Working in the restaurant business allows for many conversations you would never think would happen in this world to not only happen, but with high frequency. Here's a gem from the other night I was lucky enough to over hear:
Waitress: What would you like to eat?
Patron: Just some bread.
Waitress: What kind of bread?
Patron: Just some bread.
Waitress: We have a lot of different kinds of bread, any kind in particular?
Patron: You know...bread.
Waitress: I know what bread is.
Waitress: (in the retelling of the story to me) I know what bread is...jackass.
6.16.2009
Strangest sitcom turn...*spoiler alert
So I finally caught up on watching Weeds last night. Finished up season 4 and then watched the 5 premiere. This show has taken one of the strangest turns I've ever seen.
Weeds used to be about a white suburban single mom selling pot. Then it was about a white suburban mom selling a lot of pot. Then she sold heroine. Then they decided there wasn't much left to do in suburbia so they literally burned it down, and it became a show about a mom taking her family on the run...and selling drugs. Then she became affiliated with a big Mexican mafioso. And now it's about a white suburban mom having a Mexican mafia boss' love child...which, needless to say, is very far away from selling pot in suburbia.
I still consider the end of the show the end of season 3, when Agrestic was burned to the ground. That seemed the natural ending to the series, but since it's television, it obviously wouldn't end at 3 seasons since it's so popular. Now it just seems to be about "how else can we make Nancy's life even more complicated..."
I'll obviously still keep watching, because even for its wacky plot twists, it's still one of the better shows on TV, which also says a lot. Plus the comedy is still there and still mostly on point. They actually made a very funny Facebook joke in the 5 premiere.
Mainly I'll keep watching because I want to see where the hell they can go from here. I'm curious if the writers have any idea or if they're just pulling ideas out of their ass, or from Nancy's uterus.
Weeds used to be about a white suburban single mom selling pot. Then it was about a white suburban mom selling a lot of pot. Then she sold heroine. Then they decided there wasn't much left to do in suburbia so they literally burned it down, and it became a show about a mom taking her family on the run...and selling drugs. Then she became affiliated with a big Mexican mafioso. And now it's about a white suburban mom having a Mexican mafia boss' love child...which, needless to say, is very far away from selling pot in suburbia.
I still consider the end of the show the end of season 3, when Agrestic was burned to the ground. That seemed the natural ending to the series, but since it's television, it obviously wouldn't end at 3 seasons since it's so popular. Now it just seems to be about "how else can we make Nancy's life even more complicated..."
I'll obviously still keep watching, because even for its wacky plot twists, it's still one of the better shows on TV, which also says a lot. Plus the comedy is still there and still mostly on point. They actually made a very funny Facebook joke in the 5 premiere.
Mainly I'll keep watching because I want to see where the hell they can go from here. I'm curious if the writers have any idea or if they're just pulling ideas out of their ass, or from Nancy's uterus.
6.05.2009
If you thought 250 was great...
Then youll love Randy Johnson's 300th win last night, also against the Nationals.
Randy Johnson is about as opposite as Jaime Moyer, other than the fact that both are lefties. Randy Johnson is 6'10 and in his prime, which lasted a long time, was the most dominate pitcher out there. A lefty who throws 95-105 mph, will pitch inside, will never back down from any batter, and has one mean ass stare, that was Randy Johnson.
You can remember RJ from his time in Seattle, when he and Griffey Jr. put the Mariners into the playoffs several years in a row. You can remember RJ from his time in Arizona where he and Schilling led the team to their first World Series win, as he and Schilling were co-MVPs.
Another big 300 is strikeouts in a season, an accomplishment equivalent to 4000 passing yards in a season. Johnson reached this 5 times in his career, including 4 years in a row from 1999 to 2002, where he also won 4 straight Cy Young awards. He left Seattle in 1998, looking like maybe he was waning in his career. From there he went to Houston, Arizona, then back to the AL to the Yanks and back to Arizona and now in San Fransisco.
Johnson becomes only the 24th player ever to reach 300 wins, and could very well be the last player ever to do so. Just in how baseball is played these days, guys don't pitch as much as they used to, which influences the amount of wins. Pitchers these days have pitch counts, inning counts, injuries all mean pampered pitchers that don't want to go 7, 8 or 9 innings, which means more relievers are going to get wins.
