December 10, 2007

Monday Quick Hitters

Tom Brady Hypocrisy - Peter King laid more praise on Tom Brady in his MMQB column on CNNSI. He noted that Tom Brady always says the right thing, in response to Brady's comments on Pittsburgh safety Anthony Smith's guarantee. Brady said "Well done is better than well said." Peter King achieved an erection upon hearing this, and asked Brady where he learned that line. Brady responded via text message, "Ben Franklin said that. I learn where we all have, my dad!" Yes, the exclamation point was in the original.

That is a perfect response. It evokes good clean-cut white boy nuclear family values, and makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

So where is Bridget Moynahan's son going to learn?

blabakahshblah Who will teach Ben Franklin quotes to this fetus?

Colts win SB XLII - Monday night the Patriots were given all they could handle by a highly motivated Ravens team, who looked every bit the Pats' equal. Sunday night the Ravens couldn't even give the Colts the work they would have gotten in Week 2 in the preseason, looking totally unmotivated to play the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year. For the next 5 weeks (one a bye for both teams), New England is going to be hit harder and face motivated competition. The Colts will just continue to slowly roll through teams (even while resting Marvin Harrison). That's going to take a toll on New England, and I'm certainly not writing off Peyton up at Foxboro in the AFC Championship Game.

Start Digging for Oil - PSLs in the lower deck at the new Cowboys stadium will range from $16,000 to $150,000. Further, they only last 30 years. They should be called "temporary seat licenses" rather than "permanent seat licenses." The tickets will be about $270 per seat per game. That means a 10-game home schedule (two preseason games are the same price) will cost a Dallas fan $2700 per seat per season, after he pays somewhere between the price for a new Ford Pickup and a split-level rancher, depending on how good the seats are, for the PSL.
Firecrotch
blahkjakjakablahblah Your ass here, only $150,000.

It has come to my attention that some people are not familiar with the PSL. When many teams build a new stadium, they exact a fee for the right to buy tickets. It is a "license", in a legal sense, to purchase tickets to future events and use the seat itself during those events. PSLs seem evil, and probably are since Al Davis created them. In Oakland and Baltimore PSLs range from $1000 to $3000, which is just enough to discourage ticket brokers from buying season tickets directly. In that sense, they can be good. When they rise above $10,000, the team is basically trying to shut out "undesirables". This is how you get crowds like Carolina has, where everyone politely sits in their polos and khakis and responds appropriately when the scoreboard tells them they should.
I ate Vick's dogs.
Vick Sentenced - Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison for his role as the ringleader of a dogfighting operation. This was in excess of the 12 to 18 month recommended sentence under the federal guidelines. Vick has been serving his time since last month.
Guitar Hero cheat code
He's almost certainly done in the NFL now. His sentence is harsh, but considering that his financial backing was a "but for" cause of the illegal behavior, it's not shocking. But for Vick, these four men would not have committed these crimes.
Tom Brady sex tape
Please don't forget, as the national media has, that Vick faces up to five years on Virginia charges stemming from the same operations. Any time assessed there would not be served concurrently.

29 Responses:

"ben" said...

J-Red has personally invited me to speak on behalf of Tom Brady, and I will gladly oblige.

I understand why the world is turning against the Pats and Tom Brady. I think a lot of the hatred is fair and justified. That's what happens when you kick everyone's ass...or in the case of the Ravens game, rip their still-beating hearts out of their chests and stomp on it. And I will concede that he sometimes says things that make him look sumg and arrogant, because he truly is an SOB and knows he's better than everyone else. And he has a great, toothy smile. And he gets great ass. Which brings me to my next point...

Bridget and Tom had a relationship for almost three years (for her it was monogomous, for him it was his public girlfriend). She wanted to get married because she thought she could get him to keep it in his pants and reform him if they were married. Or she thought it would giver the right to cut it off, or something.

Brady, wisely, was not interested in this idea, but he was content to keep her around all the same. So what did she do? Bingo. Stopped taking the pill. Whoopsie, honey! I don't know how it happened!

I think she believed that since Brady's so good in the shotgun, he'd be down with a shotgun wedding, so as to not ruin his golden boy image.

She miscalculated.

He was pretty upset and split up. However, he loves his son and is involved in its life. He can still help raise the child and quote Ben Franklin: "Son, a penny saved is a penny not going to the IRS!"

J-Red said...

15% of the penny goes to the IRS if it's a long term capital gain, otherwise it is taxed at a rate proportionally determined based on income.

