Who says Corporate America isn’t fun…
With two people, it took 4 hours to put together. Worth every second.
-b
The Greatest Cube Trashing Ever
January 24, 2008
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Posted by Benjamin Shapiro
Will Clark: A San Francisco Sports Legend
January 19, 2008One of the blogs bay area sports blogs I read (http://sayhey.wordpress.com/) posted this Will Clark video yesterday.
Will was my hero growing up. I played 1st base in little league. I modeled my batting stance after his iconic pre-swing rituals. I even had a life size Will “The Thrill” cutout in my room when I was 13. With the steroid scandals tearing baseball apart from its red stitching, this video reminded of a time when the sport was popular because of the competition, not because of the WWE like Goliaths that play today. Will was the best of the best when the sport was at its best. Here are some interesting stats and great moments related to Will Clark:
Wikipedia Summary:
William Nuschler Clark, Jr. (born March 13, 1964 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball best known for his play with the San Francisco Giants from 1986 to 1993. He was recognized by his peers as being one of the best clutch players of his time, and possessed a fiery intensity. He earned the nicknames of “Will the Thrill” (a name given to him by his classmates at Jesuit High School in New Orleans, where he played both varsity baseball and varsity basketball) as well as simply “The Thrill”[1] and “The Natural” because of his natural gifts as a player. Clark was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.[2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Clark)
Fun Stats:
Middle Name: Nuschler
High School: Jesuit (In New Orleans, where my fraternity brother Steve Johnson went)
Drafted: 1982- Kansas City Royals in the 4th round (did not sound); 1985- San Francisco Giants in the 2nd pick overall.
First Minor League AB: Home Run of Fernando Valenzuela
Games Played in 1988: 162/162
Life Time Batting Ave: .303
Post Season Batting Average: .333
Times in The Top-5 MVP Balloting: 4 timed (2nd- 1989)
First Major League AB: Home Run of Nolan Ryan (All time strike out leader)
Career Earnings: $54,221,863 ($60,000 in 1986)
Accomplishments: College Hall of Fame Inductee, Member of the 1984 gold medal winning Olympic team, 6-time All Star, 2-time Silver Slugger, Gold Glove, Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame Inductee, 1989 NL-ALCS MVP
I would say Will’s career highlight was leading the Giants from being a 100 loss team in 1985 to a World Series team in 1989. Check out the iconic series clinching play/celebration in 1989. This might be my new dance move…Both arms up into a full force whole body fist pump:
Will was the total package. Not only was he a perennial all star with the Giants in the late 80’s but check out how good he was great with the media. Notice here in the 1989 NL-MVP post game award ceremony. He stops the interview to thank Chevrolet for being a sponsor. He noted the great play of the other team, specifically his peer at 1st base (Mark Grace). Shit, he even knew what charity he was donating the “Astrovan” he was awarded for his great play.
Here is a video where Will is is featured as part of the renaissance of the Giants:
First of all, if you want to know something about Will Clark collectibles http://www.thrill22.com/ is the place to go. I did some research on the price if “Thrill” collectibles on eBay. Here are some cool things I found:
Will Clark Bobble Head Doll:
Average Selling Price: $85.37
Game Used Bat
Average Selling Price: $239.86
1987 Topps Rookie Card:
Average Selling Price: $10.50
I have a signed copy of this card on my desk at work.
While I don’t remember the details, I believe Will retired from baseball because he has a child with some sort of physical or mental disability. He sited the need to be a family man as his largest priority. While I doubt he is much of a blog reader, Will, if you ever stumble on this page you should know that even if you’ve gained a little weight and do some part time work for the Giant’s division rival (Arizona Diamondbacks), you’ll always be a hero in the bay area…
Thanks Will!
-b
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The Most Hysterical Porno Movie Titles Ever
January 17, 2008A few weeks back I was driving on Market St. through the Castro with my friend Hilary. A billboards we drove by said something like, “Adult Titles The Whole Family Can Enjoy”. Somehow that sparked a conversation with us listing the funniest porno titles…her favorite being “Glad-He-Ate-Her”.
Obvious blog subject!!!
As it turns out, when you Google “best porn movie names”, one of the top 3 sites is http://www.wikiporno.org/wiki/Best_Porn_Movie_Names . Now, not only is this a list of every movie-based porno title list 400 films long, but the site is called “wikiporno”…That’s some real interneting!
