Spoofs

Been looking at some spoofs lately, thought this one was pretty funny:

Book About A-Rod

Well, I’ve been reading Selena Roberts’ book called A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez.  I am about halfway through it right now, and figured that I would write about it in case anyone is interested.

I have to say that this book is a very good and easy read, if you are interested in the “behind the scenes” of baseball.  Roberts really did not have to put this book out right as he was coming back from injury, although I know that she’s also interested in making herself money.  Did she really have to release a book that slanders a person for her own personal benefit?  Probably not.  But is it total slander?  No, it’s not.  I was against her putting this book out, but I was too curious not to read it.

It gives some reasons for some of the weird things that Alex has done, as well as some behind the scenes of his contract negotiations with the very irritating Scott Boras.  It tells us what most baseball fans already know… everything is about money with Scott Boras.  Numbers are the only important thing to him.  Granted, he makes more money as well, but really, he’s taking advantage of the every day fan indirectly.  But that’s besides the point.  The book goes farther as to tell Alex’s background story, from being a very young boy, all the way through high school.  It discusses more steroid usage as well as the how selfish he is as a baseball player.

But honestly, he’s only one of many that are divas, full of themselves, and have done things that we hold against them.  This book isn’t totally slandering him… he’s just the one that we found out about.  Give it a read, get it from the library if you don’t want to support it, but as I continue reading it, I think baseball fans should too.  I’m sure it will bash him later on as well (since I am only halfway through), but it’s very interesting at the very least.

If you want to read the chapter that I just finished, SI posted it on their website: Excerpt from the A-Rod Book: Mr. Two-Fifty-Two

Motivation

A little bit of motivation for us all:

Solar Powered Phone

http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/13/samsung-releases-solar-powered-phone/

Kinda weird, I don’t know how the sun would charge the panels while they are in your pocket, but it’s a pretty cool idea…

Admit it…

At least A-Rod admitted it… that’s the first step.

Sales Quote

I get these sales quotes in my e-mail now that I am working at my new job, thought this one was good.

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. “
- Mark Twain

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Well, so much for the Giants… damn it.

Quick Quote

Thought this was a good one to live by.

“Fall seven times. Stand up eight.”
- Japanese proverb

The Road to the Super Bowl….

… in the NFC is going through the Meadowlands. Giants clinched the 1st seed in a great, overtime ending game with the Panthers where the offensive line just dominated the Panthers defensive line and racked up 300+ rushing yards.

All I have to say is that next week’s game shouldn’t be “meaningless”… we all know what happened with the so-called “meaningless” game last year against the Patriots. The Giants are playing a team this coming week that they could potentially match up against in the playoffs in the next couple weeks, and I think that they should give the Vikings their all.

GO GIANTS!

Ghostbusters – The Video Game

You’ll be reminiscing playing this game, guaranteed.  The movies are great, and they got the original actors minus Rick Moranis to do all the voices… this should be good.

Check out the trailer.