Time to Get Your Dance Shoes On

No, not that kind of dance shoes/furry moon boots.  Silly goth kids.  I'm talking about the Madness of March.  It's also time for the You're Wasting Your Time Tournament Bracket. 

If you're like me, this begins the annual process of me trying to remember what my CBSSports.com username and address is.  Once this process runs it's course, you can log in and enter your teams.  And maybe, just maybe, you will find your name among this illustrious list of You're Wasting Your Time March Mayhem Bracket Champions:

2011 Champion Aaron Rupp

2010 Champion Dean Batogowski (I think, I didn't seem to post the winner this year. FAIL)

2009 Champion Big Mike Snyder

2008 Champion Bagel

2007 Champion Jonnie Karp

The question should be why wouldn't you want to be on that list.  So go, click on this link, troubleshoot your forgotten username and register your bracket.  Eternal glory (on this blog) is waiting:

http://urwastingurtime.mayhem.cbssports.com/e

And don't you worry, I haven't forgotten about the Redskins making the move of the century, the move I dared dream they would make.  I will have more on this later this week.  I also have to figure out again, how I can get the NFL Ticket before next season starts.

Have a good week, happy picking!


It's Time for March Madness

As we head into the final Conference Tournaments of the season, that means we only have one more blog post before the Tourney starts.  So, what does this mean to you?
It means that on Monday I will post the link and password to the Your Wasting You're Time Tournament.  So, please be prepared to come back Monday and fill in your bracket. 

And in the meantime you can spend your weekend watching great college basketball.  The Terps looked pretty bad ass today in their game (or so I'm told, I had no idea that the Terps were on today, until someone at work said they were up by 30).  From what I gather, if they play like they did today, they have a chance of knocking off the Tar Heels.  So here's hoping they do, so that they can entertain me all weekend long.

I will also be keeping an eye on the status of Peyton Manning.  I really don't think he'll be coming to the Redskins.  If you compare the Redskins with, say, the Cardinals look at how things break down for things that I assume would matter to Peyton Manning:

WR's to throw to:  Larry Fitzgerald vs Santana Moss (the winner?  Fitzgerald)
Weather: It's cold and crappy here, especially from November on and it's horribly hot and humid in the summer during training camp.  Winner?  Zona.
Fields: The Redskins have the largest free-standing, cement whore.  Arizona has real grass in a state of the art dome.  Winner?  Zona.
Offensive line: From what I hear, Cowboy's linebackers rejoiced when they heard the Skins re-signed Will Montgomery.  Winner?  I can only assume it's Arizona.

And that's just Arizona.  Miami and Houston are also in the mix and also much better than the Redskins situation.  It's not to say that the Skins are a bad situation, I think that if you're nickname is RG3, you'll find that this is actually a tremendous area and he has the chance of being a God.  A God, you hear me, Robert?!  A Burgundy and Gold God!

Fortunately for me, it looks like the Skins are out of the Peyton sweepstakes:
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d82777dfb/article/report-redskins-already-out-on-peyton-manning-chase?module=HP11_headline_stack

Ok, now for the Entertainment and our Clip O' the Week.  This week I am proud to post my cousin's cover of a song called Love Love Love.  He's Canadian, he's a red head, and ladies, he's available. 


My friend Plebers sent along this video.  Check out the video of the dog crying with happiness because her owner is back from Afghanistan.  Come for the crying dog, stay for the Bible thumpin!
http://www.godvine.com/Mommy-and-Doggy-Reunite-After-a-Year-Apart-343.html

Check out the awkward intern on the News:
http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/6m5v

Are you a history buff?  Do you ever wonder what DC looked like in 1814?  Thanks to some folks at UMBC, you can now see what it looked like:
http://youtu.be/eKY45I9Bsho

Alright, that's all I have for now.  Have a great weekend, go Terps!

The Top 10 TV Shows Right Now

It's that time of year, when there's really not a lot going on.  The weather is doing it's normal "it's March, you have no idea what's going to greet you in the morning, but the chances are good it will suck" thing that it does this time of year.

So I thought that it would be good time to review the Top 10 TV Shows Right Now.  There are a couple of details that factor into rankings this time of year.  First up is the amount of TV that I watch now.  It's a lot.  I think this is primarily because the weather sucks so bad.  And it gets dark early.  And I'm lazy by nature.
The second detail is the amount of Food Network and HGTV that I watch right now.  I'm not sure why, but I tend to land on that channel.  It tends to be nice background noise.
So here we go, the Top 10 TV Shows Right Now:

10) Big Daddy's House- the best is when this is on Saturday or Sunday morning.  He cooked up a bacon and cheese breakfast pizza last weekend.  This guy knows how to make a solid 3,000 calorie meal to start your day.
9) Chopped- I'm always blown away by some of the meals these chefs come up with.  Once they had baby octopus and 3 out of the 4 chefs knew they should pop the head off of the baby octopus before they cooked it.  Like it's common knowledge.

8) House Hunters- It's a staple, but one reason they can have so many episodes is that they vary the house style, price range and the geography episode to episode.  So in one night you can go house hunting in Bozeman, Montana for million dollar houses and then the next episode they're in Taiwan looking for apartments that rent for $250 per month.