Anyway, I sorted the list and edited out the ones I didn’t understand, didn’t know the movie or that made me gag….here you go:
| A Tale of Two Titties | Missionary: Impossible | |
| A Wet Dream on Elm Street | Monster’s Balls | |
| Add Momma To The Train | Monty’s Python and the Holey Girl | |
| Alice in Penisland | Mortal Kumbutt | |
| 101 Fornications | Moulin Splooge | |
| 2069: A Sex odyssey | Mr. Hollands Anus | |
| 21 Hump Street | Much Ado About Fucking | |
| 28 Gays Later | Muffy The Vampire Layer | |
| A Beautiful Grind | Mutiny on the Booty | |
| A Bitch Called Wanda | My Bare Lady | |
| A Clockwork Orgy | My Best Friends Wetting | |
| A Few Hard Men | My Big Fat Greek Cock | |
| A League Of Their Moan | My Foul Lady | |
| A Midsummer Night’s Cream | My Three Sluts | |
| A Penis Runs Through It | National Pornographic’s Animal Kingdom | |
| A Rear and Present Danger | Natural Born Thrillers | |
| Ally McFeel | Night Of The Giving Head | |
| Almost Anus | NYDP Blew | |
| American Booty | Object Of My Erection | |
| American History XXX | Oh She’s Eleven | |
| Anal-ize This | Orifice Space | |
| Anus and Andy | Passenger 69 | |
| Anus the Menace | Pee-wee Sperming’s Big Adventure | |
| Armaget-it-on | Penetrator 2 | |
| As Good As Head Gets | Phallus in Wonderland | |
| Ass Ventura: Smut Detective | Pimped By An Angel | |
| Assablanca | Playmate Of The Apes | |
| Ate Men Out | Pleasure Island | |
| Bang Her Sisters | Pokeahotass | |
| Bare Witch Project | Politically Erect | |
| Bat Dude and Throbin | Poltergash | |
| Battlestar Orgasmica | Poop Dreams | |
| Beaver and Buttface | Porn on the 4th of July | |
| Beaverly Hills Cop | Privates of the Carribean | |
| Ben-Hur Over | Pulp Friction | |
| Between the Cheeks | Pumping Irene | |
| Beverly Hills 9021-HO | Queer and Present Danger | |
| Beverly Hills Cock | Rack Star | |
| Bi-Curious George | Raider of the Lost Ass | |
| Big Trouble in Little Vagina | Rambone | |
| Black Cock Down | Rear And Pleasant Danger | |
| Blast from the Pants | Rebel Without a Condom | |
| Bone Alone | Reservoir Bitches | |
| Bonfire Of The Panties | Riding In Boys With Cars | |
| Booty and the Beast | Riding Miss Daisy | |
| Bruce Allmeaty | Robin’s Wood | |
| Buffy the Vampire Layer | RoboCock | |
| Buttman Forever | Rocky Horny Picture Show | |
| Caddysnatch | Romancing the Bone | |
| Cape Rear | Romeo in Juliet | |
| Captain Hooker and Peter Porn | Saturday Night Beaver | |
| Charlie’s Anals | Schindler’s Fist | |
| Children Of The Cornhole | Schlong Blade | |
| Chinny Chinny Gang Bang | School of Hard Cocks | |
| Choke-A-Hontas | Screw The Right Thing | |
| City Lickers | Scrotal Recall | |
| City Of Anals | Sex Lives of the Rich and Famous | |
| Clittbanger | Sex Toy Story | |
| Close Encounters of the Nude Kind | Sex Trek: The Next Penetration | |
| Cockodile Dun-me | Sex with the City | |
| Crimson Ride | Sexcalibur | |
| Crouching Penis | Sexless In Seattle | |
| Cum and Cummer | Sexorcist | |
| Cumming to America | Shakespeare in Lust | |
| Cunt Hardly Wait | Shavers of the Lost Ass | |
| Dangerous Behinds | Shaving Amy | |
| Das Butt | Shitty Shitty Bang Bang | |
| Dawson’s Crack | Silence of the Loins | |
| Debbie Does Deliverance | Sinderella | |
| Deep Space 69 | Single White SheMale | |
| Desperately Spanking Susan | Six Degrees Of Penetration | |
| Dial M for Missionary | Sleazy Rider | |
| Die Hard-on | Sleeping Booty | |
| Dildo Baggins: Lord of the Wangs | Snatch Me If You Can | |
| Divine Secretions of the Vaja Sisterhood | Snow White and the Seven Inches | |
| Doing John Malkovich | Some Like It Big | |
| Done In 60 Seconds | South Pork | |
| DP2: The Mighty Phucks | Sperminator | |
| Drilling Miss Daisy | Sperms of Endearment | |
| E3: The Extra-Testicle | Splatman | |
| Earth Girls Are Sleazy | Spray it Forward | |
| Easy Ride Her | Star Whores | |
| Eating Ryan’s Privates | Star Whores: Return Of The One-Eye | |
| Ed’s Wood | Starship Wankers | |
| Edward Penishands | Starsky & Hump | |
| Ejacula | Summer of 69ing | |
| Emission Possible | Swallow Hal | |
| Enema of the State | Swallow Man | |
| Erectnophobia | Sweet and Sour Porked | |
| Everybody Does Raymond | Tales from the Clit | |
| Face Jam | Tango and Gash | |
| Fast Times At Deep Crack High | Tea Bagger Vance | |
| Fatal Erection | Teenage Mutant Ninja Dildoes | |
| Feeling Forrester | The 69th Sense | |
| Ferris Bueller Jerks Off | The Air Down There | |
| Field Of Wet Dreams | The Bare Bitch Project | |
| Fill Bill | The Big Sleazy | |
| Flesh Gordon | The Blown Ranger | |
| Florence Hump | The Cum of all Queers | |
| Forrest Hump | The Cunt For Red October | |
| Frankenpenis | The Da Vinci Load | |
| Free My Willy | The Deer Humper | |
| Free Will Humping | The Dirty Dozen Inches | |
| Frisky Business | The Dominatrix Unloaded | |
| Frosty the Blowman | The Empire Likes Crack | |
