He-Man and Terry Tate Videos
I somehow got addicted in the last couple of days to two ridiculous videos:
Enjoy.
Sox clutch, Cubs choke
One out, 9th inning, Game 3 of the 2005 World Series. The White Sox are up three games to none on the Astros. Holding a 1-0 lead, they’re poised to sweep the series. Just two more outs.
A runner sits on second base. Then, a popup along the left field line. Juan Uribe hurls himself into the stands, among the Astro fans, and catches the ball over the wall. Two outs! A few minutes later, the third out is retired, and the White Sox are world champs.
The significance of the play, beyond it being a defensive gem? It was perfectly fitting. It encapsulates the difference between the 2005 Sox and the recent Cubs teams.
What happened in Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS? What started the downward spiral for the Cubs in the season they were supposed to win it all, a downward spiral that mushroomed to engulf the lost 2004 season and the disappointing 2005 season? What started it?
A popup down the left field line. Moises Alou couldn’t make the catch at Wrigley, among “friendly” fans, and Bartman prolonged the misery of a million North Siders. The Cubs couldn’t deliver.
The Sox did deliver. Uribe caught the ball and the Sox put the smother hold on the Astros. The 2005 White Sox: clutch. The Cubs: choke.
Annoying voice mail systems
Let me tell you what’s really been pissing me off lately: voice mail systems. And more specifically, how they’re so goddamn inefficient and slow in telling you how to leave a message.
I think we all know how to leave a message on voice mail by this point. Seriously. I mean, answering machines have been around for like, 20 years, and voice mail is the exact same thing. So why the hell do I get this long-ass message whenever I call up someone’s cell phone that fucking explains to me in atomic-level detail about the goddamn process of leaving a message? Check out the message for my cell phone:
To page this person, press 5 now. At the tone, please record your message. When you are finished recording, you may hang up or press 1 for more options.
Okay. That is ridiculous. Look at all that extra verbiage. Allow me to put that message on a diet:
To page this person, press 5. After recording your message, hang up or press 1 for options.
And that’s for Cingular. Verizon is even worse. Ugh.
College Humor link
Big news! On October 11th, the granddaddy of time-wasting, pander-to-the-lowest-common-denominator websites — CollegeHumor.com — linked yours truly. No joke. There was an direct Intarweb hookup between the CollegeHumor.com Web server computer and the underscorebleach.net server computer, and many “hits” were exchanged. In fact, over 26,000 on October 11th alone. I was proud.
Why the link? Because I love back dimples, and they made fun of me for this fact…but really, they secretly love back dimples too, and so do lots of guys, and back dimples merit a link from the homepage of College Humor.
The link was in the “Hotlinks” area of the homepage, but you can see it archived now (just to show I’m not lying). Do a find on the page for “dimples.”
I think this means that back dimples have formally arrived in the social conversation, and that I am formally awesome. Thanks, no need to send cards or flowers. A comment kissing my butt will do just fine.
i moved.
omg moving sucks.
the new place is still a complete mess.
IKEA is coming on monday with a crapload of stuff.
i’m tired.
p.s. bye bye schizos