Friday, August 28, 2015
The CEO of the leaked adulterers site, Ashley Madison, Noel
Biderman, is resigning. He wants to spend more time cheating on his family.
In Denmark, a man was arrested for drawing penises on the
furniture at IKEA. When asked why he did it, the man said he was feeling
prickly. (It’s Friday, give me a break)
The most popular girls name is Emma. The least popular girls
name? Caitlyn Von Trumpinbieber.
A company is putting together a Catholic Tinder-like dating
site. Not sure about their slogan, though: Catholic Dating: Half the Hook-Ups,
Twice the Guilt.
Has anyone else noticed Donald Trump has not said anything
stupid in a few days? Oh, thank goodness, I thought there was something wrong
with my hearing.
A lawsuit filed in L.A. claims Chicago Bull, Derrick Rose,
was involved in a gang-rape. Although I have to say I think Derrick is
innocent. He could not be involved in a physical activity with that many people
without seriously hurting his knee.
In an attempt to show his hair is real, Donald Trump had one
of his female campaign workers touch it. She said the hair was real. Almost as real as her desire to still collect a paycheck.
Since you asked:
What A Nice Surprise. Bring Your Alibis
This is mostly based on a trip I took last year. But here is
my idea of a perfect lone wolf road trip from San Diego to Santa Barbara.
Arrouewwwwwww, cried the 57-year-old, married-with-a-kid lone wolf.
Arrouewwwwwww, cried the 57-year-old, married-with-a-kid lone wolf.
Throw my stand up paddle board on top of my car and strap it down tight.
Toss a pair of jeans, some board shorts, a couple Hawaiian shirts, t-shirts and a
dress shirt in a bag. Toss that and my briefcase of harmonicas in the car. And my
stand up paddle. Wet suit top, booties.
Head North on Five listening to my Road Trip playlist that
includes the Stones “All Down the Line” Jackson’s “Running on Empty,” Eagles
version of Tom Waits “Ol’ 55,” Stevie Winwood’s “Roll With It,” Doobies
“Rockin’ Down the Highway,” Clapton’s “Rollin’ and Tumblin’’” Little Walter’s “Key
to the Highway” and the Stones’ “Shine a Light.”
Make a stupid joke in my head about the giant boobies at the
San Onofre power plant. Look in awe at the mock-up on the side of the hill of
Osama bin Laden’s compound the Seals and the Marines at Pendleton trained on.
Give a silent thought for the WWII hero, John Basilone as I pass his street
just North of San Onofre.
Spring for the toll on 73 and shoot up and over into the fog
and the clouds into Irvine thinking about all the great soccer tournaments Ann
Caroline and her team played at UC Irvine.
Cross the 605 and observe the IQ’s of the driver’s plummet.
While driving through Long Beach, try to remember all the girls I, well, dated
while living in a dorm at the Brooks College of Fashion Design and Modeling. A
wonderfully impossible task.
As a reward for making it through this L.A. freeway without
getting killed or caught – thank you, Jerry Jeff Walker – I get off on the 10
and head West for Malibu. It is the coast for the rest the way, ‘cause I ain’t
in no kind o’ hurry.
Stop at Duke’s for some caught-that-day fish tacos and a salty
margarita rocks.
Malibu, Zuma Beach, rock and roll history. Fight the
temptation to steer the car up into Laurel Canyon and see where rock and roll
found its inspiration in a one mile neighborhood.
The farther North I get, the more I reminisce about trying
to sell computers after college to the military at Pt. Magu and Port Hueneme
and all the desperate and starving law firms sprinkled inbetween. Those poor
bastards.
By now I am back on the 101 in Oxnard. Could they have found
an uglier name for a pretty area? The Cowboys are training here. Jerry Jones is
an a-hole. See the Dewey Pest Control sign. Think of Dewey.
Now I am on the Ventura Highway, ocean to my left, green
hills and cliffs to my right. Thinking about that spoiled brat I dated in high
school who said she thought of me when she heard America’s “Ventura Highway.”
