Wildcard’s Wild Assumptions Revisited

For those of you who followed SinceNam last summer, you know that WildCard and I got into a long friendly debate about the upcoming NFL season for the New England Patriots.  WildCard’s main contention was that Belichick was a mad genius for signing both Fat Albert Haynesworth and Brochocincbro.  The signings were going to change the dynamics of the Patriots and were going to be the catalyst that leads them to another Superbowl.  My contention was that the Patriots do the same things every single fucking year,  sign some big name “veterans” in the off-season who end up doing shit on the field.  Well, I think now is a good time to do some reflecting.  Haynesworth- dropped.  Ocho- Irrelevant (14 receptions all year on a pass heavy team, seriously I’m sure that Jaguar receivers can get 14 catches from Brady).  I’m not saying that the Patriots are not a good team right now.  Only a handful of teams in the NFL are 11-3; however, Haynesworth and Ochocinco can now join the long list of Patriots perennial irrelevant signings.  Case closed.

Response to WildCard’s Wild Assumptions -The Patriot’s Annual Big Name Additions

This post is dedicated to my dear friend, WildCard.  Now for all our readers out there, I am sure after reading a few of his post it is more than blatantly obvious that he is a adamant New England Patriots fan.  The offseason owner’s lockout has resulted in a very short free agency period.  WildCard has spent the last few days masturbating over ESPN reporting on the Patriot’s recent acquisitions.  However, I am here, representing the rest of the world who despise the Patriots, to shed some light on WildCard’s, and all other Pat fans’, misplaced megalomania and the reality of the Patriot’s annual signing traditions.

I Gave that Bitch a Big Bubble, Bitches Love Big Bubbles

You know what are awesome? bubbles.  Yes i am seriously talking about bubbles you blow from soapy water.  Lets be real here, ever since you were little, you have had an innate fascination with bubbles.  I think when guys get older, we are more afraid to admit our inherent love for bubbles because we are afraid to be perceived as “gay”.   You know who also likes bubbles? Bitches, bitches love bubbles.  But do you know what is more awesome than bubbles? Really big bubbles.

Now i have an idea, why not turn the natural female curiosity of bubbles to your advantage?  This is my theory: if you can figure out how to be as awesome as this old man and make really big bubbles, you can bang 1 in every 3 girls you make these bubbles for.  I don’t mean be nice to them, spend money on them, etc.  I mean straight up take them to the park, make some big ass bubbles for them, and then get laid.  I call it the 1-2-3 bubble plan.  Give it a shot.

Les Twins – New Style Hip Hop Dancers

Until only a few years, no one gave a shit about dancing.  However, within the last 5 year, competitive reality TV shows just as ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, ABC’s So You Think You can Dance, and MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew has given Americans new appreciation for the art of dancing.  My interest in dancers seeded from the hit MTV show America’s Best Dance Crew.  During the first season, I was all for team Kaba Modern an also strongly supported the JabbaWockeez.  My interest further grew when I saw Kaba Modern preform live at a Tulane talent show, where one of the celebrity judges was Matt Forte.

Since then, it seems that the genre of TV has been jaded to a point where it is no longer relevant.  To be honest, it is kind of disappointing how little I cared about the dancing world until recently.  While surfing the internet last week, I discovered a video of two dancers who were just fooling around in a studio, their performance was incredible.

Best of the Web – Top 10 Casey Anthony Statuses, Tweets, and Memes

Since the final verdict of the Casey Anthony case has come out, Facebook, Twitter, and the general internet has been littered with people’s comments about the fact that she got away with alleged murder.  It seems like in our day and age, as soon as sensationalized news comes out, everyone has something witty to say about it.  And they need to share a piece of their mind too.  Now I must admit, I am guilty of this too since I immediately updated my Facebook status as the verdict arrived.  I guess maybe we just have to accept the fact that this is the world we live in today.

Following the aftermath, I did a light combing of the internet for the best of Casey Anthony Facebook statuses, Tweets, and Memes.  Even though everyone seemed to agree with the typical  “WTF?!?! She definately did it BLAH BLAH BLAH”, I did find some entertaining and clever posts.  Here are the top 10 I found most entertaining (and some comments), enjoy.

