<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171</id><updated>2011-04-21T19:46:20.252-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Life of Bland</title><subtitle type='html'>As you read this blog I will commit to you that it will a commentary on yesterday's news and my rants eer... insights on various topics (usually sports related). As a loyal reader I commit to you blog on an irregular basis and bring to you my take on day old news stories. As well as again and again to show forth my age with cultural references which will require link for many of you to recall the reference. Welcome to my life and welcome to my blog. Book 'Em Dano!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>34</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-8058119383372379377</id><published>2009-03-11T14:32:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T16:21:31.491-04:00</updated><title type='text'>TheNew Mouth of the South</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This appeared in the Truth and Rumors section on SI.com and I had to laugh when I saw it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;" class="tr_item-left_col"&gt;     &lt;p class="tr-body"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/6019"&gt;Tennessee&lt;/a&gt; coach Lane &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Kiffin&lt;/span&gt; denied telling &lt;a href="http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/6018"&gt;South Carolina&lt;/a&gt; recruit that he "would end up pumping gas for the rest of his life" on Tuesday, according to ESPN.  &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Alshon&lt;/span&gt; Jeffrey of St. Matthews, S.C., one of the nation's top prospects at wide receiver, signed with &lt;a href="http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/6018"&gt;South Carolina&lt;/a&gt; after an intense recruiting battle with Southern Cal and &lt;a href="http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/6019"&gt;Tennessee&lt;/a&gt;.  On Tuesday, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Kiffin&lt;/span&gt; told ESPN, "I never said that to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Alshon&lt;/span&gt;, nor would I say anything like that. That's just not something I would say."&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="tr-source"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/shared-blogs/ajc/cfbrecruit/entries/2009/03/11/lane_kiffin_den.html" class="" target="_blank"&gt;Atlanta Journal Constitution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How great of story is that?!?! It is like this "kid" is a clone of ole Stevie Ball Coach himself. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Kiffen&lt;/span&gt; may not ever win a game at UT, but at least he came onto campus with guns &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;ablazing&lt;/span&gt;. and now he is even taking shots at the master of SEC Coach Trash Talk...Stevie Ball Coach.  Over the years UT has been know for having a solid winning program, but it seemed to lack the swagger that other programs had. And many years it seemed as if it was the step child to Florida and Stevie Boy.  Now Lane swaggers into Knoxville and his gums are a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;flappin&lt;/span&gt;'.  UT may not win &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;much&lt;/span&gt; this year, but I am certain Laney is going to keep us all entertained.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-8058119383372379377?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/8058119383372379377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/thenew-mouth-of-south.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/8058119383372379377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/8058119383372379377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/thenew-mouth-of-south.html' title='TheNew Mouth of the South'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-6829609701579227785</id><published>2009-03-06T17:06:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T17:27:05.717-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Please, Please, Please</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I am a praying man and there are times in which I am prone to pray for selfish things. I have to admit that just a few moments ago while engaging in on of my favorite activities, watching ESPN, when I saw a news item come across the crawler at the bottom of the screen. It mentioned that there might be interest in San Fransisco signing Terrell Owens.  I pray that TO would sign again with the 49ers. Why? Is it because I hate the 49ers? Nope Is it because I think TO is a great player .who will make the Niners into winners? Nope. I want the Niners to sign To so that I can see more press conferences like this one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/reb6sgLEGo4&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/reb6sgLEGo4&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can you imagine what Samurai Mike would do if TO pulled some of the stunts he has in the past few years? How awesome would it be to see Samurai Mike go Samurai on TO? To loaf through a play or miss a cut or drop a pass or complain about not getting the ball or calling his QB gay or  doing crunches in your driveway... Only to be greeted by this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SbGikHpOObI/AAAAAAAAAGc/tWtIu9AlK8Y/s1600-h/singletaryeyes.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 132px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SbGikHpOObI/AAAAAAAAAGc/tWtIu9AlK8Y/s400/singletaryeyes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310204177057462706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How totally awesome would that be! I grew up watching Samurai Mike slicing and dicing opponents as part of the Ditka Bears. OH yeah, I would dig change out of the couch cushions in order to pay to see Samurai Mike introduce himself to TO after TO is TO!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-6829609701579227785?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/6829609701579227785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/please-please-please.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/6829609701579227785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/6829609701579227785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/please-please-please.html' title='Please, Please, Please'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SbGikHpOObI/AAAAAAAAAGc/tWtIu9AlK8Y/s72-c/singletaryeyes.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-1180498726278812094</id><published>2009-03-06T14:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T14:32:24.594-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Letterman's Top 10</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xAXBpTrFFtM&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xAXBpTrFFtM&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-1180498726278812094?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/1180498726278812094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/lettermans-top-10.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/1180498726278812094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/1180498726278812094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/lettermans-top-10.html' title='Letterman&apos;s Top 10'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-7606342001986983041</id><published>2009-03-06T14:19:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T14:21:34.596-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Help Me Out</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I am in the midst of fantasy baseball league draft. I have finished last in the standings for the last 3 years. This year we have switched to an NL only league. I took Chase Utley in the round 1. If you have an advice I am listening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-7606342001986983041?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/7606342001986983041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/help-me-out.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/7606342001986983041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/7606342001986983041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/help-me-out.html' title='Help Me Out'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-821316727997494060</id><published>2009-03-05T13:59:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T14:03:50.952-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I AM FAMOUS!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There are times in ones life whe you are proud to be you and today is one of those days. I have made it...I was featured in the Hot Clicks section of SI.com recently. &lt;a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/extramustard/03/03/danielle-bux-howard-stern-beer-porng/index.html"&gt;Just click here and scroll down toward the bottom and you will see my moment of glory and fame!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-821316727997494060?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/821316727997494060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-am-famous.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/821316727997494060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/821316727997494060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-am-famous.html' title='I AM FAMOUS!!!!'