...Just to give you a better idea of how the London 2012 Olympic logo is meant to Move And Shake Its Thing.
Red Herring today goes to... who[m]ever thinks "its," above, should get an apostrophe.
London 2012 promo vid:
...And, just for fun, a little Presidential music video. Because you've earned it:
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"I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here."
-George W. Bush
For those of you who haven't yet been exposed to this yet (and why have my numbers dropped in Manhattan... Matthew?!) you get to click this choice vid, right here, right now.
A friendly Red Snapper (we were all out of Herring) to OK Go, for making terrific use of user-generated sites, instead of bitching about privacy rights.
(Those who've already seen the vid, don't forget to go to YouTube or the OK Go site for Go-inspired user-generated dance routines!)
And, for those who missed it: the Bay to Breakers happened again.
It's like trying to explain the rain.
Or pizza.
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"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
For those of you cribbing for Mrs. Williams' 6th grade English, a few examples of what's ironic:
The fact that Alanis Morissette's song Ironic is not ironic... is ironic.
The fact that Gmail has a spell-check function, which does not recognize the word "internet"... is ironic.
(A rare Red Herring Today to Google, who should bloody well know better.)
In Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams' character offers to buy Prof. Lambeau a drink at an upcoming reunion, and Lambeau retorts that drinks are free at such events. Williams responds, "I was being ironical."
By the way, if you for some reason (don't like horsey-faced women? Sheryl Crow will be angry) did not click on that Alanis link above, I'd really recommend reconsidering. Here's a consolation click.
Don't thank me now, with cake. Thank me later.
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"If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal."
-Ray Charles
Jerry Fallwell died. Good thing Mark Morford always has something to say. Falwell, if you'll pardon the comparison, was to the Religious Right what Neil Young was to grunge.
Thanks, Jer'.
Not to speak ill of the dead, so I'll give him this: he was great as himself in The People Vs. Larry Flynt.
(Oops: that wasn't him!)
The WNBA enters its second decade trying to make news. How's this for news: whoopee-doo. We're all behind Title IX; it's just that if you're running it out there as professional sports now, we want it to be... um... entertaining.
In other news, broadcast golf and NASCAR still exist, so I'm obviously missing something.
Oh -- and speaking of sports that aren't interesting, have you seen the extra-weird cycling news today? The stage is the dirt-dry Floyd Landis doping hearings, and the scandal involves threats of revelations of sexual abuse of former champions... I'll let you read the piece.
Work's on overtime so I'm out for today. Peas.
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"If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being."
-Jerry Falwell
First of all, those of you who are music buffs but haven't heard of customizable sites like Pandora, should definitely go check it out.
At present, they're being threatened by D.C.'s Copyright Royalty Board, and are looking for your support.
Now, to complaining about the Giants...
As you may recall, I blogged last week on the Giants' under-reported reduction in parking spaces. I haven't driven to a Giants game this year (remember how you used to be able to park for free by the driving range off 16th Street, when there was one?) but I did say I'd look into it further. So:
On March 27, just days before the season started, the Giants sent a disturbingly upbeat email to their season ticket holders. After a little throat-clearing about the area becoming increasingly developed, they reveal:
Starting this season, Parking Lot A will be the only dedicated parking resource for Giants season ticketholders and the number of spaces available for day of game parking has been substantially reduced.
You may be sure, the Port Authority, who operates the land, gave the Giants the opportunity to shell out and keep the spaces. Not only did the Giants decline, but what they did not do -- given the front office's cloak-and-dagger proclivities -- almost seems like a cover-up.
For one, the link I threw up last week still refers drivers to the over 5,000 parking spaces in Parking Lots A, B and C, and the March 27 email actually refers season ticket mooks (or isn't that how the G'ints think of them?) to their directions page, which also contains outdated, but more pleasing, information.
It's another big Red Herring for these guys. This is the same organization that had (along with the Seattle Mariners) the first interactive, almost open source website in baseball. They can't update one paragraph telling people where to park?
But, wait for it. Wait for the time when the Giants are 65-67, fighting for that last, miserable NL playoff spot against the Padres this fall. There's no sense complaining before the offending item reaches its apex.
Incidently, a really interesting article here takes you inside the mind of Salomon Torres -- beloved at 21, then hated; retired at 25; now, at 35, a successful big league closer.
Yep -- he's even better than Tyler Walker.
