Couple of things
- Giving credit where credit's due ... less than one week after having Ohio State's Troy Smith shake him off on a pivotal pass play, our boy Tim Kelly rose to the occasion and stuffed Smith on a scramble late in Matt and I's rematch with the Buckeyes on NCAA Football 2007.
- Man, were the letters to the editor good ... particularly the response to J.T.'s collection of thoughts this past Sunday which included letters like this one and then this one. For what it's worth ... it does seem a little hypocritical to drive the very gas-guzzling vehicle many in BikeAthens decry. Sure you absolutely need a car in this day and age, but you couldn't go for one with better miles per gallon than a SUV?
- Continuing on the letters, folks need to apparently never eat anything that is not nutritional ... doing so means imminent death according to Lisa McKinney.
- I need to start awarding points for the unintentional humorous Republican attacks on Democrats ... this one would earn some points for its references to Hollywood, welfare state socialism, George Soros and 'banana republic.'
- So you're saying there's a chance ...
- Bill Simmons tackles another mailbag ... and claims Randy 'Macho Man' Savage is the greatest professional wrestler of all time, offering 10 reasons why, including ...
Macho Man was a centerpiece of the greatest wrestling angle of the '80s, when he became a good guy and teamed up with Hulk Hogan as the Mega-Powers, then things started falling apart when the Macho Man thought Hulk had eyes for Elizabeth, culminating in the Macho Man refusing to accept Hulk's tag during a Saturday Night Main Event (they ended up losing), followed by a screaming match in the locker room in which Savage yelled things like "You got jealous eyes! Oh, yeah ... you got jealous eyes!" before finally sneak-attacking Hogan as Elizabeth screamed in horror. As far as the defining buddy-turning-on-buddy events of the last 25 years, this was right up there with Crockett shooting Tubbs, The Game calling out 50 Cent, T.O. ripping McNabb, Kobe ratting out Shaq to the Colorado police, Shawn Michaels kicking Marty Jannetty through the window and Brandon sleeping with Dylan's girlfriend. And yes, my buddy Birdman and I reenacted this entire scene at 3 a.m. after about 45 beers apiece, with our pal Nick Aieta playing Miss Elizabeth. Fortunately, no videotape exists.
- Perhaps we should have some audience participation here. I've been toying with idea of growing my hair out like, say, Waylon Jennings or possibly Billy Crudup's character in Almost Famous ... though the latter would probably require only a mustache.
- Man, were the letters to the editor good ... particularly the response to J.T.'s collection of thoughts this past Sunday which included letters like this one and then this one. For what it's worth ... it does seem a little hypocritical to drive the very gas-guzzling vehicle many in BikeAthens decry. Sure you absolutely need a car in this day and age, but you couldn't go for one with better miles per gallon than a SUV?
- Continuing on the letters, folks need to apparently never eat anything that is not nutritional ... doing so means imminent death according to Lisa McKinney.
- I need to start awarding points for the unintentional humorous Republican attacks on Democrats ... this one would earn some points for its references to Hollywood, welfare state socialism, George Soros and 'banana republic.'
- So you're saying there's a chance ...
- Bill Simmons tackles another mailbag ... and claims Randy 'Macho Man' Savage is the greatest professional wrestler of all time, offering 10 reasons why, including ...
Macho Man was a centerpiece of the greatest wrestling angle of the '80s, when he became a good guy and teamed up with Hulk Hogan as the Mega-Powers, then things started falling apart when the Macho Man thought Hulk had eyes for Elizabeth, culminating in the Macho Man refusing to accept Hulk's tag during a Saturday Night Main Event (they ended up losing), followed by a screaming match in the locker room in which Savage yelled things like "You got jealous eyes! Oh, yeah ... you got jealous eyes!" before finally sneak-attacking Hogan as Elizabeth screamed in horror. As far as the defining buddy-turning-on-buddy events of the last 25 years, this was right up there with Crockett shooting Tubbs, The Game calling out 50 Cent, T.O. ripping McNabb, Kobe ratting out Shaq to the Colorado police, Shawn Michaels kicking Marty Jannetty through the window and Brandon sleeping with Dylan's girlfriend. And yes, my buddy Birdman and I reenacted this entire scene at 3 a.m. after about 45 beers apiece, with our pal Nick Aieta playing Miss Elizabeth. Fortunately, no videotape exists.
