Comic for Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Posted: 7:35 am,Tuesday, January 9th

Man, I was hoping to get to write 14-1 in that third panel, but the Irish had to go and shit the bed against Georgetown on Saturday. Oh well. Like Jen says, we (with the exception of MNP) only pay attention when they're really good and football season is over. Go Irish, beat Mountaineers!

Observant readers with good memories may recall that a few weekends ago, the same day that I disassembled the VCR, I also filled Five Bucks World Headquarters with a thick, toast-smelling smoke. I had assumed that there was some run-over from one of the pies I baked at Thanksgiving-ish that was causing the smell, and resolved to get some over cleaner to take care of thangs. Of course, I forgot to do this, and Friday night planned on throwing together a Boboli for me and 2.0 for dinner (by the way, Boboli? Highly recommended.). Right as I was about to turn the over on, I remembered, "Shit, whatever almost killed us the other day is still in there!" Not having anything else to eat, I decided to quickly poke my head in the over and see what I could see, hoping I could chip away at whatever was charred in there and resolve the situation that way. What I found was hilarious. Check this out:

What is that briquette, you may ask? That, my friends, is a Pillsbury biscuit from a tube that must've slid off the baking sheet while I was running around on Thanksgiving-ish.

Check that out right there. That baby is carbon through and through. I think I could've written on the sidewalk with that thing. I have no idea how I've kept myself alive for 28 years now.

Tell you what, I suppose I was rooting for tOSU last night because Urban Meyer's a jackass, but it sure was fun to watch Florida dominate Troy Smith. I hope there's article after article about him not coming through in the clutch like they do with Brady after every ND loss. 35 yards passing and -29 yards rushing? I think with a six yard net performance in a national title game, you should have to give back your Heisman trophy.

I was wondering if James Cameron was ever going to make another film. I bet he finds a way to mention the Titanic in this one, too. Or some other sunken unsinkable ship.

I was all ready to make a joke about how it was shocking that I had never heard of any of these 10 overlooked hip-hop classics, but then I got to number 8, which I actually own. Granted, I learned about it from the AV Club, but, whatever. By the by, two hip-hop albums I bought with iTunes gift cards over the holidays - the Coup's "Pick a Bigger Weapon" and Jedi Mind Tricks' "Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell." Both are outstanding, I think I recommend the Coup a bit more. Jedi Mind Tricks are more technically skilled rappers, but the Coup is a much less dark, much more fun album. Socialist rap? Sign me up.

One other one from the AV Club, I really like the second-to-last paragraph of this blog entry about Deal or No Deal.

Deal Or No Deal ... like our culture, increasingly ... neither encourages nor rewards actual intelligence and talent. It rewards hope, self-regard, and blind persistence.

A game show for the Bush Era if there's ever been one.

Anyway, away with me!

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For all of you who want to jump on the Irish bandwagon, the game is on ESPN2 tonight at 7pm eastern. Go Irish!!

First of all, the mug cracks me up.

Second, on a baseball trip up to Milwaukee we had three extra brats when we were ready to head to the stadium. A little into the barley pop, I confidently stated "Put them to the side, they'll be fine." Afte the game we opened the lid and I had apparently figured out a way to make leftover brats a fossil fuel. The state of Wisconsin alone could end our dependence on oil.

I watched the Alabama game so far this year, but echo the "once Football is over" fandom.

I just got the greatest call from the Blood Center about scheduling an appointment - the guy sounded like Smoove B or something. He had the slowest, most laidback pronunciation I've ever heard. I thought he was putting me on. I almost started laughing several times.

Huh! The iPhone does exist, after all.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/

This information distresses me greatly, because whereas I have jumped ship to Verizon (I know, I feel dirty), 2.0 is still on a Sprint/Cingular contract.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-apple-iphone/

are Sprint & Cingular the same thing? cuz I'm on Sprint.

Oh, shit, they're not. I confused Cingular with Nextel, sorry. I remembered Sprint merged with someone, guess I forgot who. Sorry!

bummer. you had me all excited for a minute.

I would think about getting this (I'm on t-mobile, but not under a contract), but I have a feeling that cingular's data/voice plan is going to be cost-prohibitive.

Getting the word out there early, crowd, we could be in for a rough few days at Five Bucks World Headquarters. My computer is giving me a blinking light and not turning on when I tell it to, and Dell's support website says that I need to order some replacement parts. I'll be chatting with them later this evening, so hopefully there's a happy ending to this, but it sounds like this may be a hard drive crash. Which makes Baby Jesus - not to mention me - cry.