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-1247892938115988092</id><published>2009-03-03T08:36:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T08:39:30.927-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ugly Baseball Uniforms</title><content type='html'>Fan IQ recently ranked the &lt;a href="http://www.faniq.com/blog/The-Top-10-Ugliest-Baseball-Uniforms-of-All-Time-Blog-19953"&gt;Top 10 Ugliest Baseball Uniforms Of All Time&lt;/a&gt;. As I read the list I was immediately thrown back into my youth. I loved the Pirates uniforms...We Are Family!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-1247892938115988092?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/1247892938115988092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/ugly-baseball-uniforms.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/1247892938115988092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/1247892938115988092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/ugly-baseball-uniforms.html' title='Ugly Baseball Uniforms'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-4971669741292411691</id><published>2009-03-03T08:21:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T08:32:15.694-05:00</updated><title type='text'>BOO HOO, WAA, WAA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A couple of days ago the &lt;a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/03/01/cutler.broncos.ap/index.html"&gt;story broke&lt;/a&gt; about the Denver Broncos had entertained talks about a 3 way trade involving Jay Cutler. Cutler has come out and aired his thoughts and feelings about the news. News flash to Jay. Because I know he is reading this being a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Vandy&lt;/span&gt; grad he is a smart guy. You are a good QB, way better so far than &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Vincey&lt;/span&gt; Young or &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Matty&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Lienart&lt;/span&gt; who were taken in the draft ahead of you. Being a Titans fan I do wish we had gone with you than Vince, but that is hind sight. But you are only 17-20 as a starter and have not been to the playoffs. That doesn't make you Joe Montana, heck that doesn't even make you Kurt Warner, so quit acting like you are Joe Montana. Also, you are a football player and in football at any given moment you are up to be traded. It is the nature of the beast we affectionately call the NFL. Stop crying and whining and play football. The last time I checked they did not already have your bust carved in Canton. You are a decent QB and time will tell if you will be a good QB or a great QB or maybe Hall of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Famer&lt;/span&gt;. I like the swagger and confidence, but I say to you...suit up and win some games. Until you have a championship ring or three you need to keep quit and play ball. Get over yourself, your not a Manning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-4971669741292411691?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/4971669741292411691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/boo-hoo-waa-waa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/4971669741292411691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/4971669741292411691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/03/boo-hoo-waa-waa.html' title='BOO HOO, WAA, WAA'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-8805887069906457332</id><published>2009-02-28T09:25:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-28T09:26:27.768-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring Training Is In Full Swing</title><content type='html'>Check out these cool &lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/blogs/bigshots/2009/02/spring_training.html"&gt;Spring Training Pictures&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-8805887069906457332?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/8805887069906457332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/spring-training-is-in-full-swing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/8805887069906457332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/8805887069906457332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/spring-training-is-in-full-swing.html' title='Spring Training Is In Full Swing'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-99479912535536088</id><published>2009-02-27T14:11:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T14:54:40.317-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Manny Being Manny...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As I proud member of Red Sox nation I still sport my Man Ram jersey and at times found his antics to be funny. By far my favorite is the time in which Johnny Damon chased down a ball hit to the center field wall in Fenway. Damon comes up throwing to his cut off man...err Manny. Yep, Manny playing left fields comes over and cuts off the throw. I would love to post a clip but it seems as if MLB has pulled all clips from the net due to copyright infringement. I think that I smell the commish and Fehr.  Ohh look there they are&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SahADxXbM8I/AAAAAAAAAGU/d2ZNBptdyy0/s1600-h/burns_et_smithers.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SahADxXbM8I/AAAAAAAAAGU/d2ZNBptdyy0/s200/burns_et_smithers.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307562594391503810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I digress, Manny has sorta landed in LA and word is that he just turned down the Dodgers latest offer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="440" height="361"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://espn.go.com/broadband/player.swf?mediaId=3938740"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://espn.go.com/broadband/player.swf?mediaId=3938740" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="440" height="361" allowscriptaccess="always"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I understand Manny being Manny and Borus being Borus, but what universe do they reside in? They turned down a 2 year, $45 million contract?!?! How nuts can one be? Boys and girls let's take a look at this. Manny stormed the Dodger Stadium castle after burning down the Fenway park bridge. Manny is a free agent, spring training is underway and only one team is offering you a contract. Cutting off the throw from Damon or whizzing in the Green Monster make you look like Bill Nye compared to turning down the Dodgers offer. Where are the Yanks? How satisfying would it be for Hank and Daddy George and the Evil Empire to win a World Series with the help of a former Red Sox Jedi? Where are the Giants, the arch rival of the Dodgers? You mean they don't want to steal Manny from the Dodger stable and watch him shred the Dodgers next season. Or what about the KC Royals who can't even win an inner squad game? Wouldn't they love to have the Manny sideshow in town to put some rear ends in the seat? And there are no other teams sniffing around the Manny Being Manny wagon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that the Dodgers will end up signing Manny in time for Manny to be in the line up on opening day. But, I would LOVE to see the Dodgers to sit on their wallets and Manny be forced to sell more items on e-bay. I heard his grill brought in some good money. Wonder what an autographed Manny hot tub would fetch? And if all else fails I am sure that the Tiawana Tigers could use a left fielders/DH. And who knows, I might be willing to fork over $20 a week for Manny to mow my yard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-99479912535536088?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/99479912535536088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/manny-being-manny.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/99479912535536088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/99479912535536088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/manny-being-manny.html' title='Manny Being Manny...'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SahADxXbM8I/AAAAAAAAAGU/d2ZNBptdyy0/s72-c/burns_et_smithers.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-8617340597565238542</id><published>2009-02-27T09:14:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T09:29:45.924-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Spoke to Soon...</title><content type='html'>As I hit the publish button on my last post this news hit SI.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/02/27/haynesworth.signing/index.html?eref=T1"&gt;Washington Redskins Sign Albert Haynesworth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Memo to the Danny Boy and Vinny: Your next purchase needs to a white Velor Jump Suit with a Redskins logo. &lt;a href="http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/magazine/new/al_davis_a.jpg"&gt;Something along these lines&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know how you justify this signing and tying up the money when you have so many holes in team. Campbell is questionable at QB mainly because he has no receivers to throw to. Your premiere RB is slowing down. Yet you blow mega $$ on two defensive players. How many ways can you say 5-11? Look at the teams who win in the NFL in the past few years. They all have a solid QB, 2-3 solid receivers, and 1-2 solid RBs. You have none of these. Again, I say 6-10.