| FudgePac Man | The Genital’s Daughter | |
| Full Latex Jacket | The Hairy Bitch Project | |
| Full Metal Jackoff | The Howard Sperm Show | |
| G.I. Came | The Hunt for Miss October | |
| Gangbangs Of New York | The Iron Giant Vibrator | |
| Genital Hospital | The Italian Blow Job | |
| Geranalmo! | The Joy Suck Club | |
| Get Harder | The Knights Of Cumalot | |
| Ghostbangers | The Last Anal Hero | |
| Girls On The Wood | The Laying of the Shrew | |
| Girlz n the Hood | The Legend in Bagger’s Pants | |
| Glad-He-Ate Her | The Little Spermaid | |
| Gonad the Barbarian | The Load Warrior | |
| Good Will Humping | The Loin King | |
| Great Sexpectations | The Long Ranger | |
| Hairy Movie | The Lust Boat | |
| Hairy Pooter and the Sorcerer’s Bone | The Man With the Golden Penis | |
| Happy Getsmore | The Mask of Porno | |
| Homo Alone | The Naked Bun | |
| Horny Python and the Bony Tail | The Next Penetration | |
| How Stella Got Her Tube Packed | The Object of My Erection | |
| How to Screw a Guy in Ten Minutes | The Penetrator | |
| Howard the Fuck | The Pourne Identity | |
| Hump Up The Volume | The Queer Hunter | |
| Humped Back at Notre Dame | The Replacement Drillers | |
| I Cream on Jeannie | The Rodfather | |
| I Know What You Did With The Plumber | The Screwman Show | |
| In and Out in Beverly Hills | The Sex Family Robinson | |
| In Diana Jones and the Temple of Poon | The Sex Files | |
| Inspect Her Gadget | The Sexorcist | |
| Intercourse With a Vampire | The Shawwank Redemption | |
| Invasion of the Booby Snatchers | The Silence Of The Tramps | |
| Itty Bitty Gang Bang | The Sixth Inch | |
| Jack/Off | The Slutty Professor | |
| James Bond: Goldenshower | The Sorpornos | |
| Jungle Beaver | The T & A Team | |
| Kinky Business | The Temple Of Poon | |
| Laid in Japan | The Usual Sexpects | |
| Laid in Manhattan | The Whole Nine Inches | |
| Lap Dances with Wolves | The Whore of the Worlds | |
| Last Action Whore | The Wonder Rears | |
| Lawrence of a Labia | The XXX Files | |
| Legally Blown | There’s Something About Mary’s Vagina | |
| Legs Wide Open | Thighs Wide Shut | |
| Legs Wide Shut | Threesomes Company | |
| License To Thrill | Throbbin’ Hood | |
| Lickboxer III | Tight Club | |
| Little Shop of Whores | Tits A Wonderful Life | |
| Looking for Mr. Goodsex | Titty in Pink | |
| Lord of the Cock Rings | Titty Lickers | |
| Lost in Penetration | To Drill a Mockingbird | |
| Lust in Space | To Live and Shave in LA | |
| Lust of the Mohicans | Top Bum | |
| Malcolm XXX | Twin Cheeks | |
| Married With Hormones | Varsity Blows | |
| Mary Bobbings | Waiting To XXXhale | |
| Mating for Guffman | When Harry Ate Sally | |
| Men In Black Women | White Girls Can’t Fuck | |
| Mickey Blue Balls | Whore Of The Worlds | |
| Mighty Dicks | Willie Wanker At The Fudge Packing Factory | |
| Miracle on 69th Street | Womb Raider | |
| Mission Erotica | XXX-Men | |
| Missionary Impossible | You’ve Got Male! |
-b
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Introduing the San Francisco Music Exchange
January 17, 2008Looking for a great way to find new music? Why not get the hookup from while growing your social network…
Join the San Francisco Music Exchange!
Here’s your ticket to getting in “the know” about the best tunes around:
- Each member is responsible a making a for the club the entire club.
- The mixes must be a minimum of 10 songs.
- Mixes must include liner notes w/ mix theme, song, artist, and any details for why the song was chosen.
- Everyone is encouraged to differentiate and personalize their mix to represent their taste and personality.
- The person making the mix is responsible for distribution (mailing list will be provided).
The group will consist of between 12 to 24 people, (1-2 mixes per month). In addition to mix distribution, depending on the level of interest in the group, the book club type thing is always an option. This means group members would get together, chat about the music, do a pot luck, and most likely get a little drunk.
The founders of this group are professional/Silicon Valley types…yes, I am one of them. We are looking for cool/professional/responsible people for this club.
If interested, please click reply to my craigslist post (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/grp/541431066.html) with a little bit about yourself. Be sure to include your name, contact info, occupation and musical preferences. This information will not be shared outside the group.
You can also check out my the web page I made with Google Page Creator: http://sfmusicexchange.googlepages.com/home
Once we have enough people, we will hold a meet-’n-greet somewhere in Russian Hill.
Rock on!
-b
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The 200 Best Athlete Nicknames Ever
January 14, 2008I’m Sure I missed a bunch of good ones, but here’s the list I came up with…ENJOY!
