Tale of Two Cities

Well....been off for awhile and I've really missed some stellar opps to drop my three cents this summer. I'm not saying I'm baaaack Swartz style...but I am saying I will try and put it down a little more oft. The summer was incred and the planning for my 30th trip really took over, and then I got back into video games and doing other fun stuff, I handwrote a blog with my NFL Predictions, thinking it'd get me back into this, but sitting down for sometimes two hours to drop it so maybe 15 people...but more like five would read it and get a khackle just didn't seem worth it. My usual lunch break of reading Pos's blog got cut because I've been so busy at work....so let me hit you with this. I think I will try and keep my entries brief so Ii don't get turned off on this again. I'd like to hit you with the top 15 on a few things from the summer so I'm not backtracking....why fifteen? Lakers championships (until this year, I have the shirt), my number in sports, Vince Carter's number, Carlos Beltran's number, etc. I'd like to put up top 15 beers, video games, and songs...the songs will be entitled the summerjam mixtape and I'd like to get at it sometime this week.

Anyways....
I love travelling. Cannot get enough of it, I set the goal of seeing every MLB park not only to do it and say I've done it...but to experience other cities and their cultures for a brief moment. Whenever I'm somewhere I always think about where I would live and what Ii would do for fun....and sometimes when I'm driving somewhere local that is a bit far I think oh...what if I lived there...what would my daily commute be, how far would Ii be from the fun stuff, etc. It passes the time on car and plane trips. I am normally smitten kitten on a city after living it up for a weekend there and grabbing all the fun stuff and not having to think about the less than appealing stuff such as traffic, public transportation, cost of living, missing where I've been and hanging with my normal crowds. Its always good to step outside the box...but living outside the box? Less Glamourous.

I never really thought about it, but I did on my flight back from DC two weekends back. There is really quite a bit of similarities between there and St Louis. As perpost as this sounds hear me out. I should have written this down then, but it didn't occur to me, like when you're driving to work jammin out to music and then writing your own lyrics in your head and thinking about how money and popstar it would be, then you clock into work and forget about how awesome you are.

Areas to go out in:
Washington Ave vs. Georgetown
Soulard vs. Adams Morgan
Westport vs. Dupont Circle
Laclede's Landing vs. H St NE

I'm sure there's others...like St Chuck 4th street versus the touristy area around the mall with the Prohibition bar and ESPN SportsZone...I once did a Mall pub crawl and It was outstanding, I know there's cool bars in South City, but there's also cool bars around Verizon Wireless where the Caps and Wizards play. And there is redic cool bars sprinkled throughout both cities.

I love Wash Ave, so that wins in landslide fashion, soulard and Adams is a push, but since Adams has Jumbo Slice it ties it up....I'm a downtown guy...Westport sucks..and Dupont is pretty hot, having two Great Lakes brews gives it big ups, H St NE absolutely murders the Landing, after you get by the Big Bang and the cobblestone all you have is a bunch of teenagers with fake id's trying to impress the other by how much they can drink...boo yah Biergarten Haus and H St Country club by themselves would win this in a landslide...so DC wins, but it's closer than you thought

STL-arch, DC-White House,
I'm an engineer and I know about all the other cool stuff DC has to offer, but pound for pound the arch is just cool, parabola engineering back in the day is sweet, and a house that only someone and their family can hang at is pretty sweet...does the resale go up every four years?

Baseball.
Cardinals. I hate to say it...but the only reason I give Busch a slight edge on the Nat's new park is that its close to me and I go frequently. The atmosphere is obviously better in St Louis, but having live bands inside and an inflatable pool with a Mexican restaurant there makes it tough. The Nats are mid-to-late Royals bad and the Cards are Michael Jackson bad so St Lou wins.






Football.
Seriously? DC. Indoor football never wins. Next

Hockey
This is a toughie...the fanbase is electric in St Louis and loyal. Where I'm from...loyalty always wins. But the Caps are exciting to watch and have the best player in the NHL (Sorry Sid)

Basketball
hahaha. Arenas and Wall versus what? SLU basketball? I dig Chaifetz...but c'mon

Location.
Most people wouldn't consider this a category....thankfully I do. The subs are lined out fairly similar to what they are in StL, with our directions and sides, they have suburbs seeping out in MD and VA surrounding the District, but they have Balitmore, which wasn't more than an hour drive away, that has a baseball and football team and a somewhat cool downtown, Ii wasn't impressed first off, but maybe one day I'll give it another shot. STL is four hours from Chicago and KC, and if you push it and want to say Louisville is cool, that's four hours away as well....Philly and NYC are both within four hours, so I think DC wins. I've always wanted to visit the Illadelph...maybe next year....

Beers....
Yeah, this next one is gonna cause a ruckus. I know the locals here absolutely adore Schlafly, and yeah, I like it. It is no Boulevard, but it's pretty good. Tthey have a cask system and some cool events...who doesn't? Dogfishhead really has some excellent beers, and they have three brewpubs in the DC area....Schlafly only has two. Plus, their IPAs blow Schlafly out of the water. Like pirate style.


Metro vs. Metrolink
The Metro in DC is laid out very logically and the one in STL hits the major points and Ii love it...but it doesnt cut the cake. DC

I do love living in St Louis....so it gets another point because I'm here. But it still loses...closer than you thought though huh?

Beer of the Week: The less than a week old Budweiser I had at Oaf's wedding this weekend. It was truly fresh prince of bel air.

Game of the Week: Seriously? Halo.

Jam of the Week: Congratulations by Drake on the All This Rain & No Coat Mixtape. I've been listening to With You a lot though since Lil Wayne's new cd came out on monday...but for the week? Drake.

Mock Turtleneck? Too hot, I'll go mock draft

Yeah, sadly Mock Draft isn't a beer on draft at all...it's NBA Draft time, as some of you know, I love drafts almost as much as I love brackets, but I love telling people I was right a lot, but not as much as either. I will throw down my mock at the Loomega of this entry as most of you couldn't care that the Thunder have a Lake Superior amount of picks in the first round this year. The best part about it is that you get to hear David Stern announce "The rights to" trades and the deputy commish comes in and gets nasty with it in the Second Round. Watching this and doing mock drafts as a kid was possibly my favorite thing to do as a kid. I'd make my parents or Phil do mock drafts and compare at the end and I'd always be upset with whomever the Lakers decided to choose...with the exception of when the LakeShow snagged Farmar late and Walto early..good year, like a fine wine.

If you would have said to me in March that the Royals will be leading the Majors in hitting and still be 12 games under five hundo, I'd have said you were Fish-nutz...if youu said Strasburg would come up prior to September, effortlessly dominate, and be the first reason DC fans paid attention to baseball I'd have said..highly unlikely. Wow. I could ramble ramble about this for days. I'm just Witchta State Shockers about it. That's all. Big ups to KC for mowing down Strazzy yesterday. Boomer Sooner or later Yost will have to realize that Kendall is not a #2 hitter and doesn't need to play every day. Hopefully we can get some sweet payback for Guillen, who is utterly on fire with his 16-game hitting streak. Win, win, win for us, get rid of his ridiculous salary, move DDJ back to LF, and get prospects in return...and free up an OF spot for Gordo or a DH slot for the Big Hawaiian. Stay tuned, I got tix to all three games this weekend. Score!

Beer of the Week:

Tossup. I hate when Wilbon pushes, but I had three outstanding beers this weekend in Omaha at a place that serves champagne on tap. I narrowed it down to two, and really one is a centemental fave...you just don't see the big boys making and marketing amber beers like they used to. Killian's Irish Red was the big dog at the dogpark when I was in Rolla, pitcher of Killian's please! Amber bock has withstood the test of time, this could catch on, but for some redic reason they are only selling it in Nebrasska. It's Boulevard's Amber Ale and it is exquisite!!! The Lucky Bucket was the other. It is made right there in Nebraska and bars run out of it nonstop because they can have a bad batch and their production isn't Godzilla. If you're up there, try both. You won't be upset.



Game of the Week:

World Cup on the Iphone. This thing is pretty solid and it was only $3 bucks. Winning world cups on the crapper makes me feel dapper.

Movie of the Week:

Dude, Where's My Car. This is in honor of my buddy Aaron who constantly misplaces his ride. After this weekend, first thing I did was pop this in and enjoy. Why did saying Shibby never catch on? Timeless.

Jam of the Week:

The Kids by B.O.B. Featuring Janelle Monae. Anything in a reggae/rap style that mentions being trapped inside the matrix is catchy. I got hooked on it at my desk at work and on the plane, and when someone busted it out on the speaks on the rooftop kegs'n'eggs party in downtown Omaha....I knew it was golden goal. Loomsbestdayever.com...hahaha haven't been to bigdaddy to grab this one up. Honestly, I probably wont...but it would be supersweet.