My understanding is that Moynahan is only giving Brady minimal contact with the child.

Maybe Brady, as a wealthy public figure, should have wrapped it up.

"ben" said...

I believe Brady's politics would make him work towards a penny being taxed at the a %2 rate once he becomes the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts (or maybe California).

And if it's true that Moynahan is keeping the child from Brady as much as the courts will allow, then clearly she is to blame for the lack of Ben Franklin quotes being whispered in the ear of young John E. T. Brady Moynahan whatever his name is.

Poor Brady. He just wants to see his baby and she won't let him. Doesn't it tug at heart strings?

And I think generally Brady is wrapping it up. That's how come he doesn't have as many kids as Shawn Kemp. He just figured that his steady girl was on the pill...as she had been for nearly three years. It's not like she was a gold digger.

Brien said...

Another quick hitter:
This sounds like something that duke fans would do.

Maybe the Chinese are just trying to make Coach K feel at home?

J-Red said...

Paulus Paulus ha ha ha.

Seriously, this is the country that is going to surpass our superpower? Now if you'll excuse me I need to manage my fantasy football team, blog some more, and then take a two-hour liquid lunch.

U-S-A! U-S-A!

Now This is Happening said...

'Ben,' thanks for taking the time to speculate about the personal lives of your favorite athletes. Please remember this if you feel the urge to ridicule your mother/girlfriend/sister for taking an interest in the lives of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

I have considered your position that Bridget Moynahan is a conniving succubus intent on destroying the lives of Tom Brady and his "great ass" collection, but, there are a couple of holes in your theory. How do you know Moynahan’s contraceptive method of choice? How do you know Brady “just figured that his steady girl was on the pill,” and how can you possibly defend that position? If Brady “just figured,” but never asked, it shouldn’t have been too surprising when that assumption resulted in pregnancy. And since your anti-Moynahan bias has absolutely no basis in factual and/or firsthand information, you seem to just be looking for a forum to disseminate misogyny.

It should go without saying, but it’s not entirely Moynahan’s fault that she got pregnant, and it’s unfair to suggest that she planned a pregnancy as some kind of manipulation tactic. That's too self-destructive to be plausible. I know that being tied to one woman through mutually produced offspring is a common fear. However, in this case, the baby’s last name is Moynahan, so it seems Bridget doesn’t want to be tied to Tom.

As you note, 'ben,' Moynahan and Brady dated for about three years until, coincidentally, they broke up around the same time Moynahan got pregnant. So, isn't it possible that, rather than trying to trick Brady into marrying her by intentionally getting pregnant, Moynahan was dumped because she happened to get pregnant? Wouldn't that be a reasonable conclusion to draw, given the fact that Brady publicly demonstrated his unwillingness to accept any personal responsibility by leaving Moynahan to deal with her pregnancy alone?

How sorry am I supposed to feel for Brady over Moynahan trying to keep him as uninvolved as possible? It’s pretty clear that Brady considers that pregnancy a mistake, so maybe Moynahan is trying to prevent her child from being used as a PR tool. Or maybe she just has other things to do - like actually raising the kid. Maybe it’s inconvenient for a busy a single parent/ B-list celebrity to organize and execute a plan to deliver her son to his sperm donor whenever he feels like playing daddy for the weekend (and on alternating holidays - unless he has vacation plans with some “great ass”).

Also, ‘ben,’ Moynahan is probably capable of memorizing Ben Franklin’s aphorisms herself. Maybe she’ll teach her son this one first: “One good Husband is worth two good Wives; for the scarcer things are, the more they're valued.”

J-Red said...

Who let a woman in? Russ, that's your responsibility.

"ben" said...

NOW THIS IS HAPPENING: 'Ben,' thanks for taking the time to speculate about the personal lives of your favorite athletes.

"BEN": Your welcome.

NTIH: Please remember this if you feel the urge to ridicule your mother/girlfriend/sister for taking an interest in the lives of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

"BEN": I assure you, I know more about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie than my mom/wife/sister combined.

NTIH: I have considered your position that Bridget Moynahan is a conniving succubus intent on destroying the lives of Tom Brady and his "great ass" collection, but, there are a couple of holes in your theory.

"BEN": No! Holes in my purely speculative, anonymously posted, sarcastic blog comment? Say it isn't so.

NTIH: How do you know Moynahan’s contraceptive method of choice?

