Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is acting like a spoiled brat. You are in JAIL- you don’t get to complain about the food, the water, the view…. it’s JAIL. And as much as I love seeing celebrities experience a harsh reality of the regular world the rest of us live in, I can’t help but wonder why Mayweather’s jailing wasn’t a bigger story to begin with.
I still can’t believe that the fact he was going to jail immediately after his last fight was literally an afterthought. Seriously, are we that desensitized in the post-Tyson era to seeing superstars in the ring blow through repeated stints in jail for domestic violence incidents, that we can’t even bother to chastise them anymore?
His complaints are pretty hilarious, though. Remind anyone else of Paris Hilton’s infamous prison stay a few years back? Same scene, different diva.
Matt Cain has thrown the second perfect game this season. That sentence alone was, until the last few seasons, enough to make any baseball fan spin in their seat. Now consider some more interesting tidbits about this season:
There have been two no-hitters in addition to the aforementioned perfect games (Jered Weaver on May 2, Johan Santana on June 1).
There has also been an interleague no-no (Kevin Millwood, Charlie Furbush, Stephen Pryor, Lucas Luetge, Brandon League, and Tom Wilhelmsen on June 8).
By the way, it’s only the middle of June. More
It’s a long, hard road to democracy in Egypt- but the Egyptian people carry no illusions about the process. Sharon MartinThey know it will be a difficult road ahead, as parties, candidates and the military try to figure out how to come to the table together, and lead a country that’s already greatly struggling in the post-Arab Spring Middle East. There have already been signs of further uprising amongst the population, including several clashes between protestors and the military over the length and extent of their caretaker rule of the country. But this is an experience every modern democracy has shared in its infancy- and America is no exception. That’s why it’s so important to take note of the important moments and milestones which will come to define the new Egypt in the decades ahead. Moments like the first free Presidential election in the nation’s history.
I wish all Egyptians a safe, successful trip to the voting booth today- hopefully your enthusiasm for the process will inspire those of us overseas, who take such important milestones for granted.
Can we just acknowledge that, regardless of anyone’s political views about the man, Barack Obama has done more for nerds and sci fi in the White House than any other President? Wouldn’t be surprised if he dropped in on Agent J in MiB 3, a’la Michael Jackson.
This box office showdown could not have ended more poetically. The culmination of a calculated, well thought-out, brilliantly creative production strategy by Marvel- and a movie named after a board game that has nothing to do with the actual board game. Between this and The Hunger Games giving Twilight the boot, maybe there’s hope for Hollywood yet….
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Hey! I'm Mike, this is my blog. and my dream is to use my middling tech skills to make the world a better place (not in the techno-libertarian, "the world is a better place if I get mine" sense, but in the actual, "I want to help" sense).