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wait, why should I care? I am a Titans fan. And I will know that come the 1st Sunday in February 2010 I will be parked on my couch wondering why companies paid millions for that commerical while Danny Boy and Vinny will be parked on a couch in a luxury suite wondering why they paid millions for the next Warren Sapp, Raider Version.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-8617340597565238542?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/8617340597565238542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/spoke-to-soon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/8617340597565238542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/8617340597565238542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/spoke-to-soon.html' title='Spoke to Soon...'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-2570696820062805959</id><published>2009-02-27T09:00:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T09:13:10.587-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Free Agency Has Begun</title><content type='html'>At midnight last night the NFL free agency began and it seems as if all the talk that the Redskins garnered pre-free agency has not come through. It seems as if they want Albert Haynesworth, but nothing as of yet has come through. As a Titans fan, it would not be a great loss to see Albert head to D.C. Sure, the last two years have been good ones for Big Al even though he has not been able to play an entire season. But, overall he has been an above average lineman who does not play up to potential unless he is staring down a payday. If you could sign him to a one year contract then maybe he will be dominate, otherwise the 'Skins will end up with another overpaid bust. But, i am sure that the Danny Boy and Vinny Show will repeat itself and sign Big Al to a huge contract and then be stuck with an under producing player who will be sitting hurt on the bench. But, there is always the chance that Big Al will be Big Al and stomp someone head like it was a bug or be caught drinking and driving or driving 150 mph in a 55 mph zone. Memo to Dan Synder...you own a REAL football team not a NFL.com FANTASY team. Winning the news cycle in March will not win you a game in September or for that matter December. You are becoming Al Davis for a new generation without the championships.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-2570696820062805959?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/2570696820062805959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/free-agency-has-begun.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/2570696820062805959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/2570696820062805959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/free-agency-has-begun.html' title='Free Agency Has Begun'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-7316826482308967159</id><published>2009-02-23T12:02:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T12:06:36.767-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This Guy Rocks!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I am not one to watch awards shows, they rank in my book right up there with made up greeting card holidays. However, today i was surfing the net and came across this clip which has to be the greatest acceptance speech in the history of acceptance speeches. Got to love the old skool shout out! dude, I can't pronounce your name and have never seen or heard of your animated short film, but let me say "Dude, you rock!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8hODxuEKHWc&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8hODxuEKHWc&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-7316826482308967159?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/7316826482308967159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/this-guy-rocks.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/7316826482308967159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/7316826482308967159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/this-guy-rocks.html' title='This Guy Rocks!'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-8535549444341164575</id><published>2009-02-21T18:26:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T18:49:43.351-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Good Night, Late Night with Conan O'Brien</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Friday night was the last night for Conan. Well at least in the 12:30 PM time slot. On Monday he takes over for the joke cracking chin or as some call  him Jay Leno. Leno has had a run and it is good to see that NBC did the right thing and give the slot to Conan. I remember when Letterman bolted to CBS and Conan was chosen to replace the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;New King of Late Night. &lt;/span&gt;Many like me wondered "Who is this goofy redhead comic and will not last 2 months. Well, 16 years and 2725 episodes later, Conan is leaving the 12:30 time slot for the coveted 11:35 slot. I can only hope that he will continue his tradition of goofy, off beat comedy during the 11:35 PM time slot. Conan, don't try to be Carson or Leno...continue to rock it as Conan! Do what makes you a great comic and bring back Andy! Here's to hoping my grandkids will be watching ;late Night with Conan live and not on the grandchild of You Tube!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In case you  missed it here is the final episode! Be sure to watch for the sexiest leprechaun on the planet!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;object width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/bwSCp4vibs5FiVVQ0Nx0_A"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/bwSCp4vibs5FiVVQ0Nx0_A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-8535549444341164575?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/8535549444341164575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/good-night-late-night-with-conan-obrien.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/8535549444341164575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/8535549444341164575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/good-night-late-night-with-conan-obrien.html' title='Good Night, Late Night with Conan O&apos;Brien'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-4806851970321928872</id><published>2009-02-19T10:02:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T10:04:52.030-05:00</updated><title type='text'>OH MY...What a Goal!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There are times in which you see things that make you stop and go WOW! And this is one of them. Take a look at &lt;strong style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Alex Ovechkin living up to his nickname, Alex the Great.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d6EJ5Iwnv9w&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d6EJ5Iwnv9w&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-4806851970321928872?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/4806851970321928872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/oh-mywhat-goal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/4806851970321928872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/4806851970321928872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/oh-mywhat-goal.html' title='OH MY...What a Goal!!!'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-7032115882119489373</id><published>2009-02-17T21:27:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T21:30:09.969-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy B-Day MJ!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Today is the birthday of the greatest basketball player in the history of the world. My dad will argue that Pistol Pete or Cousey or Russell was better, but it is futile. MJ was/is the greatest EVER! End of discussion and we will go to the video to prove it:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-WmNHGA5jh8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-WmNHGA5jh8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-7032115882119489373?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/7032115882119489373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/happy-b-day-mj.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/7032115882119489373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/7032115882119489373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/happy-b-day-mj.html' title='Happy B-Day MJ!!!'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-5515112201485285781</id><published>2009-02-16T09:42:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T10:12:37.415-05:00</updated><title type='text'>When You Think...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I have a file in my head called "When You Think You Have Seen It All" where I file away goofy, off the wall stories that just seem to come out of left field. such is this story that I ran across this morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gSk8CmipzUM7P9WOghGGUKURIN4w"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Ice Church in Swedish &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Lappland&lt;/span&gt; offers white &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;winterland&lt;/span&gt; wedding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I mean how totally cool is this? If you are married think back to your wedding day...the nerves, sweaty palms and pits, pacing back and forth, trying not to sweat too much so you don't &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;glisten&lt;/span&gt; in the pictures, etc. Now all that is taken care of. No worries about pit stains...it's -5 below! Worried that the groom might get cold feet? Worry no longer, they are COLD, real COLD! And he decides to run he isn't getting far.  