- Perhaps we should have some audience participation here. I've been toying with idea of growing my hair out like, say, Waylon Jennings or possibly Billy Crudup's character in Almost Famous ... though the latter would probably require only a mustache.
posted by Jmac at 7:20 AM
17 Comments:
I think the BikeAthens bumper sticker is someone's little joke more than a political affiliation. We've all put jokerstickers on other people's cars, am I right?
Right?
Oh, and how long you grow the hair depends on how curly or wavy or straight it is. For some hair types, the growing stage makes for some nasty times until it hits the right length. But before that moment, it's nasty, I tells ya.
Amen to the growing out stages -- I remember those in-between days or horror.
I don't know that I'd go for the Billy Crudup 'do. I think you'd end up looking like a scruffy drug dealer, which, come to think of it, is awesome -- so go for it! Heh. I think you should definitely rock nothing but a 'stache, though. Preferably one of those Fu Manchus or 70s porn star 'staches. Or one like Salvador Dali
I can't see the Waylon pic because the VA blocks the site it's on.
You can always cut it whenever you want, too! So go for it! Although, it will be hard to stick with it during the in-between phase -- you'll be tempted to cut it all the time!
What does the little missus have to say about the hair idea?
Instead of growing out your hair, maybe you should wax all of it off except for a 'stache. And I mean ALL of it.
Hey, I posted a rebuttal on my blog: www.casadenicki.blogspot.com
I am not sure how well your mullet will go with your pastel golf shirts and loafers... are you considering updating your wardrobe as well?
True Meims ... true. I mean, I'm already drinking more Miller High Life, so I'm making progress, right?
And Nicki ... are we rebutting my proposal to grow my hair out?
I cannot figure out how or why "BikeAthens bashing" became so popular. It's a group of volunteers advocating for everyone to be able to use the transportation methods of their choice. That's bad?
I hear the ignorant complaining about all the money we've wasted on bike lanes - do they even know that the total amount spent on bike lanes in Athens wouldn't pave 100 yards of road? Bike lines cost just about nothing. No street in Athens has ever been re-designed or re-configured for the purpose of bike lanes, either. That's another lie frequently repeated.
Besides, who has ever been stuck in traffic that did not wish that there were fewer cars on the road? The only thing is that they all want it to be everybody but themselves to get off the road.
BikeAthens doesn't just advocate for bikes, anyway. Everybody who was applauding the increased bus service should be reminded that BikeAthens has been advocating for that for many years, too. They aren't the only ones but they've been doing it for a long time.
Of course, BikeAthens also gets a lot more credit for their influence than they probably deserve. Most of the commissioners already believed in the value of transportation alternatives before they were elected so BikeAthens really hasn't changed any of their minds about anything. BikeAthens does deserve a lot of credit for working with the DOT on stuff, though.
JT's snide remark was just a cheap shot. He should be ashamed of himself. Let's face it, the same people who bitch about bikes are also the people bitching about the price of gasoline and the crowded roads and the lack of parking. That's actually a pretty damn stupid combination! If you want to see hypocrisy, Mr. Thompson and many others like you, look in the mirror. You were the one sitting there idling your car wasting gas and polluting the air while waiting on something that could hardly be considered "food".
The joke is on you.
No street in Athens has ever been re-designed or re-configured for the purpose of bike lanes, either.
Just out of curiousity then, how would you classify, say, the addition of lanes on Baxter Street, which went from four lanes to three? Seriously ... I'm honestly asking.
I don't want it to come across as if I'm poormouthing BikeAthens - they deserve much credit for their work on fighting for expanding bus service, as well as work for the Oconee Greenway and other bike trails.
I think we all wish, at times, there were fewer cars on the road. However, realistically, I don't see this happening. I'm just being honest about it. I see us designing cleaner-burning and more fuel-efficient vehicles (as well as the development of multi-use pathways for use by pedestrian and cyclist), and I see us pursuing a plan of smart growth to curb traffic and ease the strain on certain roads.
And, to be fair, BikeAthens lobbies for that too.
