Thursday, January 28, 2010

Catcher in the Rye

"Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules."

"Yes, sir. I know it is. I know it."

Game, my ass. Some game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it's a game, all right - I'll admit that. But if you get on the other side, where there aren't any hot-shots, then what's a game about it? Nothing. No game.



 

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The ambition of Dale Earnhardt Sr.

I saw this post on twitter tonight from Jeff Gluck regarding Dale Earnhardt Sr's NASCAR questionnaire back in 1975. The simplicity and single-mindedness of the responses pretty well define the man in an odd way.


According to @nascarhall, Dale Sr questionnaire from 1975 says he wrestled in HS, was living w/his mom, superstitious of green and peanuts.
Dale Sr answered question "what ambitions do you have other than racing" with underlined "None." #nascar @nascarhall
Jeff Gluck jeff_gluck

Thursday, January 14, 2010

The Sports Curmudgeon weighs in on Kiffen


 

When Lane Kiffen was 31 years old, he had never been a head coach at any level of football. Al Davis hired him to be the head coach of the Oakland Raiders at that point only to fire him abruptly in the midst of Kiffen's second season in Oakland. Adding that firing and a 5-15 record with the Raiders to his CV, Kiffen managed to become the head coach at Tennessee. There he lasted one year, had a 7-6 record and chalked up 4 NCAA "secondary violations". One of his violations involved the recruitment of a player who would have to be dismissed from the team during the season following a police arrest. Now, Lane Kiffen is the head football coach at USC. I think I know what comes next:

Lane Kiffen: Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010.

    


 

But don't get him wrong, he loves sports!

Saturday, January 9, 2010

New taste of the Lasanta

No cigars since December 30th. At least I'm now able to guzzle scotch in the safety of a smoke-free environment.