It is a perfect place to get married. I mean, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;who&lt;/span&gt; wouldn't want to get married in the Fortress of Solitude?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZl_h8soS1I/AAAAAAAAAFs/EodlGqz4yfQ/s1600-h/fortress-of-solitude-superman.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 146px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZl_h8soS1I/AAAAAAAAAFs/EodlGqz4yfQ/s320/fortress-of-solitude-superman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303410257411197778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZl_qdg4WwI/AAAAAAAAAF0/TM9xjNpae2M/s1600-h/fortress+of+solitude.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZl_qdg4WwI/AAAAAAAAAF0/TM9xjNpae2M/s320/fortress+of+solitude.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303410403659242242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZl_xnKwkzI/AAAAAAAAAF8/4lmk_UwSzyA/s1600-h/fortress+of+solitude+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 129px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZl_xnKwkzI/AAAAAAAAAF8/4lmk_UwSzyA/s320/fortress+of+solitude+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303410526509896498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Or if you are not into "truth, justice, and the American way" and lean more to the villainous side then we have just the place for you --  &lt;span class="less-emphasis"&gt;Gustav Graves' spectacular lair, the Ice Palace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZmBGGmri7I/AAAAAAAAAGE/_rEhBRlqHlI/s1600-h/lair.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZmBGGmri7I/AAAAAAAAAGE/_rEhBRlqHlI/s320/lair.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303411978057518002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;And have no fear because it is easily reached by car, no need for capes and tights or a sleigh drawn by reindeer.  All you need is a souped up British spy sports car and Hale Berry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZmBaZQ6mTI/AAAAAAAAAGM/iQWsDpFvdWg/s1600-h/dieanotherday3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZmBaZQ6mTI/AAAAAAAAAGM/iQWsDpFvdWg/s320/dieanotherday3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303412326663887154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, no matter which option you choose you got to hand it to those wacky Swedes. First they give us their World Famous Bikini Team and now the Ice Church. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Yah&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-5515112201485285781?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/5515112201485285781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/when-you-think.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/5515112201485285781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/5515112201485285781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/when-you-think.html' title='When You Think...'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZl_h8soS1I/AAAAAAAAAFs/EodlGqz4yfQ/s72-c/fortress-of-solitude-superman.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-3944287631849625939</id><published>2009-02-15T21:17:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T21:37:35.245-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Slam Dunk Contest</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Last night the NBA slam sunk contest was held. If you were like me and did not see it then here are the highlights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s7OkyCyfmnQ&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s7OkyCyfmnQ&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As I watch the highlights I reminisce back tot he day when I would look forward to the Slam Dunk contest and would not miss it for the world.  As I watch the highlights I long for those days again. Days of Dominique and MJ and the master Dr. J. When there were no capes or other props. Just guys who were freaks of nature throwing down the rock with grace and style.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0fMrMzxRHXQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0fMrMzxRHXQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;And let's kick it Old Skool Baby! The Colonel may have the original recipie for chicken, but the Dr. is the original slam dunker. Kick it Dr. J, fro and all...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r0c_5M-BaW8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r0c_5M-BaW8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-3944287631849625939?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/3944287631849625939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/slam-dunk-contest.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/3944287631849625939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/3944287631849625939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/slam-dunk-contest.html' title='Slam Dunk Contest'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-166178714162219265</id><published>2009-02-15T20:44:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T21:07:29.468-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Now I Would Pay To See This...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I just ran across this on the SI (Sports Illustrated for all you non-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;sporters&lt;/span&gt; out there) website under Truth &amp;amp; Rumors and I got pumped just reading it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;" class="tr_item-left_col"&gt;     &lt;p class="tr-body"&gt;Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd has long felt the game of baseball was taken away from him far too soon. He was 31 years old when he threw his last pitch for the &lt;a href="http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/45" target="_blank"&gt;Texas Rangers&lt;/a&gt; in 1991. But now, at age 49, Boyd believes his shoulder is stronger than ever. He says his velocity is up in the low 90s and the 12-6 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;curveball&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;changeup&lt;/span&gt; have returned. He wants a chance to show a major league team he can still pitch. "I have nothing to lose, and all a major league team has to lose is 15 minutes," said Boyd. "Give me 15 minutes and I'll show I can still pitch. That's all I want."&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="tr-source"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2009/02/15/not_a_good_shot_in_the_arm/?page=3" class="" target="_blank"&gt;Boston Globe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="tr-source"&gt;This is exactly what baseball needs. It needs another great &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Mississipian&lt;/span&gt; in its ranks. Especially one like the Can. (If you were curious the name Oil Can is Mississippi slang for Beer Can. The Can's nickname came from his like of beer not that he worked at the local Jiffy Lube. Although he may have, I don't know). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="tr-source"&gt;I remember that Oil Can tried once in the mid 1990's to resurrect his career pitching in the #2 spot with the MS Delta &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Bluesmen&lt;/span&gt;. The &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Bluesmen&lt;/span&gt; were an actually indie league team, so the rumor goes. Anyway, I would pay to a 49 year old Oil Can pitch. Heck, I bet he could easily be the #3 starter on the Royals or the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Stienbreners&lt;/span&gt; could add hem to the traveling sideshow once known as the Yankees. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Jabba&lt;/span&gt; the Hut, Oil Can, A-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Roid&lt;/span&gt;, and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;HGH&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Pettite&lt;/span&gt;. If they could get Oil Can they need to rip Thong Boy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Roid&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Giambi&lt;/span&gt; back from the A's. I don't think I have seen a better line-up since I was in 4&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; grade and went to the MS State Fair. They had the Bearded Lady, Human Garbage Disposal who ate light bulbs, The Elastic Lady, the Snake Handler, and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Gordo&lt;/span&gt; the Great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="tr-source"&gt;I would have to say if Oil Can pitches I would pay to see it. Not much granted for tow reasons (1) Oil Can will be pitching for low level Minor League team at &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;best&lt;/span&gt;. Which is great if he pitches on Feed Your Face Night where $10 gets me a ticket and all the hot dogs I can shovel down my gullet. (2) seeing how I can't spring for the tickets to Man 'o War at the Patriot Center. And I still am hoping that Big O, Dukes, or Luke Thomas come through for me. He guys, I know that you are reading this so help out a fellow fan. All I need is 2 tickets and they don't even have to be ringside, that would be super cool, just inside the center. Dudes, please help out a fan here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="tr-source"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-166178714162219265?