Comic for Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Posted: 8:55 am, Thursday, March 8th

So it's time for some Big East basketball today at two, by which I mean the Irish play the horribly outfitted Orange of Syracuse. Remember, they're not the Orangemen anymore, and not because of the 'men' part of that moniker, but because they're the only college team to prominently feature orange in their uniforms. Go Irish!

I really dug Lost last night. One of their best storyline episodes in a long time, although (SPOILER ALERT) I'm a little miffed that they've more or less turned Locke into a clown. First he abandons guard duty of a highly trained one-eyed Russian Other to play chess, and then he plays chess again instead of gathering guns/food/material and blows up the Flame? God, dude. It's getting to the point where you'd be less trouble if you just lost the ability to walk again.

Remember Battle Chess? God, I loved Battle Chess.

Shoot, I thought of yet another stupid ad to ramble on about for no reason today and now I can't remember. There's one that gets 2.0's goat now, though - are all markets getting this Verizon ad where this hip young black girl has just moved into a new apartment that is roughly the size of an airplane hanger and because she's got Verizon's three-in-one service, she can not only download a song, but also hire the song's performer to play at her housewarming party that evening? I get the feeling that girl's a trust-fund baby, and that, if I were at her party, I'd probably steal things from her apartment.

I also hate the Verizon ad where the meathead at the gym makes me listen to Fall-Out Boy, but that's because Fall-Out Boy doesn't come within five area codes of rocking. I actually find the meathead's performance kind of endearing. I just wish he'd address us as "bra," because that would really nail it.

Um, yeah, that's about it. Tune in tomorrow for the thrilling conclusion of Ron-loses-his-license-and-Bullfrog-bitches-about-ads week!

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Next year, the Orange will play in an uniform that has been described as akin to what M.C. Hammer wore during his "Hammertime" days. Skin-tight speedo tops and really baggy pants. All in orange. I'm blind just describing that.

Those Nationwide ads annoy me. I mean who wants to see a rapidly aging Fabio?

Uni Watch is all over the 'Cuse thing - I was hoping he'd have his post up when I was writing this, but I guess I get to the office earlier than he does.

http://www.uniwatchblog.com/?p=401

The Irish better beat them today just for style's sake.

i saw the WORST commercial ever last night on Comedy Central -- it was for Sallie May's BBQ in the city. It had this not-so-little woman with a southern/british accent trying to sell BBQ in a very little outfit. it was awful!

Wait, Sallie Mae sells BBQ? Nothing like having a student loan/BBQ operation.

Isn't it ironic that BBQ is one consonant replacement from BBW?

I assume we're talking about big beautiful women and not the stock ticker abbreviation for the Build-a-bear Workshop?

http://www.google.com/search?q=bbw&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Which, by the way, is a hilarious coincidence.

yeah, the BBQ your ribs if you don't pay them back :) i don't know if it's a chain or just one random location in NYC with a film-it-yourself commercial.

speaking of diy - anyone seen fancy nancy on manhattan public access?

Good guys up 4 with 16 mins left in the 2nd Half. While they'll get to the Dance regardless, I'd like to see Brey's boys go deep in the Big East Tourney.

When did Georgetown get so good again??

Irish 89, terribly dressed Orange 83. Good times, good times.