So other than the release of the latest iPhone (which has been tearing up tech sites and blogs this week….more on that later, maybe), big news this weekend involves Bret Favre coming back to the Green Bay Packers. I’ve always thought of Favre as a reasonably “classy” player, a franchise player from an earlier era of “old school” football. When he retired at the end of last season, I felt that it was appropriate. Favre isn’t at the peak of his career, in fact I’d say he’s slightly beyond that peak – fighting a losing battle with time as he ages and becomes more injury-prone. He had a good season, and it seemed like a good time to exit gracefully.
Now, though, “retiring” at the end of the season apparently means “taking the summer off”. That’s not a damn retirement, it’s a summer vacation. Am I retiring from my job when I take two weeks off for a trip? What the hell is the world coming to? The whole situation is a mess – Favre, did you see what happened when Michael Jordan “retired”?
The End of American Beer?
The other big news lately is further proceedings in international brewing giant InBev’s desire to take over Anheuser-Busch. Today’s report basically makes it sound like it’s as good as done. I’m normally all for the free market and unfettered capitalism; hell, the whole globalization thing is currently biting me in the ass, that’s how it goes. But come on – an arguable American icon is going to become yet another cog in the European machine? How did this happen? There should be some things that are off limits. What has A-B been doing to allow something like this to happen?
What will the NASCAR fans think when they’re beloved Budweiser might as well be a Becks, St. Pauli Girl, or Labatt’s?
In a little under a century, do you think they’ll speak of Comerica Park in the same way Mitch Albom looks back fondly on Tiger Stadium?
WALL-E is sitting at 98% on RT right now, and this Gizmodo review raves about it. I might have to scrape up the 4 bucks and go downtown and catch it. Pixar for the win!
With the Big Ten Network finally reaching a deal with Comcast, here’s hoping local crappy cable operator Broadstripe jumps on board, too. Does this sound promising?
The latest information we have for the Central Region is that we are working to have a proposal in early July. We are hoping to offer the Big Ten to our Michigan customers soon.
More details as we have them.
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Honestly, I think I’d much rather have the DSL/DirecTV combo at this point. Unfortunately, that means rewiring coax in the house to pretty much every room. Plus running a phone line to the “office” for the DSL. Plus making the whole thing cost less than or equal to our current cable service.
On Tuesday the final release of Firefox 3 hits – get it here!
New action blockbuster this summer? Nope. I once asked if speedbumps damaged cars….well now I would have to say “yes”. Jen had to replace her tie rods on the ‘scort, and now, $220 later, even the Escape fell victim to the year and a half of speed bumpage. Stabilizer bars, a tie rod, all replaced. Sweet.
I want to buy a new car, and I’d like my employer to subsidize the expense.
The Lansing State Journal is reporting that the Lansing Board of Water and Light is projecting a possible 21 percent increase in rates to pay for a new $1 billion power plant. Never mind the local economy is in shambles, with skyrocketing gas prices and manufacturing layoffs left and right. Or the local and state government’s can’t get their heads out of their asses long enough to attempt to even balance a budget, let alone create an environment where people and businesses actually want to come here.
No, let’s make customers pay at least a fifth more than they already are, for a new freakin’ coal plant. What the f- is going on here?!
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Weezer has a new album coming out, and here’s the video for the first single. Ummmm…it’s weird. Like, every single YouTube Internet meme is featured. And what’s with the porn ‘stache Rivers Cuomo is sporting?
As for the new album (Red album?), I’ll probably check it out, at least listen to some samples on Amazon or something. I haven’t really followed Weezer since I bought Maladroit, but still think of the original Blue Album and Pinkerton as their best work. The Green Album was alright, but it seemed like they were getting to poppy for my tastes.
On a similar note, the 90s really are coming back, aren’t they? Smashing Pumpkins had a new album, now Weezer and The Offspring are back, too. Do the last 3 or 4 decades just perpetually repeat?