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Grayson, love of my life, has returned to me! Pants party for everyone!
He's back from his sojourn to Houston and Missouri and Colorado. How I loves me some him. Brie and I went to lunch to celebrate. (OK, we just went to lunch. But I celebrated with sushi. What better way??)
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A plea:
There is an intriguing Web site, goodsearch. It's a search engine run by Yahoo. You choose a charity from a list, and every time you do a search, that charity gets money. I'm not sure who provides the cash. Advertising, most likely. But it's a cool idea. And College Forward, the program I work with that helps kids from low-income families get to college, is one of the charities.
So if you need to search for something, skip Google for a couple of days. Go to Good search, enter College Forward of the ATX (should be the only city anyway), and search like it's goin' outta style.
There's even a little halo over the G. That's how you know it's good!
Thanks, friends.
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OK.
The time has come for me to clarify my positions on some very important topics:
1. Oprah's Book Club. I do not fucking hate Oprah's Book Club. I want to hate it mostly because her opinion -- or the opinion of her random-ass helpers -- means so much to so many women. Why the hell should I think Oprah has good taste in books? She's a talk-show host! The two things are unrelated! BUT. I don't fucking hate it because it does get people to read books, some of which are actually good. (Examples: Anna Karenina -- I mean, hello. She's Come Undone. The Poisonwood Bible. The Corrections.)
2. Bono. I do not fucking hate Bono. Yeah, sometimes it gets on my nerves when he's all over the news. Why should people listen to Bono when they're not listening to the real experts?? And though Bono does actually care and know about stuff, a lot of those other celebrity activists don't know fuck about shit. So it does set a dangerous precedent when the masses buy into their positions and take their arguments for true. BUT. Bono has done a great deal of research and does actually legitimately care about the causes he promotes. He also does help raise money where it's needed. How can I fucking hate that? I just can't. It goes against what I stand for.
3. Israel. I do not fucking hate Israel. It frustrates me and irritates me often, but I think its leaders are trying to do right by their people. It's not an easy scene over there. I think it needs to be more responsible as a nation, and I think it's obligated to take the high road. That doesn't mean it should allow its people to be killed. That does mean Israel shouldn't kill civilians -- if at all possible. And I simply don't buy that it had no choice in Lebanon.
4. The Denver Broncos. QB Jake Plummer. I don't fucking hate the Denver Broncos. And I don't fucking hate Jake Plummer. No real reason for this. I just hate too many other teams in the AFC West. I know I said in the past that I don't hate them anymore, but I think I was lying. Now, I'm truly over the hate. And I want them to beat KC. And Oakland.
5. "Everybody Loves Raymond." I do, in fact, fucking hate "Everybody Loves Raymond." End of story.
Redskins Trade For Mike Rumph
And I'm glad to say I'm handling the news with typical grace and aplomb.
For those unfamiliar with my feelings on Mike Rumph, click on his name to search this site for a few of the times I've mentioned him. For some reason the Blogger search tool is pretty weak, which is odd considering Blogger is run by Google, so you won't get all my Rumph rips from the past 2+ years. Here's a brief sample though:When Mike Rumph and Roy Williams square-off, there is only one winner: Society. Oh, and anyone who has Brandon Lloyd or Terry Glenn on their fantasy teams.
-September 23, 2004
This brings us to Nate Burleson, who put up the best numbers for a receiver playing with Randy Moss since Cris Carter retired, but now finds himself “the man” in Minnesota. Without the luxury of playing against the Mike Rumph’s and Nick Harper’s of the NFL, Burleson will have a rude awakening.
- August 23, 2005
By the way, this is the second straight year a marquee free agent cornerback from the Redskins was burned by Palmer and Chad Johnson. Last year the pair torched Champ Bailey for three TDs and yesterday Fred Smoot did his best Mike Rumph impersonation in his home debut for the Vikings.
- September 19, 2005
And not to take anything away from Donovan and T.O., but did you see Mike Rumph's coverage on Owens' second touchdown? I give Mike Rumph a hard time, mainly because he's Mike Rumph. On this play he shows why he's so Rumphian - With the ball in the air and T.O. slowing to catch it, Rumph comes over to help on the coverage and has a decision to make. He can:
1) Make a play on the ball, which is hanging up in the air like a puffy cloud.
2) Get behind Owens, wait the ball to touch his hands and then pop him, which could cause the ball to jar loose and force an incompletion or fumble.
3) Play like a corner and try to swat the ball away.
Rumph declines and chooses answer #4: He run in front Owens, looks up to see him catch the ball, then continues to watch as his own momentum takes him towards the sidelines as Owens trots to the endzone.
Watch the play if you can, it will be on Inside the NFL. Nobody will mention how poorly Rumph played it, but it's one of the more remarkable things I saw all day.
- September 19, 2005
Decisions, decisions… Do I harp on the pitiful play of Champ Bailey and the Denver secondary (who should be forced to watch every dope in the media proclaim Eli Manning the greatest tantrum-throwing, draft-avoiding quarterback since John Elway, since it was they who lost the game for the Broncos on Sunday. Seriously, how do they let Plaxico Burress catch that jump ball in the endzone, watch Jeremy Shockey get wide open on the game’s final drive and allow Manning’s final touchdown pass to stay in the air for 15 minutes and then softly land in Amani Toomer’s hands, despite five white jerseys being within one step of him? Did they sign Ade Jimoh, Mike Rumph and Stanley Richard or something?) or make the fairly obvious statement that the Broncos would be 6-1 and sitting comfortably atop the AFC East if Jake Plummer would stop pussyfooting around and shave the damn beard to reveal the magnificence that is his bewhiskered nose-tickler.
- October 25, 2005
Why am I tempted to take St. Louis here? Jacksonville is 3rd in the Chaz Rankings and I rip on the Rams more than Mike Rumph.
- October 28, 2005However, for as much shit as I give Mike Rumph, his acquisition by the 'Skins actually isn't that terrible. Oh, it's terrible, but not as terrible as you'd (or I'd) expect.
Washington gave up Steve Spurrier's former second-round pick Taylor Jacobs to get Rumph. I've been ripping Jacobs since he let an injured toe keep him out of his rookie training camp. Here's what I wrote about him last January in my "State of the Redskins" address:Taylor Jacobs, the final legacy of the immortal Steve Spurrier era, makes the Eagles receiving corps look like All-Pros and he will most definitely be gone [in 2006].Considering Jacobs almost certainly was going to make that prediction come true by being cut before the season began, that the Redskins were able to get anything for him, even a stiff like Rumph, is sort of miraculous.
The thing with Rumph is, he can't get any worse. And maybe by playing with a much better defense under a much better coach with a lot fewer responsibilities (Rumph figures to be used solely in nickle and dime coverages), he won't be as bad as he's been in the past.
Yet even with that rare bout of optimism, I now have a new least favourite Redskin, for the moment anyway. David Frost, consider yourself lucky. Maybe I'll be taking my head out of the oven after all (especially with this somewhat encouraging Clinton Portis update from renowned orthapedic specialist James Andrews.)
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