Super Bowl XLIV Kills M*A*S*H Final Episode

The final episode of M*A*S*H held the record for most viewers of a single TV broadcast for 27 years. No more!

M*A*S*H was funny in the early years, with Wayne Rogers as “Trapper John McIntyre” and McLean Stevenson as “Col Henry Blake”. Then they brought in Mike Farrell and the show started getting preachy. I liked that episode when Hawkeye and Trapper were trying to get an incubator for the hospital:

And Hot Lips:

And now football is over! ARRRGGHH!!

Until the draft in April!

Minicamps in May and June!

Training camps in July!

Exhibition games in August!

Danica Patrick Goes NASCAR

IRL driver and all-around cutie Danica Patrick is going to enter the NASCAR Nationwide Series. I wonder if she will have to site on a couple of phone books to see over the steering wheel:

After surviving a mid-race spin and rallying for a sixth-place finish in her stock car debut on Saturday, JR Motorsports announced Monday that they will enter Patrick in Saturday’s season-opening Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

According to the press release announcing the decision, “The decision for Patrick to compete in the Daytona Nationwide Series event is supported by sponsor GoDaddy.com and JRM co-owners Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Eury Jr., and Rick Hendrick.”

Obligatory SportsIllustrated swimsuit photo:

Bunk!

2009 Super Bowl Godaddy.com commercial, Special Extended Sexy Version:

Snickers- The Best Super Bowl Ad

ROCKY BALBOA HAS SHOCKED THE WORLD

Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints on their 31-17 Super Bowl victory over the Indianapolis Colts. The Saints defense kept Peyton Manning off the field, their onside kick to open the 2nd half completely changed the momentum of the game, and the pick six TD in the 4th quarter sealed the deal.

The Saints spotted the Colts a 10-0 lead, then outscored them 31-7.

Drew Brees was named the Super Bowl XLIV MVP.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) reacts to a 2-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jeremy Shockey during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Who day say gwine-a beat dem Saints?

Random thoughts, including my lead pipe lock Super Bowl pick

It occurs to me that the Obama administration is the worst thing to happen to the White House since the British burned it in the War of 1812. However, this is mitigated, for me, by the news that the Present’s healthcare initiative is dead, and the whole global warming scam seems to be unraveling.

Everyone outside the state of Indiana is rooting for the New Orleans Saints to win Super Bowl XLIV. They’re the emotional pick, never been to the Super Bowl, Katrina, yada yada yada. The Indianapolis Colts will win. And I was wrong: the media hasn’t talked the ‘Katrina-hey-this-city-needs-a-Saints-win-to-bounce-back’ story line to death. Instead, they have talked Dwight Freeney’s ankle to death.

What a f***ed up night at work last night. We had a network problem that stretched into the wee hours of Friday morning, and around 2am the oncall engineers gave up on me. Just threw in the towel and said ’screw it’. Left ME hanging to explain to the control centers in Houston why they would have to go without comm til regular business hours. F***ing bastards. I despise the corporate culture at Blue Sky Mines LLC. Here are the top three job skills you need to be successful here, apparently:

1. CYA
2. Fingerpoint
3. Backstab

Blue Sky has facilities in damn near every state of the Union, and in western Canada as well. However, the campus where I work, outside Denver, LEADS THE COMPANY in human resources complaints and actions. It’s a 5 story building chock full of pricks, jerks, and assholes. Some of the egos in the IT department are the size of the Orion Nebula , and are as fragile as they are huge. Pompous self-important treacherous jagoffs, the lot of ya!

However- I have been at Blue Sky for ten years now, which means I have finally picked up a 4th week of annual vacation. (As an aside, had I stayed at my previous job, I would be retired with 30 years’ service by now- at the age of 51.) So this May, for the 1st time in what seems like eons, I am going to take 2 weeks off. I will be loading up the F150 with a tent and maps and some cans of Dinty Moore stew, and I am getting the eff out of Colorado for a while. No computers, no phones, no reports, no traffic, no schedule- except sunrise and sunset.

Dear Lord, give me the strength to endure.

Marisa Miller was at the Grammys

I don’t know who Marisa Miller is and I never watch the Grammys. Or any award show for that matter. But hey- nice shoes. I’m just sayin’, is all.

Uh Oh

How much Olberman sucks

Here’s a great article in American Thinker that goes into great detail about what a total douchenozzle Olberman really is.

An excerpt:

Women are anathema to Olbermann. He delights in demeaning them, and the more attractive or accomplished they are, the more malicious he gets. Conservative Congresswoman Michelle Bachman, who relishes her role as policymaker and  mother, is a frequent object of his anger; columnist Michelle Malkin is a “big mashed up bag of meat with lipstick” because of her intelligence and traditional values; Sarah Palin is a moronic “Bush in a skirt”; and there’s nothing wrong with Hillary Clinton — who had the nerve to oppose Barack Obama in the Democrat primaries — that a good beating won’t cure.

Hillary Clinton explains Olberman's penis: "It's like a penis, only much much smaller."

Stolen in its entirety because it is SO GOOD

Saints, Colts Hoping To Resolve Super Bowl Through Diplomacy

MIAMI—Team officials from the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts emerged from a tense, 12-hour negotiating session Thursday and told reporters that, while they had yet to reach a settlement that would prevent a massive on-field conflict, the AFC and NFC champions were committed to resolving the Super Bowl through diplomatic channels.

“Playing this Super Bowl is our last resort,” said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who was flanked by the coaches and quarterbacks for the opposing teams. “Yes, there are some difficult issues that need to be hashed out, such as who will be the game’s MVP, the number of total passing yards for each quarterback, and which team will be named Super Bowl champion, but I think we made progress today.”

“The Colts and the Saints are unwavering in their commitment to avoid any violence and wish to resolve the Super Bowl peacefully, without a single football being thrown,” Goodell added.

According to team sources, formal overtures to crown a Super Bowl victor through peaceful negotiation began almost immediately after Saints kicker Garrett Hartley connected on a game-winning field goal against the Vikings last Sunday.

From The Onion via The Corner

Others are governed by idiots as well

Think we have it bad here in the US, with the growing nanny state? It’s worse in the UK:

• Michael Mancini, 39, was fined £60 for blowing his nose at the wheel of his van
• William Kemp, 49, of Aberdeen was fined £30 for scratching a SPOT while at the wheel.
• Sarah McCaffery, 23 was fined £60 by Northumbria Police for holding an APPLE while driving.

Britain is going down the effin’ tubes, mate.