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/166178714162219265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/now-i-would-pay-to-see-this.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/166178714162219265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/166178714162219265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/now-i-would-pay-to-see-this.html' title='Now I Would Pay To See This...'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-6381656128608284662</id><published>2009-02-14T10:17:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T10:36:35.685-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Valentine's Day</title><content type='html'>To all you guys like me, lucky you, this video is for us. It makes me laugh every time I see it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/W-7EKT2GT6A&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W-7EKT2GT6A&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-6381656128608284662?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/6381656128608284662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/happy-valentines-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/6381656128608284662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/6381656128608284662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/happy-valentines-day.html' title='Happy Valentine&apos;s Day'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-4507416096330958662</id><published>2009-02-13T17:44:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T18:05:20.061-05:00</updated><title type='text'>MMA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I have to admit to you all that I am becoming more and more of a fan of Mixed Martial Arts. Over the past 2-3 years I have watched &lt;a href="http://www.ufc.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;UFC&lt;/span&gt; Fight Night and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;UFC&lt;/span&gt; Unleashed&lt;/a&gt; on Spike TV. Several months ago I ran across the &lt;a href="http://www.wjfk.com/pages/703221.php"&gt;Big O and Dukes Radio Show&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://www.wjfk.com/Home/691878"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;WJFK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in D.C. As i was listen the topic of the moment was &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;MMA&lt;/span&gt;, Chad's love of it, and the guest was one Mr. Luke Thomas who host &lt;a href="http://www.wjfk.com/pages/2583959.php"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;MMA&lt;/span&gt; Nation&lt;/a&gt;, Saturdays on &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;WJFK&lt;/span&gt;, as well as running the top shelf &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;MMA&lt;/span&gt; sight &lt;a href="http://www.bloodyelbow.com/"&gt;Bloody Elbow&lt;/a&gt;. As they talked about &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;MMA&lt;/span&gt; I became more and more interested. Growing up as a boxing fan, I loved hearing the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;enthusiasm&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;excitement&lt;/span&gt; regarding &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;MMA&lt;/span&gt;. The same excitement I heard from my &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;grad dad&lt;/span&gt; and his &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;cronies&lt;/span&gt; as they talked Ali, Frazier, and Marciano. I was totally pumped to hear about &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;MMA&lt;/span&gt; and its evolution from underground human cock fights to a multi-million dollar sport that it is today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are in the greater D.C. area and want to see &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;MMA&lt;/span&gt; in person I would suggest you check out &lt;a href="http://www.uwcmma.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;UWC&lt;/span&gt; Man 'o War&lt;/a&gt; event at the Patriot Center. I wish I was able to attend in person, but money is tight. So if any of you reading this can help me out with a couple of tickets, I would be &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;grateful&lt;/span&gt;. I have never seen a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;MMA&lt;/span&gt; fight in person and I am itching too! Hey Luke, Big O, Dukes hook a fellow fan up...please!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before I yell Book 'Em &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;Dano&lt;/span&gt;, check out one of the &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092675/"&gt;greatest movies ever&lt;/a&gt;. Book 'Em &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;Dano&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-4507416096330958662?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/4507416096330958662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/mma.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/4507416096330958662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/4507416096330958662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/mma.html' title='MMA'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-557805878243211129</id><published>2009-02-13T17:11:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T17:14:44.459-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Keep Piling On...</title><content type='html'>A-Fraud...uhh....Roid....uhh....I will never win a world series, so I roid up to pad my numbers...Rod reports next week to Spring Training. Or should we call it a 4 Ring Circus Training? But to continue with the themes of earlier post here is Letterman's &lt;span class="title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/top_ten/index/php/20090209.phtml#"&gt;Top Ten Messages Left on Alex Rodriguez's Answering Machine&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-557805878243211129?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/557805878243211129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/keep-piling-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/557805878243211129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/557805878243211129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/keep-piling-on.html' title='Keep Piling On...'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-3274984252937994019</id><published>2009-02-12T14:52:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T16:07:22.387-05:00</updated><title type='text'>TrainWreck or Genuis? HMMM...</title><content type='html'>I know you have heard by now, but have you seen the Video of Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman last night? If not, here it is and if so, watch it again...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lG-M1CWskeQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lG-M1CWskeQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I watched this clip, I don't know what to say other than it is about time that Letterman had on a whacked out guest. Your honor people's exhibit A:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NUmojv8Ui9g&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NUmojv8Ui9g&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And People's Exhibit B:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ALapHYNSmoA&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ALapHYNSmoA&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is it just me or does it seem that about ever 10 years or so a whacked out, goofy guest appears on Letterman which gets Dave all the headlines? I think it is brilliant for Letterman and his guys. Think about it, the world of late night comedy TV is crowded. You have every major TV station with a show or three not to mention cable. Goofy guest and headlines all over the world. Great move Dave! And what a great move for J.P. Look at what it did for the careers of Jill Munroe and George &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;McFly&lt;/span&gt;! J.P. only has great days ahead of him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;blogs&lt;/span&gt; and reporters suggest that all this crazy JP behavior is because he and his bro in law Casey &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Affleck&lt;/span&gt; are filming a documentary. Suggestions swirl that it is a "&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;mockumentay&lt;/span&gt;" in which Casey and JP are actually filming. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;HMMMM&lt;/span&gt;...a talented, Oscar nominated actor is swayed by his bro in law to film a "&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;documentary&lt;/span&gt;"... this ain't Spinal Tap. Is it just me or do you think this idea all started with a phrase such as, "here hold my beer" or "dude, while you are getting me another beer think how cool it would be if like dude we &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;punk'd&lt;/span&gt; the world..