"BEN": Best guess.

NTIH: How do you know Brady “just figured that his steady girl was on the pill,” and how can you possibly defend that position? If Brady “just figured,” but never asked, it shouldn’t have been too surprising when that assumption resulted in pregnancy.

"BEN": Sorry I wasn't clear about this one. I meant he KNEW that she was on the pill, so he didn't think to ask every time they had sex. So after two years of her consistently taking the pill, he figured she was on the pill.

NTIH: And since your anti-Moynahan bias has absolutely no basis in factual and/or firsthand information, you seem to just be looking for a forum to disseminate misogyny.

"BEN": I suppose there are misogynistic undertones in my comment, but considering the forum, I thought it was appropriate and didn't cross any terrible lines.

NTIH: It should go without saying, but it’s not entirely Moynahan’s fault that she got pregnant, and it’s unfair to suggest that she planned a pregnancy as some kind of manipulation tactic. That's too self-destructive to be plausible.

"BEN": Regarding your last sentence, I totally disagree. I'm not even quite sure what you mean by self-destructive, actually.

NTIH: I know that being tied to one woman through mutually produced offspring is a common fear. However, in this case, the baby’s last name is Moynahan, so it seems Bridget doesn’t want to be tied to Tom.

"BEN": Well, after getting dumped, I guess she kind of saw the writing on the wall. I'll give her credit for not living in denial.

NTIH: As you note, 'ben,' Moynahan and Brady dated for about three years until, coincidentally, they broke up around the same time Moynahan got pregnant. So, isn't it possible that, rather than trying to trick Brady into marrying her by intentionally getting pregnant, Moynahan was dumped because she happened to get pregnant?

"BEN": Yes, of course it's possible that her pregnancy was an accident. That wasn't my theory, though, in case you didn't notice. You have no more basis for this as fact than I have for my story.

NTIH: Wouldn't that be a reasonable conclusion to draw, given the fact that Brady publicly demonstrated his unwillingness to accept any personal responsibility by leaving Moynahan to deal with her pregnancy alone?

"BEN": Just because Brady no longer wanted to be in a romantic relationship with Moynahan, does that mean he was unwilling to accept personal responsibility and was making her deal with it alone? I was not aware of any reported facts stating that Brady neglected responsibilities as a father.

NTIH: How sorry am I supposed to feel for Brady over Moynahan trying to keep him as uninvolved as possible?

"BEN": That's up to you. In all seriousness, if Moynahan is keeping her son away from Brady as much as possible to be vindictive, that is pretty sad for Brady, who may actually want to be involved in the kid's life.

NTIH: It’s pretty clear that Brady considers that pregnancy a mistake, so maybe Moynahan is trying to prevent her child from being used as a PR tool.

"BEN": Man, sounds like you're a Jets fan or something. Why are you so cynical as to think that the only reason Brady would want to be with his son is for a photo op?

NTIH: Or maybe she just has other things to do - like actually raising the kid.

"BEN": I was fortunate enough to be from a family where my parents remained together, so I can't speak from personal experience. But I would imagine that many children are successfully raised even as they split time between their parents. I don't believe Moynahan letting the kid go spend time with Brady would interfere with her busy schedule of raising the child.

NTIH: Maybe it’s inconvenient for a busy a single parent/ B-list celebrity to organize and execute a plan to deliver her son to his sperm donor whenever he feels like playing daddy for the weekend (and on alternating holidays - unless he has vacation plans with some “great ass”).

"BEN": Again, I don't think Moynahan would be too busy to figure out how to get the kid over to Brady. Maybe Brady could even pitch in with some of the planning.

Lots of other busy single parents manage. True, they are not celebrities, but I still think they are busy.

And again, as far as your cynical, sarcastic comments about Brady, you are just making the same kinds of speculative, unfounded judgments that you accused me of making. The only difference is you are attacking the other party.

NTIH: Also, ‘ben,’ Moynahan is probably capable of memorizing Ben Franklin’s aphorisms herself. Maybe she’ll teach her son this one first: “One good Husband is worth two good Wives; for the scarcer things are, the more they're valued.”

"BEN": Good one. Zing.

"ben" said...

Sorry, one more clarification. When I said "I'm not even quite sure what you mean by self-destructive, actually," I meant I don't understand why you would say Moynahan becoming pregnant is self-destructive. I understand the meaning of the words self-destructive, but I don't understand it in this particular context. I think that would offend a fair number of single mothers, especially those with the means to raise the child, such as Moynahan.

