Ever Wondered What An Impressionist Painting of a Horse Race Would Look Like in Motion Picture?

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter


Then you are in luck. And this was the Grade 1 Vosburgh, a huge race with major Breeder's Cup implications. AND the stretch run was awesome. I won't tell you who wins.









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Two new Theories

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter


Should a documentary about a Notre Dame football player that is also a piano prodigy be called, "Rockne Amadeus"? Probably not. But it would be a good place to start the conversation about what the title should be.

Which brings me to next random thought courtesy of Dr. Kevin: The Hamburgler is basically the Thomas Crown of hamburgers/butcher shops. If he hams it up while burgling should he then be called the Ham Hamburgler? Again, probably not.





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This is not Good

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter


I never think of the eldery of genuinely cool or authentically hip. Artificially hip, maybe. HELLLOOOOO.





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A Realization: Gender Ambiguity

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter


Remember when you were little and you'd see an adult you couldn't distinguish whether they were a boy a girl. You'd ask your mom and she'd look around and say, "Shhhh! Not so loud! You would hurt their feelings if they overheard you. That's a very rude thing to ask someone."

But the older I get the more I think that you would make the day of someone who intentionally looks so gender-opposite. That would be a compliment to them. It'd be like saying, "job well done, man". To a woman.







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Validation

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter


Great example of the first comedy convention mentioned here.

I saw it on an episode of Married...With Children


Jefferson: The unemployment office is so depressing.

Cop: Yeah, you mean because you have to see all those people out of a job?

Jefferson: No. Seeing all those people looking for jobs.


It was one of the latest incarnations of that half-century old comedic convention. Great Remote Handling indeed. The point is: I'm awesome.







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Reasons Cited for Chicago not Getting the 2016 Olympics

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter

I have heard all of these today.


-The world hates Obama
-Obama didn't spend enough time in Copenhagen
-The world still hates Georve W. Bush
-The world hates the U.S.
-We are a country currently fighting two wars
-The USOC would take a higher %age of television revenue from the IOC than other cities would
-The USOC sent too man black people to lobby for the games
-Chicago's citizens didn't want the games
-Chicago's crime is too high
-The Chicago bid was too American and not Global enough
-Rio's bid was just better
-It was time for South America to host the Olympics
-Mayor Daley was over confident that Chicago would get the games
-The United States has hosted the games enough time already
-Chicago didn't have enough money to balance their own city's budget, yet found $40 million to finance the 2016 Olympic campaign
- All the other bid cities had large pockets of voters- Madrid had Europe, Tokyo had Asia, Rio had South America and only two IOC voters are from America
- The IOC is still upset at the US for blowing the whistle on voter bribes, which predicated a rule change that voters cannot visit bid cities and get wined and dined.
-Mayor Daley was the last mayor to guarantee government-backed financing
-Rio delegates colluded with others to vote out Chicago in the first round
- The Atlanta games were too commercialized and the IOC thought it was a critical flop
- The United States couldn't crack the euro-centric "Good Old European Boys" club
-Mayor Daley lobbied too hard and was too American in his backroom dealings
- The US is responsible for the world-wide economic recession
- NBC's proposal of an Olympics Channel pissed off the IOC











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I Guess I Just Love Judging People

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter

There should be a reality show that judges the judges of reality tv shows.

So like if it's American Idol, after Simon and the others judge the singers, the show would then be shifted to a panel of meta-judges who judge how Simon, Randy and the others judged the singers. That way, it would be a show within a show- and right before the American Idol winner is announced, the winning judge would also be announced.

It has to things going for it- 1) it keeps the judges accountable and honest, and 2) It can't possibly make American Idol any worse.








