Much Ado About Nothing (Football, Race Horse Names, Movies)

Race Horse Names

This morning the news was all over this story about a horse race what a horse named "My Wife Knows Everything" edged out "My Wife Doesn't Know." Obviously to hear the announcer call the race down the final stretch was humorous but I want to know what they wife doesn't know. How is that not asked of the horse owner before this story hits national news?

Anyways it got me thinking what if a horse was named "My Butt" then the announcer could say things like "My Butt is on the rail," "My butt is out in front of the pack," or "Big Brown is coming up behind My Butt." I hope this happens at a big race like the Kentucky Derby. What if My Butt was racing against "Number Two? I could keep rattling off one liners but I think you get the idea.

Here is a link to the story.

College Football

In just over a week NCAA football will begin and life will be right once again. 2010 has been a great sports year for fans. It started with a great Super Bowl that led in to the Winter Olympics where the Americans were the best they have ever been, followed by a March Madness full of upsets that had Butler almost knock off Duke in the final game. After basketball there were the NHL and NFL playoffs each of which having teams with history battling it out for the championship. The Blackhawks and Flyers both trying to end multi-decade title droughts and in the NBA the two teams with the most banners hanging in the rafters taking it to 7 games and to the final seconds before a champion could be declared. The next thing we knew the World Cup had begun and the USA team put on a show and with the help of ESPN raised interest in the game of Soccer in America. Next thing we knew training camp had begun and we knew football was just around the corner.

Personally I love College football and prefer it to the NFL. I love my Michigan Wolverines even if they haven’t had a winning season since Lloyd Carr retired. I have hope for this season and if the Wolverines start out 5-0 again I will have dreams of a Big Ten championship in my head and maybe more. Don’t get me wrong I know the first 5 games are the easy ones they are not against teams like Ohio State, Iowa, Michigan State, Penn State, or Wisconsin. But as a fan every week I sit myself in front of the tv to watch the Maize and Blue play and think they have a chance of winning.

The best part about college football is going to the games and tailgating with the fans. For 6 years my brother and sister went to WVU and my family had season tickets. I’m really looking forward to going back for a couple games this year if for nothing else but to tailgate. I mean WVU is consistently one of the top party schools in the nation.

The Godfather II

I finally got around to watching The Godfather II. This movie blew me away. It was interesting watching the paths that Vito and Michael took to get to where each of them were at the end of the movie. The stark differences between the two men could not be overlooked either. Michael as we say in the first movie really never wanted anything to do with the Family Business and after talking with a friend about the movie we think he knew what he was capable of the whole time and didn’t want to go down that path.

I’m really glad I finally found 4 hours to sit down and watch this movie it lived up to the hype. Also funny note I know the DVD set had two discs for this movie and I can only assume that the VHS also had two tapes and at the end of the first disc or tape there was an intermission. I found all three movies on Blue Ray at a video store that was closing for 25 bucks. The blue ray version at around 2.5 hours the screen goes black and in white letters the word Intermission appears on screen for 30 seconds. I laughed that when they converted the movie over to Blue Ray they kept the Intermission in the movie even though it was only on one disc now.

The Expendables

This movie was awesome for the simple fact that it was as ridiculous as all of the action movies in the 80’s. The second best part about this movie is that there were more people in this movie using PED’s than in the entire Mitchell Report. The sad part is this movie could not have been made in the 90’s because it would’ve cost too much for the cast which included Sly Stalone, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Stathom, Mickey Rourke and Jet Li. The second tier cast members were Dolph Lundgren, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture and Terry Crews. If you like action and love explosions you will like this movie.