Fighting Talker

Because… if you google John Markell Must Go my post comes up first!! Yay!!!

Seriously, I can only go down from here.

It appears Top Gear is putting together an American version. While I am excited, I am skeptical because unlike their show on BBC (sans ad breaks) the American version will need advertisers and therefore probably the car manufacturers. Will manufacturers let them call cars crap if they putting money into the show and into the hosts’ pockets?

From Wonkette:

Giant Talking Rabbits Haunt White House

As we know from movie classics such as “Harvey” and “Donnie Darko,” a sure-fire sign of insanity is the appearance of an anthropomorphic giant rabbit. Laura’s got two!

It happened again. While admitting that I still don’t care about OSU Basketball, we gotta stop playing Florida.

Bye Bye Greg. Bye Bye Mike.

So last week, I was hoping to watch DC United’s second leg Concacaf match with Chivas on Fox Soccer Channel… It took six different restaurant stops including four places that had satellite but not FSC. Finally I found the nice Mexican place Zapata’s that would put the game on. Too bad we lost. The journey made it worthwhile.

But it took six stops! This is how hard it is to watch soccer in MLS Flyover Country. Blech.

Makes you stop and think how good soccer fans in DC and up and down the Northeast have it.

Well, DC stunk up the joint on opening day, losing 2-1 in Colorado without once ever giving the impression they could win the match.

Lemme second the following point made by the DCenters.

Weapon Selection: The potential of this season is that with Emilio, Gomez, and Moreno, that United should have multiple threats and not rely on just one or two players for goals. To me, that means you can’t just send it over to top to Emilio to see what happens. Vary your play, get everyone involved. Do not make yourself one dimensional.

If DC can’t figure that out, we’re not going anywhere.

After an exhausting month working nonstop in Suburban Las Vegas, I am back. Thank God.

For people who don’t have the gambling jones, like me, Vegas loses its appeal after about a week. Seriously, the coolest things I saw in Vegas were, in order:

1. Wynn-Penske Ferrari Dealership in Wynn Hotel. For $10 you can get up close to all the newest models of Ferrari and Maserati and also get a look at some of Wynn’s personal cars, like a classic F40.
2. The water show at the Bellagio. Legitimately cool

Well, that’s about it really. I can’t even get to three.

Anyway, it’s great to be back and I will be blogging regularly and posting to Screaming-eagles.com regularly again.