Irony Update

Just in case you didn't know, there is no longer any ironic value in the "You're the Best/ Around/ Nothin's Gonna Ever Keep You Down" song. The reason why this is the case, above and beyond any internet overuse, is because Adam Laroche is presently using the song for his at-bat music.

Week #4 NFL Picks

Pittsburgh over ARIZONA
MIAMI over Oakland
Houston over ATLANTA
Baltimore over CLEVELAND
DETROIT over Chicago
Green Bay over MINNESOTA
DALLAS over St. Louis
BUFFALO over N.Y. Jets
CAROLINA over Tampa Bay
Seattle over SAN FRANCISCO
SAN DIEGO over Kansas City
INDIANAPOLIS over Denver
Philadelphia over N.Y. GIANTS
New England over CINCINNATI

Last week: 10-6. Season: 35-13.

Week #3 NFL Picks

PITTSBURGH over San Francisco
BALTIMORE over Arizona
NEW YORK JETS over Miami
TAMPA BAY over St. Louis
PHILADELPHIA over Detroit
KANSAS CITY over Minnesota
San Diego over GREEN BAY
NEW ENGLAND over Buffalo
Indianapolis over HOUSTON
DENVER over Jacksonville
CHICAGO over Dallas
OAKLAND over Cleveland
SEATTLE over Cincinnati
ATLANTA over Carolina
WASHINGTON over New York Giants
NEW ORLEANS over Tennessee

Last week: 12-4. Season: 25-7.

funny/not funny

funny: the combination of the words "man" and "sandal" to form the hybrid word "mandal", meaning a derisive term directed toward men's sandals.

why it's funny: because in the combining of the two words, the essential phonetic identity of each word is preserved.

not funny: the combination of the words "man" and "nurse" or "man" and "purse" to form the hybrid word "murse", meaning either a derisive term directed toward male nurses or men's handbags.

why it's not funny: the phonetic structure of the word "man" is abandoned, and isn't adequately conveyed by simply replacing the first letter of any noun with "m." It's lame.

Week #2 NFL Picks

Cincinnati over CLEVELAND
Indianapolis over TENNESSEE
San Francisco over ST. LOUIS
New Orleans over TAMPA BAY
Green Bay over N.Y. GIANTS (taking too many road teams here)
PITTSBURGH over Buffalo
CAROLINA over Houston
JACKSONVILLE over Atlanta
DETROIT over Minnesota
Dallas over MIAMI
ARIZONA over Seattle
CHICAGO over Kansas City
DENVER over Oakland
BALTIMORE over N.Y. Jets
NEW ENGLAND over San Diego
PHILADELPHIA over Washington

Last week: 13-3. Season: 13-3.

Week #1 NFL Picks

Just straight winners-- no point spreads, as I'm not interested in gambling for serious money.

INDIANAPOLIS over New Orleans
HOUSTON over Kansas City
BUFFALO over Denver
WASHINGTON over Miami
GREEN BAY over Philadelphia
Pittsburgh over CLEVELAND
New England over NEW YORK JETS
MINNESOTA over Atlanta
JACKSONVILLE over Tennessee
Carolina over ST. LOUIS
SAN DIEGO over Chicago
SEATTLE over Tampa Bay
OAKLAND over Detroit
DALLAS over New York Giants
CINCINNATI over Baltimore
SAN FRANCISCO over Arizona

Yeah, I generally went home teams, and at this point I'd trust the Football Outsiders guys if they predicted the sun would start revolving around the earth, so I'm going stronger on the Panthers and Packers than I would otherwise.

four years old

The Contents of Our DVR (9/02/07)

Frenzy
Cujo
High School Musical 2 (yeah, this one's not mine)
Gosford Park
Juliet of the Spirits (HD)
The Illusionist (for Ali's Edward Norton hangup)
The Young Girls of Rochefort (HD)
2 Episodes of P.O.V.
Au Revoir, Les Enfants
High Plains Drifter
Mr. Death
Trust
The Best of Youth
Cruel Story of Youth
Tsotsi
Greed
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
All About My Mother
Croupier
Vampyr
The Honeymoon Killers
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Cache
The Battle of Algiers
The Conversation
Viridiana
F for Fake
The Immortal Story
Mr. Arkadin
Spirit of the Beehive
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Dreamers
Germania Anno Zero
12 episodes of Justice League
10 episodes of Superfriends
Black Narcissus
The Return (HD)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Broken Blossoms
The Funeral
Hannah and Her Sisters
2046
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
The Lady From Shanghai
The Sweet Hereafter
Ararat
The Wages of Fear (HD)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
The Trial
Throne of Blood
Sisters
Written on the Wind
The Killing
Proces de Jeanne d'Arc
Dodes Ka-Den
The Best Years of Our Lives

You wouldn't think that filling two hundred hours would be so easy.

August, 2007 Film Viewings

August 5: Spanking the Monkey
August 6: Dead Man
August 7: Fixed Bayonets
August 8: The Prestige
August 16: Smiles of a Summer Night
August 17: High School Musical 2
August 18: The Painted Veil (2006)
August 19: Superbad
August 20: SUV Taggers
August 21: The Young Girls of Rochefort
August 25: Art School Confidential
August 26: Three Colors: White
August 27: Three Colors: Red