Now This is Happening said...

'Ben': "I suppose there are misogynistic undertones in my comment, but considering the forum, I thought it was appropriate and didn't cross any terrible lines."

NTIH: You miscalculated.

J-Red said...

Can you two just agree on the most important part of this argument/discussion?

That I'm right.

"ben" said...

J-Red, as you know, sometimes I agree with you, but I really don't think Brady is a hypocrite in this instance.

As for NTIH, I'm happy to agree to disagree. Clearly, NTIH took offense. I think that's rather silly of NTIH, but I cannot stop NTIH from being offended, and my life will go on just fine with NTIH being offended.

I have shared my Brady-Moynahan theory with quite a few men and women, and no one until now has taken any offense, let alone this much offense.

And I also find it strange that NTIH made so many speculative and presumptuous comments, all the while ripping me for doing the same. Comments such as:

"Please remember this if you feel the urge to ridicule your mother/girlfriend/sister for taking an interest in the lives of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt."

It seems to me that NTIH is making quite an assumption based on typical gender roles, an assumption that turned out to be erroneous in this case.

NTIH, do you have a blog I can visit? I'd be curious to see what goes on there.

J-Red said...

NTIH does have a blog, though it's limited to only her bestest friends. Here's a sample:

In response to my "Project Breakup" blog, Jaclyn just told me she saw a headline that said, Your Man Hates Your Cape in a women's magazine. The story, of course, was about how men hate to see women in clothes that pose any kind of challenge to imagining them naked; the thesis, of course, was that women are supposed to a) care what kinds of things men want them to wear, and b) shop/dress accordingly.

I find it interesting that none of the following stories will ever run any men's magazine:

Your Woman Hates the Khakis You've Been Wearing Since College

Your Woman Hates Your Plaid Shirts

All Women Hate any Shirt with a Dragon on it

Your Woman Hates Your Boxer Briefs, Possibly Finds You Pretentious

Your Woman Hates Your New Facial Hair

You Look Like a Douche Bag When You Wear a Leather Jacket

How to Get Your Woman to Stop Wearing Capes

If Your Woman Refuses to Dress Herself as Though She were on Display for Your Exclusive Benefit, She is Probably an Angry Lesbian

Your Woman Hates Most of the Decisions You've Made in the Past Year and a Half, but will Continue to Date You Anyway, out of the Crippling Fear of Loneliness

I have no idea why, in the world of women's magazine publishing, even features on clothing and accessories somehow have something to do with men. It would be nice if the liberal media would allow me to believe that some of the things I do and purchase are just choices that I made, rather than telling implications of my potential to attract the opposite sex. I don't subscribe to any men's magazines (because I believe in gender roles), but from what I can tell, the presence of women -- in print, not pictures -- is thoroughly abstract.

Maybe that's what allows men to talk about -- I don't know -- sports, or their jobs, or whatever, while women constantly bore each other with tales of couplehood.

I can't wait to get married because then I'll never run out of things to say. Sure, maybe I'll only be talking about myself, but at least I can subject all of my remaining single friends to the incomparable emotional pain of being a dateless bridesmaid. Try being happy for me, underachievers -- I dare you. AHAHAHAHAHAHA. I'm invincible.

And, boy, I can't wait to have a herd of babies, which will inevitably require me to adopt my best Norman Bates impression as I prop them up against various backgrounds like tiny cadavers in adorable costumes. I will take hundreds of photos. And you will be fascinated by all of them.

I enjoy being a girl.

"ben" said...

So NTIH is an angry lesbian?

"ben" said...

Yes, that was a joke meant to provoke an angry response. Sorry.

J-Red said...

Unfortunately, modern educated heterosexual women now hate men at levels previously reserved for angry lesbians.

I think you can tell that most of the proposed articles were in a relationship context though.

Now This is Happening said...

j-red, I think I've already agreed with you.

ben, I'm sorry I accused you of not being up on the latest celebrity gossip, thereby pigeonholing you into a gender role. But hey, at least you get the privilege of being pigeonholed into the traditionally male gender role. That must feel good.

ben, it’s possible to argue without being offended. I just happen to think that your position is absurd. And by “self-destructive” I mean that: a) by consciously making the decision to accidentally-on-purpose get pregnant, Moynahan would have been choosing to subject herself to your style of unflattering public scrutiny, and she can’t afford to do that, and b) pregnancy is self-destructive if it’s about taking a gamble to try to manipulate someone.