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Chicago Loses Olympic Bid

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter

They got voted out in the first round along with Tokyo. Maybe we should change our name to the "The Fourth City"

update: Jesse Jackson tells local ABC news that he was "Trummatazzed" by the news. (true story).

update update: Joqcues Rogge, President of the IOC to Chicago: "Your attempt to get the games, was ah, how you say, fess ess." (could be true story)

update update update: Much like Puff Daddy- Don't knock the IOC for trying to bury/ 7 zeroes over in Rio/ De Janeiry

4X Update: Mayor Daley doing the Cry and Wap

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My Kinda Woman

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter

This contains the f-word, so it's probably NSFW but this made me laugh so hard I teared up. You just have to watch and listen.










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It's October and you Know What That Means

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter


...at least I hope you do. Because I don't.

But I will make two recommendations.

1) Great time to start reading Bram Stoker's Dracula to get ready for Halloween. Great book and much better than I thought it would be- and I'm not a sci-fi kinda guy.

2) Gotta start thinking about Halloween costumes. The great ones never come to you when you are trying to think of them. Luckily for you, this year I wrote down all my favorite ideas throughout the year. Here's what I have so far:

Haloween costumes

Bernie Madoff- in that quilt coat and Penn(?) hat
Billy Idol
Sarah Palin
Dudes going as Rachel Maddow
Katy Perry
John Edwards and Rielle Hunter
The Obama girls
ike and tina
peg and al bundy- (All could wear his "No Ma'am" shirt)
yacht owner(s), or at least cheesey boat owners






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Chicago Olympics Corporlalia/Link Dump: One Stop Shopping

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter

On Friday in Copehagen the International Olympic Committee will vote for and announce the winner of the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic games. The Finalists are Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and Tokyo. The most commonly heard "inside buzz" is that Chicago has the upperhand via the process of elimination. Tokyo's bid is harmed by their georgraphic proximity to Beijing who hosted the games in 2008, and Madrid faces similar circumstances due to their proximity to London, who will host the 2012 games. If selected, Rio would be the first ever South American host of the games. The games had not been awarded to a South American nation before due mostly to safety concerns and the occasional economic instability. Another possible impediment to Rio's success could that they will also host the World Cup in 2014. Commonly quoted skepticism is that the World Cup will be enough for Rio to handle and the addition of the Olympic games could strain the economy and/or possibly create either disdain or apathy among locals. Lastly, Rio also hosted the 2007 Pan Am games, and reactions have been mixed regarding the success with which they did so.

So that's the skinny. Here are too many links about Chicago's bid and Friday's announcement (that will be at around 11:30 am Central).

Ben Joravsky of the Chicago Reader's recaps his case for why he (and many, many other Chicagoans) feel Chicago is not ready to host the games.


Chicago Tribune's description of the voting and announcing processes

Chicago Tribune's Copenhagen Watch blog, written by Trib writers dispatched to Ceopenhagen to chroncile the shmoozing process by the Chicago delegation.

Chicago Sun-Times talks about two of Chicago's glitziest spokespeople- First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah- Oprah: Chicago women:: Ditka:Chicago men


Sun-Times article about Mayor Daley getting snooty. Snooty? Snotty.

Tribune Golden Child Writer John Kass's article about how a Chicago Olympics would revive and lionize Mayor Daley









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I Got Respect Li'l Weezy for This

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter

The video is borderling NSFW. It's Li'l Wayne talking about his craziest groupie moment. He doesn't actually say any bad words, but he tackles a mature subject. It's as amusing as you'd think it would be coming from him. Awesome. Do ya thang there, Doggy!

247HH MTV2 Wild Tour Stories: Lil Wayne Extended Cut from MCM on Vimeo.

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Knut is Gonna Put a Hurtin' on That B&%ch!!!!

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter

My main man Knut is reaching his adulthood and is feeling his oats (or fish)!









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Query

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter

@Matodgey at Twitter just brought to my attention that Gone In 60 Seconds was on TNT right now (on the East Coast). I didn't care at all, until he dutifully reminded me that that movie contains the worst movie line ever, courtesy of Master P.. Instead of asking something like, "you guys ready to do this?", "ready to rock?", etc. before he and his cronies confront a dude, Master P. asks, "Y'all ready to play a little Pin the Tail on the Donkey?"