| Player | Nickname | |
| 1 | Adam Dunn | Donkey |
| 2 | Adam Jones | Pac Man |
| 3 | Alex Rodriguez | A-Rod |
| 4 | Allen Iverson | AI |
| 5 | Andre Dawson | The Hawk |
| 6 | Andre Rison | Bad Moon |
| 7 | Andrei Kerilenko | AK-47 |
| 8 | Andres Galarraga | Big Cat |
| 9 | Anfernee Hardaway | Penny |
| 10 | Anthony Thomas | The A-Train |
| 11 | Anthony Webb | Spud |
| 12 | Avery Johnson | The Little General |
| 13 | Babe Ruth | The Great Bambino |
| 14 | Barron Davis | Boom-Dizzle |
| 15 | Ben Roethlisberger | Big Ben |
| 16 | Bernard Hopkins | The Executioner |
| 17 | Bill Bradley | Dollar Bill |
| 18 | Bob Knight | The General |
| 19 | Bryant Reeves | Big Country |
| 20 | Carltion Fisk | Pudge |
| 21 | Carnell Williams | Cadillac |
| 22 | Cecil Fielder | Big Daddy |
| 23 | Chad Johnson | Ocho Cinco |
| 24 | Charles Barkley | The Round Mound of Rebound |
| 25 | Chauncy Billups | Mr. Big Shot |
| 26 | Chris Bosh | CB4 |
| 27 | Chris Webber | C-Webb |
| 28 | Clyde Drexler | The Glide |
| 29 | Covelli Crisp | Coco |
| 30 | Craig Claxton | Speedy |
| 31 | Daisuke Matsuzaka | Dice-K |
| 32 | Dale Earnheardt Sr | The Intimidator |
| 33 | Dan Majerle | Thunder |
| 34 | Daron Blaylock | Mookie |
| 35 | Daryl Johnston | Moose |
| 36 | David Ortiz | Big Papi |
| 37 | David Robinson | The Admiral |
| 38 | D’Brickashaw Ferguson | Brick |
| 39 | Deion Snaders | Neon |
| 40 | Dennis Boyd | Oil Can |
| 41 | Dennis Rodman | The Worm |
| 42 | Dennis Scott | 3D |
| 43 | Derek Jeter | Mr November |
| 44 | Desean Jackson | Action Jackson |
| 45 | Dominique Willkins | The Human Highlight Reel |
| 46 | Don Mattingly | Donnie Baseball |
| 47 | Dontrelle Willis | D-Train |
| 48 | Dulymus Jenod McAllster | Deuce |
| 49 | Dwight Gooden | Doc |
| 50 | Dwyane Wade | Flash |
| 51 | Earl Monrow | The Pearl |
| 52 | Earvin Johnson | Magic |
| 53 | Ed Jones | Too Tall |
| 54 | Edwin Snider | Duke of Flatbush |
| 55 | Eldrick Woods | Tiger |
| 56 | Ernie Banks | Mr. Cub |
| 57 | Evander Holyfield | The Real Deal |
| 58 | Fernando Valenzuela | The Bull |
| 59 | Fitz Hall | One Size |
| 60 | Florence Griffith Joyner | Flo-Jo |
| 61 | Francisco Rodriguez | K-Rod |
| 62 | Frank Thomas | The Big Hurt |
| 63 | Fred McGriff | Crime Dog |
| 64 | Freddie Mitchell | Fred-Ex |
| 65 | Gary Payton | The Glove |
| 66 | George Foreman | King George |
| 67 | George Gervin | Iceman |
| 68 | Gilbert Arenas | The Hibachi |
| 69 | Glen Davis | Big Baby |
| 70 | Glenn Robinson | Big Dog |
| 71 | Greg Maddux | Mad Dog |
| 72 | Greg Norman | The Shark |
| 73 | Hakeem Olajuwon | The Dream |
| 74 | Hank Aaron | Hammerin’ Hank |
| 75 | Harold Grange | The Galloping Ghost |
| 76 | Harold Minor | Baby Jordan |
| 77 | Harold Reese | Pee Wee |
| 78 | Hector Camacho | Macho |
| 79 | Honus Wagner | The Flying Dutchman |
| 80 | Howard Johnson | HoJo |
| 81 | Ian Thorpe | Thorpedo |
| 82 | Isiah Thomas | Zeke |
| 83 | Ivan Rodriguez | Pudge |
| 84 | Jack Nicklaus | Golden Bear |
| 85 | Jake Plummer | The Snake |
| 86 | James Jeffries | The Great White Hope |
| 87 | James Worthy | Big Game James |
| 88 | Jason Kidd | J-Kidd |
| 89 | Jason Richardson | J-Rich |
| 90 | Jason Williams | White Chocolate |
| 91 | Jason Williams (Duke) | J-Will |
| 92 | Jerome Bettis | The Bus |
| 93 | Jerry Rice | White |
| 94 | Jevon Kearse | Freak |
| 95 | Jim Everett | Chris |
| 96 | Jim Hunter | Catfish |
| 97 | Jimmy Rollins | J-Roll |
| 98 | Joe Greene | Mean |
| 99 | Joe Jackson | Shoeless |
| 100 | Joe Montana | Joe Cool |
| 101 | Joe Namath | Broadway Joe |
| 102 | John Elway | Mr Ed |
| 103 | John Gruden | Chucky |
| 104 | John Sally | Spider |
| 105 | John Wooden | The Wizzard of Westwood |
| 106 | Josh Smith | J-Smoove |
| 107 | Julius Erving | Dr J |
| 108 | Karl Malone | Mailman |
| 109 | Kenn Griffey Jr | Junior |
| 110 | Kenny Rogers | The Gambler |
| 111 | Kenny Smith | The Jet |
| 112 | Kenyon Martin | K-Mart |
| 113 | Kevin Garnett | The Big Ticket |
| 114 | Kevin McHale | The Black Hole |
| 115 | Kiran George | Big Smoove |
| 116 | Kobe Bryant | The Black Mamba |
| 117 | Kordel Stewart | Slash |
| 118 | LaDainian Tomlinson | LT |
| 119 | Larry Bird | The Legend |
| 120 | Larry Johnson | Grandma-ma |