Mock Turtleneck, Opposite:

1. Wall
2. Turner
3. Favors
4. Johnson
5. Cousins
6. Monroe
7. Ed Davis
8. Aminu
9. Babbitt
10. Udoh
11. Hayward
12. George
13. Patterson
14. Aldrich (bust)
15. Sanders
16. Henry
17. D James
18. Bledsoe
19. Bradley
20. J Anderson
21. Seraphin
22. Orton (bust)
23. Whiteside
24. Alabi
25. E Williams
26. Pleiss
27. Crawford
28. Brackins
29. Pondexter
30. Ebanks

I really hosed up my world cup 2010 pool at Morgan Stanley. J'adore France, they were pitiful, My Nigerians didn't show up to play, Cameroon looked lost...but the USA and Spain are still in it! Altidore and Villa. Studs. World Cups are sawweeeet

Vintage Lakers

Okay, okay, okay....you caught me again...little late on the bloggage...but serie...only like ten people get their left-to-right on so no big. Gotta keep the faithful happy...that's what Dayton Moore says...I wish...this is going to be a catchup blog with a brief rant about Yost just to catch you up to everything up until last thursday, as is my usual customary weekly blog, I'll try and beef you up on everything this thursday pre-nba draftage.

Hot Tub Time Machine Beer of the Week:

Loom, didn't you go to the St Louis Heritage Beer Festival!? I'm sure one of those goodies got a free pass for beer of the week. Yes, I had approximately four good beers there. By good, I obviously mean above average enough to mention so roughly a 7.5/10. I did, however, rock the Bridge Taphouse and thouroughly enjoy a Maharaja by Avery Brewing Co. I do like their IPA...but this is like whoa. If you're ever in there check it on draft. It's pretty Lake Superior.

Delorean Jam of The Week:

Young Forever by Jay-Z (Feat. Mr Hudson) Mad props to MTVU for playing this. Yes, I have fallen into old habbits and turn to that when nothing is on. Whatev, the music vid is borderline stinsfire...but the song is spicy. Spicy than the Colonel's wanna be hot sauce and "Cajun style" Chicken.

Bill & Ted Game of the Week:

I ordered World Cup 2010 for 360. I was not disappointed. My favorite teams when I was a kid were USA and France. France is terrible now and USA is semi-good. The sounds and graphics are pretty McRib. Remember when Homer followed the McRib around and skipped out on Lisa's spelling bee? Wonder if it was worth it....I love McRibs. I wish they had the 12th Street Diner's Fries.

I cannot stand the Kendall in the two-hole batting order. It is absolutely rediculous. I am all for guys trying new things. This is a catastrophe. I hate it. Put Aviles back up there and sink Kendall. He has no power or speed and contact hitting that high gets you virtually nowhere. The dude averages 5 hr's a year. Either put Aviles back up and leave everything the way it is or bump DDJ into the twohole and B-Butt back up to the threespot. Guillen is increasing trade value so you may as well feature him in the cleanup...hopefully this will make us see some Hawaiian Punch or Gordo action after the trade deadline. September seems so far away....

By the way...how sweet was it for the Lakers to repeat!?!?

Welcome to the Summer, I'm the Captian of the Cool Kids

Sippin' Beer Roof Top
Bags, Swimmin with my Lid

Hahaha, little verse of awesome, hold the awesome. Remember my new haircut? That was a YouTube sensation. Muscle Milk! Powerbars! Haven't seen that in awhile, really think it's time to revisit that and Like A Boss by The Lonely Island. Gotta make this entry rather quick, gotta clean up because the 'rents are coming! I don't know if any of you saw Strasburg in action Tuesday...but he was filthy. It is hard (That's what she said) to not get into Strasmania. I remember Prior throwing a similar game, but wow. The possibility exists that the Royals will take on Strasburg on June 23. I can't wait to see that. The second-best hitting team against the phenom, Steven Koufax himself. Excited.

As I said, rather quick....here ya go:

Game of the Week:

NBA Ballers:Rebound on PSP

This game has been rediscovered thanks to Oaf. I am now addicted to the Rags to Riches portion of the game. There is more unlockable bling in this one also. Plus, the added bonus of being able to play it while I drop bombs brings it above the rest.

Beer of the Week:

This may come as a surprise to others, but my third-favorite beer is rarely mentioned in passing or on here. I played in a volleyball league game last night and had an ice cold one and it really was refreshing. It reminded me of getting one at a ballgame. Except better. Just look at this picture and try and pretend that you don't now crave one...

Loomism of the Week:

I love cherries. Rainier cherries are my absolute fave. Bing cherries are a close second. I call them Chandler Bing Bombs. Try. Repeat. Enjoy.

Jam of the Week:

"Hello, Good Morning" by Diddy featuring T.I.

This jam is hot. Diddy is trying to bust back onto the scene. His last song, "Angels" with an old verse from BIG was terrible, he's trying to get on the T-Pain voicebox thing. It sounds like he downloaded the "I am T-Pain" app on ITunes and just talked with it with some goofy beat in the background. Somewhere singles of this track are in the same junkheap that E.T. for Atari 2600 is no doubt in. Somewhere in Vegas. I'm not so sure about his new album that drops sometime this month. I'll do the ol' wait and see approach on that one. If you hear otherwise, let me know.

Movie of the Week:

"Lakers v. Celtics"
I have "Shutter Island" here and can't wait to sit down and watch it. Lakers-Celts should be an ongoing movie, the series has been less than spectacular, but by no means a snoozer. Fisher has really came alive and his postgame interview Tuesday night was fantastic. The rivalry is epic, if you can't get into this, then you can't get into the NBA. I saw return of jafar and toy story 2 on sunday. Return of Jafar was absolutely terrible, its a shame that Disney even attempted to release it. Straight to video was no shocker, Aladdin was my favorite Disney movie of all time, if Ii can't warm up to the sequel...no one can. Toy Story 2 was exceptional in Blu-Ray. If you're going to harp on my ingenuity then that's my "movie" choice.

I created a new cd. It's entitled "No Socks Just Spicy." It's pretty hot. I may be tempted to throw out the mix...if you sign something saying I'm not liable for when it overheats your cd player or turns your ipod into flames then I'll throw it down next week.

Beginning of the Beginning of the End

Hahaha, I totally spacemaned and forgot to finalize the Loom Bracket of Awesome. I didn't get quite the response that I had hoped for, so it slipped until I saw the bracket on the floor. So Ii will throw it down to the final four, hence the title of this blog. I can't believe how far a few games went or didn't go, this really puts the idea in my head of what is the best way to determine a champion. The NCAA has three distinct styles, which, in my opinion, are the best format for each sport. The BCS really gets knocked around hard, but it really does a descent job of getting the best out there. They should use it when the inevitably go to an 8 or 16 team playoff format because everyone loves money in college sports. There is virtually no leadership and they are willing to let people do whatever they want. One of the biggest power conferences is about to be ripped apart due to the Pac-10. I'm all for competition, but if I am a student athlete, I'm not sure I'd be enthralled with travelling across the country on weeknights all the time then coming home and going to class, it seems like the best interest of the student-athlete was lost a long time ago. They are treated like robots in a lot of cases, I don't want to get into the "They should get paid" argument, because I believe a free education and a weekly stipend is an incredible gift that many take for granted, but if everyone is looking for their best interest, what kind of realignment can we figure? I hate Kansas. Despise. Everyone knows this and I make no secret of it. But, hypothedically, if Mizzou and Nebraska book it to the Big Ten and Colorado, Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech jet for the Pac-10 that leaves Kansas, Kansas State, Baylor, and Iowa State to fend for themselves. I love how the Big 12 has screwed Mizzou twice. Royally. The year we beat KU and they let them go to the BCS game and then last year when they let Iowa State wiggle ahead of us into a better bowl game. I am all for Mizzou leaving and going to the Big Ten. More academic prestige, we'd still have Illinois and Nebraska as rivals, and I would love if we played Notre Dame every year. No one knows if Notre Dame is going to commit, but I keep hearing them and Rutgers come up in conversation. I guess time will tell. The college world series format is somewhat similar to the 65-team bracket with the regionals setup, but is a little bit more confusing. There is no one-and-done and complications arise. This suits baseball a bit better, but makes a pool at the office nearly impossible, that and the fact that nearly no one follows college baseball, except maybe fans of crappy MLB teams that have high picks. I pay attention a bit more than I should. Aluminum bats? Bit silly. Anyways, digression over, some games I thought were really good and would easily make the elite eight were upset by others. This is perhaps temper mental, but so is college hoops. Certain teams match up better with other teams strengths, weaknesses, hot/cold, that is why things get so exciting. I figure I will have to do this yearly, if I continue to keep this blog up, which can be taxing at some times and rewarding at others. Great conversation piece, anyways, that is for future Loom to worry about. Let's get nasty with the Mushroom Kingdom regional:

Bonk's giant noggin cannot break through Oblivion's massive armor and loses in the play-in game. Not even Elder Scrolls can hold a candle to the timeless classic Zelda:A Link to the Past. The Ms Pac Man Tetris/Dr Mario was an intriging matchup of widely popular family-type games. Tetris/Dr Mario was simply too much in this one. Does anyone remember getting Super Tecmo Bowl? The stat tracking, the hospital, the halftime show, the plays, the everything was way advanced and completely ahead of its time. I remember playing every game into a season and the power went out in week six at casa de Anderson, thus rendering all my data gone. From then on I'd take a team and take them to the promised land, hey, you can only take the Chiefs to the Bowl so many times. This game upsets GTA barely, although that was the game that started it all with the open environments and such that everyone continues to copy to this day. Crazy Taxi is fun to play to this day, everyone loves to take people to KFC, and it really got the dreamcast off of shelves and into homes. I cannot fathom to this day how many quarters I put into NBA Jam Arcades or hours Ii spent playing it on every system. I love playin Hoef in it, and enjoyed being a top ten player when the machine was at hair of the dog. The rest of the games are pretty self explanatory, the games they beat were each good in their own right, but simply overmatched. I did enjoy Soul Reaver, I may pick up a copy on Ebay since my PSOne is broken and my dreamcast is hooked up currently. The puzzles, the soul-reaving, it was one engaging and tough game. Fable II would keep me from going out. Winner.

