During the Maryland vs. Duke basketball game I noticed that Duke's coach Mike Krzyzewski ( pictured with the cheese) was wearing white sneakers. He was walking up and down the side of the basketball court in his blue suit, but accompanied it with white sneakers? I then noticed all the coaches on the team were wearing these white "kicks." I have no choice but to question why these sneaks are being worn. I am pretty sure that it is known universally throughout the world that white sneakers worn with a suit look worse then dying bunnies. Well maybe that’s a huge overstatement, but the point is it cant possibly be a good look. It looks so stupid it took me 3 mins to get focused back on the game. There is no way these coaches are wearing these very generic sneaks on purpose. (What they should do is give them to Hause he loves to be generic) Maybe the sweet "kicks" are worn due to a sponsorship, or are you not allowed to have dress shoes on the court? Or is it the more likely reason, Coach Mike Krzyzewski has flat feet and needs the arch support? If its the arch support, I feel his pain. Good look and goodnight
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UPDATE 2/12:
I have discovered the answer to my question!
According to Fritz the sneakers were being worn for "Coachs for Cancer Day." I was right in that they arent wearing them for looks, but my guess' as to why they were being worn were obviously way off..... flat feet?. Despite the shoes looking stupid its obviously ok for such a wonderful cause.

This was a story on Yahoo! strange news...

• NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Phyllis Ingram said her 89-year-old mother discovered a dead mouse in a bowl of bean and bacon soup, but only after she had put it in her mouth. "I thought it was just a ball of hair. My daughter said, 'Mama that's a mouse,'" said Ingram, who lives in Erwin about 250 miles east of Nashville.

The story goes on to tell how this woman has been having trouble eating since the incident, which upon further review, doesn't seem like such a bad idea. Obviously this woman is too old and senile to be a functioning member of society if puts a dead mouse into her mouth. I would understand if she somehow didn't notice the rodent on her spoon, but the thing is, she did. Though she thought the mouse was nothing but a ball of hair, one question still lingers...

...WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING PUTTING A BALL OF HAIR INTO YOUR MOUTH ANYWAY? Regardless of that fact you didn't know it was a mouse, you still knowlingly put, what you thought to be a ball of hair, into your mouth. Having a hair in your mouth is one of the worst physical discomforts in the world. I can't fathom someone actually making a consciouss decision to manually place hairs, strands or ball, into their mouth. It serves you right that it was a dead and decaying rodent you geriatric piece of garbage.

Now granted, this article written so that it could be taken from assumed perspective or the vantage point that grandma only noticed the ball of hair once it was in her mouth. Yet taking into consideration her age and hometown, I'm assuming she knowingly inserted the "ball of hair" into her mouth.

I'd like to apologize ahead of time to Don Henley, he's done some great stuff, most notably The End of the Innocence. I would not like to apologize to Greg Taylor, regardless of much he may love the Eagles. I have a suspicion that Take it Easy, Lyin Eyes, and Already Gone are more or less the same song. Don't get me wrong, they're all decent songs, I'm not a huge Eagles fan, but they're not bad. But they have some incredible similarities, which may be hard to convey via internet. Each chorus starts out exactly the same. Two normal syllables, followed by a long stretched out third syllable. Ex. "(1)take (2)it (3)eeeeeeeeeeasy." "(1)you (2)can't (3)hiiiiiiiiiiiiide." "(1)cause (2)I'm (3)alllllllllllllllllready..." There is also a second instance in each chorus in which a syllable is dragged out. "come on baaaaaaaaaaby." "and your smiiiiiiiiiiile." "and im feeeeeeeeeeeling." "Take it Easy" and "Already Gone" are at about the same tempo as well, Lyin Eyes is slowed down a little bit which seperates it from the other two to some extent. I haven't even heard that many songs, so its possible this pattern is found in other songs too, though I would hope not. Also, on the dragged out syllable, I'm not sure who it is, but a number of vocalists, probably Don Henley and Glenn Frey, join together to sing it. In short, each song has a chorus which starts out with 2 syllables, followed by a third stretched out syllable. The third syllable is when the other vocalists join in on each song. Already Gone and Take it Easy are at about the same tempo. I dare you to listen to just the music in Already Gone and Take it Easy and know which is which. I'd have to listen to the songs repeatedly to pick up on any more similarites, and I don't particularly feel like putting myself through that. I just thought of an interesting comparison between the Eagles and Fritz. The Eagles have three songs: Take it Easy, Already Gone, and Lyin Eyes, but you cant really tell the difference between them because they are so similar. The only real difference is the lyrics. Fritz plays three sports, football, basketball, and baseball, but when you look at him during a game, you can't tell which sport hes playing because hes doing the same thing regardless of the sport; sitting on the bench. The only difference is the uniform. His uniform is the eagles lyrics. Sports:Fritz:: Songs:Eagles, Uniform:Fritz::Lyrics:Eagles.

