In the past 12 hours, I've developed a pretty serious mancrush on this kid Sherman.
One, the guy seems to understand that what we want more than anything is to be entertained. He delivers the goods, and does it without poking puppies in the eye. The other players who he's presumably 'offended' are overpaid buffoons, and I'll always be grateful to him for having a larger perspective, and for saying so out loud.
Two: Look at his eyes when he talks! In recent years, we've seen how devastating football can be for inner-city kids, whether or not they succeed at it. If (G forbid) Sherman breaks a leg in practice tomorrow and never plays again, he'll still be able to move his life forward in meaningful ways... And probably in ways that are no less entertaining.
THAT'S what I want from and for pro football players. I want them to not have their lives (and their children's lives) mangled by the National Football League, which often seems to be an unceasing creator of misery.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail]
at January 20, 2014 9:47 PM
Tidy.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at January 20, 2014 3:25 AM
Kinda long, and it's always risky to say things like this, but it was a somewhat poignant piece to read.
God, I hated school.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at January 20, 2014 5:07 AM
If you aren't into football but want to socialize with normal Americans, here are two good starter pieces on Peyton Manning.
Two weeks to showtime.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at January 20, 2014 5:12 AM
Also, this and this will prepare you to chat convincingly at the watercooler regarding America's new heart-throb antihero.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at January 20, 2014 5:20 AM
A test to reveal who you are. Think carefully, people.
Old RPM Daddy (OldRPMDaddy at GMail dot com) at January 20, 2014 5:30 AM
I always hated Hepburn's voice. Both Hepburn's voices.
Grace Kelly had the same kind of voice as Audrey, but on GK it was forgivable because she was such a scorchingly hot blond. Who wore glasses.
Remember her first arrival in Rear Window?
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at January 20, 2014 5:53 AM
Y'all remember that young lesbionic blogger from Syria who turned out to be a forty-year-old man from Georgia?
OK, now remember that impassioned defender of abortion rights down in Texas last year?
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at January 20, 2014 6:40 AM
Yeah, but it otterbe true, yaknow, and aren't that the important thing?
Old RPM Daddy (OldRPMDaddy at GMail dot com) at January 20, 2014 6:50 AM
Via Maggie's Farm: Is the Universe Made of Math?
I was going to try to summarize what they were talking about, but I can't.
Old RPM Daddy (OldRPMDaddy at GMail dot com) at January 20, 2014 8:08 AM
Richard Sherman doesn't care. "A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of a sheep."
I still hope the Seahawks the Super Bowl.
(Denver vs Seattle in the Super Bowl. Both their states legalized recreational pot. Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "Bud Bowl"!)
Flynne at January 20, 2014 9:45 AM
I hope the Seahawks WIN. Win the Super Bowl.
(Yeah, yeah, put down the bong. I get it.)
Flynne at January 20, 2014 9:48 AM
Why Flynne, are you still mad at Wes Welker for leaving the Patriots? Or for creaming Aqib Talib?
Old RPM Daddy (OldRPMDaddy at GMail dot com) at January 20, 2014 12:19 PM
LOL! Both, ORDaddy, both! LO!!
o.O
Flynne at January 20, 2014 1:20 PM
So do you have any sympathy?
Jim P. at January 20, 2014 7:03 PM
Or maybe we should go to Georgia?
Jim P. at January 20, 2014 7:25 PM
But I also admire blue dresses.
Jim P. at January 20, 2014 8:47 PM
It shall be known as the Weed Bowl.
Don't bogart that pigskin, my friend!
mpetrie98 at January 20, 2014 8:52 PM
In the past 12 hours, I've developed a pretty serious mancrush on this kid Sherman.
One, the guy seems to understand that what we want more than anything is to be entertained. He delivers the goods, and does it without poking puppies in the eye. The other players who he's presumably 'offended' are overpaid buffoons, and I'll always be grateful to him for having a larger perspective, and for saying so out loud.
Two: Look at his eyes when he talks! In recent years, we've seen how devastating football can be for inner-city kids, whether or not they succeed at it. If (G forbid) Sherman breaks a leg in practice tomorrow and never plays again, he'll still be able to move his life forward in meaningful ways... And probably in ways that are no less entertaining.
THAT'S what I want from and for pro football players. I want them to not have their lives (and their children's lives) mangled by the National Football League, which often seems to be an unceasing creator of misery.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at January 20, 2014 9:47 PM
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