Free Tony Soprano

I have a lot to talk about today, so hold on to your butts.

Let's start with the world of sports. Holy cow, the NCAA tournament is just incredible. George Mason?..in the FINAL FOUR??? Wow, that is why I love this tournament. I also would like to mention that I have a chance to win a substantial amount of cash in a bracket pool. So, root for UCLA and George Mason, with George Mason winning the national championship. By the way, I am also upset that Wichita State is out, GO SHOCKERS!!

My wife and I will be heading to the new Busch Stadium on the 4th of April for the exhibition game between the Memphis Redbirds (AAA) and the Springfield Cardinals (AA). I can't wait to see the new place. Six short days later...OPENING DAY!! I am so freakin' pumped.

Speaking of being pumped, I fell out of working out serveral weeks ago. I am back to it. I am excited, focused, and ready to stick with it. I will occasionaly post my progress on here.

On to politics. I don't want to get into a long winded rant about politics here, so I will just get to the point. Illegal aliens are just that, ILLEGAL. This crap with them protesting in the streets is ridiculous. Get some busses out there, load them up and send their asses back to Mexico. If you want to come into this country legally, I welcome you. You are coming into the greatest country on earth. But for you to come here illegally and then complain when you are called out for being illegal is absolutely ludicrous.

OK, on to TV. OK, it's time for more 24 and Sopranos talk, so SPOILER ALERT. Skip ahead if you don't want the show to be spoiled for you..

First, the Sopranos. I'm not sure what to think about the whole dreaming/dying thing with Tony. I can't figure out the significance of the name Kevin Finnerty, if there is any at all. Vito is really being a douche about Silvio being the boss while Tony recovers. If doesn't watch it, he's gonna get "Big Pussied". Paulie reminded me last week why he's my favorite. He goes in with Vito to collect some cash, and they get attacked. He gets kneed right in the nuts. It was a hilarious scene. Now for 24. Memo to everyone: Jack Bauer is a bad ass. He will choke and interrogate his own "girlfriend". Awesome. The crazy chick who came in and actually helped save the day, is crazy. She's out looking for a sexual harassment suit. Buchannan says "nice job" and pats her shoulder. She gets a crazy look in her eye and says "He shouldn't have done that". What a bitch. Buchannan is a good man, people like her should be taken out back and shot. She's looking for attention or something. I'm beginning to wonder what the big picture is here. If the nerve gas was destroyed, what else are they going to do? There is about 8 hours left. Damn I love that show.

Link time...

Remember how exciting it was to open presents at Christmas?

March Madness!!

March Madness is here (and 2 rounds through). A time of year when people who only casually watch college basketball glue themselves to the TV for several days at a time, cheering on teams which they have no idea about. Why? Bracket pools. I'm guilty, I do the exact thing I am talking about. Do I know anything about Northwestern St. or George Mason? Of course not, but they did somewhat screw up my bracket. By the way, I have correctly picked 11 of the sweet 16. So here's to another weekend of basketball.

Is it odd that on St. Patrick's Day I had sushi for lunch and Indian food for dinner?

The next commissioner of the NFL...Condoleeza Rice. I think Tagliabue did a good job. But it's Rice time.

I have a question for God...do you know that the first day of SPRING was yesterday? I only ask because it's snowing like mad all over the Midwest, not to mention the cold temperatures. Just asking.

I found a new artist that I enjoy, Coheed and Cambria. It's different from the crap that is on the radio today. Give it a try.

20 days until the Cardinals home opener!

That's all I have for now...linky time

Monkeys are always funny

Happy Hump Day!

Let me start by saying that i forgotten how great The Sopranos is because it has been so long since I had last seen it. Like I said, almost. It took me a few scenes to remember everyone's name, but about 10 minutes in, I was right back where I had left off.
WARNING, SOPRANOS AND 24 SPOILER ALERT!!

First off, having Carmine die as he's ratting out Tony is brilliant, just brilliant. I would also like to say that Meadow is looking mighty fine. (if you've seen the episode, you know what I mean). AJ is going for a rock star look with the long hair and attitude. Uncle Junior is completely losing his mind. In fact the ending of the episode, when he SHOOTS TONY, is a jaw dropper. That's right, senile old Uncle Junior yells something in what I'm assuming is Italian and shoots Tony right in the gut. Great stuff. As far as 24 goes, damn, when will they stop killing important people, this week they killed Lynn and Tony. Robocop (Henderson) fought through the interrogation process and stabbed Tony with something that just killed him, and Lynn went out a hero by saving everyone. Jack is going to lose it, everything around him is completely collapsing. Kim doesn't want anything to do with him, his best friend is dead, along with 40% of CTU, and he has no idea where the nerve gas is. Damn.