| 121 | Larry Jones | Chipper |
| 122 | Latrell Sprewell | The Landlord |
| 123 | Lawerence Taylor | LT |
| 124 | LeBron James | King James |
| 125 | Lenny Dykstra | Nails |
| 126 | Lesyer Hayes | The Molester |
| 127 | Luis Gonzales | Gonzo |
| 128 | Mario Lemieux | Super |
| 129 | Mark McGwire | Big Mac |
| 130 | Marvin Hagler | Marvelous |
| 131 | Michael Jordan | Air Jordan |
| 132 | Mikael Pietrus | Air France |
| 133 | Mike Krzyzewski | Coach K |
| 134 | Mike Tyson | Iron Mike |
| 135 | Mitch Williams | Wild Thing |
| 136 | Morris Peterson | Mo-Pete |
| 137 | Muhammad Ali | The Greatest |
| 138 | Nate Newton | The Kitchen |
| 139 | Nick Van Exel | The Quick |
| 140 | Nolan Ryan | The Ryan Express |
| 141 | Orel Hershiser | Bulldog |
| 142 | Orlando Cepeda | Baby Bull |
| 143 | Orlando Hernandez | El Duque |
| 144 | Oscar De La Hoya | Golden Boy |
| 145 | Oscar Robertson | Big O |
| 146 | Ozzie Smith | The Wizzard of Oz |
| 147 | Paul Bryant | Bear |
| 148 | Pete Maravich | Pistol |
| 149 | Pete Rose | Charlie Hustle |
| 150 | Phil Jackson | The Zen Master |
| 151 | Phil Mikelson | Lefty |
| 152 | Quadry Ismail | The Missle |
| 153 | Rafer Alston | Skip to My Lou |
| 154 | Raghib Ismale | The Rocket |
| 155 | Randy Johnson | The Big Unit |
| 156 | Randy Moss | The Freak |
| 157 | Ray Allen | Jesus Shuttlesworth |
| 158 | Ray Lenord | Sugar |
| 159 | Reggie Jackson | Mr October |
| 160 | Reggie White | The Minister of Defense |
| 161 | Regie Bush | The President |
| 162 | Rich Garces | El Guapo |
| 163 | Rich Gossage | Goose |
| 164 | Richard Hamilton | Rip |
| 165 | Richard Phelps | Digger |
| 166 | Robert Horry | Big Shot Bob |
| 167 | Robert Parish | Chief |
| 168 | Robert Traylor | Tractor |
| 169 | Roger Clemens | The Rocket |
| 170 | Rubin Carter | Hurricane |
| 171 | Sam Cassell | I Am |
| 172 | Sam Perkins | Big Smooth |
| 173 | Sammy Sosa | Slammin |
| 174 | Shaquille O’Neal | Diesel |
| 175 | Shawn Kemp | Rain Man |
| 176 | Shawn Marion | The Matrix |
| 177 | Shawn White | The Flying Tomato |
| 178 | Shawne Merriman | Lights Out |
| 179 | Stephon Marbury | Starbury |
| 180 | Steve Nash | Captain Canada |
| 181 | Steve Spurrier | Head Ball Coach |
| 182 | Ted Williams | The Splendin Spiinter |
| 183 | Terrell Owens | TO |
| 184 | Tom Brady | Terrific |
| 185 | Tom Gordon | Flash |
| 186 | Tomas Hearns | The Hitman |
| 187 | Toni Kukoc | The Croation Sensation |
| 188 | Tracy McGrady | Tmac |
| 189 | Travis Hafner | Pronk |
| 190 | Vince Carter | Vinsanity |
| 191 | Vinnie Johnson | The Microwave |
| 192 | Walt Frazier | Clyde |
| 193 | Wayne Gretzky | The Great One |
| 194 | Wayne Rollins | Tree |
| 195 | Will Clark | The Thrill |
| 196 | Willie Anderson | Flipper |
| 197 | Willie Mays | The Say Hey Kid |
| 198 | Willie McCovey | Strech |
| 199 | Willie Parker | Fast |
| 200 | Wilt Chamberlain | The Stilt |
| 201 | Zydrunas Iigauskas | Z |
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The Next Show in San Francisco You Should Be Attending (Shannon Corey @ Grant & Green)
January 11, 2008Hi all,
My friend Shannon is an up and coming singer/songwriter biased in NYC. I’ve been asking her to perform in San Francisco for a long time and she finally gave into my persistent pestering. She will be playing at Grant and Green in San Francisco on the 31st. The show is free a must see. Shannon has been described as a mix between Tori Amos and a female Ben Folds. She’s really, really good. You can check out here music at http://www.myspace.com/shannoncorey .
If this show goes well, we are (I am) hoping it will generate some bigger shows in the area, thus making Shannon come back soon.
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BCS Championship Game (LSU vs OSU) Live Shit Talking…err…Blogging.
January 8, 2008Here’s the context. I’m a big Cal (Pac 1o) fan. My friend Rommy is a Penn State (Big 10) fan. Here is our text message conversation about the BCS Championship game between Ohio State and Louisiana State :
Rommy: Big 10 football baby!
Ben: Bitch please! There are 3 teams I would pick over OSU and LSU.
Rommy: OK, we’ll see where Cal is next year, after the “restructuring”.
Ben: What does that have to do with what we were talking about?