My question then is: Which is worse- that line, or when Def Leppard asks in Pour Some Sugar on Me, "Do you take your sugar one lump or two?"?







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Life Is Awesome

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter

Malibu, The best American Gladiator of all time was just a cop/stripper on this episode of Married with Children!! Below is a clip of Malibu flaunting his awesomeness with no regard whatsoever for non-awesomeness.








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When a Monkey and Hound Monkey Around: Orangutan and Dog Homeys

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter

Any friendship built upon monkey biscuits is a solid one.




It's also nice to see the guy working with Orangutans calls them "Orang-o-tangs"







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Parts 3 and 4 (of 8) of the Grant Achatz Wine Articles

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter


I forgot to post Monday's piece on Monday, and Wednesday's piece on Wednesday. I'm making up for lost time.

Part 3- Pork, Wine and Harmony

Part 4- Fish, Flowers and the Taste of Youth







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Highly Insightful Article

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter


Yahoo had a newstory witht he headline, "Children Who Get Spanked Have Lower IQs". After thinking about this for zero seconds I thought, "Uhhhh, yeah. That's why they got spanked." They were stupid enough to get caught doing something they were stupdi enough to do stupidly. Lets not confuse cause and effect here that lead us to make excuses for the kids.

Next I expect to find the headline, "The Trauma of Childhood Obesity Causes Overweight Children to Lose Footraces on American Playgrounds".








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Sean Salisbury Could do Some Good? Whaaa?

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter


Sean Salisbury, formerly of ESPN appears poised to expose ESPN's unsavory side. As he told Deadspin.com, he has a lawsuit in the works that will air plenty of the World Wide Leader's dirty laundry.

This won't be the first ESPN has been exposed, but I really hope that this will tarnish ESPN's reputation just enough for someone in the media to find them vulnerable enough to start a rival sports network. America's sports landscape is certainly large enough for two major sports networks and all of ESPN's current viewers merely tolerate the network, not even the biggest sports fanatatic loves ESPN- they just have no choice. ESPN has been fat and lazy for years, and why wouldn't they be? Who is going to keep them on their toes when they are a monopoly?

I just hope there aren't any scandalous stories about Linda Cohn. Not because I like her or anything, but because my stomach couldn't handle reading them.


UPDATE: It just got way awesomer.






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I Totally Forgot About This Until I Remembered it

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter

You know how different comedy eras seem to have a few lame-o conventions for about a decade? I just saw one from the early 90's that I am glad went out of vogue a few years ago. But I'll tease you with what that is in order to present two examples.

From the 60's or 70's one awful convention was when two people were talking Person 1 would make a plain declarative sentence, Person 2 would ask a bizarre question about it despite the statement not warranting a question, thereby setting up Person 1's unforeseen comedic answer. Example:

Person 1: Man, am I glad to have a glass of water.
Person 2: Why, because you just got in from a 7 mile jog?
Person 1: No, because water tastes much better than pee.

or

Person 1: Man, it sure is too bad my father had an H.A. (Heart Attack)
Person 2: Why? Because he nearly died, and now he's not as likely to live a long and happy life, and still risks several complications from surgery?
Person 1: No, because while rushing to the hospital I missed the last inning of the Cubs game.

I saw this convention a lot in black and white sitcoms from the from the first Nick at Nite era.

The second convention I saw a few times in the 80's. When something happened in the show and ominous music began playing, the actors would look around and say, "where is that lame organ music coming from?"

Which brings me to final convention from the 90's. It's when two people are talking and Person 1 is really sounding off about a third people and saying all kinds of disparaging things about them for an extended amount of time only to have that person enter the scene and stand right behind Person 1. Person 2 just listens and lets Person 1 hang himself without diffusing the situation right as the third person enters the scene.










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