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this point let me talk directly to JP (I know he reads this blog and is real concerned with what I have to say). JP, dude, look and read closely. You are talented. I love your film work. Gladiator is in my top 3 favorite movies as is Signs and Walk the Line was &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;phenomenal&lt;/span&gt;. Go back to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;legitimate&lt;/span&gt; acting. Casey may be your bro in law, but remember  that he might be a nice guy, but he is not half the actor you are. Go to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Netflix&lt;/span&gt; and check out The Assassination of Jesse by Coward Robert Ford. And just because his brother calls himself and actor it does not make him one. While on &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Netflix&lt;/span&gt; watch Daredevil. You may have a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;bromance&lt;/span&gt; with Casey and it is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;OK&lt;/span&gt; to let him choose the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;restaurant&lt;/span&gt; to eat at tonight, but it is not &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;ok&lt;/span&gt; for him to give you career advice. JP wake up before you further become a punch line to corny late night hack comics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no way that I could blog about Farrah &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Fawcett&lt;/span&gt; without posting this picture:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZSN6ZZdu1I/AAAAAAAAAFc/48ClbutfdOo/s1600-h/%7B74689BC5-B7F2-450C-96A4-A00D7ADCEFE8%7D_Farrah-Fawcett_200.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 290px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZSN6ZZdu1I/AAAAAAAAAFc/48ClbutfdOo/s320/%7B74689BC5-B7F2-450C-96A4-A00D7ADCEFE8%7D_Farrah-Fawcett_200.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302018695711538002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As great as Farrah was for me she is second to Wonder Woman Lynda Carter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZSOkOVO5TI/AAAAAAAAAFk/uvKQZzMc7vw/s1600-h/Lynda-Carter-Photograph-C12146665.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZSOkOVO5TI/AAAAAAAAAFk/uvKQZzMc7vw/s320/Lynda-Carter-Photograph-C12146665.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302019414295504178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman was my first crush who I have never forgotten!!! She will always be Wonder Woman for me!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-3274984252937994019?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/3274984252937994019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/trainwreck-or-genuis-hmmm.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/3274984252937994019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/3274984252937994019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/trainwreck-or-genuis-hmmm.html' title='TrainWreck or Genuis? HMMM...'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZSN6ZZdu1I/AAAAAAAAAFc/48ClbutfdOo/s72-c/%7B74689BC5-B7F2-450C-96A4-A00D7ADCEFE8%7D_Farrah-Fawcett_200.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-7132367883599228723</id><published>2009-02-10T15:57:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T16:27:10.780-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Minor League Football?!?!</title><content type='html'>I am a HUGE fan of Minor league baseball.  Feed Your Face Night; The BK Strike Out King of the game, if a certain player on the opposing team strikes out anytime during the game everyone gets a free whopper; $2 hot dogs any game night; $10 gets you on the front row; players handing kids their game bats as they head to the locker rooms which just so happen to double as the restrooms in the ticket office; goofy games played by randomly chosen fans with the chance to win tickets; the list goes on and on and on.  As a dad and baseball lover it is great to be able to take my kid to a game for under $30 for the both of us. $30 at a MLB game gets me sitting next to the pidgeons while praying my nose don't bleed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, with this said, I happened upon a story today that mentioned the UFL, I thought it was a misprint and they meant the &lt;a href="http://www.oursportscentral.com/usfl/"&gt;USFL&lt;/a&gt;.  I did some research (yeah, I googled it) and ran across this &lt;a href="http://www.ufl-football.com/home"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; which promises to deliever quailty fan friendly football starting in the fall 2009. It sounded like a great idea and the way I read it it can become Mnor League Football. All the quality football we know and love without the sky high pricing and the big name players. By golly I think they are one to something here.  How cool would it be to have $1 doller dog night while watching a decent football game. Brillant I think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And speaking of Googleing, it too must have thought I mis-typed because I got a link to the &lt;a href="http://www.newusfl.com/index.html"&gt;New USFL&lt;/a&gt;!!! I was like no way! Way! How col is that? I was a BIG fan of the Memphis Showboats! Yeah, it was a real team in a real league not the name of a cross dressing Vegas "showgirl" who had a southern accent. My hands are shaking with excitement as I read this...what is next? Are they going to make a real life verison of He-Man and Masters of the Universe?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MfLiwcbgYJ4&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MfLiwcbgYJ4&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a throwback for all you children of the '80's:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7yeA7a0uS3A&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7yeA7a0uS3A&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-7132367883599228723?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/7132367883599228723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/minor-league-football.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/7132367883599228723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/7132367883599228723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/minor-league-football.html' title='Minor League Football?!?!'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-8984891376466632029</id><published>2009-02-10T10:24:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T10:33:48.942-05:00</updated><title type='text'>OOOPSSS...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A few post ago I posted a video of Lane Kiffen, UT's new football coach, taking a jab at Urban Meyer and the Gator program.  I thought it was rather funny myself and a something new at UT, their football coach actually throwing verbal punches instead of taking them. (Spurrier v. Fulmer throughout Stevie's tenture at the swamp.). But, I would like to say to Lane and the rest of the boys in Knoxville...&lt;a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/02/09/Tennessee.violations.ap/index.html"&gt;welcome to the BIG SHOW that we call SEC Football&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back in the day, when I made my "official" visit to college campus I did not get a fog machine or press conference. All I got was a tour of the library and a free lunch in the cafeteria. I guess that is the difference between being a solid C student and the ability to run 40 yards in 4 seconds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-8984891376466632029?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/8984891376466632029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/ooopsss.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/8984891376466632029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/8984891376466632029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/ooopsss.html' title='OOOPSSS...'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-6259976848673117486</id><published>2009-02-10T08:12:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T08:28:06.722-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What NY Has To Say</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/02102009/news/regionalnews/alex_drops_a_bomb__i_lied_154417.htm"&gt;New York Post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York Daily News web headline: The Yankee Fibber?&lt;br /&gt;Here is the &lt;a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/index.html"&gt;New York Daily News Coverage&lt;/a&gt;. Be sure to check out Lupica article.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The NY Times has this look at the&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/02/08/sports/baseball/20090208_AROD_TIMELINE.html?ref=sports"&gt; A-Roids career&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here is the news from &lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2009/02/10/a_rod_admits_steroid_use/"&gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-6259976848673117486?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/6259976848673117486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-ny-has-to-say.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/6259976848673117486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/6259976848673117486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-ny-has-to-say.html' title='What NY Has To Say'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-8198732262340714717</id><published>2009-02-10T07:48:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T08:39:06.528-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A-Roid Falls On His Sword</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;My granddad always said that you have to give a dog its due and I am here today to give a Yank dog his due.