Saturday Jan 22

Cold without snow is like the movies without popcorn.  What's the point?  As I type this my phone says its 16 degrees outside.  Yikes.

Every time I see one of these commercials with a "message" from the Foundation for a Better Life, I swear it's going to be fake.  I keep waiting for it to be a spoof for some terrible beer like Miller Lite, but it seems to be a real foundation.  Maybe it's just a really elaborate setup, with the punch line coming during the Super Bowl.  *fingers crossed*

So tonight's US National Game is on a Telefutra (spanish), in standard definition, and features lesser known (upstarts if you will) players.  Wow.  What's not to love?

Around 30,000 morons dressed up in orange had their weekends ruined today by about 2pm today.  That makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

I mean at least when Georgetown loses a home game you can walk outside the arena and, you know, do stuff.  And by "do stuff" I mean go from bar to bar arguing about the Princeton Offense and Vee Sanford's lack of playing time.  Look I've been to games in the Carrier Dome and that's not the case.  You have to wait in a Kings Dominion type line to board a shuttle bus back to where your car is parked.  Then you have to drive for awhile before you see a person as opposed to a polar bear.

There was a basketball game from JMU on one of the ESPN channels today for the first time since Lefty was the coach.  They lost but it was kind of cool to flip to it and see the Electric Zoo on TV.  Of course it would have been a lot cooler if it were in HD.  I wonder if one day I will complain that stuff isn't always in 3D?  I doubt it.

Ok there is a graphic in the bottom right corner with the Telefutra logo and the letters "HD" next to it.  I'm not sure what else that could be trying to say other than High Definition.  The problem is that it's not in High Definition.

Look it's always a big deal to be in HD but even more so when all of the players are new to most of us.  I mean I'm familiar with their names but not with their faces.  It's almost as if US Soccer doesn't want me as a fan.  It's hard to think of a worse way to present your product than on a Saturday night in SD on a Spanish channel.

When does Roddick come on anyway?  I'm out.

Peace brah