Daily Archives: July 18, 2012

10 posts

Predicting the Emmy Nominations

So it’s rolled around again, the television industry’s big night. The Emmys! It’s like the Oscars of television. Well, no. It’s like the kinda fabulous, but not quite an Oscar, and then we have to see if they win the Golden Globe, bestest television award! At any rate, the nominations for the award every actor wants to have read right before “Oscar winner” will be announced tomorrow.

Here are some nomination predictions. Continue reading

Nostalgia Nirvana: Underwear Will Never Be the Same

Underoos. What? If you didn’t have a pair of Underoos, you friend, were undoubtedly raised on some Appalachian trail, and not worth the sleepover invite. This was the epitome of celebrating your American freedom and your right to run around in your underwear with a robe tied around your neck while you jumped off the coffee table because you were Superman or Supergirl. No one could tell you different. Thanks to Geektyrant who’s unearthed this remarkably bad commercial for the vintage Star Wars Underoo collection, you can reminisce in style. Continue reading

Radio Crass: Let’s Kick This Mother Off!

Welcome to the first edition of the Radio Crass podcast. Your hosts today will be myself and the lovely and talented Knight of the Burning River. Today we are talking a little politics, but we hope top expand the show and try some creative and fun things. Please give us your suggestions and ideas. Also, if you would like to join the Radio Crass Team or appear on an episode please shoot me an email to [email protected]. On with the show. Continue reading

My Soccer Nemesis

Penalty Kick cropped

I grew up a small-town jock. This modest social role came with a number of comforting certainties. For instance, from about seventh grade onward, I played the same sports with basically the same teammates each season. My town was just barely large enough to field one team in most sports.

In our competitions, we faced mostly the same kids from each nearby town. And we all knew our assignments right away. For instance, on the soccer field, I was always the goalkeeper. I didn’t have any talent for the position, really — but I worked hard, obeyed coaching directives, and occasionally got lucky. Continue reading

Way Too F’n Early NFL Preview: NFC North Edition

TrophyThere’s nothing quite like the smell of the infamous black and blue division in the morning, so christened because this is another division full of teams that are close to each other geographically, for the most part have rabid fan bases and love beating the hell out of each other. Last year the Bears suffered some injury woes at key positions and dropped out of playoff contention about halfway through the season. The Packers pretty much dominated the division with a stellar aerial attack but couldn’t win when it mattered. The Vikings were in a rebuilding mode and the Lions finally showed some promise, but it may just have been a bunch of smoke and mirrors. Continue reading

Daniel Tosh Showed “Prank” Sexual Assault Video on Tosh.0 Over a Year Ago

A video aired as part of comedian Daniel Tosh’s show Tosh.0 shows what could be considered sexual assault. Complete with laugh track and joking commentary by Tosh, the video shows a teenage boy falling victim to a prank that turns into what could be considered forced and unwanted sexual contact–otherwise known as sexual assault. Caution: NSFW image after the jump. Continue reading