“May you live where they film car commercials” is a fortune
cookie saying I invented, and boy, is this it. Channel Islands in the distance.
Cool wind in my hair, warm smell of . . . sorry. Always forget how beautiful
those islands are.
Check out Rincon and see if the tasty waves off that break
are lining up row after row like an army on parade.
The theme from “Chariots of Fire” always plays in my head as
I make the sweeping turn up from the coast inland into lower Ojai. Carpentaria
beach claims to be the safest beach in the world. How do they get to make that
claim? Polo fields. Now that is a sport that I would play iffin’ I was a rich
dude.
Sam Adams. Always think of my UCSB Decathlon coach, Sam Adams, at this point.
Sam Adams. Always think of my UCSB Decathlon coach, Sam Adams, at this point.
Time to hunker down. About to enter my beloved Santa Banana.
Now, I have never seen them, but I know they exist: the ugly
police. If you spend any time in Santa Barbara, you know there is a secret
patrol at its borders preventing ugly people from entering the town.
Must try and sneak past.
Must try and sneak past.
Miraculously, I made it past the ugly police once again. Swing by the beach South
of the harbor at Leadbetter. The wind is up so I don’t have a hard time talking
myself out of an afternoon surf session in lieu of going for margaritas. So I
make a pact with myself to surf early tomorrow morning like Laird Hamilton on a
triple espresso.
Great white sharks be damned.
Great white sharks be damned.
This is when that mystical smell of ocean, fog, eucalypti’s
and beach tar meld into a heady whiff. How do I always forget how gorgeous Santa Barbara is? Those mountains are so close. The harbor is majestic. Aforementioned islands.
Check into my hotel. It is a wonderful combination of a Best
Western type and a bed and breakfast. Park in front of the room. The room is small
but nice and clean, big bed, nice bathroom, great, strong shower, big screen
and air conditioning. (Whenever I walk into a hotel room, I say in my best Forrest Gump; "You have air cond dish un ning." When I stay in a hotel, I crank the air. I want to see my breath when I walk in and get
a freeze headache.
This hotel has metal keys and really friendly folks who work
at the desk.
Find a chic dive bar – yes, those two words seem to fit
comfortably in Santa Barbara – for a couple of over-priced maggies on the
rocks.
Back to the room. Watch sports/half-nap for one hour. Think of my dog, Wally, back home and have a pang of missing him.
Oh, yeah, and my lovely wife and daughter too. Give them a call. They don't miss me. Dinner time.
Wash up. Spritz cologne. Spray hair.
Stroll down the street a couple of blocks to the Santa Barbara Brewhouse. Looks like a locals college joint, because it kind of is, but the menu is great. They have a rib-eye in a thick red wine reduction sauce with mushrooms and garlic mash potatoes that make you want to slap Aunt Gerty in the jowls. Paired with a robust Cabernet.
Stroll down the street a couple of blocks to the Santa Barbara Brewhouse. Looks like a locals college joint, because it kind of is, but the menu is great. They have a rib-eye in a thick red wine reduction sauce with mushrooms and garlic mash potatoes that make you want to slap Aunt Gerty in the jowls. Paired with a robust Cabernet.
There is a three-man band setting up. When I ask the young cool guy, who is the lead singer, what they play, he responds Neil Young, rock
and blues. There is a god and he loves me. Back to the room for my harmonicas.
We play together for two hours.
Back to the room by 11:30. Got to get up early and surf.
The rest of the trip is a blur of stand up paddle surfing at
Leadbetter, a backyard party at the greatest family on the planet, the Wopats in
Goleta with the snake brothers. Dogs barking at chickens, and grilled tri tip so good, crack smokers
call crack the Ron Wopat's tri-tip of drugs.
Warm smell of Goleta, rising up through the . . . ok, again,
sorry.
