Author Archives: cesperson

One final toss for The Dooze. Bill Simmons wrote a few thousand words about his dog.¨Ü This is a couple weeks old, but it’s not quickly made irrelevant like most sports stories, because it’s not really a sports story. When … Continue reading →

Highlights from the Australian Open Men’s final.¨Ü I decided to catch some of the match before sleeping Saturday night, so I started at the beginning of the fourth set and ended up staying awake and finishing it.¨Ü At no point … Continue reading →

Will Leitch’s post-Superbowl thoughts. A relevant, and actual, Cardinals fan. And you know what? I’m grateful. I’m grateful for Kurt Warner, and Ken Whisenhunt, and Anquan Boldin, and Larry Fitzgerald. I’m grateful for Aeneas Williams, and Jake Plummer, and Adrian … Continue reading →

Earthquake squashes Damien, Jake the Snake’s snake.

Bacon explosion.¨Ü Basically woven bacon strips stuffed with sausage and more bacon.¨Ü Reminds me of this classic exchange: Homer: Are you saying you’re never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon? Lisa: No. Homer: Ham? Lisa: No. Homer: … Continue reading →

Jessica Simpson got fat.¨Ü Cousin Sal mentioned this on Dave Dameshek’s podcast today so I searched for it.¨Ü The outfit in that picture isn’t exactly flattering.¨Ü It’s been almost five years since Starsky and Hutch came out.

“Brandon Jennings Sends Home a Warning from Europe” (New York Times). Interesting article with Jennings thoughts about skipping college and jumping the pond to play a year of pro ball in Europe. ǃ?My role is to play D and take … Continue reading →

Robin “The Ram” Rourke is wrestling at Wrestlemania 25. Not just an appearance. Potentially against Chris Jericho. Awesome. (Via Deadspin)

Pinocchio Wikipedia article. Some guys in my lab section were talking about real stories compared to their Disney versions, and someone said to take a look at Pinocchio and how different it is: Once Pinocchio arrives home, The Talking Cricket, … Continue reading →

Kanye rapping, not singing, and without a vocoder: “Teriya-Kings“. Auto-tune was by far the worst thing about 2008. This verse reminds me of why I was mad about all the vocoder singing in the first place–Kanye can rap, and he … Continue reading →

Brandon Roy dunks on the Clippers. The slow motion at 0:35 is nuts. I think this is the highest he’s jumped in his life. Good week for UW basketball. I don’t understand how we’re not ranked in the coaches poll … Continue reading →

Something important I’ve forgotten: The Rockers never won the WWF Tag Team Championship. Here’s the clip where Shawn Michaels superkicks Marty Jannety in Brutus’s Barber Shop then throws him through a glass window. AKA one of the worst days of … Continue reading →

T-Mobile flash dance mob in Europe. Judging by the other videos of the event from camera phones on YouTube, it’s real. Kind of like Improv Everywhere on an even bigger scale. I have no reception in any building on campus, … Continue reading →

Photos from the inauguration from The Big Picture. The second picture and third picture are particularly nuts. It took me a few seconds to realize the scale of the third one (make sure to zoom in if your browser auto-resizes).

President Obama’s inaugural speech. And here’s the oath of office.

Bartendaz.¨Ü “We get drunk on the pull-up bar because we don’t think bud makes you wiser.” See a very strong human at 0:58.¨Ü And I’m not sure if I’ve posted this, but I’ll make sure: 24-hour ghetto workout.¨Ü See a … Continue reading →

Someone shares their thoughts on the Heinz Field sound crew, which chose to play music while Willis McGahee was lying motionless on the field. I can’t say I watch enough football to know what the norm is for stadium music … Continue reading →

“A literary critic reviews my resume”.¨Ü From McSweeneys.¨Ü Basically what the title says.¨Ü This slayed me: My interest was briefly piqued in section 2 when there was mention of “a broad in Hong Kong,” but I was lost for good … Continue reading →

Some guy going off on the speed bag.¨Ü Over a few decades.¨Ü 2:08 cracked me up.

I’m not big on politics, but I definitely enjoy old articles that are relevant because of current events.¨Ü Here’s an excerpt from an interview with the Obamas from 1996.¨Ü (Via Kottke)

Five on one against LeBron James.¨Ü Six journalists travel to Cleveland to play against LeBron James five on one.¨Ü I’ll spoil it because I felt a little cheated also — they end up playing three on three. One, heǃÙs very … Continue reading →

Teaser for the new LeBron campaign.¨Ü The best thing is the ridiculous comments where people think he’s actually going to switch sports.¨Ü I don’t know, maybe they think the commercial is a real press conference?¨Ü I’ll just assume they’re second … Continue reading →

GMC truck commercial. Listen to the voiceover. It’s Gob! Lamisil commercial. It’s also Gob! And here’s one more: Don’t trailer (Grindhouse in-movie, not sure if he’s actually done real trailers). I searched and I guess it’s sort of common knowledge … Continue reading →

Darko goes off after a European basketball championships game. Subtitled (I’m guessing fairly accurately, because he was fined at the time) and priceless. It’s from 2007, but today’s the first time I’ve seen it.

Script for The Dark Knight (PDF): The Joker gets a switchblade in Gambol’s mouth- SHARP METAL PULLING THE CHEEK TAUT. The Bounty Hunters subdue the remaining bodyguards. THE JOKER Wanna know how I got these scars? My father was a … Continue reading →

Rudy Fernandez on Rudy Fernandez: “Rudy is not everyday a shooter,” Fernandez said. “He’s defense. He’s passes. He’s assists.” Gotta love the foreigner talking in third person.¨Ü Here’s Rudy banging on Dwight around 1 a.m. pacific time after Kobe gets … Continue reading →

“I Still Believe (Remix)” – Krayzie Bone, Mariah Carey, and Da Brat.¨Ü I’ve never seen this video before.¨Ü Krayzie wears a sombrero through most of it.¨Ü And while we’re on the subject of Pure Imagination, here’s the original clip from … Continue reading →

Euro Training.¨Ü “That’s one.”

Two seconds of basketball doesn’t get much more exciting than this.