&lt;/span&gt; Monday A-Rod manned up and sat down face to face with ESPN's Peter Gammons to discuss the issue at hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="440" height="361"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://espn.go.com/broadband/player.swf?mediaId=3895585"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://espn.go.com/broadband/player.swf?mediaId=3895585" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="440" height="361" allowscriptaccess="always"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=3895585&amp;amp;categoryid=2378529"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A-Fraud, the nickname given to him by those wacky club house boys and other Yanks, at least had the guts to admit that he did 'Roids while he played in Texas. But not since 2003 has he done 'roids. Do I believe him? As I look at it you have a clubhouse with at least 3 big name players juicing (and I am so sure that no one knew) and you have been juicing for the past 3 years, but now you decide to not juice. It is like an alcoholic doing rehab at a the Dew Drop Inn Saloon. But, in his defense, if A-Rod has been clean then good for him and I hope that  he is not lying to us once again. I can see why A-Fraud is coming "clean". He is seeking a pass and keep himself in the Hall of Fame. A pass has been given to Giambi and Pettite as they apologized for their roid use. Well, I am not sure what Giambi apologized for specifically, but he should immediately issue and apology for the whole thong thing as well as that awful 'stache he had going. It made Jeff Kent's 'stache look good. On the other hand, others who have been linked to steriods have not even sniffed the Hall of Fame...Mark "Big Mac" McGuire..even if they had the numbers to get in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In all this though I have to ask, where is Bud Selig? The man who has reigned over the the Roid Era that has included two players strikes, a canceled World Series, an All Star game tie, and a World Series postponed game. HMMM...just where is the man, the myth, and the legend (in his own mind) Oh wait I think I see him there in the corner of the room during the interview look closely and you can see him. If you have trouble here is a still picture taken off of the video.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Owner/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZF8ZGwIf1I/AAAAAAAAAFU/iYaIxPyPyjM/s1600-h/montgomery-burns.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 233px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZF8ZGwIf1I/AAAAAAAAAFU/iYaIxPyPyjM/s320/montgomery-burns.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301155007142854482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-8198732262340714717?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/8198732262340714717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/roid-comes-clean.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/8198732262340714717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/8198732262340714717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/roid-comes-clean.html' title='A-Roid Falls On His Sword'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5gJ2k1ypa7k/SZF8ZGwIf1I/AAAAAAAAAFU/iYaIxPyPyjM/s72-c/montgomery-burns.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-536749304192025595</id><published>2009-02-08T08:09:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-08T08:14:11.815-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Why College Football Rocks...</title><content type='html'>...especially the SEC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NQZSW4lGpso&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NQZSW4lGpso&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And they say that the 'Skins vs. 'Boys is a heated rivalry.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-536749304192025595?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/536749304192025595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-college-football-rocks.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/536749304192025595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/536749304192025595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-college-football-rocks.html' title='Why College Football Rocks...'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-1151379303281883065</id><published>2009-02-08T07:55:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-08T08:09:46.740-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What??</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/firstcuts/entry/view/17092/nba_players_to_play_g-e-i-c-o_not_h-o-r-s-e"&gt;Did you happen to catch the breaking NBA news? &lt;/a&gt;It seems as if the league in in it's effort to always be cutting edge, i.e the 3 point shooting contest and the Rookie Challenge, now brings you G-E-I-C-O. In a twist to the old H-O-R-S-E game we played as kids (or P-I-G if we were short on time) contestants will instead play a game of G-E-I-C-O. How cool is this? Maybe they could up the stakes and have Geico pitch men vs. NBA'ers. Think about it...Kobe, Kevin Garnett, and D Wade vs. Caveman, Gecko, and Lauren Wallace (who happens to be my personal fav, check him out &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_90tfqwXc0A"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWdiHXNktbc&amp;amp;feature=related"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) This is pure genius! Way to go Stern! This should be riviting TV, even better than the slam dunk contest that has lost alot of luster. They should have canned it when MJ retired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-1151379303281883065?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/1151379303281883065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/what.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/1151379303281883065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/1151379303281883065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/what.html' title='What??'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-405056707272160709</id><published>2009-02-07T13:18:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-08T07:48:19.949-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A-Roid</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This just in...Alex Rodriguez the Evil Empire's 3rd baseman tested positive for steroids in 2003! Well, allegedly.  All the details are &lt;a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/02/07/alex-rodriguez-steroids/index.html?eref=T1"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Wow, who would've thought that a Yankee would test positive of 'roids? Surely not Jason Giambi, Roger Clemens, or Andy Pettite..allegedly. But, you have to hand it to A-Roid, he faced the media and manned up, "You'll have to talk to the union". I guess he was way too busy chasing down old, vieny, wrinkley pop singers to issue a real statement. As a proud, card carrying member of Red Sox nation, I have to admit that a smirk is on my face as I write this. There is some satisfaction in seeing the Yankroids be caught cheating in an era when they can't win the big one. I think that with the opening of the new Yankee Stadium that there should be a Mount Roidmore stature erected in Momument Park. There for all to see are the Rocket, Giambi, Pettite, and A-Rod's mugs chiseled in stone. And while I am piling on, &lt;a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0902/mlb.alex.rodriguez.through.the.years/content.1.html?eref=T1"&gt;check out this gallery of A-Roid through the years&lt;/a&gt;. My personal favorite is picture 12. "The Slap" is one of the highlights of the greatest choke jobs ever....up 3-0 in the ALCS only to lose 4 straight. Long Live The Sox!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/MYLAPT%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-405056707272160709?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/405056707272160709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/roid.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/405056707272160709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/405056707272160709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/roid.html' title='A-Roid'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-4288427957836161632</id><published>2009-02-05T09:21:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T10:00:49.787-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Way Funny Video of the Day</title><content type='html'>I ran across this posted on another site and I knew that you , my loyal readers, would want to just laugh out loud today.  Just click on the video and be prepared to laugh out loud. And if this video would not be embarrassing enough for this kid, his parents had to go make him wear a shirt like that!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/txqiwrbYGrs&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/txqiwrbYGrs&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-4288427957836161632?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/4288427957836161632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/way-funny-video-of-day.