Plus, there’s the weight gain.

ben, I’m sure that if I were either angry and/or a lesbian, that would not make my position irrelevant in your eyes. Because using my sexual preference as a basis for refutation would be a textbook logical fallacy, and I know you won’t make that mistake. I can only assume you're inquiring about my relationship status because you're into me. I hope I on't upset the balance of traditional gender roles too much by being the one to ask you out.

Now This is Happening said...

Never mind, ben. It's a good thing I respect the sanctity of heterosexual marriage.

I could never play Bill Martin, though, because of his affiliation with Detroit.

Russell said...

Sorry, J-Red, I'm clearly falling down on the job. It's finals week.

And even though I did quite well on the GRE (even the verbal part), I'm not embarrassed to admit I had to look up misogyny. I think the comments of anyone, like ben, who clearly worships at the altar of Tom Brady, should be taken with a few more grains of salt when they involve the aforementioned golden boy/idol. I think if ben had the money, he might invest in a golden statue to worship. I hope the plagues occur as in Family Guy if he does so. At least his story did not require vitriolic comments about the other commenters. If NTIH is offended by ben's speculation about the personal lives of athletes/celebrities, there's a long list of people, tabloids, and TV shows that must be quite offensive.

Do we actually have any consistent female readership? I thought the Jenn Sterger stuff and the "Who would you do?" tourney would have terminated that portion of our support, if it ever existed.

J-Red said...

You should be embarassed to have to look up misogyny, even in your field. I thought that's what CORE Requirements were for at Maryland.

"ben" said...

NTIH: ben, I'm sorry I accused you of not being up on the latest celebrity gossip, thereby pigeonholing you into a gender role. But hey, at least you get the privilege of being pigeonholed into the traditionally male gender role. That must feel good.

"BEN": Actually, my point was more that my mom, sister and wife do not pay attention to celebrity gossip and less that I pay lots of attention to it. I do pay attention to sports celbrity gossip, however (obviously).

NTIH: ben, it’s possible to argue without being offended. I just happen to think that your position is absurd.

"BEN": True, I jumped to conclusions by saying you were offended, though implying I was a misogynist kind of gave me the impression you were offended. Also your overall hateful tone kind of gave me that impression, but I accept that I read too much into your feelings. Sorry.

NTIH: And by “self-destructive” I mean that: a) by consciously making the decision to accidentally-on-purpose get pregnant, Moynahan would have been choosing to subject herself to your style of unflattering public scrutiny, and she can’t afford to do that,

"BEN": Yes she can afford to do that. And maybe she wanted a baby. Maybe she wanted Tom Brady's baby. For the sake of argument, if she accidentally-on-purpose got pregnant, it's entirely possible she's happy with her decision and has not destroyed herself.

NTIH: and b) pregnancy is self-destructive if it’s about taking a gamble to try to manipulate someone.

"BEN": Still disagree, and my answer to A and B are the same.

NTIH: Plus, there’s the weight gain.

"BEN": Clearly you are now joking, because you would not suggest that a few extra pounds is anything for a woman to worry about.

NTIH: ben, I’m sure that if I were either angry and/or a lesbian, that would not make my position irrelevant in your eyes. Because using my sexual preference as a basis for refutation would be a textbook logical fallacy, and I know you won’t make that mistake. I can only assume you're inquiring about my relationship status because you're into me. I hope I on't upset the balance of traditional gender roles too much by being the one to ask you out.

"BEN": I'm not exactly sure what part of my joke response (which I immediately labeled as such) you were misreading, but I don't quite understand why you wrote this final part. I see you essentially took it back, so apology accepted.

As for Bill Martin, I'm not sure how much of an affiliation he has with Detroit. The man is a real estate guru, I don't think he invested in Detroit. Maybe I'm wrong. But I can certainly understand not wanting to be Bill Martin.

Now This is Happening said...

Ben, by “hateful tone,” you must mean “articulate and strongly-worded” tone. Implying that you were a misogynist should not have given you the impression that I was offended (if I was offended by every instance of misogyny I observed, I would be exhausted) - it should have given you the impression that you were advocating a misogynistic point of view. No need to apologize for reading too much into my [absence of] feelings because, again, nothing you’ve said has offended me.

