University of Kentucky head basketball coach John Calipari does not take kindly to sports talk hosts questioning his coaching strategies. What started as a playful give-and-take with radio host Dan Patrick turned a bit awkward. It's all good. You people are crazy! It's all about these kids.
Month: June 2015
OMG! Insert breathless headline here!
Are Courier-Journal editors losing their perspective on which news stories warrant screaming banner sized headlines? The question isn't about relevance or the local nature of the story, it is the SCREAMING headline across the entire top of the page, a treatment used for massive natural disasters, mass killings, or the assassination of a major world figure. The crux of this story warrants a one column headline at best, not even on the front page. Hype. The next day: less hysterical lower case, partial page headlines for the man sentenced to 12 years for defrauding others out of $108 million + a horse attempting a feat earned by only 11 during a 142 year stretch. I rest my case.
Men are thinkers
I mowed the lawn today, and after doing so I sat down and had a cold beer. The day was really quite beautiful, and the drink facilitated some deep thinking. My wife walked by and asked me what I was doing and I said "nothing." The reason I said that instead of saying "just thinking" is because she would have asked "about what?" At that point I would have to explain that men are deep thinkers about various topics which would lead to other questions. Finally I thought about an age old question: Is giving birth more painful than getting kicked in the nuts? Women always maintain that giving birth is way more painful than a guy
Jake from State Farm has been replaced
Today’s country music — blurred lines
Here is audio proof that today's "country" music all comes out of the same blender. Commercial crap, you say? No, that's in the video below.