Captain N:

Hit N Run was a fantastic game and pong is old school. Ya know what? Who really wants to hear me babble about video games for a half hour? I'm going to clean my loft and play a little MLB 2K10. The toughest game to pick in each regional is highlighted, here it was KOTR and Wii Sports. Enjoy and see the bracket below.

I'm so official all I need is a whistle

Greinke let down again. Perfect game ruined by a guy who looks like he should be at a bike rally or weighing in at a truck stop. The man made of glass retires quietly...guess we shoulda seen that coming, as he fell asleep in the dugout earlier this year. And I found out that Boulevard, my favorite brewing company on earth, made a beer for Nebraska only. What's this? No love for the MO!? Weak, decrepit weak, walker with tennis balls weak. Oh well, I'll just have to try it when I'm up there for the CWS! Can anyone comprehend the fact that both Gordo and Kila are in AAA? They are both killing it, (so is Parraz...with TPJ like fashion) and we are strugglin' to score runs, let the Greinkotron down again. This guy is getting hosed and the royals are like 2-12 in his starts. Absurd. The most gifted starting pitcher in the AL should have at least five victories and not feel like he has to do everything himself when he goes out there, the job Banni and the bullpen did Tuesday was The Masters on CBS...but although we are 10-9 since Yost took over, it seems we are lacking that certain firepower....that certain gumption. Why not take a chance and let Guillen play RF, put Scotty doesn't know in CF and Sandlot in LF (where he was outstanding last yr, he has no busi in RF with his below-average arm) Call up Hawaiiain Punch and see what he has got. I realize this season is lost, but we need to know what we have, whether it's the second-coming of Ken Harvey, or Brandon Berger, or the Futures-Game all-star who everyone said was can't miss prospect Justin Huber, the 2005 Futures MVP, is he Ryan Shealy? He could be Bob "The Hammer" Hamelin....I am sick of watching us let guys play in AAA while they are blocked by aging/mediocre/etc players. Why not call him up and give him som AB's, see what he has got. Then if you don't like it, send him back down and let him work things out, or give him something to work on. They walk Hawaiian Punch like crazy and it's just absurd. Gordo's been playing really well also. Why are we letting glorified utilitymen be everyday players when we have guys running around with potential and we don't know if they are the real deal or not....remember when we ruined JP Howell and rushed him through the majors? Then traded him for Joey Gathright....they should have been patient and not pushy with JP and just watched the Gathright YouTube vid of him jumping over cars instead. I am interested to see who we pick up in the draft on Monday with Arty and the Joker there representing. Pomeranz or the catcher from Miami would get me into cackle mode. Quick.

Game of the Week:

Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Wii

Wow. This is the first one. With Yoshi. And new suits. Therefore it is Lake Superior.

Beer of the Week:

Zon by Boulevard.

This is when you know summer is here. The coriander and light taste of a Belgian Witbeer. Get it and enjoy it on a deck or a rooftop near you. Outstanding. I'd love to catch this on tap somewhere here in St Lou....let me know if you run across it. Enjoy and Happy Summer!

Movie of the Week:

Without a doubt it was Shrek Forever After. I've hung with Shrek, in a social setting, not in his deeded swamp. He's a pretty cool guy, and that Fiona, helluva good cook. I'd recommed viewing it in IMAX 3D, it makes a huge diff. I've seen four movies in 3D now, on some it is more of a gimmick as its the new trendy thing to do. But on this (and Avatar or FurnWars or StarGully or whatever you'd prefer to call it) it is an absolute must. It seemed like more of an afterthought on Alice in Wonderland and Clash of the Titans only took advantage of it in certain moments. Far Far Away. I wasn't extremely impressed with Shrek the Third, but this is above and beyond that, you shouldn't hezzy to plop it down with some popcorn and eyecandy and prepared to be entertained. I have attached a pic with myself, Shrek, and Fiona for your viewing pleasure. Despite what you may believe...they are not Lakers fans. Fiona even told me I was brave to wear that shirt. Haha.

Jam of the Week:

This was a close call, I'm going to go with the resurgence of Lupe Fiasco. "Past my Shades" by B.O.B. featuring Lupe Fiasco is pretty solid. The hook really gets into your head, and it makes me grin a bit when I'm rollin' around town thinkin...hey...you can't see past my shades...solid and so true

Prediction of the Week:

Lakers in Six. I was originally going to say five. I realize these old dogs have figured out how to play at home. Which is fine, I'd love to beat them in Boston to cap it off. Just like we did to the Suns.

Loomism:

If you didn't catch it above, if something is far better than something else, normal humans would say superior...I throw out Lake Superior....get your geography on, son.

I'm the oppo of cantankerous

How sick was this week? 102 Degree temp and stay in bed sick. Dinosaur call sick. Iller than Ill Mitch himself (hamburger...french fries).

This week the Blue Crew hopped out of the cellar like a fine wine. The NW Arkansas Naturals are turning heads, Moustakas even had a burger named after him. That my friends, is when you know you have made it. And the Royals have chosen Art Diesel, scout extraordinaire and the one and only Joker (Joe Randa) to rep us at the draft on June 7. Pretty solid choices there, hopefully we snatch up Grandal the power-hitting cather from Miami (FL) or the slick lefty from Ole Miss, I'd be chill with eith. Congrats to David "Sandlot" DeJesus and his wifey on the new kiddo, and his two rbi's tonight from the three-hole to have us disappoint the Red Sox. I tell ya what, that Blake Wood is looking more and more like the real deal holyfield...and Soria notched his 100th save. Smooth like Chester Cheetah, which means he may get his own NES game, hopefully power-pad compatible. On with the show....

Beer of the week:

Magnificent. A revelation. Its like drinking something awesome...oh wait, it IS awesome. Brian Boru from Three Floyd's Brewing company is their Irish Red Ale Seasonal and it is fantasmo. Only comes in tall bott format, obviously because 12 oz simply isn't enough. They tend to outdo themselves and this is really further proof of that, 2010 proof if you will.

Jam of the Week:

Hop into your hot tub time machine. I don't know if everyone is like this or not, but I keep old burnt cd's in my car. Randomly throughout the year I will get sick of my new school mix and just play the claw game sans the giant box and 50 cent (In Da Club) entry fee and just snag one at rando on my driver's side door console. Today was winner x2 chicken dinner. Remember OutKast's Speakerboxxx? Yeah, you know where I'm goin with this, this game appeared on an EA Sports title...Madden or NBA Live and it was the only song I had on my playlist for ages....booyah...it's back...GhettoMusick
Don't thank me, just enjoy

Game of the week:

Red Dead Redemption for X360. I could waste time by making bad Wild Dub West puns about the Will Smith movie or gunslingers that are real and not goofy Duke players, but I won't. This game by Rockstar is the real deal. Think about the first time you popped in GTA III and even with the hype thought it was fantab. Yeah, its like that, except in the west. You can shoot stuff with your shotty while riding on a horse. You can do other cool stuff also...

Movie of the Wizeeek:

Wow, this was like superawesome movieweek at casa de loom. Over the weekend I Netflix'd Sherlock Holmes, Blind Side, watched Four Christmases (Again...I know), caught some classy South Park epi's, and went and saw Iron Man Deuce at the Hi-Pointe. Sherlock Holmes was overhyped and just an okay movie, Iron Deuce did not disappoint and it's hard to not hand off the Moonman to it for the week, but Blind Side. Wow. I know everyone says its good and you should see it, etc times infin....they're right. This is undoubtedly one of the best sports movies I have seen in forever...like since Semi-Pro....and I loved Semi-Pro. Flint Tropics fo Life!

Loomism of the Week:

I've had a few good ones, but this takes the cake. I know nose-picking is a disgusting habby. Everyone does it, discreetly, and it's like your rollin' middle school style and trying to hide something and get it out real quick. Hey, everyone's guilty, does everyone really go to the bathroom to blow your nose? If you can get away with a quick pick why not try. And when you succeed...it's like pick-six...am I right? I know, probably just a guy thing, but when you are goin into the treasure chest for booty, you may roll thumb style and try and get it in one quick sweep, like a Steve Balboni home run. Yes, this my friends is called the thumb sniper. You can even do the Star Wars in your head while you go in for the quick one...stay on target....stay on target....stay on target....

