Okay, the Univsersity of Cincinnati Bearcats aren’t #1 yet. But a couple wacky weekends like the one we just had… who knows. Sure, San Diego State ain’t exactly the big boys but at least UC won. Next up, the Big East schedule: actual competition. A Rutgers team who’s gonna be pissed from their crappy game this weekend and the fact we ruined their storybook season last year. Hopefully, the game won’t be on Versus again so I can actually watch the damn thing.

“All I can do now is wait for death’s casual hand to finish the job that fate began at my uneventful puberty.”

Monitor Duty found it. It’s been a while since I had him on my blogroll so I don’t know what to credit him as for Sock Point credit.

You can send me a YouTube link and if I like it (or need it) enough to put it up here, Sock Point to you.

Feel free to send your suggestions to my gmail account. It’s woodmania. I’d type it out but I don’t need more junk mail. Just your YouTube suggestions.

I got an amusing phone call the other day from the Bengals All-Pro wide receiver. Pretty awesome, but I guess I’m not the only one. You can have Chad Johnson call your friends and trash talk them. Lovely Lisa had him call me earlier this week. Fortunately, it’s on the voicemail so anytime I need a little 85 action I can just check my messages.

“Cat heaven is a beautiful place. You don’t get there if you’re euthanized.”

I was supposed to be giving out Sock Points today but I got waylaid by a corporate outing to the Reds game. Sorry! I’ll get to it soon. And by “soon” I mean next week at the earliest.

“She’s in a better place. Actually, the place she is in is the freezer… because of the odor.”

That’s David and I with UC’s men’s basketball coach, Mick Cronin. We were making our way through the tailgating section and there he was. So, naturally, we bothered him during his downtime. Yes, I’m rude. But the point is that this place used to be a basketball school. But the hoops team stunk last year. Now the University of Cincinnati is in the Top 25. Of football. Oh, how things have changed. UC packed the house Saturday night with a record crowd for it’s first sellout ever. The next game has already been sold out and the final two home games more than a month away are close, too. With an exiciting offense, dynamic coach, hard-hitting defense, and winning ways: Bearcat football is now a hot ticket. Clearly, I’m stoked. But I’m also a little wary of any success before we actually play Big East opponents.

Now all I have to do is stay up for the 10:00 kick-off at San Diego State Saturday night and I’ll be in good shape. I can’t wait to watch the game on… VERSUS?!? Aw, man. Nobody’s got that.

“Walk softly and carry an armored tank division, I always say.”

There’s this force of nature being unveiled today. Maybe you’ve heard of it: Halo 3. As a guy, I guess I am supposed to fake illness so that work would not interfere with maximum video game playing time welcoming the new game into my life. Sort of like Maddenoliday. But at this point in my life, I really can’t see doing that for any game. Except Dead Rising 2. (Unfortunately, some of the big news was that there would be no Dead Rising sequel big news anytime soon.) Don’t get me wrong, Halo 3 sounds like a great game and I’m sure I will get it at some point. But I’m just not fired up for this game yet. As you may recall, I wasn’t super impressed with Halo 2. I never even finished it. Although, from the sounds of it, the ending wasn’t going to knock my socks off. But I’m interested in hearing if I’m the only one not foaming at the mouth or there’s a few people saying “meh” to Master Chief today.

Besides, I’ve been busy ever since I got the Civ IV expansion pack. It’s a great game made better. And I haven’t even done anything with the zombies they added to the game yet! I’ll be busy for a while.

“You ever wonder why we’re here?”
“No. I never, ever wonder why we’re here. Semper Fi, bitch.”

On a day like today, I’m compelled to mention it’s real damn hot. Yes, I know blogging about weather isn’t exactly super interesting. But I feel like I have to make note of it mostly because if the weather is still cold going into May or it snows on the first day of spring, you hear people say “What happened to global warming?” On a record-breaking day like today or the first day of fall yesterday where I had to crank my air conditioning, I think it’s safe to say that the weather can go the other way, too. So, there’s your global warming. Whether or not we humans are solely responsible for it? That’s another story.

“The first time I was struck with something, a chicken breast from Kenny Rogers.”

UPDATE: Holy crap, Tuesday’s going to be the 63rd day this year of 90+ degree temperatures in these parts. That’s almost twice as many hot days as any year since 1999 according to local super meteorologist Christie Dutton. I guess that ozone layer ain’t around no more.

Although, maybe I shouldn’t mock. At least the Eagles won their game today. Sure, Phili looked like the remnants of a color-blind humanity who just emerged, without fashion sense, from a post-apocalyptic world where man evolved from toucan birds. But they still won.

Not so for the boys from Cinci. Right now, the Bengals are on a long flight back from Seattle where the Seahawks beat Cincinnati. It wasn’t all bad news as they didn’t give up half a century worth of points to a shitty team like they did last week. They held a potent Seattle offense to just a handful of TDs. But they still managed to collapse at the wrong moments. The special teams also choked at inappropriate times, giving up some key plays… including the final time which deprived us a chance for Carson Palmer to try and win the game.

Congrats to the Goat and his Seahawks on a well-fought win. And congrats to you if you leave a comment about this weekend’s football action cause that will give you a Sock Point.

Bonnaroo ‘07 Through My Eyes from 3sight on Vimeo.
It’s technically not a YouTube video but it’s still pretty cool. It’s by my close, personal friend Rinnert from Fever Smile. He’s quite the photog and he takes pictures of these crazy rock and roll concerts that are named words that aren’t actually words. I saw it on his site and had to swipe it for my usual YouTube Saturdayness.

So, a point to Rinnert today. You can send me a YouTube link and if I like it (or need it) enough to put it up here, Sock Point to you.

Feel free to send your suggestions to my gmail account. It’s woodmania. I’d type it out but I don’t need more junk mail. Just your YouTube suggestions.

Here’s a classic picture from the Goat’s page showing a spiritual representation of what will be going on Sunday: Bengals vs. Seahawks. Tomorrow, CBS crews will be present for Pike’s Fish Market fish tossing that will be shown in and out of commercial breaks during Sunday’s game. I guess that beats the pouring of chili seen during Bengals games. I may still do a preview of the actual game on Sunday so I’m not sure why I’m doing this today. Maybe I’m still in Firday Night Fight mode, even though it’s not Bahlactus-style.

“Destiny is something we’ve invented because we can’t stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.”