2013 MLB Predictions WAY TOO EARLY

I haven't used this in forever, but in light of the huge BOS/LAD trade yesterday, I want to put my 2013 season prediction online so certain colleagues know that I saw it all coming today!

AL East
1 NYY
2 BAL
3 TB
4 TOR
5 BOS

AL Central
1 CWS
2 KC
3 DET
4 MIN
5 CLE

AL West
1 OAK
2 TEX
3 LAA
4 SEA
5 HOU

NL East
1 WAS
2 ATL
3 NYM
4 PHI
5 MIA

NL Central
1 STL
2 PIT
3 CIN
4 MIL
5 CHC

NL West
1 LAD
2 SF
3 SD
4 ARI
5 COL

Playoffs

AL Wildcard
BAL
TEX

NL Wildcard
SF
ATL

AL Pennant
OAK

NL Pennant
LAD

WS Champion
OAK

Jon Stewart

I guess I haven't posted in a while; maybe I haven't had anything to say!!

So, I just finished watching The Daily Show and I have The Colbert Report on right now. I am surprised by how much TDS affected me tonight. For a news spoof show, there is so much that it contributes to our national media, and above all, it's what Jon Stewart brings to every episode. Tonight's guest, Akbar Ahmed, certainly recognized it as well. He compared Stewart's compassion, knowledge, and patriotism to our Founding Fathers, and though Stewart quickly made light of it, you could tell that he was deeply honored and maybe a little embarrassed. I feel the same as Mr. Ahmed, so thank you Jon Stewart for being the best [fake] news man on the air.

JBH

"The view from my apartment was the World Trade Center. And now it's gone. And they attacked it. This symbol of American ingenuity and strength and labor and imagination and commerce, and it is gone. But you know what the view is now? The Statue of Liberty. The view from the south of Manhattan is now the Statue of Liberty. You can't beat that." -Jon Stewart

Ha, OOPS

So, I guess I fell asleep at the wheel there...what an exciting couple of weeks!

1. Happy Birthday Dad!

2. I love rock and roll. Marty and I just saw Spencer Davis, The Yardbirds, and The Zombies. What a great show!

3. Read anything you can by Christopher Moore. He is a genius!

Peace out, Girl Scout!

JB

P.S. If you care, I killed the mice, but now I have earwigs...I can't win.

I'm a litle obsessed...

So, I've posted on the SUNY Delhi Student Activities blog, my facebook, and (later today I"m sure) my twitter about http://wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html and I can't get enough of it. It's too funny! For example, you can't spell "The Empire Strikes Back" without "Emphatic Beer Trek Kiss." Classic.

JB

Destroy honor tint rodeo - Dayo
Do or Do Not; There is no try - Yoda

Oops, missed a day!

Part of this exercise is to see if I can make the commitment to update on a daily basis...6/7 isn't too bad. Everyone needs a day off from time to time. I spent mine watching The Rock, 12 Monkeys, and Brazil. Can you name the connectors between the movies? If you said David Morse (see him also in The Negotiator) and Terry Gilliam respectively, then you are a movie nerd like me! I find that a lot of times I do this on purpose, but sometimes I'll just realize that there are 3-4 actors from the movie I just watched in the one I am currently watching. Weird, huh?!?

Anyway, we're jammin' today, so that makes like grand!

Peace,

JB

I like the fact that my films have always encouraged bad and good reviews. The most depressing thing would be a review that was just mediocre. That would kill me - Terry Gilliam

Happy Birthday Mel Brooks

I've watched a lot of movies this weekend, and I would say that any of them that made me laugh had some sort of influence by Mel Brooks. Today he is 83! That is getting up there, but he's still on fire!
Anyway, here are my top 5 Mel movies:

1. Young Frankenstein
2. Blazing Saddles
3. The Producers
4. Spaceballs
5. Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Of course I love Silent Movie, History of the World, High Anxiety, etc. but these really crack me up every time!

So, Happy B-Day Mel!

JB

If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively. - Mel Brooks

A quick thank you

I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey last night, and I've had Eyes Wide Shut and Dr. Strangelove on today as I've been going around the house. These are all excellent movies, but without a great English professor I had at MTSU, I might not have ever had an appreciation for the films of Stanley Kubrick. So, here's to Jimmy Cain, the man who introduced me to Kubrick. Thanks Jimmy!

JBH

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. - Stanley Kubrick