Wow. I am truly blessed to have received my box of fun like a week early. Yes, they actually do manufacture aluminum, plastic, and wood beer pong/tailgate tables. Yes they have most pro sports teams...I mean hell, the must if I was able to snag a Royals one. Beware, this could take over beer dice. How fun was that? We will let the Kauffman stadium parking lot decide, tailgate!


Definite shoutout to partypongtables.com. They did a great job and got my table here on a Thursday afternoon when I placed the order late Monday night. Their site it worth checking out. Deuces.

The Firing of Trey Hillman

Finally, this is a topic that I love, although I had mixed feelings at first and I know about all the statistics and soothsayers around the league that get bankrolled to follow the league say that the manager means very little to a team's success. That being said I agree that they don't have the impact of other sports, but deciding key subs, when to steal and when to bring out the pen are important aspects. Hillman has done some bonehead things in his brief career here in KC. He's held all the players after the game and screamed at them at home plate in front of everyone in the stands for sloppy defensive play and poor baserunning. That was in the beginning...where has it gotten him? Zero by Smashing Pumpkins. Not knowing how to setup a lineup. Zilch. Connecting with the fans? You're joking. Being a media darling? Ha, I think Ben Stein could give a better interview...actually I'd like to see him manage against Ben Stein and see if he can win Ben Stein's money. The front office has ruined (In a Stewie Griffin voice)just about 3/4 of all our talent. I could get my name-out on, but bottom line Hillman, although terrible, is not fully to blame. I love Dayton Moore. He is a bit of an enigma that really plays favorites (Osuna...really?) But youu get the feeling that he would do anything possible to improve the Royals, and he has done a descent job of improving scouting etc and whataburgering up the minor leagues. Starting off he made bold moves and acquired some impressive talent, all to throw it away on the Coco Crisp and Mike Jacobs trade. Jacobs OPS was awful and the fact that youu had him blocking Hawaiian Punch and Ryan Shealy and you gave away our primo setup man is inexcusable. I feel like these will be the moves that he is defined by...well, that and giving Jose Guillotine Guillen Sweeney money to wine, be hurt, and not play the field. Why not take the Kila Punch out for a test drive, we've had moderate success with our minor league players of the year (Aviles much) and although we are a poor team, why not see what we got with Kila and some others. If I was Trey Hillman (Thank God I'm not) I would pull the old Hot Tub Time Machine and Scooby-Do work in this fashion:

I, Trey, am aware this will be my defining season and need to be bold and preach fundamentals. I know going into the season that my bullpen is full of bums. Not the cool British way to say butt, but dudes striving for mediocrity. We always overanalyze September (Ryan Shealy was the next Steve Balboni and Robinson Tejeda was the next David Cone) and setup off those finishes. Everyone knows that September means Bo Diddley, don't need the guy who is most deserving of the Royals Hall of Fame to come out of retirement to play that commercial. Bo Jackson could very well be the most talented Royal to ever play at the K. Arguably top five. I'm just sayin....back to my declaration of Hillmapendence....I play along with the Farnsworth experiment and stand firm on the fact that if Anki-worthless wants to play in KC he's gonna have to earn CF, not sign a contract that says he's gonna play it. You have a near gold-glove LF in DDJ and Don't Tell Scotty is an above average to average CF with great speed. Have Guillen and Ank dog pound over RF and let Kila DH and B-But play first. Putting Gordo in a position to fail didn't help at all, just like the Teahen trade...you're telling me we couldnt have found some sort of unproven live arm from a AA farm system for T-bag? Getting backups for a utility made sense then as I like what Chris wants ChrisGetz (Chris Getz) brings in the form of range, but he is a contact hitter that isn't going to do much for your lineup, just like Ankiel and his canyonesque hole in the swing, didn't take AL pitchers too long to Franky Figs it out huh? I've said this since spring training (me, not Hillman), I like Blake Wood. Does anyone remember when MacDougal came out to loud music and his cap would almost fall off when he would throw in 2003? How about A-Burgos in 2004? Just throw constant heat with little control so hitters are fearful of their lives and save games that way. Joe Nelson, Dotel (established prior to stint with Royals), Nunez even, they had brief successful stints as closers. Having the best closer in the game (arguably) with the worst pen does very little for you. You may lose your job anyways, but why not try Soria out as a starter in spring training? He's thrown a perfect game and used to start, hell, there is even bonus clauses in his contract that cover him starting. Then youu have Cy Greinke, Ill Meche, Soria, Banni, and Boats N Hoch in your rotation. Davies is not a MLB starter, but could be a steady, yet forgettable middle to long reliever. Sad to see we traded Dotel for him, but he has had his good days. Try it out. See what happens. Try Gordo in LF in SPRING TRAINING...I get it, Alberto "Professor Chaos" Callaspo has a solid bat and it needs to be in the lineup. He was cornea surgery waiting to happen while watching him struggle mightily at 2B at times last year. Okay, put him in the hot corner...why did youu get Nate Fields again? Yup...doesn't make sense. Start Farns in Spring Training games and talk the big talk about how he's found his stroke and tempt someone to take a chance on him for some sort of return that doesn't involve us paying his obsurd salary (another great cision Dayton). So I Hillmanize and my lineup is this:
1)Scotty doesn't Know-cf
2)Aviles-2b
3)DDJ aka Sandlot-lf
4)B-But aka Earl-1b
5)Callaspo aka Professor Chaos-3b
6)Guillen or Ankiel-rf
7)Kila Hawaiian Punch Kaa'ihue-dh
8)Kendall aka Rocksteady-c
9)Betancourt-ss

1-Greinke
2-Ill Meche
3-Mexicutioner
4-Boats N Hoch
5-Bebop aka Bannister

CL-Blake Wood...give him a cool name like the lumberjack, or skillsaw(sawin' lumber since 2007), the Viking and he could run in with a Viking Helmet or the scondcoming of Vaughn from Major League...truth is fans love it and it can be difficult for hitters to hit guys they haven't seen yet in the beginning...he can ride the hotstreak like MacDougal in 2003

He proved me right for a bit in his inaugural starts, but has fallen off a tad since...I still have faith

I wouldn't ride Kendall so hard, just appreciate the professional at bats he puts out there daily and the decrease in wild pitches thanks to his blocking ability

I wouldn't have been so quick to get Gordo up in the majors and I would have held pitch counts to 110ish rather than the hundo area...gotta ride the horses and not call for cavalry

Cruz is a bum. He made the roster on the 2008 rep alone of the good ERA in the NL...we wasted a sandwich pick on him...and alotta dough...baseball is an intriguing sport and so easy to monday morning qb...but it is endless to talk about....oh, and the April 24th game against the Twins I wouldn't have taken Boats N Hoch out for Hughes to pitch to Morneau. Big Mistake. Still, I love the agressiveness in base stealing Ii saw so far this year and Ii hope Ned Yost can keep it up. He seems like a more likeable guy that has at least managed in the MLB before and played. Hillman had done neither...he was pretty much destined to fail. So glad I never bought that Nippon Ham Fighters jersey.

Whale Bomb! Hot Tub Time Machine Edition

Wow, I haven't scooby-done work in awhile on this piece....sadly, I've thrown out some interesting knowledge in the past few weeks so I'm gonna throw out some memories and see if it sticks. I think Ii will just get after it Loomism style.

Beers of the Week(s):

1) Corona. This is an instant duh, it was Cinco and Loomo loves Cinco, nothing beats celebrating a battle with the Rolls of Mexican beers, you know I threw a limeboni in there Whale bomb! style.

2) Goose Island Pere Jacques. This was solid and in a three-way tie for top beer at the St Louis Microfest, this concoction was purely magical, but I will give a brief shout-out to the other two for efforts of valiancy...New Albanian's Hoptimus Double IPA and Little Yeoman's Porter. Overall a quality day with quality beers and friends. Looking forward to the St Louis Heritage Brewfest.

3) Shiner Bock. I was recently in Texas (DFW) for a layover. If Ii am in Texas, Ii am instantly in search mode for a Shiner product on tap, luckily this was located at Champps and was so refreshing I went snagzilla when I returned for a shorter layover on my way back. All I could think about was living in the Lone Star State and having that, Lone Star, and Boulevard in my fridge...and not letting any company touch the Boulevard, as it was not sold in the Texas T while I was living there. Man, so many good memories....but I wouldn't go back for anything.

Movies of the Week(s):

Okay, I know Ii am rule violating here, but since they are my own loose interpretation of my own goofy rules, I don't feel bad attall...haha that's like the way a British person would say, its like Ii am giving my weekly blog post British style, fortnight plus one....they say some cool words, fortnight is by far my fave.

1) South Park Season 13 Blu Ray. Yes, Ii am aware this is not a movie, however it has been a mainstay in my bedroom bluray since my last post. yes, that long, (that's what she said). The FishSticks and WTF Wrestling episodes are so baller, and the others are as well, as youu all know my short attention span doesn't really house anything in anything for that long. Congrats Matt and Trey, still on topps rookie card of your game.