Incredible Sand Art

Alright guys, today in my Entrepreneurial Management class, I discovered the coolest thing ever.  Next time you have 5 minutes that you are not going to get back, watch this entire video.  Imagine how much practice it takes to master the art, and the fact that he pretty much just did it in one shot is simply incredible.

Chad Jones Still Fighting for the Dream

Chad Jones, former LSU dual-sport star, has seen better days.   I don’t know how familiar the rest of the world is with the name Chad Jones but in Louisiana he is kind of a big deal, or at least was.   Jones played safety and returned kicks for LSU’s 2007 national championship football team and also played relief pitcher for the Tiger’s 2009 national championship baseball team.  He is one of only two LSU athletes to have 2 rings in 2 different sports.

Nicknamed Dreadlocks of Doom at LSU

Prior to his successes as a Tiger, I had already been following Jones.  His high school career started at St. Augustine High School, a Louisiana division 5A team.  Tulane students may be familiar with the Purple Knights for their Mardi Gras marching band known as the Marching 100.  After Katrina he left to play Fullback and Safety for Southern University Laboratory School.

In fall of 2006, Chad’s senior year of playing football, which also happened to be my last year of football as well (I quit after sophomore year and you are about to find out why), Southern Lab played Benjamin Franklin High School for their season closer.  This game was probably the worst and most humiliating loss ever played by our school.  The undersized and far less athletic Falcon squad lost 0-57.  However, during that game, I did get in on a gang tackle where four of us miraculously managed to trip Jones up; the moment became immortalized as the highlight of my football career.

Moral victory - their mascot was the "Southern Lab Kittens". No, seriously, that is their actual mascot...

His high school successes earned him the title of a 5-star recruit and the #1 safety ranking of scout.com and rivals.com his senior year.  He was in the same class as John Curtis player Joe McKnight. 5-star recruits can pretty much choose to go to any school in the United States, Jones chose LSU.

After all his successes as a Tiger, Chad Jones chose to forego his senior season and enter both the NFL and MLB draft.  He was good enough at baseball to be drafted twice, once in 2007 by the Astros (13th round) and again in 2010 by the Brewers(50th round); however, Chad went with the other sport.  In April of 2010, Chad Jones signed with the Giants as a 3rd round pick.

When all things were going his way, shit happened…  On July 25th, 2010, a little over a year ago, Chad Jones was involved in a single car accident.  At around 6am, he made a sharp turn as his car hit the grove of the streetcar track and lost control, causing him to crash into a pole.  I remember that morning very clearly because my mother had called me at around 9am and said that she had seen a really terrible accident around the Carrolton/Bienville area on her way to work.  After turning ESPN on, i realized that the accident she was talking about was the one involving Chad Jones.  Jones suffered severe injuries to his left leg and was rushed to the ER for surgery.  He had broken both his tibia and fibula in his left leg as emergency workers spent over 30 minutes trying to extract him from his mangled Range Rover.  Doctors were worried about having to amputate his leg since he was trapped for so long and lost so much blood.

At the combine

Now, over a year later, Chad is challenging himself once again.  He is halfway through his 2-year rehab program.  A year after major nerve and tissue damage in his left leg, Chad can now sprint on a treadmill and squat 100lbs.  He is challenging himself to be able to return to the NFL.  This goal is even more difficult because of the nature of his position.  Safeties must be increasing quick and explosive because the NFL is such a pass heavy league.  Th NFL lockout has not been helpful either since he has not been able to communicate with the Giants about his future since the beginning of the lockout.  Chad is even considering switching to Linebacker, his pre-draft projected position because of his 6′-3″ 220+lb build.

Chad Jones is expected to have more surgeries and possibly more obstacles to overcome; however, he has stayed on track to his planned road back to the professional football.  He recently held a camp for local high-schoolers and demonstrated a proper 2-point stance and backpedaling, things he struggled with even months ago.

I personally have the utmost respect for Chad Jones.  Having tackled him (by the shoe lace) once years ago (and having felt the full brunt of his truck-stick a few plays later), I can say from first hand experience that this guys is ridiculous athlete.  More than anything though, his story is inspirational because of his work ethic.  Despite almost losing an entire leg, Chad is fully committed to returning to the NFL even though it won’t be easy, and the fact that all chances are against him.  Guts and dedication, that is hot right meow.