March 21, 2010
ABC Nightline: Justin Bieber Fever. I definitely understand if you can’t stand his music—I probably would have hated it back when I thought there was a difference in “real” hip hop and Cage was my favorite rapper. But he seems like a good kid raised by a single mom. He understands that it’s weird that he’s constantly trending on Twitter and there’s no arguing with his approach to meeting fans: Treat them how he would want Beyonce to treat him if he met her.
March 17, 2010
Fitness Spotlight: Trainer Tells All – What I Have Learned About Health and Fitness. Long bulleted list of practical advice:
Diet is 85% of where results come from…..for muscle and fat loss. Many don’t focus here enough.
The first big amount of lbs you lose in the first week dieting is mostly water
Squatting to parallel will only give you weak hamstrings and lead to more knee issues. You should be able to go down like you were going to pick something off the ground, as that is the reason our bodies were designed to squat
(Via Kottke.)
March 17, 2010
2004-2005: UW mens squad and the Dawg Pack react to the #1 seed. I love when the guy starts yelling “overrated” with J.J. Redick on the screen and gets to about “overra-” when WASHINGTON flashes on the screen and the place goes bonkers. I was more distraught with the Huskies vs. Huskies loss the next year, but 2004-2005 is hands-down my favorite UW roster: Brandon Roy, Nate Robinson, Will Conroy, Tre Simmons, and Bobby Jones. (Bonus: Appleby red-shirting.)
March 17, 2010
SLAM: The 6 Coolest People in the NCAA Tournament. More like 6 people the guy likes, but one of them is Quincy Pondexter so I couldn’t care less what the title is:
No offense to the floor general from Chicago (Jerome Randle, Cal) but Quincy Pondexter got hosed for the Pac-10 Player of the Year award, and his play in the Pac-10 tourney let us know who the best player in that conference truly was. Q-Pon averaged 20 and 8 on a team, and in a conference that got zero shine this season (somewhat deservedly so) Pondexter found a way to help lead U-Dub to the NCAA Tournament. With the diminutive Isaiah Thomas (5-8) flanking him, the Huskies have become a team with their shoulders pulled back, chest out, and something to prove. Interestingly, the Huskies will go into their first round matchup against Marquette being the bigger squad, and the Vegas bookmakers have this matchup as a “pick-em” game. If you need a sleeper team to get to the Sweet 16, take a look at the boys out of Seattle.
UW/Marquette 4:20pm Pacific Time tomorrow. And at around 6:00pm hearts will be broken, hopefully not mine.
March 17, 2010
Go read The Hunger Games. Yes, I’m linking to something I linked to a couple of weeks ago, but I need someone to talk to about it. Just finished Catching Fire, the second book, and also just found out that the final book isn’t out yet. Great. But it’s been picked up by Lionsgate, meaning it’s time to speculate on the cast. Which mostly means it’s time for me to nod and tell myself that Jessica Alba can still play a high-schooler. Teenage brutes trained to kill? My friends have taught me that Ronnie Coleman and Jay Cutler are always a good answer.
March 15, 2010
2007 “I remember” Kevin Garnett trade commercial. I wrote “anything is possible” in my previous post and immediately thought of his bewildering and fantastic post-game interview. And that reminded me of the commercial from the beginning of that season. Loved it then and still love it now.
March 15, 2010
Predators official site. Sneak peek is up, trailer on Thursday! Robert Rodriguez won’t screw this up. And he really can’t, if you take into account expectations based on what the franchise has become. Alien vs. Predator set the bar so low that it wasn’t possible to make a worse movie involving Predators, then Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem came out and proved that anything is possible.
March 15, 2010
Serious Eats: Mobile Chowdown 3 roundup. Marination Mobile sets up shop about 7 minutes from where I work on Mondays. I think I’ll be making the weekly trek. As for Mobile Chowdown, I went to Mobile Chowdown 2 and was sad that Skillet wasn’t there and really sad I couldn’t make it to Mobile Chowdown 3, since Skillet was there along with some of Portland’s best trucks.
March 15, 2010
Sports Illustrated slideshow: Rare Photos of Charles Barkley. But certainly not rare occurrences—it opens with him eating some pizza.
March 15, 2010
Young Artists for Haiti “Wavin’ Flag”. Young (Canadian) Artists for Haiti. Looks like 40 people recording the chorus, but Drake gets his own verse whoooooo. Then Justin Bieber makes an appearance at the end in some dark studio. Actually, watching it again, it looks like Drake and Justin Bieber both weren’t at the group recording. Actually, thinking about this, I shouldn’t be watching so closely. Good song, great cause.
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