But I thought Smiff was already awesome

What's in a name? Man goes from Smith to Awesome

An Oregon man has had an Awesome name change.

Douglas Allen Smith Jr. says he changed his name to Captain Awesome last month because he was inspired by the nickname of a character on the NBC television show "Chuck" — Dr. Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb.
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That's a tasty cupcake

Huskies getting pummeled on national tv - the weekly series

Central Michigan coach wary of NIU's defense

Football matchup: Central Michigan at Northern Illinois

Freudian Slip?

Seen on MSNBC ticker: Gore to endorse Obama in Detriot, MI.

Is this how Sarge came to be?

There's a new show beginning tonight on CBS called "Swingtown." It's set in the swinging 70's in a Chicago suburb, and focuses on a couple named "the Deckers." Plot:As America celebrates its 200th birthday, two generations of friends and neighbors in a Chicago suburb explore new freedoms and seek connections with each other in the midst of the socio/sexual revolution. Decker is conceived.

Are you ready for some football?

I am but these games are on this morning:

Ohio State at Michigan: who will finish on top of the hyoooge s#i+pile known as the Big Ten?
Northwestern at Illinois: Cats suckin' big-time already.
Tulsa at Army: why on earth is this game being televised?
Syracuse at Connecticut: depressing SU fact of the week: they have scored over 20 points once all season
The Citadel at Virginia Military Institute: uh, why??
Duke at Notre Dame: who will finish on top of the s#i+pile known as the worst BCS-conf. team in the country?

Then this afternoon:

Northern Illinois at Navy: uh, did they run out of games to show? could Navy break 100? Their point totals the last 5 weeks: 48, 24, 52, 46, 74.

first Christmas commercial sited: Nov. 4, 12:50pm PST

for Garmin GPS units: so you can find the fastest way to the shopping mall.

That was followed by an ad for Pizza Hut's "Stuffed Crust Pizza." Thank God. I mean, there has been a dangerous lack of cheese on pizza recently that we have to put it inside the pizza. Another American innovation...

Now if only i could get a deluxe "left-handed cheese straightener" with my state motto on it. Some day, somewheres...

a can't miss 60 Minutes

A portrait of the Iraqi defector known as Curveball, whose story of biological weapons became part of the argument* for invading Iraq; endangered elephant herds in Africa**; a profile of venture capitalist Tom Perkins, who owns an enormous sailboat***. Followed by an Andy Rooney commentary first used in 1967 about his drawer-full of watches that don't work.

*code for: a tremendous pack of lies
**code for: whitey getting darky to keep da Fants down
***code for: a HYOOOGE plutocratic @sshole.

Cheney's Law

I watched Frontline on PBS last night, they were on about Cheney's law, about how his raison d'etre was to restore the power of the Executive that was lost in Nixon's days. Everything he's done since then has been calculated for that purpose. Looks like you can watch the whole thing online, I think it runs about an hour. Probably stuff you already know, and then some. Recommended if you want to really work yourself up before playing football or something.

Things I saw on TV (cont)

Ya may have missed da Simpsons because of the Bears debacle. My trusty DVR ensured I got to watch both. Anyho, Homer goes to Chicago, so of course they have to do a Chicago montage, and one of the signs in the montage read "Wrigley Field" and another read "The park the White Sox play at." Even in the cartoon world, the Sox and da Cell get no respect.

Things I saw on TV (cont)

59% of brain-dead Bears fans want Brian "my daddy was a QB too" Griese to be the starting QB. 23% more want Kyle "it was Shoop's fault" Orton to have the job, leaving 17% (there must have been a rounding error) for Rex "don't be a dog" Grossman. Da Bears shoulda gone after Donovan "sportswriters are racist" McNabb while the Philly fans were pissed off at him. Which means they should wait anudder 3 weeks...

Things I saw on TV (cont)

The Worlds Greatest Newspaper TV station had a promo for the new season of Beauty and the Geek. One of the girls said something to the effect of "Well, I just had a boob job done, but I see it as an investment, all the free drinks that guys are gonna buy me, because of my boobs, will pay off the investment in my boobs."

Then they had 3 of the ladies on from this year's show, the ones from the Chicagoland area. They decided to ask each one to complete a phrase:

1. Give me liberty or give me (a blank stare)
2. Speak softly, but carry a big (sword! She exclaimed)
3. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this (bridge? She inquired)

I wonder if it's really hard to cast for that show, or disturbingly easy...