ride. But when you’re the first openly gay player in the NFL (key word here being openly), well everyone is going to show up at the trough. There are numerous arguments out there in the mediascape as to whether… Read more →
Bill Murray exists on a plane distinctively separate than ours. I’m sure you’ve all heard a story about Bill Murray, whether it’s a younger Bill nearly choking Martin Mull to death (or at least trying very hard to), or maybe you heard the one about how a fan wanted an autograph so instead, Bill does an impromptu Wes Anderson slow… Read more →
(UPDATE) This just in from the official NCAA Twitter account: After Boise State’s request last night, the school may provide immediate assistance to football student-athlete Antoine Turner. — Inside the NCAA (@InsidetheNCAA) May 14, 2014 Of course it’s an extreme case. Sometimes, it takes the recognition of extreme cases in order to see actual problems within the rules of an… Read more →
For those of you interested in general geekery, here is the freshly-released image of lovable douchebag Ben Affleck in costume as Batman in the forthcoming Batman vs. Superman. Yesterday, director Zack Snyder teased fans with an image of what appeared to be the Batmobile half-covered under a tarp. Given that the internet is an ever-hungry machine of people starved for… Read more →
Sometimes I feel like the public at large is soft in the brain. If that’s not the case, the media, in their never-ending quest to secure ratings at the expense of reason, accountability and common sense, feels the need to treat the public like they’re stupid. Maybe we just like to see a good trainwreck from time to time. Last night,… Read more →
