AM Points of Interest: Death By Chocolate

Points of Interest is the daily link dump for your morning or afternoon commute in and out of Souvenir City.  We’ll be throwing together some other stops from out there in blogdome and the interwebs to peak your interest.  Some of them will actually be what some might consider educational.  Most of them, are going to everything but that.

Sadly, we don’t have a Big XII preview for you yet.  NickJ will be receiving 57 lashes for it (read: he has to work 12 hours today).  And, we’ve gotta drive some folks to the airport this morning so there’s no telling when Chicago traffic will put us back in front of the computer.  So, we’re bring in this post and two more for you to start the day.  Hopefully there’s a MLB Blockbuster out there for us to talk about.  Alyssa Milano in honor of her Tweeting us a link.  *fawns*

Man dies after falling into tank of chocolate. If you’re gonna go, that’s probably the best way……..British man receives inheritance, gets drunk and gives most of it away.  In an airport……..Greenpeace got ballsy.  They put a banner over Mt. Rushmore for global warming.  Freakin’ tree-huggin’ hippies……..And, the news wave of covering the Obama children on politcal issues officially begins.  Wake us when they can legally buy a pack of cigarettes……..We really don’t like posting from Slate, but this is.  The sequel to the $750 billion stimulus we already passed.

• Top 10 Perfectly timed sports pictures. This has got to be a first by the way, H/T to Alyssa Milano. (Smoont)
• We think we’re probably late on this but VH1 gave Terrell Owens a reality show. 20% of the blogosphere will be dominated by content from this show in under 3 months.  (Awful Announcing)
• Hef goes golfing for the first time. Hilarity ensues.  At the expense of said golfer.  (Major League Jerk)
• Taking a tour of Brett Favre’s new Minnesota condo.  Or at least what one would think it would look like. (No Guts, No Glory)

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PM Points of Interest: Pot Arrest in Dallas Not Connected to Nate Newton

Points of Interest is the daily link dump for your morning or afternoon commute in and out of Souvenir City.  We’ll be throwing together some other stops from out there in blogdome and the interwebs to peak your interest.  Some of them will actually be what some might consider educational.  Most of them, are going to everything but that.

We’ve got the grill fired up for the final top at our current location and we’re getting set to watch the Cross-Town Classic.  If you noticed any spelling errors in today’s posts, it’s because we’re day drinking.  Andy Hutchins even caught us being stupid on the Twitter.  We really can’t think of anyone better than Keeley to send you into the weekend.  She’s English too, so that finishes our theme for the week.

Last MJ link for the day.  There’s a secret library of 100 songs that could be released soon. We know we’re buying that……..A nice little chart showing you fees by airlines. We haven’t flown since last August.  Conquering that fear shortly……..A stop in Dallas yields 100 pounds of pot in a casket. Nope, not Nate Newton.  New guy……..The Sun-Times continues to be the right leaning paper here in Chicago. But, there are some valid points here……..The House won their vote on the Global Warming bill. Move it on up the ladder now.  We still don’t think it passes.

• The top 7 worst sports movie endings. We love movie number four, but the ending did suck.  (Joe Sports Fan)
• We wanted to do one but we really didn’t know where to start.  NHL Draft preview for 2009.  It’s right around the corner.  (Fanhouse)
• Jimmy Fallon sucks at most things.  But apparently not at Wii Golf.  He beat Tiger Woods.  Maybe that story about Tiger’s decline wasn’t that far off.  (SPORTSbyBROOKS)
• UFC 100 isn’t that far off.  The hype continues to build for what is supposed to be the most anticipated fighting PPV since De La Hoya / Mayweather.  (Blood, Booze and Bruises)
• Your NASCAR preview for the weekend. We’re really thinking about watch the race.  Haven’t seen one in a while.  (All Left Turns)
• Allen Iverson is really going to miss Michael Jackson.  VIDEO! (Josh Q. Public)
• Basketball analysis from a baseball blog.  Hef lives in Phoenix and will probably burn down the arena before they step on the floor.  (Major League Jerk)

After the jump, the child bicycle crashes compilation to send you off to the weekend.  Set to music from Roger Rabbit.

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AM Points of Interest: Preachin’ To T.O.

Points of Interest is the daily link dump for your morning or afternoon commute in and out of Souvenir City.  We’ll be throwing together some other stops from out there in blogdome and the interwebs to peak your interest.  Some of them will actually be what some might consider educational.  Most of them, are going to everything but that.

Late breaking news last night with Shaq leaving the desert for the mistake on the Lake.  We wanted to make sure and include a whole section of links for Ed Thomas from yesterday so we’ll have that for you below.  And, believe it or not, we did some reading and have a post on the soccer match from yesterday.  We’ve said our piece about everything yesterday but the U.S.A. victory deserves a definite mention.  Tonight is the NBA Draft so there’s going to be some major input on that today as well.  Who said the summer was boring?  It’s definitely hot in here with Aida Yespica.