7) 30 Rock- It's so far down the list because the shows this year have been scarce.  But it's been funny, it's just they maybe reaching that "Ross is actually crazy" stage of their show.  Remember towards the later season of Friends when Ross' natural progression had him doing more outlandish things by the episode?  They're kinda doing that on 30 Rock.  I mean, not that I want them back, but what happened to Jack's wife and daughter.  They occasionally refer to them, otherwise they are completely off the show.  It's like that story line got in the way, so they're making it disappear.
6) Yard Crashers- this is the show I want to be on the most.  Please, dear God, please let that guy be at the Lowes in Columbia or the Home Depot in Lansdowne one of these weekends.  I need that outdoor kitchen so badly.

5) Diners, Drive In and Dives- I'm hooked.  I started watching it when I heard they were going to be on R&R Taqueira, and I've never gone back.  I even got the app, so now whenever I travel, I will be able to hit all the places they have hit.  And that's what the Internet and smart phones were invented for.

4) The Office- You know, I really think they've continued to do a good job keeping some fresh story lines going this season.  I liked the Dwight VP of that store while that chick tried to sleep with Jim at the hotel episode.  And I like Darryl trying to move in on the warehouse chick.  And I still like the Nard-dog.  So there.

3) Parks and Rec- The political race is good, the characters are good/great and getting better.  It's probably the most solid show on Thursday night.

2) Celebrity Apprentice- I'm watching this only for Adam Carolla.  Now that the NFL season is over, I don't listen to the Rich Eisen Podcast so I listen to the Adam Carolla podcast in it's place. 
1)  Modern Family- This has to be the gold standard of sitcoms (as of right now). 
So there you go.  Also, Mad Men is coming back at the end of this month, which is fantastic.  I love that show and need more of it in my life.
And Game of Thrones is coming up soon, too.  I am still trying to read that book, it's effing ponderous.  My attention span does not lend itself well to long books. 

Anyway, that's all I've got for now.  I'll have more later this week.  Have a good one!

RG3 and Entertainment

My laptop battery arrived today.  We put it in, and everything was going great...until it came to charge the battery.  I got a message that said "Low AC Output- Go Screw Yourself".  So that's great. 

But the blog must go on.  I think that since the Rams may want to get their 2nd pick traded before free agency, that I would like to weigh in on what the Skins must do this off season. 

The Redskins have clearly hit the ceiling as far as wins go if they are going to put Rex or Beck in effex.  They need a QB.  The question is who.  I don't think Manning will come here, based on the fact that we have a questionable O-line (don't worry about your neck Peyton, we resigned Will Montgomery!  He'll have your back), the best case scenario for our wide receivers is if Hankerson makes the leap even though he's coming back from major hip surgery and we pick up a free agent.  What's enticing about that?

No, I think the Redskins only option is to make the move, give up a king's ransom to the Rams and get RG3.  He's seems to be part Adonis, part Einstein and all cannon.  What does that even mean?

Anyway, check out this highlight real.



That's my boy.  That's the move.  I thought I might have to wait till April and the Draft, but now it looks like it will happen before March 13th.  Giddy up.
Ok, let's clean out my Inbox with some rock solid Entertainment.  First up, is a compilation of the Chicago Blackhawks Ice Crew that my brother in law sent along.   A fun game is to guess which one is the craziest.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1203/nhl-chicago-blackhawks-ice-crew-girls/content.1.html?eref=sircrc

Here's a pretty good line on facebook:

http://www.collegehumor.com/picture/6576186/protective-brother-facebook-fail

Here's an MMA fighter knocking himself out with a flying kick:

http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6713443/mma-fighter-knocks-self-out-with-flying-kick

Here's an awesome action shot:

http://www.collegehumor.com/picture/6709982/girl-about-to-get-hit-with-nerf-dart

Here's a complete survival guide involving knives:

http://www.backpacker.com/survival-only-a-knife

Check it out, yet another themed race.  This time its a 5K with firemen obstacles!  It's at the end of April, I'm pretty sure I'm going to do it:

http://www.herorush.com/about-the-rush/

My buddy Singer sent along this clip of Ronald Reagan working the room with some cow manure humor:

http://youtu.be/oZ19kxZHOgE

Ok, that's all for now.  Hope everyone has a good weekend, enjoy the college basketball ramp up.

Laptop Down

The battery of my laptop finally kicked it and our computer just flat out refuses to turn on.  That means (besides not being able to update the iTunes) the only place to do the bloggy blog is on the ol' desk top, circa 2003.  That's right, it's a throw back blog. 

I'm actually pleasantly surprised at this computer's performance.  I've got multiple pages up and a youtube video running and it's only taking about 4 minutes to switch from page to page!

Last week, I didn't get to the blog part because of a faulty laptop and part due to a relentlessly crying child for about 3 1/2 hours.  That means I wasn't able to warn/remind everyone that Diners, Drive ins and Dives was going to be airing it's episode on R&R Taqueira tonight (Monday) at 10 PM. 

