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Joe Buck Live

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Needs to be renamed Joe Buck Professes his Unconditional Love for Athletes and Celebrities. From the same television station that brings us Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, Costas Now and the 24/7 Golden Boy produced boxing previews its just awful. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt. Twice. Its him raining unconditional, effusive syrupy wet kisses of praise on his guests. Its awful and worthless television.

…And then She beat Him Silly! Hey-yooooo!

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I’ll defer to Sista Toldja at The Beautiful Struggler:

Woman on male violence is not romantic affirmative action. It is destructive, abusive behavior that is a poison to all parties involved. By refusing to acknowledge that female on male abuse is domestic violence, we strip women of accountability for their actions. This is unbelievably anti-feminist, and yet often ignored by women who claim to be for the cause of women’s liberation. It poses women as volatile creatures who are incapable of controlling their emotions and incapable of perpetuating abuse. It also requires men to have some sort of superior level of self-control and restraint. I find this to be extremely patriarchal in thought and practice.

via Me, Myself An Eye: Not Even When He Cheats.

From Lorena Bobbitt up to the rumors swirling around Elin Nordegren attacking her husband Tiger Woods for his infidelities, there always seems to be an air of general amusement and/or a “you get him girl” whenever domestic abuse from a woman towards a man is alleged in the press in response to adultery or abuse in kind. Should she .

Early in 2009 it was an unfortunately common response of “Well, you don’t know what she did to him first” was thrown back at those who condemned Chris Brown’s brutal beating of Rihanna. Everyone who says a guy deserves a beat down for adultery should think about what that actually means.

Martin Parr pics of Dubai at Magnum Photos

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Martin Parr took pictures of the decadence in 2007:

I have just returned from Dubai where I was photographing the first Dubai DIFC Art Fair. We all know that Dubai is the fastest growing city in the world and this fair was part of an ongoing strategy to try and position Dubai as a cultural destination, to compliment their known love of tourism and business.

via Magnum Blog / Bling, Bling – the photo blog of Magnum Photos.

Wedding, Funeral and now… State Dinner Crashers

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Like Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, except not funny…

A couple of aspiring reality-TV stars from Northern Virginia appear to have crashed the White House's state dinner Tuesday night, penetrating layers of security with no invitation to mingle with the likes of Vice President Biden and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

via Reliable Source: Tareq and Michaele Salahi crash Obamas’ state dinner for India – washingtonpost.com

“How did you get her pregnant when you only side hugged? Wait a minute…”

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Background on this new innovation in preventing sex (aka what cannot be prevented):

Yes, God wants us to be compassionate and kind and tender with each other. Not only that, but he wants us to love our enemies and serve our neighbors. As long as there is no body on body action. I’m talking of course about a “full frontal hug,” one of those sinful abominations where you just wrap your arms around a friend and embrace them. That’s why Christians the world over have pioneered the “side hug.” In the side hug there’s no risk of two crotches touching. Instead of face to face, you go side to side, putting your arm around the person and your hip against their’s. Still having a hard time mastering it? Pretend you’re taking a photo and you’re both looking at the camera together.

via #106. The side hug. « Stuff Christians Like – Jon Acuff.

Poor Sopranos, Snub at the Emmys

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At least Dave Pell thinks so. Don’t mean to nitpick, but this caught my eye in reading Pell’s post on Mad Men’s excellent Season 3 finale last night:

During the first couple seasons of Mad Men, I didn’t really think the show lived up to the hype. I love the show and we never miss an episode in my household, but with shows like Six Feet Under and The Sopranos so often being left at the Emmy altar, I wondered if Mad Men really deserved all the accolades.

via Davenetics* : Mad Men.

And I had to nitpick on that part highlighted in bold (by me). Been a long time reader of Daventics and prior to that Electablog but Pell is way off here. When the fuck did The Sopranos get left behind any awards Altar too long? Compared to The Wire’s nomination AND win snubs every year?

Update D. Pell gets an (unnecessary ‘cuz I still rock with Davenetics) pass for his “Sopranos snub thing” because he is married to an apparently awesome Gina Pell, who:

  • insisted that Mad Men was dope even when Dave was hatin’ on Draper and friends for two seasons
  • built a company who made this video for fun:

Employee #8 exit interview: “I keep on hearing voices, tellin’ me to ball so I keep on buying porsches…”

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It’s Antoine Walker’s fault:

During his heyday with the Celtics, Walker played and lived with brash confidence. On the court, there were the reckless 3-pointers, the improbable game-winning (and sometimes game-losing) shots, the trademark wiggle as he celebrated his biggest baskets. Off the court, there were the cars, the jewelry, the houses, the suits, the gambling. He liked to move in an out-sized entourage; his mother estimates that, during his playing days, he was supporting 70 friends and family members in one way or another. And speaking of his mother, he built her a mansion in the Chicago suburbs, complete with an indoor pool, 10 bathrooms, and a full-size basketball court.

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Walker’s mother, Diane, said her son does not have a gambling problem. She added that “he doesn’t party any more than the next person’’ and “what you do with your life is your business.’’

“Antoine doesn’t owe anybody any explanation,’’ said Diane Walker. “He’s not out here hurting anybody. He’s trying to live his life peacefully. That’s all he’s doing . . . My son is young. Why can’t he just enjoy life, go where he wants to go?’’

via Former Celtics star Antoine Walker pursued by creditors as wealth vanishes – The Boston Globe.

But I reserve some blame for his “friends” and family as well. Not because another person is directly responsible for Antoine Walker’s money and lust for lavishness. No. If you call yourself family or a friend, then you should be willing and caring enough to at least try and stop them from spending on you until they go broke.

When you contrast that with how LeBron’s childhood friends, led by him, had to learn facets of the sports marketing, athlete management and pro sports business to stay around, then you see maybe some have come farther than getting the money and just wasting it.

There is still some fear. I fear this could happen to “Money” Mayweather, AI and tons of other athletes who get the pay days and somehow can’t seem to fathom a tomorrow where the checks will stop forever.

I hope to see less of the purposeless man, with over half his life remaining and none of his trade left to ply.