Kirk Ferentz with a few words on Ed Thomas……..The Des Moines Register with their remembrance of the AP Head Coach……..Finally, the NBC affiliate in the Des Moines area has some photos, ex-players and current commentators reactions on yesterday’s events……..First it’s stadiums that get sponorship and naming rights.  Now, it’s subway stations in NYC? Huh?……..Quote from this article:  “But the more a potential fix affects them personally, the less interested they are in supporting it.”  Yup.  Couldn’t agree more……..Extending the nominees for best picture to 10 nominees?  Really?  That’s just too many.

• A reader sent us this link to a video of Terrell Owens’ preacher lambasting ESPN.  We certainly know where T.O’s inspiration comes from now.  (Ezoox)
• If the Yankees aren’t looking for bats, are they going to make any impact moves at the deadline?  And we don’t mean Girardi.  (MLBTR)
• Larry David was on the Daily Show.  No, he was not wearing a cape.  (Sports Rubbish)
• Is Tony Kornheiser really done in D.C.?  They shoot PTI there, but other than that, he’s not really working much there.  (SPORTSbyBROOKS)
• Iran has banned its soccer players that protested. Banned them for life.  Not a great way to gain public sentiment.  (The Guardian)
• Donovan McNabb talks about recently deceased sports personality Gary Papa. (Donovan McNabb’s blog)
• Video of a samurai against a 93 MPH fastball. This is coming from a pitching machine and it looks legit.  (Totally Crap)

After the jump, the photo of the day.

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AM Points of Interest: Google Now Catching Street Muggers

Points of Interest is the daily link dump for your morning or afternoon commute in and out of Souvenir City.  We’ll be throwing together some other stops from out there in blogdome and the interwebs to peak your interest.  Some of them will actually be what some might consider educational.  Most of them, are going to everything but that.

Hope your weekend was outstanding and you got to spend some time with the old man or that your kids bought you something other than socks.  We had an outstanding Crawfish boil and our head still hurts from the ensuing bar trip.  We also rediscovered how fun it is to bet on the ponies at the racetrack.  The U.S. Open finishes today and Tiger is no where to be found.  NBC can’t be happy about that.  Still, Phil has a small chance to pull off a miracle as he’s 6 back of the leader.  There’s a chance a movie review is coming today but we’ll for sure comment on the Kobe Bryant piece we read in SI in between packing up all our stuff for the move.  This piece over here is Joanna Krupa.  Your funny video of the day after the jump.

Obama’s approval rating is starting to tank. We think it has nothing to do with Iran but rather all of the money he’s been spending lately.  Amazing what changes in six months time……..Speaking of Iran, there’s now a Newsweek journalist that’s been detained……..The good news in the reporter detainee department is that this guy escaped the Taliban after being held captive for about 7 months……..We swear we’re not in the business of bashing the President but we can’t find anything that says positive things about him.  The newest gripe is his failure to follow through with the transparency he promised……..We don’t need to borrow any money yet but it looks like it will be at a higher interest rate when we do……..Our weird link for today:  Google Street view catches a mugging.

• Former Yankee Scott Proctor was a lush and has cleaned up his act. Who knew?  (SPORTSbyBrooks)
• These fancy USB drives in the shape of athletes are getting a little out of hand now.  Rocky Balboa? (With Leather)
• Father’s Day in the Manning household. Cooper once again gets the short end of the stick.  (The Rookies Blog)
• Scott Boras’ whole look-at-me! act is getting a little bit tiresome.  His newest publicity ploy is crap.  (Walkoff Walk)
• Top 10 TV Dads of all-time.  10 VIDEOS for your enjoyment.  Dig in!  (Josh Q. Public)
• Five movies that always seem to find their way on to TV.  They forgot Remember the Titans.  (Food Court Lunch)
• The UFC Ultimate Fighter finished up their ninth season this weekend.  The Clay Guida fight was outstanding.  (MMA Junkie)
• Things that NASCAR attempted to sell, but failed miserably at.  High heels?  What the fuck? (All Left Turns)

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The Newest MVPuppet Commercial

This is the newest (and hopefully, last) MVPuppet commercial from Nike.  We really enjoyed the “Three Championship Rings” one when we first saw it.  This one is even better.  Remember, we’re Kobe guys.  However, we do hope that these motivate LeBron to stay focused on what happens on the floor and not off of it.  He’s going to win sooner than later.

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PM Points of Interest: Everybody’s Got a Price

Points of Interest is the daily link dump for your morning or afternoon commute in and out of Souvenir City.  We’ll be throwing together some other stops from out there in blogdome and the interwebs to peak your interest.  Some of them will actually be what some might consider educational.  Most of them, are going to everything but that.

