Not sure if anyone else saw this, but I thought it was pretty sweet! Notice the glitch? Cougars must drive Fords and it looks like Bennett hangs out with Heytvelt!

From Page 2 over at ESPN.com:

19. SEATTLE MARINERS
Last title: Never Seasons: 29 Playoffs: 4 Winning seasons: 9 Finals losses: 0

The roll call: Fifteen seasons before first winning season; employing perhaps the worst manager in big league history (Maury Wills); being owned by perhaps the worst owner in big league history (George Argyros); playing in perhaps the worst stadium in big league history -- the Kingdome tile fiasco of 1994 would have forced the team to finish the season on the road if not for the strike; trading Jason Varitek and Derek Lowe for Heathcliff Slocumb; failing to reach a World Series despite employing Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, Edgar Martinez, Alex Rodriguez, Jay Buhner and Jamie Moyer at the same time; Bill Bavasi and an open checkbook.

Soul-sucking moment: After losing Johnson, Griffey and Rodriguez in successive years, the 2001 Mariners put together the greatest regular season in MLB history ... only to lose the ALCS to the Yankees.

P & S rating: 3.38 (seven Bobby Ayalas)

I'd put the Bobby Ayala heads in there, but that would just be too much work.

Just to get some perspective, they rate the Seahawks, Sonics and Mariners all ahead of the Chicago Cubs - - THE CUBS! - - as teams that all have endured more pain and suffering.

What is nice to see, however, is that the Red Sox aren't on the list and neither are the Patriots (because losing to the Colts this year after beating them EVERY OTHER YEAR and winning the Super Bowl is pretty painful.).

Tom Brady sucks.

So I tried to convince my upstairs neighbor to allow me to put a DirecTV dish up on the roof the other day. Not only did he deny my request, he didn't even give me the courtesy of humoring me by inspecting my proposed installation sites. In fact, he didn't even get up off the couch.

So that leaves me with no Mariners Padres Pirates Devil Rays baseball, and that makes me sad.

At least I'll be able to see them when they're here in town. Whoopie!!

Man. this blog has been really fascinating lately. huge ups to the South Park post which plays every time you visit. Well done stumpy. you singlehandedly killed the blog. Not even Colbs can claim that.

Take, for example, toilets. For some reason, when on vacation, I have difficulty taking Earbiters. This photo is from a toilet in some Etruscan museum in Lucca. Except for the coins, the museum was pretty boring. I mean, how many Etruscan urns can you see?

Anyhow, unfortunately I had to D. I go into the bathroom and see this:












That's right! you take a dump standing up. With no bars to hold onto or anything. It wasn't the best.

Deadspin, in an apparent slap in the face to Blair, just posted a picture of Softy with Bill Raftery.

The story they describe has nothing to do with Softy.... In fact, there isn't even a mention of Softy in the article.

The fact remains, however, that Softy is more of an internet celeb than Blair. And Blair hates him for that.

I thought the YouTube link he linked on his most recent post said it all, especially for those of you that can't read.



For those of you that like more sarcasm, read on...

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant

In Asspony's absence I felt the need to post without any inteligent (sic) thought.

NCAA Tournament starts in a little less than 12 hours and I hope you have your brackets filled out because this one is for all the tomatoes. Since bendermenz.com is the sponsor of Dr. Rolbs' tournament, I hope that you all realize that it's very important that we have a good showing.

Some thoughts...

1. GO ORAL ROBERTS!! I hear on the radio today that Asspony's virtual best friend, Dave "Softy" Mahler, got an Oral Roberts t-shirt in the mail today and wore it for the Husky Honks show. I will not root for WSU in any way shape or form even though I have them going somewhat deep into the tournament. If them losing hurts me, so be it. They are our biggest rivals and will be treated as such. That said, they are an impressive team. One could argue that they, not UCLA are the best team in the Pac 10 this year.

2. Same for Gonzaga. Even without Heytvelt--who was insane when I saw him in person in Spokane--this is still a solid team. To win in their conference is not as easy as it used to be and they did it still with all the distractions of losing their best player. Micah Downs is much better than I (or Scott--especially Scott) ever gave him credit for, even though he is a piece of shit from Juanita.

3. UCLA is a good group of individuals, but as a team they showed their true colors after the loss to Washington. This is a team that is either going to not trust each other or they will overlook an early opponent. Either way, they will self destruct--early.

4. The first 1 or 2 seed to lose will be Memphis or UCLA, depending on what time either team plays it's second game first.