And maybe Moynahan wanted to have Brady’s baby. It doesn’t really matter though, does it? This disagreement was over Moynahan’s suspected means of obtaining the baby, so whether she’s now satisfied as a parent is irrelevant. I guess we have different definitions of “afford” and “self-destructive.” I mean no one can really afford to deceive someone as thoroughly as you suggest Moynahan did to Brady, especially when doing so is self-destructive in the sense that Moynahan would be sacrificing her body as a weapon of manipulation.

Speaking of bodies, let’s not try to pretend that “a few extra pounds” isn’t something worth worrying about, ok?

My point, ben, is that you can immediately label anything you want as sarcasm, or a joke, or something to be taken “with a grain of salt,” but that’s a typical boys-will-be-boys-style cop out, which has failed to be a convincing defense for quite some time.

J-Red said...

I think most of our readers and contributors are now sitting there wondering, "How does this girl go out with J-Red? He's the most misogynistic of all of us."

I don't really have an answer that doesn't include inappropriate references to my genitals.

"ben" said...

NTIH: Ben, by “hateful tone,” you must mean “articulate and strongly-worded” tone.

"BEN": Strongly-worded, yes. Articulate, no. I'm not saying it was inarticulate, I'm just saying that was not what gave me the hateful tone impression.

NTIH: Implying that you were a misogynist should not have given you the impression that I was offended (if I was offended by every instance of misogyny I observed, I would be exhausted) - it should have given you the impression that you were advocating a misogynistic point of view.

"BEN": Like I said, sorry. (Not about being misogynistic, but about misinterpreting your feelings.)

NTIH: No need to apologize for reading too much into my [absence of] feelings because, again, nothing you’ve said has offended me.

"BEN": Okay, then I take back my apology.

NTIH: And maybe Moynahan wanted to have Brady’s baby. It doesn’t really matter though, does it? This disagreement was over Moynahan’s suspected means of obtaining the baby, so whether she’s now satisfied as a parent is irrelevant.

"BEN:" Personally, I found this argument to be about a lot of things, so I didn't and don't find it irrelevant.

NTIH: I guess we have different definitions of “afford” and “self-destructive.”

"BEN": Yep, guess you're right.

NTIH: I mean no one can really afford to deceive someone as thoroughly as you suggest Moynahan did to Brady, especially when doing so is self-destructive in the sense that Moynahan would be sacrificing her body as a weapon of manipulation.

"BEN": Um, again...not seeing eye-to-eye here with you on this, but I'm dropping it. I think I've made my point on this issue as best I can, and don't feel the need to make you agree.

NTIH: Speaking of bodies, let’s not try to pretend that “a few extra pounds” isn’t something worth worrying about, ok?

"BEN": Again, I'm assuming you're joking, seeing as how it appears in my view to be wholly inconsistent with most of your other arguments. But as a preemptive reply to your possible reply--should you insist that you are not joking--I again don't feel it necessary to make you agree with me.

NTIH: My point, ben, is that you can immediately label anything you want as sarcasm, or a joke, or something to be taken “with a grain of salt,” but that’s a typical boys-will-be-boys-style cop out, which has failed to be a convincing defense for quite some time.

"BEN": On the contrary, I think it is a PERFECT cop out that is superbly effective in many cases. Though it has not stopped you from calling me a misogynist or thinking that I have somehow desecrated the honor of one Bridget Moynahan, I still feel comfortable that I have nothing to be ashamed of in what I have written and where I have written it.

Had I published a similar column in a newspaper or broadcast this story in some meaningful way and insisted on its validity, I would be much more ashamed.

Having merely posted it on this rather irreverant blog fairly anonymously, surrounded by tons of context that suggests I was not expecting thousands of viewers to accept my post as fact, I believe I have done nothing worthy of being chastised.

I don't mind that you chose to deride me (and if you don't like my word choice, please feel free to insert whatever similar verb you wish that you won't contest). However, I still wished to defend myself, as I basically think that I am right and you are wrong.

"ben" said...

And J-Red, I can think of an answer to your last question. Seeing as how NTIH is not offended by misogyny, there's no reason to think that she would object to spending some quality time with you.

Now This is Happening said...

Hey, Ben! We have something in common: I think that I am right and you are wrong.

"ben" said...

Actually, that would mean that we don't have something in common.

If you want to find something we have in common, it would probably be the obsessive behavior of coming back to this thread and trying to get in the last word.

Now This is Happening said...

Yes.

"ben" said...

Oh, man! I thought I had won. I work from home, NTIH. I can do this all day...

And I will.

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