And, to be fair, technically J.T. was being hypocritical. He was criticizing someone who, in his mindset, advocates for one thing but then is doing another. J.T. doesn't necessarily fight for the same goals as BikeAthens, so it's not really being hypocritical.
You may think his positions are foolish, and that's a legitimate complaint.
However, this is missing the bigger question, which is ... what should I do with my hair?
This ...
And, to be fair, technically J.T. was being hypocritical.
... obviously should be ...
And, to be fair, technically J.T. wasn't being hypocritical.
I'm Captain Typo resulting in the opposite of what I intend ...
Baxter Street (and Hawthorne and others too for that matter) were 3-laned for safety reasons only. Our current re-paving policy (don't know the technical name for it) requires that the commission consider accident data and number of vehicle trips among other things to determine whether a road or street should be re-configured any time it is due to be re-paved. (Never any time other than when it is scheduled to be re-paved, by the way.)
On those streets, the guidelines strongly indicated that they should be re-configured to be 3-lanes and it has worked (in the sense that the number of accidents have been reduced) in every instance. Safety is always the primary consideration.
Now, ACC policies also state that we consider whether bike lanes are possible or desirable during this process. It's an "after thought" because bike lanes are not considered until after all the other decisions are made. If there is room for bike lanes and no other problems, then some paint is sprayed on the road for them while they are spraying the other lines. The cost is basically the paint and the labor for spraying them. That's like an almost incalculable tiny fraction of the whole project - virtually free.
BikeAthens is most definitely not "anti-car" but some folks are unfathomably "anti-bike" or, probably it's more accurate to say that they are "anti-anything-but-cars".
JT's hypocrisy was his pride in driving his small car and showing his dislike of SUVs while wasting fuel and polluting air his ownself because he couldn't bring himself to park and go inside. Then, he has the nerve to make fun of a sticker distributed by a group that has no control over how their stickers are deployed. I used to have a BikeAthens sticker on my large vehicle, too. I support the work of BikeAthens and I only drove my large vehicle about twice per month when I had to haul big things in it for work. Of course, I don't go through drive-throughs at Burger Bomb in it.
People have lots of different reasons for owning and driving different vehicles. Some of them are quite good reasons and there's nothing hypocritical about displaying your support for some organization if it represents your true feelings. How about those bumper stickers on cars and trucks that advocate motorcycle safety? Are those hypocritical because they aren't on motorcycles? JT was just showing his ass and going for a cheap laugh. It makes me sad to think how many people probably agreed with him.
But you didn't say what Jmac should do with his hair!
After checking on ye olde Jonathan's blog and seeing that I was the lead story on today's "Couple of things", then seeing there are 12 comments....I naturally assumed credit truly was being given where credit was due and everyone was conversing about my stunning game-saver against Ohio State. And what do I find? Ramblings and rantings about McGinty's hair and some horribly irrelevant letter and resulting furor over a bumper sticker. THIS IS OHIO STATE PEOPLE!! Man. Now I'm really transferring...what happened to the fan base? McGinty consider yourself on notice of my impending transfer.
TIM
a) grow the hair? why not?
b) i rebutted the bikeathens comment.
c) JT has issues, methinks, with BikeAthens in general. Anyone recall his "experiment" in biking, wherein he decided that biking was cute, but impossible as an actual mode of transportation since it was too cold, too rainy, or otherwise adverse to bike too often? He was pretty polite to me when I corrected the base assumption -- biking doesn't work if it doesn't work every single day -- but seemed wedded to the notion that biking isn't feasible.
I think you should grow your hair out like Nelson!
If it makes you feel better Tim, you just had a monster game against Southern California. Couple of sacks, plenty of QB pressures. We rolled 48-17.
You're an integral part of the team. I hope you'll stick around.
Russ had a pretty damn good first half though. Xon and I need to pick up our games. I rushed for only 48 yards, while Xon missed a few key blocks.
I've been using performance enhancers a lot lately and can't seem to remember what position it is that I play. I'm also full of rage for some reason.
Tim, stop being a bitch and play for yourself and your team -- screw the fans, those wishy-washy panty-waste chum-scrubbers.
RAGE I TELL YOU!
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