Best Sports Weekend. Ever.

It's kind of a low point for Bay Area sports right now (for the last several years, actually), but last weekend had to be the most perfect football weekend I could ever ask for:

• Cal beat Miami in the Emerald Bowl, 24-17.
  
• The 49ers beat the Washington Redskins, 27-24
• The Raiders crushed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 31-24. Tampa is out of the playoffs! This makes up for Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003. Almost.
• Dallas gets crushed by the Eagles, 44-6. Tony Romo also gets defeated by soap, and collapses in the shower after the game.
• New England wins their final game in Buffalo, 13-0, but the Patriots still don't make the playoffs. Ha ha! Suck it, Belichick!
• The Broncos choke and get spanked by the Chargers, 21-52... and Jay Cutler is still a punk!
• In a shocking move, Mike Shanahan gets fired as the Broncos coach after 14 years.
  

We're hoping for a Manning vs. Manning Super Bowl, but who knows?

Go Bears!

Favorite Music of 2008

The year's almost over, so let's make a list!

In no particular order, here are my favorite albums and EP's from 2008:

Bloc Party - Intimacy: Sounds a lot like the previous two albums from this group, and that's a good thing.


Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight: Great folksy-indie rock from a Scottish band with the least intimidating name ever.


Girl Talk - Feed The Animals: An album full of mash-ups of raps over melodies from other songs. It's kind of fun to hear someone rapping over a tune you recognize, but before you know it, the song has moved on to something else.


The Kills - Midnight Boom: I love this record; it totally rocks. More cool than the White Stripes.


Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed - This group is like a more whimsical Arcade Fire.


Sharleen Spiteri - Melody - I love the Scottish group Texas, and I love this solo album by the lead singer. The most pop thing I have on my list.


She Wants Revenge - Save Your Soul: I enjoy a good male falsetto, but I also love music with deep, monotone vocals.


Tonight - Modern Romance: Kind of new wave-ish, kind of spacey. I listened to this EP continously when I first downloaded it.



Most of this music can be found for cheap at eMusic, which is where I find most of my new music nowadays. Give it a try if you get tired of listening to Fall Out Boy or Nickelback.

Better Him Than Me

My parents taught me never to laugh at someone else's misfortune. Sorry Mom and Dad, but whenever I need a pick-me-up during the day, this picture never, ever fails to amuse me:


Great. Now some bird is probably going to poop on me. Better keep some wet wipes and an extra shirt nearby.

Sleepy Friday

For many years, we've gone out and braved the Black Friday crowds, the day commonly known as the start of the holiday shopping season. We've traditionally got up super early, endured freezing cold weather and waited in long lines for stores to open. We executed shopping plans like a well-oiled machine. This year, however, I wasn't into it.

How can that be? Was I not feeling well? (No) Was I tired from a long work week? (No way, man) Am I getting old? (No... well, maybe)

I think I reached a point in my life where my personal comfort is more important than getting a good deal. I love a sale as much as the next guy, but if pushing, shoving, and the risk of bodily injury is involved, then forget about it.

Anyway, we ended pretty much buying everything we wanted online for the same prices that were available in the stores. All from the comfort of our own home. Thank God for the internet. On future Black Fridays, we may venture out again, but really... what looks better:

This?

Or this?