Christina Milian everyone.  So happy we’re going to the game tomorrow.  This all baseball schedule is killer.  Especially when only four teams played last night.  We’ll probably have one or two posts left for the remainder of the day.  However, we have a friend who recently discovered a treasure chest from the 1980s filled with old NES, Sega and other 8-bit system games.  There’s a strong possibility that we pay him a visit tonight.  Perhaps we’ll put together some posts on old school video games for you all tomorrow.  NickJ might be taking over for us tomorrow, we’re still not sure.  But we’ll be sure to have some programming for you.

Mark Cuban actually recommended this piece.  It’s pretty insightful as far as the direction that video is going on the web…….Awesome.  And we’ve been using Zicam for some time now to fight our colds.  Looks like we won’t be able to smell anything soon…….We read Drudge for bits and pieces.  We hope this isn’t some propaganda designed to make us dislike Barry.  This is scary if it’s actually going to happen.  We don’t like it…….Don’t feel bad MySpace workers.  Our former employer laid off a little less than 30% of their staff.  You’ll recover…….The Obama healthcare plan.  And, how he plans on getting it past all of the Republicans. There isn’t a dustpan big enough………

• The guys over at Sparty and Friends finally came out of the closet. Get your mind out of the gutter people!  Oh, and we’ll never tell…  (Sparty and Friends)
• A Jordan jersey spotting in Chicago.  Wait, a Wizard’s jersey?  Who the hell does this guy think he is?  (Major League Jerk)
• Joe Buck Live!  With Video!  From With Leather!  It was a debacle! Hopefully it doesn’t return!  (With Leather)….!!!
• If you post something with TedDibiase, we’ll link it. Especially if it has to do with manslaughter.  (The Sports Hernia)
• The reason that the Octagon was completely red on Saturday night.  This guy’s face is going to take a long time to heal. (Blood, Booze and Bruises)
• If you take shots at the Washington Nationals, or anything to do with D.C. for that matter, we’re on your bandwagon!  (Walkoff Walk)

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NHL Up Off the Canvas

Some credit is due to the NHL for putting together an entertaining and competitive Stanley Cup Playoffs this year.  The fans and ratings completely agree with us.  The Stanley Cup Finals had their highest rating in 36 years this past week.  That is a welcome sign for hockey fans in the U.S.  Yes, we realize you only live above the Mason-Dixon line for the most part.

Still, we’re glad this is happening.  As great as Versus has been on coverage, NBC is terrible.  We’d like to see ESPN bring back hockey night in America. They have a decent studio team that can do a pre-game show and Gary Thorne has always been one of our favorite hockey announcers.  Let’s get him back in the booth.

The coverage will be enhanced by what’s on the ice.

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AM Points of Interest: Skip Bayless Thinks Brett is a “Good Lookin’ Dude”

Points of Interest is the daily link dump for your morning or afternoon commute in and out of Souvenir City.  We’ll be throwing together some other stops from out there in blogdome and the interwebs to peak your interest.  Some of them will actually be what some might consider educational.  Most of them, are going to everything but that.

We’re still trying to figure out who is going to run the ship here on Wednesday while we’re at the Cross-Town Classic.  Today is a full day though and we’ve got a lot of things planned.  We’re going to take our first stab at power rankings, MLB Style.  Also, even though the NHL is over, we’ve got some points to make on Phoenix and the ratings spike.  If there’s anything you want to see, let us know at SouvenirCityBlog@gmail.com. Kelly Kapowski will always hold a place in our hearts.

The top 50 highest paid CEOs in the financial businesses……..Really people?  We’re bitching about a billboard now?  Don’t you…….This is completely out of control.  We can’t go on Facebook or any social networking tool without having Iran shoved in our faces. At some point, there’s gotta be resolution……Letterman apologized to Palin.  Ugh.  Now she gets to say she “won” that one.  First time for everything…….The words “Reagan in Berlin” and “Obama and Healthcare” are somehow related here.  We still can’t figure out how……. have better things to do?

• Is there a college sport where LSU doesn’t win?  We have never attended a college baseball game. That’s not to say we’re opposed to it.  (Fanhouse)
• Re-drafting the 1992 NBA Draft.  But with hilarious pictures of the people that got drafted.  (Low Posts)
• Michael Phelps continues to put quarters in the fame meter.  Running up about 3 hours and 45 minutes now.  (Deadspin)
• The video of Milton Bradley being a complete @$)(*$ idiot. LOCK IT UP!  (The Big Lead)
• Juuuuuuust a bit outside.  Rick Vaughn bobble-head night is a massive success at Indians game last night. (SPORTSbyBrooks)
• Skip Bayless finally comes to grip with his man crush.  To millions and millions of people.  (The Rookies Blog)

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