I hate to inform you (Cindy, Fritz, Mrs. Miller), but ever since the 1980's, Bon Jovi and his crew of flunkies have been giving music a bad name. I wasn't around for the early years of the feathered bangs and flamboyant dress, yet through the beauty of Comcast Digital Cable and ON DEMAND, I have been able to somewhat catch myself up. After only 15 minutes of skimming through videos laden with deserts, mountain ranges, and candle lit recording studios, my hatred for Bon Jovi was firmly cemented. Why, you ask. The answers are numerous.

1. Bon Jovi is a terrible songwriter. Fritz's Liver had more talent for words than he does. For example...

When the world gets in my face,
I say, Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day.

Bang a drum for the sinners
Bang a drum for the sins
Bang a drum for the losers
And those who win
Bang a drum, bang it loudly

and

Mother, mother
If I was your
Mother, mother

While these are just exerpts from the actuals songs, trust me when I say their origins are just as bad. As a blog writer, I research my topics before I write, so I actually download Have A Nice Day, If I Was Your Mother, among several others, so you could take my word for it.

2. He used a lyric from Shot Through the Heart in the title of one of his newer songs, You Give Love a Bad Name. I know after being around for so long, the creativity levels drop off, but sweet meat pies, thats terrible.

3. It's My Life and Have a Nice Day are essentially the eaxct same pop-driven, feel-good, bullshit song.

4. Bon Jovi's feathered bangs.

5. His obession with womens clothing.

6. His resemblence to Mrs. Matthews from Boy Meets World

7. He is from Jersey and has an album entitled New Jersey.

8. He owns the Philadelphia Soul

9. He more than likely cheats on his wife. And I quote...
"The way I look at it is you're only married within the state lines. There are 49 other states, we can have 49 other relationships."

10. He didn't die when his plane went off the runway a week or two ago.

12. He is an awful actor.

13. This terrible user comment album review on yahoo.com...

"All you people who say bon jovi sucks can kiss my ass. So what they dont have a grammy, either does Rod Stewart. It took Prince and Cher years to get theirs." - anonymous

...apparently what anonynouse doesnt know is that you should highlight better artists than the likes of Rod Stewart and Cher when defending Bon Jovi

... The only good things that come to mind when Bon Jovi is mentioned is a quote where he dumps on AC/DC and that fact that he turned down a role in Footloose. Yet, upon further review, the latter gave birth to the career of one Kevin Bacon.... so actually, add that as number 14 to the list above.

You suck Bon Jovi. You always have, and always will.

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Some hilarious quotes on Bon Jovi from Triumph the Insult Comic Dog:

"The electricity here in the New Jersey air is almost as powerful as the other smells. And Bon Jovi returns to it's home state, much like poop returning up into the butthole."

"To get an idea of the Bon Jovi sound, try to imagine Bruce Springstein coming out of my ass."

It has become a tradition to play the National Anthem before every sporting event in our country. I noticed while attending a few basketball games to support Fritz doing whatever the hell he calls what he does on that court, that my high school plays a recording of the National Anthem. A recording? Last time I checked Boyertown had a very talented music department with plenty of people to sing the National Anthem. You could also get some of the band kids to play at the game, we could just promise the drummers that they could thrust their pelvic bones like they do at that pep rallies every single time. Hell I am sure if you called former O-town star Ashley Parker Angel he would sing the national anthem if promised a couple dollars and a cracker....... or crack.

The first time I heard the recording it was just a recording of some band playing. The only time it is ok to play a recording of the National Anthem (band version), is at the Olympics. There are far to many events and countries to have people play it live there. But I am pretty sure Boyertown only has to concern themselves with one National Anthem. The second time I went to a game they played a recording of someone singing the National Anthem. I guess someone decided to get fancy. At the conclusion of both recordings people clapped. I went to clap also, but caught myself and thought why? What are people clapping for? The singer or band recorded? They cant hear you clapping. Are we clapping for the person who hit play on the CD player? Or for the person who brought the CD? Are we clapping for the CD in general? Maybe I would clap for an Ipod, but definitely not a CD player. There is really no reason to clap for a recording. Are we showing respect for our country by clapping in principle for the Anthem? I assure you that any respect showed for our country is quickly erased by what our high school team does on that basketball court. There is nothing American about how that team was coached this year.

I assume the clapping is really just a result of habit, someone usually performs the National Anthem and therefore we usually clap. But honestly, a recording? Don’t give me a freaking recording when I attend a game. I refuse to applaud some CD/tape playing our great anthem not just because I feel like a jackass clapping for a piece of plastic, but our school pours thousands of dollars into it's music program. A Freaking recording, what’s next? We embrace the losing tradition and change our colors to shithawk blue?

After laying witness to some of the lamest commericals in the Super Bowl's illustrious advertising history, I came to the conclusion that something has to be done. While the verdict is still out on the appropriatness of this particular ad, I'll be honest when I say I laughed pretty hard after finding this gem on the internet today. Sick? Probably. But damn, its funny.