END OF THE WEEK:
Today marks the end of the last full week of summer, and thank God for that! No offense to summer, but for me there is no better season than autumn. The humid summer days will be gone (at least where I'm at). Football season is here. The new TV season kicks off. Baseball gets more interesting and the new NHL and NBA seasons are just around the corner. Stewart, Colbert and Letterman don't take so many day offs anymore. The NHL, NBA and the new Conan O'Brien show is just around the corner. To summarize, fall is awesome and there is nothing you can say to me that will change my opinion. So let's end summer right with the final summer "End of the Week" for the next nine months. As always, the final are my picks for some of the best, worst and most interesting people and things of the past seven days. Enjoy.
Video of the Week: "Dude, You Have No Quran!" (jump to the 0:55 mark)
First of all, the whole video was great. It's really nice to see that people of all walks of life can come out in public and take a stand at such a hateful and hypocritical act of burning a book that many people consider sacred. But the ten seconds with the Internet's newest meme star Jacob Isam was just the cherry on top of it. Well done, hippie. Well done.
Stories of the Week:
- The Actual Story of the Week: Christine O'Donell Wins GOP Primary in Delaware Senate Race
Well, Delaware Tea Partiers, you had a chance at getting the GOP a new Senate seat in November and ended up possibly blowing it by choosing someone who believes that AIDS research is getting too much funding among other things. Great job!
-The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Katy Perry Sings "Ur So Gay" to Get Revenge on High School Crush
The irony of this? After watching this video, Shane probably did make the right choice.
Overreaction of the Week: The Ines Sainz Story
All right, I get it! Sainz probably should not have been so hot and scandily clad looking and the Jets probably should have been so respectful. You don't have to remind me this at least fifteen times a day, Internet!
Internet Meme of the Week: Leo Strut
Simple, yet filled with endless possibilities. It's what any non-video meme should be.
Person of the Week: Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko
for proving that he just might be one of the coolest men in all of Major League Baseball. During the first inning in Thursday's game against the Twins, Paul Konerko got hit on an 89 mph pitch by Carl Pavano. That pitch went straight to his head and he was on the ground for a few seconds. Was it because Konerko was 10 for 27 this season off of Pavano? Probably not, but what we do know is that it must of felt quite painful for Konerko.
So why do I bring this up? Well, unlike most players who would go back into the dugout and not play for the rest of the game, Konerko refused to go back into the dugout and instead went to first base. And that's not the end. Whereas some players would get revenge by asking pitchers to bean the other team's best players or charge to the mound (I'm looking at you, Nyjer Morgan!), Konerko did it by homering in his next at-bat. Yes, you read that right! Not only did Konerko actually WANT to stay in the game and try to help his team win what was then a meaningless game since his team moved to eight games out of the division with 2.5 weeks left, but he actually got back at the Twins by homering in the at bat after getting hit. Now, I don't know about you, but if I were GM Kenny Williams I would take that moment as well as his stellar stats this season (.323, 37 HRs, 105 RBIs) and resign him as quick as possible before an other team has a chance to woo him over.
And that's the way it is! As with every other post I ever made, I hope you enjoyed this one. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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