It's terrible! She has beautiful eyes! And her hair smells like cinnamon... some quick-hit thoughts here on a lonely Sunday night:
- The way Brad Radke was pitching, there wasn't much hope for the Jays today in a 5-0 loss to the Twins that left them with only three wins in the weekend series. About the only positive was that Shaun Marcum was willing to challenge Twins slugger Justin Morneau in a bases-loaded, one-out situation in the fifth: Marcum threw him a breaking pitch on a 3-2 count; Morneau handled it well enough to hit a sacrifice fly, but that was better than him teeing off on a predictable fastball.
- May have to reconsider calling TSN's Rod Black the real-life Tom Tucker now that he's shaved his mustache. It was almost jarring to see Black clean-shaven. He was like a whole new person today, even joking a Twins broadcaster Bert Blyleven once mooning him through the glass partition that divides the broadcast booths.
- It's the makings of a therapist's fortune and an ESPN Original Entertainment movie: John Elway's high school aged-son is a quarterback who wears No. 7, just like his old man. Develop your own identity, kid.
- This is sports blog, but it has to be said: Whatever Prime Minister Stephen Harper had scheduled for today certainly could have been rescheduled so he could have attended the opening of the International AIDS Conference in Toronto instead of being a no-show. The PM's staff needs to stop trotting out the same tired party line about how he can't accept every invitation. He ran on the promise he would be "accountable" (his word) to all Canadians, but it's funny how he never accepts invitations to appear at events that might hurt his political capital among his base who, in their ignorance, probably still think HIV/AIDS only happens in big cities. This global pandemic is bigger than anyone's political agenda (yes, even the White House's) and Harper and his minions should have have realized its importance.
- You know what the great thing is about King of The Hill? It's never once, in my memory, had a song-and-dance number. Tonight's repeats of Family Guy, American Dad and The Simpsons each had musical numbers.
- No need to see Accepted or Beerfest when they hit theatres later this month. It already feels like you've seen both films.
That's all for now. Send your thoughts to neatesager@yahoo.ca.
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3 comments:
Hey, I'm a big reader of your blog and as a Torontonian our sports worlds intersect a great deal.
However, I take pause in your comment on Harper. Yeah, I'm a Harper supporter but if you look at this AIDS conference deal logically, he's not missing the first day of the event because he isn't accountable to all Canadians, in fact he's showing his accountability to probably the easiest group to ignore and that are the people of Nunavut whom he easily could have side-stepped. Tony Clement is the health minister and he's in attendance, and I'm sure Harper will make an appearance to the conference (it's not like he's missing out because he is chilling at some Ranch in Crawford like another world leader). Dirt throwing Liberals are just looking for any excuse to get their name in the paper and by criticizing Harper's committment to all Canadians because he's working in Nunavut is lame, much like today's federal Liberal Party.
Sorry to get heavy handed on the political stuff. Nice pull with Jack Elway article. Keep up the good blogging
No need, you weren't heavy-handed at all. I appreciate the way you got your point across. Thanks for your interest.
Actually, I just wanted to chime in that with the recent news that Harper will not at all be attending, it sends a terrible message. I agree with franchise's statement that aboriginal's in this country are largely ignored, but globally, those with AIDS, especially in Africa, are ignored even more. You simply have to go there to see. His attendance, even not on the opening day, would have sent a strong message, a symbolic message, that Canada was truly committed to this cause.
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