Back to the blog...

I am currently building a website for my fraternity, which will be at www.mizzousigmapi.com. (The site is not currently active). You should check there every so often to see it. Come back here and let me know how I did.

The wife and I will be heading to Memphis for the weekend, actually a three day weekend, Friday-Sunday. Hopefully I'll go out Friday and drink me some green beer and/or Guiness in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.

For those of you with MySpace, go to my page, and add me as a friend. That's all I have to say about that.

Link time...

Blooper Reel

I LOVES me some fried chicken!

Let me tell you why I LOVES me some fried chicken. We went to Hodak's last night and had the best fried chicken in St. Louis. If you have never been there and you live in St. Louis, go. Now, tonight, tomorrow, the next chance you can. If you do not live here and you visit, go there. You won't be disappointed.

So far, this blog has mainly been about me (Dave) and my opinions. In my selfishness, I neglegted to mention something that Brittany did last week with her work. As you may or may not know, she works for her Sorority's (Pi Beta Phi) headquarters. Last week, she went to the airport along with several other Pi Phis and handed out Dr. Seuss books to children who were flying on Southwest Airlines. This was part of their national philanthropy. The day they were doing this was Dr. Seuss's birthday. This took place at several major airports throughout the country. So if you know someone who got a Dr. Seuss book last week for flying Southwest, that was the doing of the Pi Phis.

Now, back to me...

I added links on the right to our MySpace pages. So any of you out there who are in MySpace land, add us as friends, otherwise, just go and check it out. FYI, Brittany's is still under construction. I put up some goofy stuff just to fill the page.

For anyone who is a reader (I am trying) librarians all over were asked what are the essential books every person should read. Here is the list (somewhat long)...

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee


• The Bible


• The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien


• 1984 by George Orwell


• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens


• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte


• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


• All Quiet on the Western Front by E M Remarque


• His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman


• Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks


• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck


• The Lord of the Flies by William Golding


• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon


• Tess of the D'urbevilles by Thomas Hardy


• Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne


• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte


• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham


• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell


• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens


• The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger


• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold


• The Prophet by Khalil Gibran


• David Copperfield by Charles Dickens


• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho


• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov


• Life of Pi by Yann Martel


• Middlemarch by George Eliot


• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver


• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess


• A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzenhitsyn

So far I have read a total of 0 (zero) of those books. I am currently in progress on 2 of them, Pride and Prejudice and The Bible. I read To Kill a Mockingbird in school, but I don't remember a single thing from it, so I'm not counting it. Leave a comment below of how many you have read.

And now, the link...

Boom Goes the Dynamite

I love 24

I've decided that 24 is the greatest show ever to air on television. The storyline is amazing, they do things that you would NEVER expect, and it keeps you on the edge of your seat...literally.

SPOILER ALERT!!! Do not mouse over the black box unless you want to read about this season of 24.

So far they have killed President Palmer, Michelle, most recently Edgar. They almost killed Tony, and every time they get close to finding the terrorists, the lead they have dies. It's enough to make to crazy. One thing I do find amusing is the fact that President Logan is a bumbling idiot and now that the VP has shown up, it appears as if he is the one who truly runs things. HMMM...sounds like something I've heard before. Anyway, 24 rules, and if you don't watch it, go buy (or rent) the previous seasons on DVD.

and now on to the world of music...

I heard a new song by a group called Coheed and Cambria called "Welcome Home". What a great song. It's incredible, and newer group with actual talent they doesn't have to be sampled from an 80's song. Speaking of sampling, 3-6 mafia won an Oscar!! WTF?!?! There is something seriously wrong if "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" wins an Oscar. It bears repeating, WTF?!?! I would be on the lookout for floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, locusts, and frogs. I believe this is another sign of the apocalypse.

moving along to sports...

ALERT!! ALERT!! Barry Bonds is on steriods!! OMG, I had no idea!! Captain Obvious must be out doing some sports reporting. If Barry Bonds wasn't such a jerk, I probably wouldn't really care, but he is (apparrantly), so I hope he goes down. Mark McGwire was most likely on the juice as well, but he was a decent person, so I'll let it go. I'm not advocating steriods, but MLB had NO policy in place to stop it. So shame on MLB.

and finally, the link...

I love him, but this is funny