Ben: By the way, how was the Rose Bowl this year, last year, the year before that, etc…
Rommy: The Rose Bowl is no Armed Forces bowl or whatever shit bowl you went to.
Ben: Ok Penis State playing in a shitty conference and still having a shitty year.
Rommy: 9-4 isn’t as good as 7-6 with a loss to UCLA. You are a proud fan.
Ben: Indiana, Iowa, Iona, Illinois…am I missing anyone? (Yes, I know Iona isn’t in the big 10)
Rommy: Dude, what other teams should have gone to the National Champ? #3 and #4 lost their bowls. The other ones suck. Maybe USC.
Ben: SC, Georgia, WVU. (Maybe even Kansas)
Rommy: WVU lost, didn’t they?
Ben: Beat Oklahoma big.
Rommy: And Georgia was not bigger than LSU
Ben: They are better. Same record but they didn’t get to play in the SEC championship game. (lost head to head tie breaker to Tenn, who Cal man handle, pre-Longshore injury)
Ben: Big 10 football. Giving up 10 point leads because we have good manners. (LSU 17, OSU 10)
Ben: Big 10 football. Here you have the ball…we don’t want it anymore. (interception by LSU)
Rommy: Cal football. We just suck.
Ben: Oh, this is about Cal now?
Rommy: You don’t have a leg to stand on.
Ben: And the big 10 does? Cal is 4-2 in bowl games in the last 6 years.
Ben: Maybe 5-1. (We are actually 4-1 b/c we were being penalized by the NCAA in Tedford’s 1st year)
Rommy: JoePa. More bowl wins than any other coach. (23-10-1 in 41 years…missed about two bowls a decade)
Ben: Big 10 Football. We’re just happy to be here.
Rommy: Cal football. Hugging trees is so fun.
Rommy: Cal football. We lost to Stanford. (Cal strength of schedule #23, Penn State #65 according to team rankings.com)
Ben: Big 10 Football. Stanford would be a bowl team if they played here.
Rommy: Big 10 football. Ten bowl eligible teams.
Ben: Big 10 football. WE HAVE 11 TEAMS AND ARE CALLED THE BIG 10!
Rommy: Cal Football. We finished in the bottom three of our conference.
Ben: Cal Football. Even out bad year is better than your average.
Rommy: Cal Football. We have no tradition and haven’t been to a Rose Bowl in 50 years.
Ben: Penis State Football. Too old to change our adult diapers, but since our coach sucks, why would we change coaches?
Ben: Penis State Football. At least as goos as your high school team.
Rommy: Penn State. We’ve actually gone undefeated 5 times.
Ben: Haha. Shows how good the Big 10 is. Did you play 5 quarters?
<HALF TIME>
Ben: Even Eddie George said “this is the same game as last year”.
Ben: Wow, just when I was going to give you congrats for forcing a punt… (OSU roughs the punter leading to an LSU score 33-10 now.)
Ben: Big 11 Football. We don’t mind being embarrassed on national television…go ahead…change to subject to Cal.
Rommy: Pac 10 Football. We have one team.
Ben: Big 11 Football. We have no one good.
Rommy: Big 10 Football. We are historically the greatest conference ever.
Ben: Big 11 football. We are the best just ask us…
Ben: But don’t ask the SEC of Pac 10. They always laugh and it hurts our fragile little feelings.
Ben: Congrats. You scored! Now you are only down 2 td’s. (LSU leads by 14 going into the 4th)
Rommy: Pac 10 Football. USC Recruits. Everyone else has drum circles.
Ben: Wow, I can actually see your hopes go up in smoke from my apartment (OSU fumble returned by LSU to the 20).
Ben: Big 10 Football. 3-5 in bowl games this year. 0-2 in the BCS.
Ben: Pac 10 Football. 4-2 in bowl games, with a BCS win.
Ben: But Purdue did beat Central Michigan by 3…congrats.
Rommy: We beat Florida and Texas A&M.
Ben: 4-loss Florida. 6-loss A&M
Rommy: Talk all the shit you want.
Ben: Oh look…another OSU interception.
Rommy: Nate Longshore and Desean Jackson. Most overrated players in college football.
Ben: I couldn’t name anyone on your team and my conference is so clearly better than yours its laughable.
Ben: Not to change the subject, but LSU is killing you conference champion.
Poor Rommy…speaking of not having a leg to stand on. Way to stay loyal to your team and conference no matter how bad they are.
Final score: LSU 38 vs OSU 24.
-b
P.S. This game was really boring as the rest of the BCS was. Let’s have a frickin’ playoff next year.
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Posted by Benjamin Shapiro
“He was giving him the business” Personal Foul Call History
January 7, 2008My friend Rory told me about a NCAA Football official, that described a personal foul call by saying, “He was giving him the business”. Here’s the clip:
When I watched this on YouTube, the clip below this showed a much older clip with a similar call. It’e even better!
