The Critic

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Dec 15, 2008 -> 12:11 AM) Less than a year ago, I believe, McMahon said that Hardy would never get another push. Merch sales speak loudly.

Jeff Hardy finally gets his title run. ...hooray?... Also, HBK gets to make his sad face for a few weeks at least. He's working for JBL now because he spent a lot of money (sniff sniff) in the 80's and had to pay for his back and knee surgeries himself ( ). I hate the HBK sad face - I'd much prefer to see him in a Scott Hall or Road Warrior Hawk "relapse" angle rather than that stupid puss he puts on his face when he's trying to be intense or defeated.

Bush after the "attack": "That guy didn't know I was a KICKASS dodgeball player in high school!"

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Dec 14, 2008 -> 03:45 PM) The Stars cut Sean Avery. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3768552 Karma's a b****. And the over-reaction continues. You sign a guy for the "emotion" and "grit" he brings, knowing full well he's an asshole, then you cut him for being an asshole. Hilarious.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Dec 13, 2008 -> 04:40 PM) Psst, it was a joke. I need to take my sense of humor to the shop.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Dec 13, 2008 -> 04:55 PM) True The person below me has decked their halls False - my halls are decked, but I did not participate in the decking. The person below me has purchased more gifts for him/herself than for others so far.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Dec 13, 2008 -> 01:51 PM) The dude knocked the Big Show right the f*** out. He's got some KO power. Well, he busted Show's nose, but he didn't knock him out. Show was kind of dumb to put his face out unprotected against a guy who doesn't know how to pull a punch.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Dec 13, 2008 -> 12:08 PM) I agree, but coming from Gene, it's kinda funny. This is a guy who has made no secret of how many groupies he's nailed throughout the years. I guess doing it wasn't disrespectful to those women and telling about it isn't disrespectful to his wife. Nice job Geno. Well, he would quickly remind you that Shannon's not his wife. Common-law wife, probably, but there's no piece of paper. I wonder how Shannon feels knowing that Gene will sign his name to any piece of paper to slap Kiss' name on any piece of s***, but the one paper he won't sign is a marriage document. I always felt like Gene has contempt for Kiss fans, but as long as he can bleed them dry he'll hide his disdain.

I thought a Snitsky/Mike Knox tag team with Estrada managing could have been decent.

Hey, they had toilet paper - urine should have been no problem!

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Dec 12, 2008 -> 10:25 AM) I'm seeing Oasis tonight and I am jacked. I know they're not everybodies cup of tea, but they're one of my favorite bands and they always put together good setlists. I am a little dissapointed in their new album, it's OK, but I thought their previous album was very underrated and this new one is just average I like Oasis a lot - I really liked the first song from Dig Out Your Soul (Shock of the Lightning), but I listened to some clips of other songs, and I agree with you. They're good (they're always good), but not great. Enjoy the show!

I really hope Peavy doesn't refer to himself as The Snake. Do we need yet another "Jake The Snake"? That and "Iron Mike" are so overdone. ...but I REALLY hope Peavy doesn't use KHP's nickname for him...

The heavyweights ruined boxing for me. I get so frustrated watching so many "fights" turn into jab/jab/hug. 12 rounds of walking in a circle and embracing gets boring almost immediately. I know some will compare that to the ground game of MMA, but I see more going on in the takedown situations than I see in the clinching of boxing matches. The best boxing is still fun to watch, but it seems like I never see the best boxing any more. Whenever I do happen to catch a fight (usually on Versus, it seems) there's more hugging than a family reunion.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Dec 12, 2008 -> 12:58 AM) This baby had poor representation. He should be set for life. http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/1...baby/index.html He could petition the Guiness Book of World Records for the earliest "glory days" ever.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 11, 2008 -> 02:11 PM) Thanks...oh. Hey, if it makes you feel better, you're somewhere on the list of my favorite Brians. Paruch's ahead of you, but you're somewhere on the list ahead of Boitano. Hey, it's better than being below Boitano!

Probably just a coincidence. I bet Nancy Grace just mentions this in passing on her show. She's not one to dwell. [there's no shade of green deep enough for that sarcasm two-fer]

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Dec 11, 2008 -> 12:22 PM) Brian?...Is that you? Nah, I was just quoting his text message to me. I'm just a big fan of Brian. I'm really glad he got out from under Mancow The Talentless' thumb.

This surprised me, I have to admit: http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2008_/1229009584.php Source: ESPN.com -- Earlier this year, there were rumors that boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya would be appearing at WrestleMania 24 along with Floyd Mayweather. It turns out that boxing's Golden Boy didn't have to appear at WrestleMania to be on the biggest PPV event of the year. While WrestleMania drew roughly 1.1 million PPV buys, last weekend's De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao fight topped it with 1.25 million buys. The breakdown was 680,000 buys via cable and 570,000 via satellite. "When it's all counted up, it will end up at 1.35 or 1.4 million," Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum stated. I wasn't too surprised by this, but I thought maybe the buyrate would even be a little higher: http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2008_/1228940708.php Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter -- While the UFC has not issued any statements regarding the Pay-Per-View buyrate figure for UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar, the internal word is that the event drew close to 1 million PPV buys. This is around what UFC President Dana White predicted and would be considered a big success for the company.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 10, 2008 -> 07:37 PM) Random sound of metal banging together behind me in my office. I like to hear some Metal banging every now and then. Lately that Metal banging has been the latest Testament and Machine Head discs.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 11, 2008 -> 11:14 AM) RC fan? And I'd sell my post count for a cold, decent beer. Yeah, I like me some Royal Crown. Probably because I have it the least often. My work has Coke in the vending machines and my kid likes Pepsi, so RC is an occasional treat for myself.

A few people over at Metal Sludge got all hurt when they redesigned the site and everyone's post counts disappeared. Such a stupid thing to get worked up about.

$10 gets me a burrito and a 2-liter of RC. Which is much more valuable than a post count.

I enjoy B&B, but Brian Paruch owns all. Thank you.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3761008 They're going after him hard. Burnett is expected to decide this week. I'd be surprised if that 5th year doesn't seal the deal.

E! C! W! E! C! W! E! C! W! http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2008_/1228836747.php Joey Styles has enough of JBL's bullying and pops him in the eye! "Oh My GOD!!!"