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/4288427957836161632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/4288427957836161632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/way-funny-video-of-day.html' title='Way Funny Video of the Day'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-7078915471041195378</id><published>2009-02-03T17:07:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-03T17:22:14.067-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I Love the '80's</title><content type='html'>A  little trivia for all you '80's kids out there...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q: What is the world's most famous phone number and whose was it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A: &lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/axLRUszuu9I&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/axLRUszuu9I&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And just a mere 25 years later you can own the &lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/03/ebay.jennys.number/index.html?iref=mpstoryview"&gt;Jenny's numbe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/03/ebay.jennys.number/index.html?iref=mpstoryview"&gt;r&lt;/a&gt;. How cool would that be? &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZgFXdqDCRM&amp;amp;feature=related"&gt;Max Headroom&lt;/a&gt; cool...assuming you have &lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/867-5309-phone-number-in-NYC-area-DJ-company-8675309_W0QQitemZ260354849950QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item260354849950&amp;amp;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&amp;amp;_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50"&gt;$400,00+  burning a hole in your pocket&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-7078915471041195378?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/7078915471041195378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-love-80s.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/7078915471041195378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/7078915471041195378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-love-80s.html' title='I Love the &apos;80&apos;s'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-5571773081476396243</id><published>2009-02-02T10:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T11:10:44.951-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bottom Feeder 5</title><content type='html'>This year's super Bowl did not feature my beloved Tennessee Titans, so there was not a whole lot of interest in the who won the game. What I was more interested in is who won Super Ad Bowl 09. so without further adieu, I will revel to you my  Bottom Feeder 5 (dudes, do you know what it cost for a 30 second Super Bowl ad and you did that with your money?!?!?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Disclaimer: Posting these videos in no way, shape form or fashion means that I endorse any of the products. Not until someone pays me the big bucks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#5 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/xf97FqpGIJZh9fXyTdO4uw"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/xf97FqpGIJZh9fXyTdO4uw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#4  What?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/q25gwE7zQhCQRfxlsuXLJQ"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/q25gwE7zQhCQRfxlsuXLJQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#3 Wasn't David Abernathy an American Idol finalist a couple years ago?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/BBCJMEhW295ZDMwRS6yStg"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/BBCJMEhW295ZDMwRS6yStg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#2  Yea...Ok...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/OBgwPwvHpAJPyn3Vgp7ahQ"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/OBgwPwvHpAJPyn3Vgp7ahQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#1    It's a tie...&lt;br /&gt;Even 3d did not help this one out&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/m3GMIBf-yv2duW0D9d3lQw"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/m3GMIBf-yv2duW0D9d3lQw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And this is just plain sad, on so many levels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/e3l7Tsw7HbpsyV1Cscqvsw"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/e3l7Tsw7HbpsyV1Cscqvsw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-5571773081476396243?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/5571773081476396243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/bottom-feeder-5.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/5571773081476396243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/5571773081476396243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/bottom-feeder-5.html' title='Bottom Feeder 5'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-5015119711984639470</id><published>2009-02-02T10:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T11:13:00.290-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Super Bowl Ads... Top of the Sunday</title><content type='html'>This year's super Bowl did not feature my beloved Tennessee Titans, so there was not a whole lot of interest in the who won the game. What I was more interested in is who won Super Ad Bowl 09.  Without further adieu, I will revel to you my Top of the Sunday 5 (the best commercials)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Disclaimer: Posting these videos in no way, shape form or fashion means that I endorse any of the products. Not until someone pays me the big bucks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Top of the Sunday 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honorable Mention.. I am not sure if this premiered on Super Sunday, so does not make the official top 5.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#5     Mean Troy Coke...a new take on an oldie but goldie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/LD_5x181yAJrztHUiK4RXw"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/LD_5x181yAJrztHUiK4RXw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#4      Need a new job?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/KJAJmBPHmtSsfq0IkpGHEQ"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/KJAJmBPHmtSsfq0IkpGHEQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#3   Heroes ... It was a mediocre commercial until the end! Elway Rules!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/snFzLhYA8DADkPX3pq0L0A"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/snFzLhYA8DADkPX3pq0L0A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#2     Talking Babies...I love this kid!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/dAdWy2q2sBfiFY1-9wWLzQ"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/dAdWy2q2sBfiFY1-9wWLzQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#1  My Crystal Ball&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/gRH0EiTipxMgtukuG6Q7VQ"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/gRH0EiTipxMgtukuG6Q7VQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-5015119711984639470?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/5015119711984639470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/super-bowl-ads-top-of-sunday.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/5015119711984639470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/5015119711984639470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/super-bowl-ads-top-of-sunday.html' title='Super Bowl Ads... Top of the Sunday'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648633878217969171.post-6953327789138475719</id><published>2009-02-02T10:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T10:16:19.811-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Here Goes...</title><content type='html'>I was reluctant at first to blog becaue I thought to myself, "Regis, this blogging thing is like &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Ruxpin"&gt;Teddy Ruxpin&lt;/a&gt; of the internet. Much ado about a teddy bear strapped to a tape deck." But, alas blogging was not a Teddy Ruxpin, but instead it turned out to be a Cabbage Patch Kid...able to stand the test of time. So, here I am a month into 2009 and I am an official blogger. What a wonderfully sounding word that is...blogger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you read this blog I will commit to you that it will a commentary on yesterday's news and my rants eer... insights on various topics (usually sports related). As a loyal reader I commit to you blog on an irregular basis and bring to you my take on day old news stories. As well as again and again to show forth my age with cultural references which will require link for many of you to recall the reference. Welcome to my life and welcome to my blog. &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AepyGm9Me6w"&gt;Book 'Em Dano!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4648633878217969171-6953327789138475719?l=itsblandslife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/feeds/6953327789138475719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/here-goes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/6953327789138475719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4648633878217969171/posts/default/6953327789138475719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsblandslife.blogspot.com/2009/02/here-goes.html' title='Here Goes...'/><author><name>Bland Campbell, III</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16142024224526555959</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
