http://weakinrock.com "I was born into a generation of ninnies. It has made me tired." - Steve Albini Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:20:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, I cannot help myself.  I have to pile on with everyone else who is guffawing at [tag]Barry Zito[/tag]'s recent demotion to the bullpen by the Giants.  I make no secret of this, I loathe the [tag]SF Giants[/tag].  There are worse teams in [tag]Major League Baseball[/tag], but I'd wager there ... http://weakinrock.com/2008/04/30/the-most-expensive-long-reliever-ever/ I wasn't surprised that [tag]Barrack Obama[/tag] distanced himself from [tag]Rev. Wright[/tag]'s comments at the Washington Press Club, but I was still disappointed. On the one hand Wright is absolutely full of shit - claiming that the US government invented HIV to decimate the minority community. While on the ... http://weakinrock.com/2008/04/29/is-wright-right/ This is the sort of thing that discredits folks on the left... http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/04/er.html Some people are too dumb to be let out of the house. http://weakinrock.com/2008/04/20/duh/ This is just too funny not to comment on. [tag]Barry Zito[/tag] has now tied the record for most consecutive opening day losses for a starting pitcher at four. Who did he tie?  [tag]Rick Reuschel[/tag].    Another pitcher who wore a [tag]Giants[/tag] uniform, and who was mostly mediocre in his career with ... http://weakinrock.com/2008/03/31/i-got-your-ace-right-here/ I've been thinking about this on and off for a while now.  It goes along with a recurring motif I touch on now and then - the future ain't what it used to be.  Only this one works in reverse.  Because of the reality we live in today our kids ... http://weakinrock.com/2008/03/31/13-things-our-children-have-never-experienced/ Every year there's a word or phrase that enters into mainstream usage that becomes more irritating and obnoxious than a pair of underpants woven from poison oak. Usually it takes at least 2/3 of the year to pass before anyone really has a handle on how overused and annoying ... http://weakinrock.com/2008/03/27/insufferable-whinging/ If the story that ESPN ran today in which [tag]John Rocker[/tag] claimed that not only [tag]MLB[/tag] and the [tag]MLBPA[/tag] knew about his performance enhancing drug use in 2000, but actually gave him advice on how to do it effectively then MLB can kiss their [tag]anti-trust exemption[/tag] bye-bye. I have no doubt ... http://weakinrock.com/2008/02/11/rocker/ We bought Ryan a [tag]Wii[/tag] for Xmas.  That is to say, I visited pretty much every mall in the East Bay and eventually found a store that wasn't sold out of them.  For a day, Ryan thought I ruled.  Then he went back to his usual pre-teen programming. At first, we ... http://weakinrock.com/2008/02/07/its-official-im-a-hack/ Ok, I'm home sick today, so I guess I no longer have any excuse not wade into the muck regarding the Presidential nominating contests.  Well, of course I could be taking a nap, but what the hell.  You only live once.  *cough* During the last [tag]Presidential election[/tag] I expended a ton ... http://weakinrock.com/2008/02/07/cough-politics-cough/ I laughed so hard it hurt.  Enjoy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InZNBcJTmWs  Thanks to Tom "High Strung" Young for the link. http://weakinrock.com/2008/02/01/the-word-of-the-day-is-metal/