2)Star Wars Episode IV. Honestly. This very well may be the best movie of all time. Timeless and awesome and even touting one of the jams of the week. Impressive. I could watch it ovies and ovies without growing bored, its not humanly possible...just ask Oaf. Rankor!

3) Wayne's World. At the condo we were getting our recovery cove on and totes mcgoats forgot about this throwback. I had no idea that's what she said came from this movie, sorry Michael Scott, D-Miff Regional Manny...props rescinded.

Jams of the Week(s):

1) Forever by Drake feat Lil Weezy, Kanye, & Eminem
This jam is so tight I was afraid it would not work in my cd player. It's redic, and I don't forsee it getting old. Ever. Everyone that went on the Destin trip is infin lucky that I didn't have my ipod with me, they would love/hate it within about 2 hrs.

2) Speaking of the Destin trip (off the chain as per use), the second is uber unchar...but it is the Cantina Band by John Williams on the Star Wars: A New Hope soundtrack. J-Will really put it down and laid out a perfect evening beach jam. Nothing beats walking up and down the beach at night dancing to this stroke of brilliance. Well played. We don't serve your kind here! Yes, if youu hadn't figured this out, Ii am a bit of a dork, what can I say...I grew up on Star Wars and its the bee's knees.

3)Airplanes by BOB. Smooth jam and I love air travel. I can only think of two methods of travel better than the airplane....a hot tub time machine and Bill & Ted's phone booth (Sorry, the Delorien just seems like more trouble than it's worth, although I could deal with C-Lloyd droppin' jumpin jiggawatts quite frequently...but it loses out to air guitar and Chernobly, respectively).

Game of the week(s):

1) Little Big Planet (PSP). It starts out slow, goofy, kiddy...mmm tater tots...and suddenly when you are about to rock the eject butt, boom, addicted. Sackboy is pretty suave and the platforming is pretty good at passing time. Well played, and I'm not a big Sony video game guy...but...props

2 (Tie)) MLB 2K10 (X360). Yes, I am still playing this. Yes, I am obsessed with making the Royals good. I am also obsessed with the My Player mode, and am already in season two and have moved to SS because I like B-But(Earl) at 1B and I hate Yunitard Betancourt. He's awful
Civil War, it's like Beer Pong, but awesomer, two teams five players on each side, each has three cups...you do the math...yup no matter how you work out the problem it still equals awesome...TEN PEAT!

3) WHALE BOMB! OKAY, THIS IS QUITE POSSIBLY THE BEST GAME EVER INVENTED. EVER. REMEMBER BASEKETBALL? YEAH, SO GOOD THEY MADE A MOVIE ABOUT IT. THIS TOPS THAT. LIKE SKYSCRAPER TOPS, HIGHTOPS (LIKE OLD SCHOOL LA GEAR OR REEBOK PUMP), THE LITTLE TOPS YOU'D GET FROM CHUCKY CHEESE OR THE ROLLER SKATING RINK WHEN YOU WERE A KID....YEAH, ITS THAT SERIOUS. ALL YOU NEED ARE TWO SPLASH BALLS AND A WHALE SPLASH BALL WHICH YOU CAN TOTES MCGOATS SNAG AT THE TARG...AND TWO BOOGIE BOARDS AND FOUR PEEPS. I GUESS YOU COULD PLAY SINGIES, BUT DUBS IS THE WAY TO GO. STAND A FAIR DISTANCE APART IN A POOL AND TAKE TURNS THROWING THE BALS AND HITTING/TRYING TO LAND ON THE BOOGIE, 1 PT FOR HITTING, 2 FOR LANDING. THEN YOU THROW THE WHALE, YOU LAND IT ON THE BOARD ITS 3 PTS AND SCREAM GREAT WHITE BUFFALO FIRST THE OPPOSING TEAM HAS TO CHUG THEIR BEER. PLAY TO 11, REBUTTAL IS THE WHALE BOMB ONLY AND IF YOU LAND EACH TEAM GOES BACK TO 8-8. PLAY BEST OF 3. LEGENDARY. LIKE MASTER CHIEF LEGENDARY. LIKE KID ICARUS LEGENDARY. LIKE LEGEN....WAIT FOR IT....I HOPE YOU'RE NOT LACTOSE INTOLERANT BECAUSE THE LAST PART IS DAIRY....YEAH

BOOYAH!

Loomisms:
1) Someone gives you a task that is easy or sets you up to make fun. Just give em the ol' that's like an adult playing teeball with the firsties (first graders)

2) Someone is terrible at something and then they are all of the sudden good, or at least descent. Ask if they ran over and got in a phone booth and went back in time, learned whatever it is you are doing and honed their skill. This is called the Bill & Ted (Shoutout to Voorhees)

Seriously, shout out to Whataburger. It is the number uno fast food, which makes it a delicacy, which means I can eat as much of it as I want. Love those loomorules...Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit.

2010 Loom Bracket of Awesome

Wow, April Awareness really took it out of me, I did work to the best of my ability to compile not only my favorites, but some old school as well. I have played every single game on here, so sadly God of War, Earthbound, and a few others were unable to be ranked. Here goes, the #1 seeds, followed by the automatic bids. I feel like the Ocho picked up my live feed, I need a bracketologist!

#1 Seeds:
Hyrule-Legend of Zelda (NES)
Cortana-Sonic the Hedgehog (GEN)
Captain N Division-Super Mario Bros 3 (NES)
Mushroom Kingdom-Legend of Zelda 3:A Link to the Past (SNES)

NES (8):Zelda, SMB 3, Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!, Super Mario Brothers, Kid Icarus, Final Fantasty, Contra, Mega Man 2

Dreamcast (6):Shenmue, Jet Grind Radio, Crazy Taxi, NBA 2K1, Virtua Tennis, Resident Evil:Code Veronica

Genesis (6):Sonic, ToeJam & Earl, Sonic 2, Aerobiz, NHL '94, Mutant League Football, Street Fighter II

N64 (6): Mario 64, Zelda:Ocarina of Time, Mario Kart 64, Chef's Luv Shack, GoldenEye, Star Fox 64

XBox (5): Prince of Persia:Sands of Time, Halo, Halo 2, Star Wars:Knights of the Old Republic, MVP Baseball 2005

Arcade (5):Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Donkey Kong, NBA Jam TE, Golden Tee, Ms Pac Man

XBox 360 (4): Fable II, NCAA Football 2010, Assassin's Creed, Elder Scrolls:Oblivion

Super NES (4): Super Mario World, Link to the Past, Tetris/Dr Mario, Super Metroid

Wii (4):Wii Sports, Mario Galaxy, New Super Mario Bros, Zelda:Twilight Princess

Gamecube (4):Tiger Woods 2003, Zelda:Windwaker, MarioKart:Double Dash, Animal Crossing

Playstation2 (2):Grand Theft Auto III, Guitar Hero

Playstation (2):Legacy of Kain:Soul Reaver, Syphon Filter

Atari (1): Pong

Turbografx 16(1): Bonk's Adventures

Sega Saturn (1):NIGHTS:Into Dreams

PS3 (1):Rock Band

Bubble: scroll to the bracket to find out!

Yes, I realize this may be one of the top ten dorkiest things I have ever done, but whatev, It was worth the trouble and extra work, I have yet to work through the bracket but I can't wait. If you'd like a copy of the brackets via email to fill out in Excel let me know and I will shoot it to you. I will slowly sift through round by round until the Final 4!





Okay....
Somehow the excel formatting is lost when I try to post it up like a big man, so I'm gonna print, scan, then tag it like hotbox.

Ugh
The printing did not turn out fantastic, just email or fb me for a copy of the bracket if you'd like one to see or fill out, so frusterating...it's frusterating (Beerfest...remember that part? It was awesome!)







The email version is much smoother and includes places for your 16/17 matchups, which will be worth 1 pt a piece also. I still would like to write blogs on the downfall of the Chiefs and Royals drafting over the past decade or so if I can. I got to give mad props to the Royals for calling up Aviles and Kai'hue, I love the smallball mindset. Ankiel was awful, the Grand Canyon in his swing is not going to be improving his BA or OPS anytime soon....enjoy the bracket and feel free to comment, I will attempt to check comments frequently as Hoef is the only one who ever comments, shoutout HoefDiggity, Tonka fo Life son!

NightStalker....

So I am running late again, hopefully this one will catch me up...somewhat.

I was given a call Saturday by a group of people trying to access my blog and that's when I figured out I had been shut down for violating the terms of service. Hopefully all is forgiven and you noticed the warning prior to. Someone must have went elementary school on me, oh well. Looks like I am back and running, Loomisms version 2.0...which Ii will now be backing up.....