Thanks Rory,
-b
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Posted by Benjamin Shapiro
The Best Blogs and RSS Feeds According to benjshap…
January 7, 2008Hey benjshap.com readers,
Since you obviously spend too much time surfing the web (well, you are reading this blog aren’t you) here is a list of all of the feeds I have in my MyYahoo homepage. Take a look and let me know if there is anything you think I would find interesting…
| Page Name | Feed | Comment | Link |
| Yahoo Sports Top News | Don’t have to question My Sportsfandum | http://sports.yahoo.com/top/rss.xml | |
| Scoreboard | Cal BB/FB, BU BB, NE Pats, SF Giants, SF 49ers, Bos Red Sox, Golden State Warriors |
No RSS | |
| Top Pics from My Yahoo | My fav part of MyY! Show’s my fav topics | No RSS | |
| Yahoo News Lead Photo | My Yahoo does a nice job w/ showing pic | No RSS | |
| Yahoo News Top Stories | Good source of important stuff | http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/topstories | |
| Wall Street Journal US News | Nerd alert | http://feeds.wsjonline.com/wsj/xml/rss/3_7011 | |
| Stock Portfolio | Mostly Tech Stocks | Wouldn’t you like to know | |
| Web | Gizmodo | Tech Gadget Reviews/News | http://gizmodo.com/index.xml |
| TechCrunch | Best of Web News/New Sites | http://feeds.feedburner.com/Techcrunch | |
| Engadget | More Gadget News | http://www.engadget.com/rss.xml | |
| Mashable | Social Networking Blog | http://feeds.feedburner.com/Mashable | |
| TechMeME | Tech Insider News | http://www.techmeme.com/index.xml | |
| Giga OM | Emerging Technology Blog | http://feeds.feedburner.com/ommalik | |
| MacRumors | What’s next for Apple? | http://www.macrumors.com/macrumors.xml | |
| ReadWriteWeb | Tech News/Analysis | http://www.readwriteweb.com/rss.xml | |
| Andy Beal’s Marketing Pilgrim | Marketing Trends | http://feeds.marketingpilgrim.com/marketing-pilgrim | |
| LinkLove | Cool Links by my pal Dennis G | http://www.givinglinklove.com/rss.xml | |
| Lunch 2.0 | Lunch Meetings at company HQ’s | http://feeds.feedburner.com/Lunch20 | |
| Sports News | ESPN Headlines | Breaking Sports News | http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/rss/news?null |
| CBSsportsline Top News | Breaking Sports News | http://feeds.sportsline.com/cbssportsline/home_news | |
| Yahoo Sports: SF Giants News | Latest Giants Headlines | http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/sfo/rss.xml | |
| Yahoo Sports: SF 49ers News | Latest 49er Headline | http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/sfo/rss.xml | |
| Yahoo Sports: Golden State Warriors News | Latest GSW Headlines | http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/gsw/rss.xml | |
| ESPN College Football News | General CFB News | ||
| ESPN MLB News | General MLB News | ||
| ESPN NFL News | General NFL News | ||
| ESPN NBA News | General NBA News | ||
| ESPN College Basketball News | General CBB News | http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/rss/ncf/news?null | |
| Entertainment | The Superficial | Pop Culture at it’s worst | http://thesuperficial.com/atom.xml |
| Perez Hilton | This guy’s a jerk but the comments are funny | http://img.perezhilton.com/?feed=rss2 | |
| TMZ.com | Pretty much the same as PH w/ out comments | http://www.tmz.com/rss.xml | |
| Geekologie | How to be a nerd | http://www.geekologie.com/index.xml | |
| Amazon.com Gold Box Deals | Cheap stuff you don’t need | http://rssfeeds.s3.amazonaws.com/goldbox | |
| Yahoo Most Emailed News | Title is pretty obvious. | http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/mostemailedod | |
| Yahoo Odd News | Generally hysterical and random | http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/mostemailed | |
| Digg Top Headlines | Top user voted user content | http://digg.com/rss/index.xml | |
| Business | WSJ Technology News | Best of the Journal | http://feeds.wsjonline.com/wsj/xml/rss/3_7015 |
| ValleyWag | Gossip about local tech companies | http://feeds.gawker.com/valleywag/excerpts | |
| Yahoo Finance: eBay News | Gotta keep up at work | http://finance.yahoo.com/rss/headline?s=EBAY | |
| Skype Journal | This had been my focus at work for a year | http://www.skypejournal.com/index.xml | |
| TameBay | eBay Critics | http://feeds.feedburner.com/tamebay/ovXp | |
| AuctionBytes | eBay Outsider news | http://feeds.feedburner.com/AuctionbytesBlog | |
| AdWeek- Breaking News | Advertisings Latest News | http://feeds.feedburner.com/AdweekBreakingNews | |
| AdWeek- Vreative Coverage | Online Creative Trends | http://feeds.feedburner.com/Adweek-CreativeCoverage | |
| VentureBeat | News about up and coming companies | http://venturebeat.com/category/wire/feed | |
| Sports Blogs | ESPN Bill Simmons | The Sports Guy is too funny to read at work sometimes |
http://sports.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=bill_simmons&feed=rss |
| ESPN Buster Olney | Subscription Needed: Good source for baseball news | http://sports.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=olney_buster&feed=rss&src=rss&filter=blog | |
| ESPN Peter Gammons | Subscription Needed: Baseballs Consience | http://sports.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=gammons_peter&feed=rss&src=rss&filter=blog | |
| ESPN John Claytons | Subscription Needed: NFL Opinions | http://sports.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=clayton_john&feed=rss&src=rss&filter=blog | |
