The Day Baby Federline-Spears Was Born
*woosh*
*plop*
No that was not the sound of a good visit at the toilet. It was the sound of me hopping on the "Rescue Me" bandwagon. I've known about this show for a while but never really bothered to pay attention to it even though my roommate has been trying to get me hooked forever the same way I tried to hook everyone on "Scrubs." The thing is I still don't quite know how I feel about Dennis Leary, but it turns our this show might be the best thing he has ever been a part of. I've only seen two complete episodes but it's easy to see that "Rescue Me" is a great show.
Most obvious cameo: In one episode Leary's character is playing hockey. As soon as I saw the ice I thought, "Where's Cam Neely?" and BOOM there he is playing one of Leary's teammates.
Anyway, there are plenty of episodes recorded on the TiVo for me to catch up on so I'm sure more on this show will come soon.
Speaking of nothing that relates to the next thing I'm going to write about...
From the Sports Guy's mailbag:
Q: Please help settle a long-standing debate a friend and I have going. How far did Zack Morris get with Kelly Kapowski?-- Jonathan Chavez, Cambridge, Mass.
SG: I was thinking about bothering my new ESPN colleague Mario Lopez with this one (sorry, I just had to see how that looked in print) before deciding to take this one myself. I don't think Zack sealed the deal until the "College Years" ... and that show never happened. So I'm going with third base. And I mean "third base" in the context of when the show happened (the early-'90s), not what "third base" means now, which is probably something like "a threesome that isn't videotaped."
Bill Simmons is one of my favorite writers, and the above is a good example why. I dare you to name a person in this world who is trustworthy enough to answer such an important question. If you enjoy sports, pop-culture, and good writing you have to read Simmons daily. It's a rule. He has just written a book basically revolving around his lifetime of Red Sox torture all ended by last year's championship. I know, who the hell wants to read some New Englander praise the Red Sox like they are the anti-FEMA for an entire book? Well, if Simmons is the New Englander I definitely want to read it.
Simmons wrote at least twice this year of the importance of other writers' influences on you. He expressed that in order for you to find and become your own style you must read the works of other writers you respect. He said this in a sort of tribute to Hunter S. Thompson after hid death, and he's also expressed this in his daily "More Cowbell" where he's giving his readers weekly picks of his favorite sports books. So with that being said, if ever there is evidence of SG influence on the way I write here don't be surprised. I am just taking the man's advice.
By the way, http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/simmons/index
*plop*
No that was not the sound of a good visit at the toilet. It was the sound of me hopping on the "Rescue Me" bandwagon. I've known about this show for a while but never really bothered to pay attention to it even though my roommate has been trying to get me hooked forever the same way I tried to hook everyone on "Scrubs." The thing is I still don't quite know how I feel about Dennis Leary, but it turns our this show might be the best thing he has ever been a part of. I've only seen two complete episodes but it's easy to see that "Rescue Me" is a great show.
Most obvious cameo: In one episode Leary's character is playing hockey. As soon as I saw the ice I thought, "Where's Cam Neely?" and BOOM there he is playing one of Leary's teammates.
Anyway, there are plenty of episodes recorded on the TiVo for me to catch up on so I'm sure more on this show will come soon.
Speaking of nothing that relates to the next thing I'm going to write about...
From the Sports Guy's mailbag:
Q: Please help settle a long-standing debate a friend and I have going. How far did Zack Morris get with Kelly Kapowski?-- Jonathan Chavez, Cambridge, Mass.
SG: I was thinking about bothering my new ESPN colleague Mario Lopez with this one (sorry, I just had to see how that looked in print) before deciding to take this one myself. I don't think Zack sealed the deal until the "College Years" ... and that show never happened. So I'm going with third base. And I mean "third base" in the context of when the show happened (the early-'90s), not what "third base" means now, which is probably something like "a threesome that isn't videotaped."
Bill Simmons is one of my favorite writers, and the above is a good example why. I dare you to name a person in this world who is trustworthy enough to answer such an important question. If you enjoy sports, pop-culture, and good writing you have to read Simmons daily. It's a rule. He has just written a book basically revolving around his lifetime of Red Sox torture all ended by last year's championship. I know, who the hell wants to read some New Englander praise the Red Sox like they are the anti-FEMA for an entire book? Well, if Simmons is the New Englander I definitely want to read it.
Simmons wrote at least twice this year of the importance of other writers' influences on you. He expressed that in order for you to find and become your own style you must read the works of other writers you respect. He said this in a sort of tribute to Hunter S. Thompson after hid death, and he's also expressed this in his daily "More Cowbell" where he's giving his readers weekly picks of his favorite sports books. So with that being said, if ever there is evidence of SG influence on the way I write here don't be surprised. I am just taking the man's advice.
By the way, http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/simmons/index
posted by Angelo at 9/14/2005 11:28:00 PM
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