Beer of The (Last) Week:
About ten days ago Ii had one of the best beers that I have had in recent memory of its type. I was waiting for my parents to snag me up from the Flying Saucer, and after having an Avery IPA, which was hoppy and flavorful, I noticed the
NightStalker....which is already a sweet name and would make a fantatstic comic book. I was informed it was only in 22oz bottles and it was sixteen rocks. Ii remembered the article in the STL Post-Dispatch a few weeks back praising it and stating that it was only bottled until late march so you'd be lucky to find them prancing about. With little hesitation Ii accepted and was pleasantly surprised. I spoke with the Goose Island rep at Microfest and he told me the two locations where they were still available. Man, is that stuff the sheezy!

Jam of the Week:
Welcome to the Jungle, Guns n Roses

I understand this is a very uncharacteristic song for me to put out there...but when you go to a Royals game and see them black it out in flames in the 360 vision with this blaring you cant help but get goosebumps...unless you are un-American or a CreamSox fan. Purely mesmirizing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4StVvK0Dh8&feature=related
Shout out to youtube for having this on there, it's not the best...but you get the idea.

Game of the week:

I was almost tempted to not have one after my boyhood excitement was dashed and stomped on with Godzilla-like force. When Ii saw there was a downloadable version of Tecmo Bowl redone for XBox live arcade I grinned and giggled uncontrollably and downloaded and waited. No NFLPA liscence. Not really that cool to switch from "3D" to "2D" on the fly. Huge disappointment. I thought it would have all the old teams and present day teams and I could play it on Live and beat people while telling them how bad they are in a Loomy-type way. Not so. Why do they always do this? Over-hype and bring back an old classic, only to ruin it forever. They didn't do it with Zelda or Mario, but they sure as hell managed to with Sonic and Castlevania. I remember when Ii bought Castlevania in 3D for N64 and could hardly contain my glee only to realize it sucked. Thank God for Capcom remaking new 2D Mega Man games, I got 10 and it is pretty impressive, which could give it the game of the week in this last second rant slash change of heart, but instead Ii will stick with the ingenuity to recreate a classic with classic characters....truly remarkable. Peep this link and try to play for less than 20 minutes....not possible.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/534416

I had no idea that the Loom April bracket of awesome would be that tough to put together. I have finally put the list together in next year's accepted NCAA Tournament Format. It was extremely difficult to put a field of only 68 of the best teams after the autobids from some systems. It was still pretty rewarding and fun. I now see why it's so easy to beat up on the selection committee yearly, but they weren't beefing down a group of thousands, merely three hundo and some change. I first ranked each system in order then allowed automatic bids from that...whatever didn't fall into that went into the 'bubble' From the bubble I selected the last seven games. I then went through and gave a rough estimate of order of awesomeness then serpentined the way through the brackets so Ii would not show favoratism...although I'm sure I will throughout. The Four Divisions will be named:
Captain N Division
Hyrule
Cortana
Vice City

FrankenBerry and Count Chocula

Wow. This post is long overdue, like Jelani McCoy learning his "one postmove away from being a dominant center." The difference between that and this...is that this is actually happening. And the Chiefs ACTUALLY had a good draft. Eric "Franken" Berry was an excellent selection at five. He is who Ii wanted, but Pioli had to be tempted to pick Okung and roll the dice on picking up Taylor Mays. He was all the rave last year and we did not address our offensive line issue...(Cough...Tackle) at all. I hated the McCluster pick, but when interviewed and asked if he was a rb or a wr and he replied OW...offensive weapon i started to get excited for what he's going to do out of the slot. Cody and Thomas were still available here, which may have been a bigger need. Then grabbing Javier "Count Chocula" Arenas will give us the best returner in the draft and a solid nickel back, solidifying our balanced nutritional breakfast...aka secondary for years to come. I wasn't sold on the trade to snag the TE from Iowa...Pioli loves IA and Ii think this faltered his judgement....but this is one sitch where Ii like to be proven wrong.

So anyways, I am not going to touch on the Royals....too much, this is more of an update of last week's Loomisms. I did not have a working phone and then the NFL Draft totally took over my life, well...that and a trip to see mama and papa loom in KC.

Last week's Beer of the week:


As some of you know, I was blessed enough to attend the Repeal Prohibition Festival at Schlafly bottleworks on Saturday. Shockingly, Ii tried a lot of different beers and fell for one pretty hard. It was called "The Magician" which instantly reminded me of Joe Magician on Mutant League Football. Somehow this beer did not win beer of the week. That title goes to Buffalo Brewing Co's Buffalo Tail. It's a Double IPA and I got a growler of it. Simply exquisite. Too bad for you they do not bottle their beer! That Magician was awful good though....

Last week's Jam of the week:

"Prom Queen" by Lil Wayne. I was among the millions that bought his new album, Rebirth, on the day it came out. However, Ii was not overly impressed with it, just about 3-4 songs. This is one of them and I put it on my "Loomy Shore" compilation cd for jammin' in the Concorde. It grows on you and gets you goin, just like the songs A.D.D put out with Naked Drummer Rainn Wilson.

Last week's Game of the week:

"Chef's Luv Shack" N64. Retro gaming is the sheezy. No doubt. This is a four-player funfest that was played on many late nights in the past week and continues to be awesome, like Barnabus Stinson.

Last week's Movie of the week:

Missy and Ii went and saw Kick-Ass. It was solid. It wins hands down. Nick Cage is the jack of all trades.

Last week's Loomism(s):

So last Tuesday was my first turn up in golf league. I was ownin it for a little bit and missed four par puts from makeable distances. Whenever you put it on the green from outside the popular phrase is "You're dancing" like dancing on the green or whatever. I dislike that. So Ii was yelling three other things. If it was a hazard save or I dropped it within 15 feet of the pin I would scream "Old South!" or if I was on the green I'd proclaim "Homecoming" and if Ii was on the fringe or fairway lip outside of the green I'd simply state "Prom"
Yes, Ii would advise adapting to this lingo. It's solid.

Last week's letdown of the week:

Greinke turned in another 2 solid efforts and remains winless. "My fart will go on..."

Draft (Not Beer)

So, tomorrow evening marks yet another evening in NFL fans everywhere, the NFL Draft. I love it and think that the NFL markets themselves extremely well. They had an exhaustingly long draft in years past and it was virtually impossible to sit through the two-day marathon. Now, in prime-time deion sanders style they made a move to three days, which means more trades, better decisions (hopefully) and an alltogether easier fan experience. This was the best move they could have possibly done, as the MLB and NBA draft are both in prime time. The MLB, however, is the most flawed draft in pro sports. With no slotting system crappy teams like the well....you know....would shy away from top talent as they would stall out the teams or ask for the scrooge mcduck moneytower and then some and never sign..wasted pick. Can you imagine if we would have just drafted Wieters, Smoak, and Linnecum instead of ugh...others, maybe no Colt Griffin, no Jeff Austin, no D. Rob, and no moving JP Howell through the minors the second-quickest in franchise history, then calling him a bust, then trading him for Joey Gathright, who's claim to faim is he can jump over a moving car, as a fourth outfielder, a real thing of need (cough...Lubanski). Until you get a ground rule double for jumping over the ump and catcher while the pitcher tries to bean you, keep Gath, thanks D-Rays. The NBA really puts together the best draft, with the slotting system they have and the guaranteed money and years, you know exactly what you are going to get and how long you are going to get it, so youu try and get picked as soon as possible, like when you'd campaign for it at kickball so you could brag how awesome youu were. Kickball was the sheezy, anyone remember the KA Recess social we had? Legendary. Anyways, it seems as if everyone is throwing down a mock draft so Ii have decided to do so as well and just throw it down up here, I'm sure I will get 3-4 right out of 32, but hey, its fun to fill it out and watch and hope the Chiefs can't draft Tyson jackson again this year. Yikes. For the record, Ii hope we pick Eric Berry, and yes, Ii understand its a rediculous figure to give a safety that much dough....but we need one bad. I'm still pissed we let Pollard go, why not make him an OLB? He's havin' things out with the Texans.....

1-rams-bradford
2-lions-suh
3-bucs-mccoy
4-skins-williams
5-chiefs-okung
6-hawks-spiller
7-browns-berry
8-raiders-pierre-paul
9-bills-bulaga
10-jags-morgan
11-mcclain-denver
12-phins-d. williams
13-haden-niners
14-hawks-campbell
15-giants-bryant
16-kindle-titans
17-niners-davis
18-pitt-pouncey
19-graham-falcons
20-hou-wilson
21-cincy-thomas
22-pats-odrick
23-pack-iupati
24-eagles-griffen or gresham
25-ravens-thomas
26-Clausen-someone will trade the cards and get him
27-brown-dallas
28-cody-chargers
29-jets-mays
30-vikes-jackson
31-mccorty-colts
32-SPOON-Saints (reunited with Cchase Daniel)

How sick would it be if we got Okung then traded our 2nd and 3rd round picks to get mays late in the first round and then drafted Gresham in the 2nd round? Borderline amazing is the answer, especially if Shipley was still around when the clock strikes. I'm sure we won't do any of this and we will have a less-than-exciting draft again. But you can always hope...I AM a Royals fan!