| 30 Helens Agree | My pal Rob Conklin’s sports and pop culture thoughts | http://thirtyhelensagree.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default | |
| I’m Not Into Titles | My pat Bill Koch’s Sports musings. Def New England biased! |
http://imusttellyou.sosblog.com/RSS-b1-rss2-posts.htm | |
| Yahoo: Too Much Rod Benson | An Ex-Cal Basketball players blog on Yahoo Sports | http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/nba_experts/rss.xml?author=Rod%20Benson | |
| The San Francisco Giants Blogs | Great source for Giants opinions | http://giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default | |
| SFGate: SF Giants Splash | SF local journalists Giants reporting | http://www.sfgate.com/rss/feeds/blogs/sfgate/giants/index_rss2.xml | |
| SFGate: SF Giants | More local Giant’s news | http://www.sfgate.com/rss/feeds/giants.xml | |
| Say Hey: A Bay Area Sports Blog | Bay Area Sports | http://sayhey.wordpress.com/feed/ | |
| beRecruited Sports Wrap | My pal Ryan Spoon’s company’s sports blog. Also New England Biased. |
http://feeds.feedburner.com/berecruitedsportswrap | |
| Music | |||
| The Fillmore | Updates for the best place in sF to see a show. | http://www.livenation.com/feed/venuefeed/venueid/1259 | |
| HP Pavilion | Biggest Venue in SJ | http://www.livenation.com/feed/venuefeed/venueid/990 | |
| AT&T Park | Biggest Venue in SF | http://www.livenation.com/feed/venuefeed/venueid/12101 | |
| Café Du Nord | Cool little place for local bands | http://www.livenation.com/feed/venuefeed/venueid/10012 | |
| Rolling Stone Album Reviews | Get RS’s thoughts about the big band releases | http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews?source=album_reviews_rssfeed | |
| Counting Crows.com What’s New | My fav band in high school. | http://feeds.feedburner.com/CountingcrowscomWhatsNew | |
| Matt Nathanson News | One of my new fav artists | http://www.mattnathanson.com/news/rss | |
| Craigslist- San Francisco: “Open Mic” | Seeing where I can play | http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/ccc/sfc?query=open%20mic&format=rss | |
| Pandora Bookmarked Songs | list of songs I should download | http://feeds.pandora.com/feeds/people/benjshap5/favorites.xml | |
| Cal Sports | ESPN: Cal Football | Cal Sports get there it’s own page. | |
| Scout.com: Cal Football News | |||
| Yahoo Sports: Cal Football | |||
| Cal Football News | |||
| The Cal Football Fan | |||
| California Golden Bear Football | |||
| Cal Men’s Basketball News | |||
| Scout.com: Cal Basketball | |||
| BearTalk | |||
| Scout.com: Pac 10 Football | |||
| Scout.com: Pac 10 Basketball | |||
| Other | Lifehacker | Little tricks about how to make life easy | http://lifehacker.com/index.xml |
| Unclutter | how to stay organized. I’m OCD | http://feeds.feedburner.com/unclutterer | |
| Too Much Rod Benson | More about a former Cal Basketball player. | http://www.toomuchrodbenson.com/page0/files/page0.xml | |
| The Critical Path: Musings of Nii A Ahene | Friend from work | http://nii.ahene.com/feed/atom/ | |
| Alan Lewis | Friend from work | http://feeds.feedburner.com/typepad/alanlewis/weblog | |
| Joe McCaffery’s Blog | Friend from work | http://www.joemccaffery.com/feed | |
| MyYahoo! Blog | What’s new on MyYahoo | http://www.myyblog.com/blog/wp-rss2.php | |
| Heliium Report Feed | Friends’s new company. Luxuary Good Reviews. | http://www.heliumreport.com/index.rss | |
| Netflix Queue | What are the next movies I’m going to watch | ||
| benjshap’s Blog | I’m vain. Keeping up w/ me. | http://benjshap.wordpress.com/feed/ | |
| Photo’s from benjshap (flickr) | My latest pictures | http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?id=41478795@N00&lang=en-us&format=rss_200 |
I just realized you can’t see the links to the actual feeds. If you click on the lists, you will be able to see my comments and URL’s to get the same feeds I have.
-b
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Posted by Benjamin Shapiro
More of the Best Coaching Rants Ever!
January 5, 2008Back 2 days late…popular demand, I guess…
“Consider Yourself Sucked!” by Bill Parcells (Dallas Cowboys- NFL)
I lived in Texas and had the privilage of hearing Bill give it to the press a few times a week. It was awesome!
“I’ll Kill You” by John Chaney (Univ of Temple- NCAA Basketball)
The funny thing is I believe John. I really think he would kill Coach Calapari if he saw him on the street.
“Not 10 Fucking Games” by Jim Boehiem (Syracuse Univ- NCAA Basketball)
Ohhhh, someone has a potty-mouth.
“A Damn Coaching Mistake” by John L. Smith (Colorado State- NCAA Football)
Coach, why so hard on yourself? You had no chance in the 2nd half.
“Bad Breath” by Lou Pinella (Chicago Cubs- MLB)
More than words…
“Brokeback Mountain Game” by Phil Jackson (LA Lakers- NBA)
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/brokeback-mountain/411600886
C’mon Phil. You’re supposed to be the Zen master. Your spirit was way outta whack with that one.
“I’m Sorry” by Phil Jackson (LA Lakers-NBA)
Did you just drop a “pulled out” and a “offended any cowboys, texans or horses”.
Also, even thought it’s not a coach…I’ve been asked to put this on the list
“Practice” by Alan Iverson (Philidelphia 76ers- NBA)
Al, you should be a coach!
Also, keep your eye out for ESPN. They are running their list of coaching blow ups tonight or tomorrow.
Enjoy,
-b
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Posted by Benjamin Shapiro
