Things That Make You Go Hmm...

E! is showing Office Space

The ending of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Why people bring young children to totally inappropriate films

Orlando Bloom

Finding bras you thought you'd lost when you actually get to the bottom of the laundry pile

The ending of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Why ESPN insists on ruining my Sunday by showing the Sox game at 8 PM

Bad Comcast and Verizon commercials.

The ending of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

Okay, seriously, I really liked the whole trilogy. It was alternately funny, exciting, and lame in a great kind of way. And I was really into the last movie. I was like, "I think this is the best of the bunch!" Then the ending. I don't know. I don't think I liked the ending. I feel like it was kind of a downer. After all of those movies, didn't everyone deserve a happy ending? I don't know. I feel a little Hmmm... about this ending.

FOX Announcers Blow

I seriously hate all announcers who are not Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo when they call Red Sox games. Yankees-Sox games always show up on national t.v. because it's the Red Sox and the Yankees. These are not ordinary teams. They are mythic. And instead of calling the fucking game, like they're paid to, they put camera shots on A-Rod, talk about his tabloid troubles, talk about other things and don't fucking CALL THE GAME. Dude, this is not your living room. This is MY living room.

Jerry and Don may get the giggles and talk about things other than the game, but they always interrupt their side conversation to call the game. Because that's what they're paid for and that's what they know the viewers want.

ESPN announcers are almost as bad as FOX. And ESPN starts the games so late. Here's the thing, the average baseball game is almost three hours. The average Red Sox Yankees game is almost four hours. I have to catch a 6:50 AM train tomorrow. How am I supposed to watch a Sox game that starts at 8 and doesn't end till almost midnight? With the inane chatter of those ridiculous announcers? No one is worse than Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, in my opinion; Daddy hates the ESPN announcers more. I gotta go with FOX. Ever since McCarver called Bronson Arroyo by the wrong name during a playoff run, I've been highly annoyed with him. Show some respect, McCarver, and learn the damn names of the players in the game you're supposed to be paying attention to!

Yesterday's game was UNBELIEVABLE. Mike Lowell clearly felt bad about incapicitating Doug Mankiewicz, although his play with Cano at second was totally called for after Rodriguez threw an elbow at Pedroia's groin while heading into second a couple weeks ago. Personally, I think Alex Rodriguez is a dick. He may be a gifted baseball, but he's an asshat with a superiority complex and I think he deserves whatever he gets in the media. And no one is more brutal than a Boston fan. We have incredibly long memories and no one loathes like we do. It's why we can't forgive Johnny Damon, but we still love Trot Nixon. Some people leave here with class and they get standing ovations when they come back. Some people leave here and bitch about not getting respect and they get booed. Dude, you left because you wanted more money than what was offered. At least be honest about it and stop whining that management disrespected you. You're an injury prone center fielder with a shitty arm who happens to be able to hit in the leadoff spot really, really well. You should have been a DH, but the DH we already have kicks your ass nine ways to Sunday. You weren't disrespected; you were superfluous. Count yourself lucky you got an offer at all.

Whatever. The fucking Yankees are 13 1/2 games out of first and that's fine with me. Josh Beckett's got an 8-0 record and Mike Lowell and Kevin Youkilis are on fire. That's perfectly fine with me. Now, if JD Drew would just get his shit together...