LCD Soundsystem

I was in Missy's car Saturday and was listening to this song and asked her who it was by. She replied LCD Soundsystem. Seriously? Are we not even trying? I then spouted out like 15 goldmine names when compared to that. Then I realized that making up band names was a cool little hobby to have and would be a pretty money little game to play, just go around and say one, if its good you throw out props, bad you take a drink. I'm such a conversationalist. So what started with why arent they the park bench touchscreen (Yeah, I admit I'd have to take a drink on that one) became an addictive little game.....

I didn't write any of them down, but I am going to give myself 5 minutes and just write whatever comes to mind and jot them down on here, hopefully you get your giggle on.

Saggin' Wagons (Think of the album cover sagging jeans with a big ol' beat up station wagon tattoed on the cheek)
Uptight Fortnight
Pokin' Tokens
RamaHorns
Fistbump Skunk
Snidley Submarines
Canadian Applesauce
Shovin' in the Oven
Durable Dweebs
Icabod Ichiros
Moustakas Micehounds
Braided armpits
Eleventoed Elves
Warlock Chalks
Windows Werewolves
Pubescent Pinball
Zitcream Zebra
Distilled Diarheaa
The Monocles
Bicep Baggage
Crown Cartman
Clorox Conglomeration
Panic at the Urinal
Horseface Hopheads
Bones Jacksons
Algebra
Wet Rubber Ducky
Woven Toenails
Kingdom of Kankles
Lord of the Strings
Trippin' Taphandles
Jumpin' Jonny Chimpos
The Banana Hammocks

Okay, Ii admit it....I can do a lot better, but its 9:30 on a Sunday, have a great week everyone.

Happy Greinke Day!!!!!!!!!!!

Surely this has to be THE day for Zack Attack's first V of the year. I love Greinke Days. The AC hasn't been working well in my office and the guy whose office is connected to mine came in and asked if I was doing alright. I replied..."Dude, it's Greinke Day, how could I not be alright?" But Brian, it's uncomfortably hot in here, he said. And I said, "On Greinke Day it's cool, I'll even get some sand and put it on my office floor (I know a guy, we can get a good price, what up Old School) don the shades and hitup Dub Mart and get a few Tiki Torches." Wow, you are strange, but at least you love your Royals, I hope they win tonight.



What an excellent exchange. I hope they win also. All we have to do is let that bum Mendoza loose. I know everyone wants Aaron Crow up there with his nasty, filthy stuff. Ii hate when we rush guys through our system too quick. Anyone remember JP Howell? The guy we foolishly traded to the D-Rays for Joey Gathright? Joey Gathright!?!? Everyone needs a fourth outfielder. Just like the Maier/B. Anderson offseason debacle. "Dude, it's cool, send me to Single A, I'd rather be a pitcher anyways" Jack of all trades, hopefully I'll call him the Anti-Ank or reverse Ricky if and when he makes the doubters believers. I still think the Ankiel deal was a bad idea.

I love movies. They are just the bomb biggity. Firebomb actually. We are planning on seeing Kick Ass tonight. I hope its good, but I am certain it is no Hot Tub Time Machine. I need that on BluRay to survive. Not sure if I am more excited for that to drop on BluRay or Beauty and the Beast to hit Blu in Octo. Both will be spectac.

I sometimes dislike how naive and silly I am at the beginning of baseball season. But fathom this, if the Royals had one solid go to guy to bridge the gap between our great outta the gate starting pitching and Soria we'd have 4 less blown saves. That would make us the Division-Leading Kansas City Royals, rather than the Blind Squirrel tryin to get a nut KC Royals. I love those Royals either way.

NBA Playoffs start up tonight. I was goofin' off on ESPN Insider. Those nitwits actually think the Lake Show will be taken to seven games in the first round by Durantchula and his Thunder. Well Kobe is the Lightning to his thunder. Seven games? Try fiver, which leads me to another Loomism Bracket of Awesome:

Summing or Sprimmer

Whichever it is, we got jipped! The bliggity blog is back in E-fect. Sorry for the delay, I know only ten-twelve of you read this, so no biggs. Remember when baseball started in April and it was cool, low 60s during the day and low 40s at night? Yeah, that's called spring. This mid to high 80s daily is redic. Its dry and somewhat uncomfortable. Odd for me to say right? Summer is my fave, but I dig the transition. Not running the AC, keepin the windies open and catchin the breeze, it already feels like the dog days out there and it seems like it hasn't rained in weeks. It gets me in the groove for baseball....I'll tell you what doesn't....yup, the Royals bullpen. They make me want to hibernate or pray for winter. Management didn't address it, just gave it the ol' statistical try and said that most of the bullpen blunders were based on our defense. Ray Charles could tell us we had a sorry ass defense and we needed to upgrade. Instead we gave Eric Bedard money to Rick Ankiel and pushed DDJ out of LF, which he did an amazing job at last year, one of the few bright spots of last year'd begrudgingly terrible squad....wow. Ya know what? I'm gonna cool it on the Royals. I could write a million blogs on them and still have ammo. Just pose your attention on one of the latest Pos blogs. It's about the Royals leading the curve and being eccentric at best in the early 70s. If you're big on Pos or the Royals, or baseball def worth the quick glance (http://http//joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2010/04/10/moneyball-kc-style/e/)

Weekly Loomisms:

Beer of The Week:

This beer pretty much announces the arrival of summer, which has got my taste buds caught up also. It makes me think back to working in Cape Cod, hear the Massachusetts residents yell NO-MAAAHH, Main Street Hyannis, dislocating my knee cap, karaoke with TBone, Fenway with Weezy....and so so many others. I had my parents try this one out when they went up there, you just can't beat it on tap. It is Summer....Sam Adams Summer Ale! Try it when you can, and consider yourself lucky if you can find it on tap, especially in the Midwest!

Game of The Week:

Wow. This is going to fortify my dorkiness....but oh well. Remember playing Final Fantasy for the first time on your NES? Pretty solid? Check. How about playing the same game with better graphics? Yeah, Bingo. When I found out this was available for the iPhone I did an immediate purch....and haven't looked back. I have a solid vid game setup and I cannot put my stupid phone down to charge the batts. It's redic. This thing has engulfed all my free time. That and the Royals. Man, do I love those Royals. They are in fact the sheezy. This game doesn't suck, but it is def no Royals....

Sidenote. I love games where you can name your party. It's so Oregon Trail. Man, remember that one? Hunt for food, escape the typhoid fever, you parents used it to trick you into learning geography and struggle...but the joke was on them, you got to shoot squirrels!

Loomism of the Week:

I really hit you with the goods last week. I've been saying things off and on for the past week, but nothing has really picked up steam. Until the Royals game on Tuesday. First off, I think it is ridiculous that we have a Catcher no one wanted batting sixth. It's disgusting. But look at him. He is hitting .382 and refuses to take a day off, rockin the night game then clockin in early for the day game the following day, no love for Brayan Pena. He is riding a hitting streak (steady) and been a solid defensive addition behind the plate (rock)....yeah...his new nickname is RockSteady.

What's a RockSteady without a Bebop!?

How solid is Brian Bannister? He's outgoing, overanalyzes his perfomances, is a media darling and his dad owned it for the Blue Crew back in the day. So the battery mates are now a tag team not even Degeneration X could get derty with. Banni and Kendall are now Bebop and Rocksteady. Smooth huh? Pedro and Napolean Diesel can't even hold them down, sadly the 'pen can and caused Banni yet another no-sish. That gets you right on the downdown, as Farva would say "Did not Specify!!!"

Jam of the Week:

I first heard this on MTV Jams at like 2am when I could not fall back asleep. It's catchy like Bebop and Dirty Pop like the old days. Plus, a shout-out to N64's freezing up. Ahh, vintage gaming, gotta love the cartridge freeze. Keeper. The joint is "Nothin' on You" by B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars. Its a solid smooth jam to enjoy the Sprimmer to with a nice cool Sammy Sum.

Movie of the Week:

Yeah. I figured it was only a matter of time before Ii threw this on here. Basically, I have to fall asleep to noise, preferrably a sporting event or movie (most likely the latter). This week it was a blast from the past, Super Troopers. So quoteable. Everytime you see it you want to watch it again. Ii pulled it out for the lead-up to Broken Lizard's new movie, Slammin' Salmon. Which I also watched on Tues curt of Netflix, which will be totally cherry bombed if the USPS makes the play for the two-day weekend. Inconvien...but whatevs The Slammin' Salmon was pretty good. I think it is leaps and bounds better than Club Dread. A few more watchings and Ii could get in the groove. May wanna Redbox it or Flix it when you get a tic.

Loom Bracket of Awesome (Final Edition):

Okay, I really let this linger, like a Fiber-One rip, but I'm gonna kick it NKOTB style. Lightning Round, Family Feud Style....annnnnd go!

Duke bodyrocks G'Town, Iverson dribbles around Hurley then looks at him and Hurley's overbite acts as Medusa's hair. He instantly turns to stone, vintage Grant Hill, pre-Sprite era.

