Bandwagon

Well boys and girls it's that wonderful time of year when pretzels and pigs in a blanket are abundant and the beer flows free: Football Playoffs. This year my beloved Eagles didn't even come close to making it there, which is actually pretty rare of them. 2004 they made it to super bowl where they lost to Tom Brady and the Patriots. Being a sore loser I made an oath to always hate Brady and everything he did, which was made all the easier when the things he did included dumping his mega hot pregnant girlfriend  Bridget Moynahan for an arguably hotter Gisele Bündchen. In fairness to Brady, he probably didn't know she was pregnant when he dumped Moynahan, but he was dating Bundchen close enough after having unprotected sex with Moynahan that she discovered she was pregnant with his kid. That's pretty crappy. Hatred renewed. One thing I don't hate is this picture:

Anyways, Eagles haven't been back to super bowl since, but they've been wildcards and champs a few times since. So as I have said in post past, I am not a baseball fan but a Phillies fan. I am not a hockey fan, but a Sharks fan. I am however a football fan. I can watch non Eagles games with much interest and have watched every super bowl game since 2004. With my Eagles out of the running, I looked for a new team to root for. Obviously, I'm not going to be rooting for Brady and his team. I'm not going to be rooting for the New York Giants, who really shouldn't have made it into the running. I've got nothing against Eli Manning, in fact, were he playing for any other team I would gladly root for him. But the Giants are a NFC east team. That'd be like rooting for Dallas Stars. Ain't gonna happen.

A team that is playing well this year, and is right in my backyard is the San Francisco 49ers. Perfect, right? Nope, apparently not. Apparently because I wasn't rooting for them all season long I'm not allowed to root for them now. Believe me, bandwagoners annoy me like no other, but during a time when my team ain't playing, I don't see what the harm is for rooting for another that I would only root against when up they were up against my Eagles. I've been given a hard time about rooting for them by some. I'm not saying I'm trading in my Eagles jersey for a Niner one, but I feel like I should be allowed to hope they make it to Super Bowl. Either way, I'm super proud of all they've done this season. Saturday's game was one of the best I've seen and you could tell the Niners wanted it more. Saint's are a solid team and Brees is a really terrific QB, and the 49ers pulled it off. It's going to be very easy to root for them next weekend against the Giants. Hopefully I don't piss off too many true fans.

Hmm...

"Actor-turned-rapper Joaquin Phoenix had to be restrained by a security guard at a gig in Florida - after he launched himself at a heckler in the audience.
The star - who has quit acting to pursue a hip-hop career - was playing a gig at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel in Miami on Wednesday night when the incident occurred.
Fans packed into the hotel's nightclub waited four hours until Phoenix eventually appeared on stage at 2am, mumbling the words to his songs over a backing track.
And when one man began jeering from the crowd, Phoenix jumped down from the stage to confront him, yelling, "We have a b**** in the audience. I've got $1 million in the bank, what have you got."
Phoenix was restrained by security guards and dragged away.
Audience member Jorge Lledo says, "I saw the guy screaming at Joaquin, and Joaquin just came down."
The incident was captured on camera by Phoenix's brother-in-law Casey Affleck, who is said to be filming the star's career change for a documentary."

So, this has got to be an act right? Joaquin could not go from being an Oscar nominee to some drugged out homeless guy getting in fights with random losers in Miami. This guy is more on the radar now for this weird thing he's got going on than he was for starring in movies. And having brother-in-law Casey around to catch it all on tape, it just sounds a little "This is Spinal Tap" for me. Should make for an interesting movie none the less.

Seth Meyer is my hero

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Celebrity Children

Ok, so we all know that no celebrity can resist naming their kids something weird. We have Tom and Katie's Suri, Brad and Angelina's Shiloh, even a Pilot Inspektor from Jason Lee. Makes Ben and Jennifer's Violet pretty darned normal in comparison. So why the strange names? And why does it seem like the more A list the parent the more out there the name? Well here's my theory: It's so the child can disappear into normal society if they choose to. Lets face it, this child is already going to need loads of therapy and is probably in store for some kind of drug addiction, but there is a chance that they may lead a happy quiet life and that where the weird name helps. Now this may sound a little far fetched, but hear me out. You're not going to forget a name like Suri Cruise. Stick with that name and you'll always stand out in the crowd. But lets say that Suri at a certain point wants to go by Karen. Karen Cruise can easily blend into the crowd. She can be a lawyer, or a teacher, or even just a receptionist at the dentist office. The point is, she has options. At this point you may be saying "Hold up, Julie. Why not just name her Susan and let her change to Karen later?" Good point, here's why not. Cause it's far easier to think "wait, what was Tom and Katie's kid name? I thought it was Susan, but I guess it could have been Karen." whereas no one's going to mistake Suri for Karen. This theory may be completely off, but it at least gives me comfort that celebrities don't hate their kids and are naming them weird things out of love and hope they they can live a normal life, that way I don't have to hate them quite so much.