France's 'Spiderman' Alain Robert wowed spectators as he took on a 185-metre skyscraper in Abu Dhabi, the tallest in the city. The audience cringed and cheered in fear and amazement as Robert climbed the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority building without any safety mechanisms in place. Relying solely on his hands, feet and determination, he made his way to the top, using tiny slots in the concrete structure as leverage. Robert's only tool was a little pouch clipped to his waist and filled with powder to keep his hands from getting moist and losing grip.Robert hasn't stopped climbing despite the fact that he is partly medically disabled and has permanent vertigo, which are the results of a childhood...
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Spiderman Scales Abu Dhabi's Tallest Building
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Disrespecting the Game
The game of baseball, and any sport for that matter is to be respected. The games we play give us their enjoyment, the memories, the dreams we had as kids to play them professionally. This is something one should never do. This is a Georgia State AAA baseball tournament game.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Coco Crisp Charges the Mound
Coco Crisp charges the mound at Fenway. Checkout the initial punch he dodges, then lands one of his own. However, he would then get thrown to the ground by the D-Rays catcher and then punched a few times by more D-Rays.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
For How Much to Fight Kimbo Slice?
Saturday night on CBS you got to see street fighter born via YouTube make his appearance on MMA. That is one bad dude. Almost as scary looking as his opponents ear after Kimbo punch it.
How much would it take for you to get in the ring? Me...no price.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Hmm...Though Provoking
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries
are flat?
Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they know there
is not enough?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion
stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Whose idea was it to put an 'S' in the word 'lisp'?
What is the speed of darkness?
Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up
every two hours?
Are there specially reserved parking spaces for 'normal' people at the
Special Olympics?
If the temperature is zero outside today and it's going to be twice as
cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?
Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem
longer?
How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would
be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in
binoculars to look at things on the ground?
Why is Abbreviation such a long word?
Superman is bulletproof so why does he always duck when the villain
throws an empty gun at him?
Did you ever stop and wonder......
Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll
squeeze these pink dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?'
Who was the first person to say, 'See that chicken there... I'm gonna
eat the next thing that comes outta it's bum.'
Why do toasters always have a setting so high that could burn the
toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't
point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is?
Why does your Obstetrician, Gynaecologist leave the room when you get
undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?
Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're
both dogs !
If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from
vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the
same tune?
Stop singing and read on.......
Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at
you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the
window?
Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The Undercover Dynasty
The San Antonio Spurs, despite ESPN's love affair with Chris Paul, defeat the Hornets to move onto the Western Conference Finals. The Spurs have won 4 NBA titles since 1999 but nobody seems to call them a dynasty. Why? I have a few reasons why. When they won their first in 1999, the Chicago Bulls dynasty had just wrapped up winning 6 titles in 8 years. Further, the Lakers would win 3 in a row after that 1999 season.
However, give credit where it is due. This team is consistent. Every final they have been in, they have won. Although Tim Duncan is a Hall of Famer, they lack a super duper star like most NBA Championship teams (Jordan, Shaq, Hakeem).
The Spurs, San Antonios only professional sports team, get lost way down there in south Texas. Yet, they are a true team. All their parts move together for one purpose.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Resurrecting the Champ Movie Review
My take
An interesting plot. Great actors, but fell somewhat short. I wasn't particularly impressed with Jackson's performance and the drama could have been milked a little more. I did like the lesson of the film, which was to bring focus to the father-son relationship. By no means one of the best boxing movies, but a nice rental watch.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Speed Racer - Crash and Burn
Many critics claim the film abandoned it's audience by not bringing any of the elements from the japanese cartoon into the film. Further, critics say it's just a special effects show. What's wrong with that? Critics said Slyvester Stallone's Driven was bad, but I loved it. Sometimes, critics are just old dudes looking for something to complain about.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Bobblehead Giving Fans the Finger
The Pittsburgh Pirates had Tom Gorzelanny Bobblehead Night. However, Pirates fans were surprised when they were given a memento of Tom giving them the finger! Although the promotion photo that was used did not give them the finger (right) the one they were handed clearly does (left). Now we know these these kinds of things are massed produced in China. So, was this intentional? YES. But not by the Chinese. The Pirates owners have been screwing their fans for quite awhile now. Not one winning season in 16 years!
Monday, April 28, 2008
Matt Ryan - He Can Do Alot...Except One Thing
With the # 3 pick the Atlanta Falcons select Quarterback from Boston College Matt Ryan. So who is he? Will he be a bust or the real deal? The Falcons selection officially marks the ends of the Michael Vick era. WOOF!
Matt Ryan can lead a drive
And he can lead another drive
Matt Ryan can take a hit!
Matt Ryan can act
Matt Ryan can't hold his lunch
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The Final Season Movie Review
The Final Season starring Sean Astin (Rudy) was released this past week. I added it to my Netflix queue and watched it a few days ago. Here is my official video movie review.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Adventures of Jay - The Basketball Game
I shot this a month ago but never posted it here. My son challenged me to a basketball game so we threw down and settled things on the court. Be sure to check out the dunk at 3:02.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The Greatest Rivarly...Becomes Greater
A few days ago a story broke revealed the actions of a Boston Red Sox fan that was working on a construction job...building the new Yankee Stadium. Gino Castignoli, the Red Sox fan, brought a David Ortiz Sox jersey to work one day with the intention of putting the jersey into the concrete as it was being poured in hopes it would curse the Yankees. He was successful.
However, soon after the story broke the Yankees investigated, found the location, and hammered the concrete pulling the jersey back out! Watch this video for the full story:
Monday, April 7, 2008
Top 8 Disney Sports Movies
Over the past decade Disney has given us some total classic sports films. The first Disney sports film I remember watching as a kid was Tiger Town (Roy Schieder, Jaws). Unfortunately, Tiger Town is not available on DVD.
Anyhow, recently Disney has brought us some especially classic sports movies so I wanted to list a few of those here:
- Miracle
- Remember the Titans
- Goal! The Dream Begins
- The Rookie
- Cars
- Glory Road
- Invincible
- The Greatest Game Ever Played
If you'd like to add these to your collection you may want to join the Disney Movie Club. With membership you can get 3 movies for $1.99 each.
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