Syracuse's NBA powerhouse destroys UNC, it's like they are playing on the moon and Rony Seikaly is the only one with gravity power, which acts as a superpower when he patrols the space lane. I wonder who is uglier...Eric Montross, Rony Seikaly, or any member of Space Jam's the Monstars...take your pick. Oh yeah....the winner of that versus Bobby Hurley in a staring contest...go

Michigan and UK, possibly the best matchup on paper turns into a Block Party. Thinking about these two playing makes me wanna run to the local library and check out "Fab Five" by Mitch Albom. UM doesn't need time outs, so this team is safe. Not quite Romper Room, but they do work.

UNLV. Arkansas. Runnin Rebs. Larry Johnson plays in his Grandmama outfit and breaks a heal while dunking on the Big Nasty. Apparently you needed to be ugly and athletic to be a stud back in the early nineties. When your nick is Big Nasty, you've got more probs than Bobby Hurley's overbite.

Onto the next round....

Grant Hill discovers Sprite, but Billy Owens still dominates in this game of future stars. Who would have thought Grant Hill would be the only guy on this Duke team to amount to anything in the pros. Duke tries out the five D's of dodgeball but are unsuccessful. This sets up the championship nicely for the Orangemen and.....

littering and.....

littering and.....

littering and.....

UNLV Runnin' the tabes on Steve Fisher's youthful squad. Tark at least takes out the towel and Larry Johnson wears people clothes...ie not a grandma outfit.

UNLV vs. Syracuse

UNLV.

Next week I plan on unveiling the beginning of the aforementioned "April Awareness" Some of the dorklords may find dayjobs as they can be bracketologists for that bracket...sadly, what I say goes....back to your parents' basements kids.

The Prism of Loomism

Weekly Loomisms? Game on.

A prism, as you know, is a translucent optical element with a flat, polished surface that reflects light. How do the multifaceted Royals compare? Think about it.

No matter how well we play, or how solid our starting pitching is, we still have the same weaknesses as 2009. The current 2010 Royals keep getting that reflection of light of the 09 squad. Preach better defense all offseason. Betancourt blunder equals big inning. Seitzer preaches timely hitting and contact. Jose Guillen equals not clutch. Bullpen sucks. Yup. If you remember in 2009 our starting pitching began unhittable as well. You remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Heroes in a halfshell...turtle power! There's gonna be some major references. The weekly Loomisms are long overdue.

Game of the Week:

MLB2K10. This game is solid, and opening day 2010 was on Monday. Coinsidence? Def not. The my player mode is almost as addicting as those wonderful Starburst jelly beans. Man, am I gonna miss those. Not sure what I enjoyed more....the Tropical ones, the regulars, or the underdog...the sour ones. Hmmm. Part of me doesn't even wanna get nasty with this blog, they'd rather go deep on a nasty slider from the opposition. I digress...as per use

Beer of the Week:

This one is a bit of a surprise. I was dead set on another Boulevard product that I enjoyed throughout my wonderful weekend in KC....but then I had a taste of this familiar ale and remembered telling Hofbrewhaus that it was Oaf's bday and watching him dance it up on stage while we stood on a table and clanked heavy glass steins together. This is the light taste of summer....until Ii endulge in Sam Summer or some unbeatable Zon. Until then.....

Beer of the week is Hofbrewhaus's Hefeweisen. I enjoyed this light hoppy goodness during the Royals Opening Day loss...it made me feel a bit better about the whole sitch.

Song of the Week:

"More" by Usher. Man. Raymond v Raymond is hot. I think he wrote that "Burn" song on a previous album foreshadowing about this album. I was afraid my cd player in the 'Corde was going to bust into flames a la Simpsons style. He first unveiled this at the NBA All-Star game in Dallas. May not be the best track on the album, but it is my favorite at the moment...hence the track of the week award. I have been made fun of surely when I was dancing around while driving to this one and yelling the words. Ursh.

Loomisms of the Week:

I hit you with the ToeJam & Earl on Monday regarding B-But and A-Gord. I have another nicky for two Royals players...but I think I will save it for later...instead of the piggybank it will be placed in the hmmm not sure whats the best:

a. bacobank

b. scroogeasaurus (Ducktales...wooo hoo!)

c. Ideabox

d. Awesomairy

Yeah, so lately I've been all about getting my cook on. I like saying it and talking about how awesome I am. So from now on I will be throwing down "Getting my Emeril on" Elegant and debutant...yeah, that's how Ii get down.

So, this weekend I was over at Phil "Hollywood's" Place and we were playing the name the old school sitcom. One of us would shout one out and reminisce. I'd recommend you do that and try and name the characters it would make a sweet drinking game, like a cooler, more grown-up I never. Family Matters. Eddie Winslow. Stephon Urkel. Carl "Big Guy" Winslow...etc. Never ending night of fun... you actually don't even have to drink to play it. We didn't and we went on for hours. I just thought of one today when Ii was looking through my all time college bracket of awesome. Remember Romper Room? Mr. Do-Be what up? I think when a team is getting skunked, blown out, or utterly embarrassed it should now be referred to as Romper Room. I remember watching that on KCPT channel 19. Solid. LeVar Burton would throw down some Reading Rainbow magic around then. That guy was smooth.

Ahh, the TMNT thing? Remember the Technodrome? The think was like a giant egg of evil. It had a mouser factory inside and tons of lasers. Shredder and Krang would chill in there and hatch diabolical skeems 24-7. Then they would underestimate things and the turtles would get their hands on some pizza then it would be game over. Or Bebop and Rocksteady would screw it up. Remember how easy it was to pulverize those jokesters on the arcade game? Ii would totally own it at Showbiz. Which is what you kids today call Chuck E. Cheese. I just went into one last weekend and did work on the games. Their motto is truly correct, it is where a kid can be a kid, and I may be the biggest kid at heart any of you know. Anyways, an evil plot or scheme, if it is truly diabolical will now be referred to as Technodrome. Not sure if that fits, but its fun to say then talk about the show. Anyways, how often do u have a chance to say a new word about an evil act? All of the words for them are fun to say, dastardly? fiendish? Etc...the list goes on and on, so Technodrome just fits.

Loomism Bracket of awesome:

If you recall last week I threw down my top 17 teams of all time in college basketball and bracketized it. I love brackets. We really did get treated to an outstanding game Monday night in Indy. It seems as if college basketball is back on a level playing field. The three teams I felt were above and beyond all faltered pre final four and the level of play really didn't dip drastically. The NCAA is really throwing a Technodrome out though, opting out of the $6 billion deal with CBS to sign up with ESPN to tout a 96-team bracket. Its all about the Benji's...or the Franklins....or any type of green actually. This may ruin the excitement, but they said that back in 1985 and the tournament obviously has gained some steam.

Speaking of steam, the twin towers of Stanley the manley and Shaq bebop and rocksteady their way to victory against Hank gather's Loyola Marymount squad. trying to dribble through and around two seven foot nba stars isn't quite what they were used to in the early 90s. Their defensive strategy of hanging on them like a jungle gym doesn't prove to work as they kick out to Chris "Abdul-Rauf" Jackson as he rocks six treys.

America's team quickly dispatches the LSU team with a blend of athleticism and mid range jump shots. Shaq aka Neon Bordeux still swats 10 shots and this is when the hack a shaq technique begins, from the mind of Coach K. Man, that guy doesn't look a day over fifty. If I had to deal with all those young'ns all the time and babysit them I'd look more like Gandolf the Grey from Lord of the Rings.

The highly touted UCLA/G'town game causes three separate seizures, two by camera men trying to film Iverson and Edney run all over the place and one by Jim Harrick, UCLA's coach which causes Toby Bailey to miss a buzzer beater and George Zidek to give his best Adam Morrison impression at midcourt. Except it sounds more like "Big Z angry"

UNC outclasses Arizona as Bibby and Dickerson go cold and Miles Simon keeps trying to get Vince Carters autograph. He signs his jersey while hanging from the rim by his elbow. This is a first.

Syracuse overpowers Utah. Andre Miller and Sherman Douglas go at it and Hanno Mottola trips on his shoelace trying to guard the elusive Billy Owens. Rony Seikaly actually contains Van Horn and the Orangemen Romper Room.

The Fab Five Don't Need to worry about calling timeouts as they dispatch the Jayhawks as well. Michigan actually holds a slam dunk contest midway through the second half just to keep the audience from falling asleep. Steve fisher seems impressed.

96 Kentucky was good. Too good for Rip and the Huskies. Not even Jesus Shuttlesworth himself could overpower this team. Its like Hoosiers...with Mashburn. Unfair.

As ugly as Joakim Noah is....he can't out-ugly the Big Nasty Corliss Williamson. The best team in the past decade goes down to the trend-setting 40 minutes of hell from coach Nolan Richardson. How nasty was Big Nasty? Nastier than Noah's greasy hair...and then some....

Tarkanian leaves the towel at home as Travieso and Padilla shoot 5-31 in three point goals and Camby spends the game in foul trouble. UNLV is Romper Room, I'd be scared to see whats next!

Onto the good stuff next week. Elite Eight to Final Feezy? Maybe I'll spoil ya and just finish it off, not sure anyone was that interested in it anyways....