Sometimes in life, people would rather have a do-over because the results of an action are less than exemplary. Being a fan of music and sports, I have seen a fair amount of these recently. As I am a busy fellow, I will only look at these somewhat briefly. With that in mind, though, here goes.
"Gimme More?" No Thanks
Yesterday night, Britney Spears sought to initiate her "comeback" with a live "performance" of a new single entitled "Gimme More" where she apparently lipsynched rather poorly and demonstrated very lame dancing moves as well as less than trim physical condition. Her performance has been widely panned and some suspect that her career is over, comparing her unfavorably with her ex Kevin Federline. Furthermore, MTV was panned rather heavily for the desperation inherent in their decision to let Britney open the award show with her, um, performance as well as their decision to have most of the action take place in private VIP parties rather than in the televised show--which was shortened to increase the number of commercials and decrease the number and length of performances shown. Bad call.
Historic Upset
Life has been good the past couple of weeks if you are a fan of two-time defending I-AA champions Appalachian State. A trip to then #5 ranked Michigan ended up in the small school from Boone, North Carolina recording a 34-32 win that ranks as the first time in college football history that a team from Division I-AA has defeated a ranked Division I-A team. The loss led to a chance in the rules of the AP Poll, allowing Division I-AA teams to be ranked, and led to Michigan plummeting out of the rankings. A loss to Oregon this week brings the 0-2 Wolverines face to face with another struggling team, the 0-2 Notre Dame "Fighting" Irish, who have failed to score an offensive touchdown in two games against Georgia Tech and Penn State.
News At 11
There have been a lot of odd and quirky news stories that I lack the time to write about in depth, but have been intrigued by. One such story involves the explosion of a truck in Mexico carrying some kind of explosives that has killed over 30 people and injured another 150. Included among the victims were 3 local reporters who were presumably on the scene to cover the accident and instead became part of the story. Obviously, stories like this will make people a little jumpier over trucks being allowed to come in from Mexico to the US, given such a lax safety record. Other news stories, such as the discovery of "Kryptonite" in Serbia, are not new but are still rather entertaining to me. As usual, I will be on the lookout for more odd and quirky stories as the mood strikes me in case I feel like a blogging mood.
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It was interesting that during the Trumpets service Thursday, our Pastor did NOT comment about Ms. Spears at the VMA's.
Instead, he talked about the Muslim "fatwa" she and Madonna are under now -- to convert to Islam, or die.
To hear Britney Spears compared with Salman Rushdie (and she was) was quite unexpected.
And to borrow from Ren and Stimpy: "Appy Appy/Joy Joy!"
I am fond of Ren & Stimpy myself. I read about the fatwa against the two of them. Apparently the Muslims are on a bit of tape delay and just got the memo about the VMAs from a couple of years ago.
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