5. I do not give a rat's ass about the NIT. The only way I would watch the NIT is if Washington played UConn at some point; however since neither is in, I do not care. I do not care that neither team is in. I do care that Washington's backcourt couldn't dribble a basketball any better than they could dribble a baseball, that is unless the game was on the line and we needed a quick shot. In that situation, Appleby and Dentmon were fantastic at dribbling and dribbling and dribbling... Way to waste Spencer Hawes only season, dudes.

6. I hope it snows tomorrow and I can watch the games in the office. It might happen. It snowed up until noon where I was at and it stuck in one area I drove through. This afternoon's clear skies and 55 degree temps aren't promising, however.

7. If I win the tournament challenge I will spread the riches around! I will buy 3 more Wii controllers and some games so you all can have a chance to play it with me!!!

8. The play-in game is retarded. Stanford has no business being in the tournament, they played almost as bad as Washington did this year. Their spot should have gone to a team that won it's conference tournament. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if they win a game or two. Those Lopez twins are going to ravage the other side of Brockman next year, be it Artem Wallace or *gasp* Joe Wolfinger.

9. Speaking of Hawes, let's all hope that several centers have big tournaments this year pushing him out of the top ten. That would be sweet if his stock dropped! ONE MORE YEAR! ONE MORE YEAR!! Who am I kidding, I can already hear David Stern saying, "With the 7th pick of the 2007 NBA draft, the Oklahoma City Sonics pick: Spencer Hawes from the University of George Washington State." Then Stuart Scott (with the blue eye looking at the camera and the brown eye freshly packed) will ask Spencer in the greenroom, "Dog, you are the 4th 7-footer in a row the Sonics have picked in the first round, dog! Dog, what's it going to be like to play for your old hometown team, dog?" I will never watch the NBA again, even if they wanted to honor me at halftime.

10. Fuck Oregon.

Start the First Round running commentary!!

A truly fitting ending to a season where the Huskies never seemed to get out of second gear to start the season. Shut out of even the NIT - Does that make any sense to anybody?

Add to that the fact that Oregon wins the Pac-10 Tournament. Dammit.

At least baseball starts in three weeks. Go M's.

Too bad these pictures turned out terrible. It was a good time last night with Softy and the boys. It was a good time overall and it turned out Brian is Softy's new best friend.

I am crushed.



Damn my stupid camera phone. This is a picture of Softy and Brian, trust me.


Should we stop calling this the Apple Cup of basketball. This is the third time we've played these guys. We need to come up with a new name for basketball rivalry that has nothing to do with winning a trophy of sorts. I think we need to think of name like, "Another Roundball Roundup!", or "The big Wash-out!"

It will catch on.

Running Commentary provided by myself.

What is the best accompaniment to a brand new TV? The answer is simple, a self loading, beer fridge/launcher.

John Cornwell, a graduate from Duke University, has built a beer catapult. Yes, that's right. He can sit on the couch press a button on a keychain remote and have a beer automatically loaded from the inside of the fridge to the catapult arm, which is then fired to his position on the couch. Check out this video on metacafe.com. It looks like he might begin to build these to sell. Darkness needs one of these.

Hey everybody. The three biggest husky fans you know (and triumvirate of superfriends) will be watching the game at Spitfire in Belltown tonight. That's right: Bobbo, Asspony and Softy!! We have VIP seats. You all should come. Be there or be Square.

Good afternoon Benderinos!

I'm putting together a pool over here in Boston if any of you would like to participate. It's on ESPN.com and it's looking like the total payout is going to be upwards of $1000, all told.

If you'd like to sign up, PayPal me $10 per entry to colbycockrell@gmail[DOT]com, and I'll send you the invitation email.

The real question is: WHO YA GOT!!!???

I'm thinking Texas, Texas A&M or even a team like Butler could all make noise.

... I'd like to post this picture again. Because it makes me smile.

Also, who is that stallion in the background?


Now. make fun of me for this shitty post.

Say what you want, my posts are better than Smokin's, Phippy's and Dahkness'

What does:
3 consecutive losing seasons,
lowest attendance in 11 years,
many overpaid players,
and
overmatched management get the Seattle Mariners?

23.3 million dollars in profit.

Apparently, running a shitty team still allows the ownership to make money. Expect lots of change this year. not.

I just saw on Bostonist that Google has launched a new traffic module on Google Maps. Go check it out here. Oh look, the viaduct is backed up. 45th Street onramp too.

If you haven't checked out Seattlest, you should. Lots of cool stuff going on there.