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Lost takes place on an island with polar bears, a giant four-toed statue, and about 108 other mysteries. The one mystery that is not as pressing as the others is how a main character got his tatoos.
That being said, I ended up liking tonight’s episode more than I thought I would.
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So Spring Training has finally begun, and like any other year, there’s plenty of drama with which to usher in the baseball season.
Not that my opinion is different than what else is out there, but:
The one news item that’s been the most difficult for me to wrap my head around is the seeming retirement of Bernie Williams. His skills have been in decline for the past few years, and he wasn’t even a starter last year. The team doesn’t have room for him, and I don’t disagree with the way the Yankees have handled inviting him to spring training. Still, I’ve watched him for the past 15 years and have seen him go from prosepct to superstar to what he is now.
Back when I lived in the NY-NJ area, I went to a lot of Yankees games. Two games stand out for me- the first time I ever saw Bernie playe was July 25 of ’91– he led off and went hitless in a Yankees loss, but I remember before the game, him and Ken Griffey Jr. joking around by the on-deck circle of the Yankees dugout. The other memory is from August 16 of ’98–it was Babe Ruth Day at the Stadium and Bernie hit a walk-off home run to beat the Rangers.
There are a lot more memories –ones that I saw firsthand and ones that I watched on television. And it’s just weird thinking that in an age where players go from team to team, the one guy who has been a big-league Yankee for 15 years won’t be there anymore.
I also wanted mention something about one of my least-favorite former Yankees, Tony Womack. Turns out Anthony Darrell is a non-roster invitee of the Washington Senators. And he’s been assigned the uniform number 00. Seems fitting for a guy with about that much talent.
I was all set to write a post on how I feel like Milo is becoming the new Tony (clashes internally with other members of CTU, once had suspect facial hair, established as an action hero in an out-of-CTU environment), but the episode-ending reveal kind of blew those plans out of the water.
For the past few days, streets and sidewalks in Columbus have, for the most part, been covered in a mix of snow and ice.
Because the temperatures have been below freezing, very little of that cover is melting. And whenever this happens, I always wonder why don’t they just bust out the flamethrowers and clear off the ice and snow that way?
It’s not like that would actually start a fire or anything, right?
Before I start talking about this week’s episode of Lost, there’s something else I want to publicly ponder.
I was watching the ‘?‘ episode from last season, and was wondering how things would have happened had Boone and Locke discovered and opened the Pearl Hatch after discovering the Nigerian Plane. The original hatch probably wouldn’t have seemed so mystical, especially to Locke and Boone would have died another way. But I guess, as Locke would say, that’s just the way the island would have wanted it.
Anyway, on to the present (or as Desmond likes to call them, re-runs):
So Weezer’s been around 15 years. Kind of hard to believe they’ve been around that long.
While last year, I wrote a fake backstory of the band, I think this year, it’s time to link to the closest thing to the real history- the band’s recording history, compiled by he who rocks.
It’s also fitting that today marks the first real weezer news we’ve gotten in quite some time, although it’s kind of ironic that it’s coming from MTV (in a story about Rick Rubin):
“Rivers [Cuomo] just gave me some demos, the first round for this album,” Rubin said. “I’m trying to get my head clear to really just dive in.”
I’m not holding my breath, but I am looking forward to it.
Thank you, FOX, for putting on two-hours of 24 tonight.
And an extra special thank you to my usually-worthless FOX affiliate for not messing up the episode by running any weather warnings whatsoever despite the storm of the century being just hours away.
Anyone remember that show about a bunch of people stranded on an island and there were all these weird things going on, like a hatch and a smoke monster and some crazy cultist rednecks trying to kill them?
Well, I hope so, because Lost is back.
And I’m glad. While I like the prospect of the 16 (or however many) back-to-back episodes, this break was a killer. Maybe next year they should take the 24 route and just start the season in January.
I thought tonight’s episode of 24 was far better than last week’s. While last week we got Graeme’s plot revelation, this week had much more Jack as well as other revelations and plot advancement. I don’t have that many dumb comments or stupid questions, but here goes:
So I was listening to the radio and the classic tune, “One Night in Bangkok” came on.
I’m listening to Murray Head go on about massage parlors and temples and I was thinking to myself, he’s not really singing, he’s talking. Is it possible that Murray Head was one of the first white rappers? After all, the only singing in the song is really done by the women in the background.
And you can’t forget that pan flute solo, beats anything on a Tull record.
Tough guys tumble before O.G. Murray Head.
