Iraq Election quickie

I wonder if the new Iraq election ballots have a write in spot. And if they do have a write in spot, if many people would write in Saadam Hussien. And, if they do have a write in spot, and a majority of people write in Saadam Hussien would he be set free so he could be president of Iraq? Probably not, but hey, crazier things have happened. But, I bet if Saadam became president of Iraq, I bet he'd have a cool party and invite Fidel Castro and the likes.

Nike Commercial

The undisputed greatest commercial of all time has just been released by Nike. I'm sure that anyone reading this has lots of time on their hands, and probably watches lots of television like myself, so you probably have already seen this commercial. But, just in case you aren't a sports fan, you can watch the commercial right here:

http://niketown.nike.com/niketown/catalog/category.jsp?categoryId=52627&navtype=nikecom

Just check out the TV ad, it's sick. I don't think I will ever buy any of the specific products that they are hawking in this ad, but still, I love watching it. The athletes that they use in this ad are amazing, they use Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears of the NFL, Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL, LaDainian Tomilnson of the San Diego Chargers of the NFL, Tori Hunter of the Minnesota Twins of MLB, Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees of MLB, Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals of MLB. Now these specific athletes aren't my favorites, as a matter of fact I hate the Yankees and Mariano Rivera, but this commercial supersedes this hatred and manifests in LOVE. Nike out did themselves in this ad and I commend them. Actually, I only like two of the players in the ad, Albert Pujols and Brian Urlacher, the thing about those two is they are just quiet players who go about their business and do it in a dominating fashion. Pujols is the best all around right handed hitter in baseball and Urlacher is the best player on an awful team, as a middle linebacker, Urlacher is able to take over any football game and is in on almost every tackle on the defensive side of the ball. Those two players personify what sports should be all about, dominance without a brash ego overtaking their legacy. I salute those two players specifically, and all of the athletes in this ad, because in all reality, these players stay out of the headlines by keeping their mouths shut, and just going out on the field and performing.

Awesome baby

I always see athletes on TV and wonder if their personalities are true to how they act in interviews and when in front of the camrea. Well, recently, I encountered first hand a celebrity "athlete" who is not acting when the camera is rolling, who isn't putting on a facade for everyone so they will think he is such a perfect, wonderful person. I met the one and only Dick Vitale Saturday evening. I work for the student radio station at UConn, and was broadcasting the basketball game, and Dicky V was there, and I went up to him and talked to him for a few seconds and asked him if he had any time to come and do an interview for my radio show that was going on air shortly. He kindly informed me that he didn't think he had any time to come and do an interview, he was, as he put it, "on call", for SportsCenter, the brand new "College Basketball Gameday" and for his pregame report taping. He kept saying how much he would love to come over and talk to me on air, how he wishes he had time, and how he "swears to God" he would love to come on my show. Well, needless to say, I understood totally why he would not be able to come over, but assumed he was just blowing off another college punk who he had never met before and owed nothing to. My first opinion on Dick Vitale was that he just didn't want to deal with me and my meaningless radio show that probably has a total listenership of about 40 people at any one time. So, I figured, life goes on, on with the show, another cliche here. So we are about half way through our 2 hour pregame show for the big game against Pitt. Out of nowhere Dicky V comes over and asks if we are still on air. In a state of shock, I answered, yes, we were, so he just grabs a headset and joins our show and does a 5 minute interview. What an unbelievable person he is. He gave me his answer on why he couldn't come do my show, but he still made time in his busy schedule to come over and talk on my show. He was an amazing interview at that, totally energetic, 100% like he is on ESPN. It was just refreshing to realize that some people aren't putting on an act to make themselves seem better (i.e. Kobe Bryant). Well, anyway, I just wanted to get another post up and going. But, in conclusion, I just wanted to give a shout out to Dicky V, a pure class-act, he deserves all the celebrity he has, and more, thanks Dicky V...much love!

Gary

First blog

The way I see it, is that Blogs are a good way to write things down for other people to read. Blog is a word formed from combining the two words, "web" and "log". Go ahead, say them together quickly...weblog...weblog..weblog....BLOG. See, it makes sense. That could possibly be the only thing that ever makes sense in my blog, but hey, who is to say. This could potentially be the worst blog of all time as a matter of fact, but I doubt that, cuz there are alot of stupid people out there, and most of they probably have access to the internet. Now, I'm no genious...but I do know the meaning of a quality piece of literature. This, I do realize, does not even come close to being a quality piece of literature. But, there is the chance, slight as it may be, that if you visit frequently enough, you may get a chuckle, or even find something that raises your eyebrows or gets the gears moving in your noggin. Don't expect too much, I did say there is only a chance, but ya know what, I plan on having fun with the baby, so, hopefully you can have some fun reading it. I will mostly try to keep it light hearted, but, from time to time, if a serious issue arises that peaks my interest, you will definately hear about it from me, hopefully people can just browse my posts and just not become bored to tears, like I'm sure you are from reading this one, so I will stop now.

Gary