Congratulations to The Big Unit, Randy Johnson and to baseball history.
Randy Johnson is about as opposite as Jaime Moyer, other than the fact that both are lefties. Randy Johnson is 6'10 and in his prime, which lasted a long time, was the most dominate pitcher out there. A lefty who throws 95-105 mph, will pitch inside, will never back down from any batter, and has one mean ass stare, that was Randy Johnson.
You can remember RJ from his time in Seattle, when he and Griffey Jr. put the Mariners into the playoffs several years in a row. You can remember RJ from his time in Arizona where he and Schilling led the team to their first World Series win, as he and Schilling were co-MVPs.
Another big 300 is strikeouts in a season, an accomplishment equivalent to 4000 passing yards in a season. Johnson reached this 5 times in his career, including 4 years in a row from 1999 to 2002, where he also won 4 straight Cy Young awards. He left Seattle in 1998, looking like maybe he was waning in his career. From there he went to Houston, Arizona, then back to the AL to the Yanks and back to Arizona and now in San Fransisco.
Johnson becomes only the 24th player ever to reach 300 wins, and could very well be the last player ever to do so. Just in how baseball is played these days, guys don't pitch as much as they used to, which influences the amount of wins. Pitchers these days have pitch counts, inning counts, injuries all mean pampered pitchers that don't want to go 7, 8 or 9 innings, which means more relievers are going to get wins.
Congratulations to The Big Unit, Randy Johnson and to baseball history.
6.01.2009
#250
Last night Jaime Moyer joined an elite group of pitchers in baseball history. He won his 250th career game, at the tender age of 46.
Moyer won't get the acclaim of a lot of hall of fame pitchers who are also on that list, mainly because he's in his 23rd season of play, has a career ERA of 4.22 and only 2200+ career strike outs.
What makes Moyer a great pitcher is his work ethic and his command of the skill of pitching. He never had a lights out fastball, in fact, his fastball never really hit over 80 miles per hour. He never really had a strong curve ball. He just knew how to throw the ball over the plate, hit his location and get people out.
He's played for 7 different teams, and looks like he'll finish out his career in Philadelphia. He's also under contract for 1 more year, so it's likely he'll play the 2010 season as well.
What makes this accomplishment noteworthy is that Moyer could be the last guy to reach 250 wins for a very long time. The only 2 guys with over 200 wins pitching right now are John Smoltz and Andy Pettite. Both are waining and would need 2-3 more full seasons to really get close to 250, and with injuries, it doesn't look likely. No one else with 180-190 wins looks like they'll reach it, so it could be up to some younger guys like Johan Santana (116 wins so far at age 30 or Roy Halladay 139 wins at 32. Both of them have the pitching abilities to reach it, but it would take a combination of winning teams and injury free baseball for roughly the next 5-7 years for them to even come close.
Something to keep an eye on over the next few years. For now, Moyer gets to be the latest in a group of historical pitchers.
Moyer won't get the acclaim of a lot of hall of fame pitchers who are also on that list, mainly because he's in his 23rd season of play, has a career ERA of 4.22 and only 2200+ career strike outs.
What makes Moyer a great pitcher is his work ethic and his command of the skill of pitching. He never had a lights out fastball, in fact, his fastball never really hit over 80 miles per hour. He never really had a strong curve ball. He just knew how to throw the ball over the plate, hit his location and get people out.
He's played for 7 different teams, and looks like he'll finish out his career in Philadelphia. He's also under contract for 1 more year, so it's likely he'll play the 2010 season as well.
What makes this accomplishment noteworthy is that Moyer could be the last guy to reach 250 wins for a very long time. The only 2 guys with over 200 wins pitching right now are John Smoltz and Andy Pettite. Both are waining and would need 2-3 more full seasons to really get close to 250, and with injuries, it doesn't look likely. No one else with 180-190 wins looks like they'll reach it, so it could be up to some younger guys like Johan Santana (116 wins so far at age 30 or Roy Halladay 139 wins at 32. Both of them have the pitching abilities to reach it, but it would take a combination of winning teams and injury free baseball for roughly the next 5-7 years for them to even come close.
Something to keep an eye on over the next few years. For now, Moyer gets to be the latest in a group of historical pitchers.
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