Writing in the room on my laptop, naps, burgers, good breakfasts after surfing
hard. Earn that meal. Joe's for drinks and hot, fresh sour dough bread with
butter and salsa. Brophy’s for fish. The Boat House for happy hour crab cakes. Watch from the bar as the dolphins frolic in
the sunset. Maybe one night a sojourn up to Cold Springs Tavern for dinner? Who
knows?
Santa Barbara is magic for me for all the reasons things are
magic. My memories are painfully wonderful. And it is an enchanted spot like Santa Fe,
Central Park and Wrigley Field. Every now and then god leans down and kisses a
place and it stays kissed.
You can check out anytime you like, but you don’t ever want to leave.
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Over 100 ESPN employees were on the adultery site, Ashley
Madison. Remember the good ol’ days when people in sports cheated with
steroids?
While taking a drug test, Houston Texans’ Ben Jones drank a cup of his teammates urine on a bet. But he wouldn’t say what the bet was. Yeah, because that’s the embarrassing part.
Don’t confuse this with the New York Jets. They’re expected
to eat sh*t this year.
Crank that vibe, Torn Slatterns and Nugget Ranchers
Between Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Lawrence, the question rages: which celebrity has the best butt? Me? I gotta go with Donald Trump. Because nobody can make an ass of themselves like Donald Trump.
Between Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Lawrence, the question rages: which celebrity has the best butt? Me? I gotta go with Donald Trump. Because nobody can make an ass of themselves like Donald Trump.
At the Beijing World Championships, after winning the 200 meters, Usain Bolt was bowled-over by a Chinese cameraman on a Segway. Must . . not . . . make . . . xenophobic . . . driving . . . joke.
The good news is Bolt and the cameraman are fine. The bad news is, after contact with Bolt, the cameraman tested positive for steroids.*
The occupants of the Hummer in the nee Bruce Jenner Malibu
crash are suing the estate of the woman who died in the crash. This is bad news
for the “Hummer Owners are Not All A-holes” society.
Since you asked:
Like a lot of us, I tend to think there is not much to acting. Here is a strong argument against that theory. Dan in "Deadwood" and Warren in "Something about Mary" are the same guy, W. Earl Brown.
Since you asked:
*That joke about the cameraman who ran into Bolt testing positive
for steroids notwithstanding, I am not going to get into that side of it for now.
Instead, I want to know why someone who is running away with a
race shuts it down and raises his arms? Bolt has done this many times, most
memorably in Beijing 2008 Olympics in the 100 meters.
Why would Bolt shut down when he could have shattered the world
record? Because he is getting bonuses for his world records. If he blows the
record away, he will get less bonuses.
When I interviewed for the position of head of Athletics (Track and
Field) Marketing at Nike, circa 1993, I told a
big-wig Nike executive I thought that their paying world record bonuses to pole vaulting god,
Sergey Bubka, was a big mistake. Bubka would break the world record by the slightest fractions of an inch. And Nike would pony up. It made Bubka look like a whore and Nike look like a pimp.
And I used those words, whore and pimp.
That and I said steroids were slowly killing track and field.
Any wonder why I did not get the job?
Most people saw Bolt in Beijing today posing in his Bolt archery
position and then getting run-over by a Segway during his victory lap. What I
saw was a guy with a hefty, hefty shoe contract doing his victory gyrations . . .
without wearing any shoes.
That is one serious eff you to Bolt’s shoe sponsor, Puma. Right now
I promise you the executives at Puma are waist deep in the pretty pink donuts
they have just pooped out and have carpel tunnel syndrome from texting their
attorneys while screaming for a breach of contract lawsuit.
More Usain Bolt drama to come. Something tells me it smells like a big Nike rat.
Like a lot of us, I tend to think there is not much to acting. Here is a strong argument against that theory. Dan in "Deadwood" and Warren in "Something about Mary" are the same guy, W. Earl Brown.
Let’s play Marry, Sex, Kill with Trump, Hillary and Jeb.
This is the easiest one ever. Marry Jeb. He is rich. Sex with
Hillary, because she, well, let’s just say I’m not her type. And kill Trump.
Can I kill Trump twice?