If you missed it, there was twice the treat as Washington Redskin and World Champion Joe Theisman joined Guy Fieri as they hit the Elkridge taco haven for lunch.  They prepared a couple of meals that I will be consuming within the week, including a lamb taco and some kind of Mexican/taco pork pizza.

Until the video becomes available online, you can watch a pretty solid/locally produced food show as they spotlight R&R's.



Check the guide, I'm sure they'll show that episode again.  "Triple D" as it's called, is on ALL the time on Food Network Which is fine by me.  I love that show.  And the fact that they have a Food Network Map App for the Droid, just means that I will be able to eat ant any of the places they feature whenever I am out and about.

Alright, later this week we finally hit the month of March.  That of course means March Madness is coming soon, I hope to have the computer back and up and running by the end of this week. I need to get the March Madness Tournament set up, and do some proper prep-work for this year's festivities. Also, don't forget that we have the Combine, draft rumors, free agency and the Peyton Manning deadline. I'll also unload some Entertainment that's been storing up in my Inbox. 

Until then, let's get some March Madness (or should I say Arch Madness) thoughts going with this flash mob dance party that occurred at the Bradley University/ISU game.  It's The War on 74 Flash Mob Dance Team style!



Ok, that's all for now. Hopefully I have more later this week.

FAIL

You know what we haven't had a lot of lately?  A good old FAIL blog.  And since Bagel hasn't ordered anyone killed, I've got a ton of Entertainment backlogged in my Inbox, so this will be short and sweet tonight.  First, here's a decent FAIL clip (see how far you can get in it) followed by the Entertainment.


Travel a lot?  Here's a travel like a pro article from Backpacker.com:
http://www.backpacker.com/travel-like-a-pro/skills/16370

Anchorwoman sausage FAIL?  Why sure:
http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/6kl9

If I told you that this clip's title is "Elephant hits a man", would you be able to resist clicking on this link?
http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/6jpo

My wife sent this along, seems important since this toothbrush can explode in you mouth.  Of course a majority of things that explode in your mouth are bad, mmmkay?
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm291790.htm

Did I already let everyone know that R&R Taqueria is going to be on Diners, Drive ins and Dives next Monday?
http://howchow.blogspot.com/2012/02/r-taqueria-to-be-on-feb-27-diners-dives.html

One more thing from backpacker.com, survival stories and strategies!  Who wants to check this out:
http://cdn.backpacker.com/january-2012-backpacker-bible-10-skills-every-backpacker-must-know/skills/16324

Alright, have a good week, Happy Fat Tuesday everyone.  More later this week.

Beware the Bagel List

Oh, sweet Jesus.  I started getting texts sometime after 6 PM.  "Number 4."  "Gary Carter died, Bagel had him."  As Bagel declared, he is the Jeremy Lin of the Death Pool. 

So now we're 47 days into the year and Bagel has his 4th confirmed kill.  Unbelievable.  I would like to take this moment to just say, that Chris Van Bavel is a rock solid individual.  It's hard to tell if he's handsomer or funnier or smarter.  It's probably a three way tie.  He's such a good dude, I thought I would take down any and all disparaging blogs about him. 

Ok, so with Gary Carter's untimely demise at the age of 57, Bagel adds another death and 43 points to his total.  Here are the current standings:

1) Bagel- 4 deaths and 137 points (Gary Carter, Etta James,Joe Pa and Whitney Houston)
2) David- 1 death for 27 points (Joe Pa)
3) Me- 1 death for 27 points (Joe Pa)
4) Mike- 1 death for 27 points (Joe Pa)
5) James- 1 death for 27 points (Joe Pa)
So there you go.  Bagel's list should be done by sometime in mid-May.  Watch out, Artie Lange....

Here's our tribute to Gary Carter, one of the more memorable ball players from the Eighties.    I couldn't really find too many clips of his games because MLB is filled with a bunch of idiots and they don't let MLB plays show up on youtube.  Nice call, douche rockets.  Here's what I could fine:


So here's a piece of Entertainment from Captain Carnage himself.  Bagel, knowing I'm a fan of all things good food, passed along this place that I will have hit up as soon as possible.  I found myself trying to figure out if it was possible to get to NC and back on a Saturday. 
http://deadspin.com/5883076/i-hung-out-with-dukebags-and-discovered-the-greatest-value-in-the-history-of-drunken-eating

Speaking of awesome, check out this drive through funeral home!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098849/Drive-funeral-parlour--mourners-want-come-dead-stop.html

Lastly, here is a decent article on Jeremy Lin, to get you all caught up, in case you haven't heard.  I missed it all last week, but his win in Toronto seems to have gotten just about everybody on board:
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7570431/jeremy-lin

That's all I have for now, I hope everyone has a great weekend.  Who knows, maybe we finally get some snow around here on Sunday.  There's a chance, the storms got a lot of people guessing and it sounds like this storm has a lot to do with the timing of a cold front and a Nor'easter hitting us at the same time.  My wife pointed out that of the last 20 significant snow falls that we've gotten here in Maryland, eight of them hit on President's Day Weekend.  Interesting. 

Enjoy.