With so much time this week here at The mj15 Blog dedicated to announcing the 2011 Hall of Fame class, I figure that it's about time that we take a nice little break from the festivities and focus on other pressing issues at hand, mainly a brand new "End of the Week." As always, here are my picks for some of the best and most memorable people, things and moments from the past seven.
Quote of the Week: Pastor Joe Nelms Just Before a NASCAR Nationwide Series Race at Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday:
"Heavenly father, we thank you tonight for all your blessings. You said in all things, give thanks. So we wanna thank you tonight for these mighty machines that you've brought before us.
Thank you for the Dodges and the Toyotas. Thank you for the Fords, and most of all, we thank you for Roush and Yates partnering to give us the power that we see before us tonight. Thank you for GM Performance technology and the RO7 engines. Thank you for Sunoco racing fuel and Goodyear racing tires that bring performance and power to the track.
Lord, I wanna thank you for my smokin' hot wife, tonight, Lisa, my two children, Eli and Emma, or as we like to call them, the Little Es. Lord, I pray you bless the drivers and use them tonight. May they put on a performance worthy of this great track. In Jesus' name, boogity-boogity-boogity.
Amen."
Replace the kids names with "Walker" and "Texas Ranger" and that just might have been the most redneck prayer ever given.Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week: House Passes Boehner's Debt Ceiling Billl; Senate Swiftly Rejects It
You gotta love that 112th U.S. Congress! Waiting until the very last minute to complete something even though they all agree that the debt ceiling should be increased so that the country doesn't default. I hope you're happy, now, libertarians! Now, go use that 14th Amendment to increase or eliminate the debt ceiling without any cuts,. Obama!
-The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Dave Chappelle Tells Single Joke, Then Sighs on Stage for 45 Minutes
This man has been testing my patience for sic years long enough! I loved those first two seasons of the show, but this is still pretty unacceptable.
Birthday Present of the Week: Soulja Boy's $55 million G5 jet to himself
This bring up an interesting question: how in the hell did such a simplistic rapper manage to get $55 million from people anyways?
Movie of the Week: "The Town,"
for having a scene that was shown to House Republicans for inspiration this past week. That scene shows Ben Affleck's character going up to Jeremy Renner's character and says "I need your help. I can't tell you what it is. You can never ask about it later," to which Renner's character says "Whose care are we going to take?" (after the clip, Florida Rep. Alan West responded by saying "I'm ready to drive that car"). Man, what a terrific example for today's House Republicans! And the fact that they don't understand the irony of the scene makes it ever better.
Video of the Week: "Harrison Ford Settles a Feud"
If only his acting was this good in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," then maybe the movie would have been a little more watchable.
Scientific Discovery of the Week: The Ending to the 1979 movie "The Champ" is the Saddest Scene In Film History
Well, I don't know about this scene, but I did watch the ending for the 1931 original, so I'm going to go with their word on it.
Person(s) of the Week: American Sports Fans
Not only did the NFL lockout officially end this week ending any chance there being no football in 2011 or any future labor dispute for the next ten seasons, but the result of which has now led to us taking being witnesses in a week of frenzied free agency signings and trade acquisitions the likes of which we have never seen before in history. See, because the NFL offseason technically started the day after the lockout ended ended on Monday and because the normal free agency signing period starts around March, each of the 32 teams now had to do everything in high gear. In other words, we got to see moves that have been made in the past five days that normally would have been done in a span of three or four months. And what a week it has been! Nnamdi Asomugha to Eagles, Donovan McNabb to the Eagles, Kevin Kolb to the Cardinals, Matt Hasselback to the Titans, Chad Ochocinco to the Patriots, Sidney Rice to the Seahawks, and oh so much more!
Not to be outdone, Major League Baseball, who has usually owned the transaction rumor mills at this time of year with their annual July 31st trading deadline, has also featured some prominent moves made this week. Some of these deals have included Hunter Pence being traded from the Houston Astros to the Philadelphia Phillies, the Cubs trading Kosuke Fukudome to the Indians, Edwin Jackson and Colby Rasmus traded in a Blue Jays-Cardinals-White Sox three team deal and the Tigers acquiring Tiger pitcher Doug Fister. However, out of all these trades, none have yet to be bigger than the San Francisco Giants acquiring coveted outfielder Carlos Beltran from the New York Mets for their top pitching prospect, Zach Miller. And the best part of all these past MLB and NFL wave of transactions? It has yet to be over! In the NFL, prominent players like Cedric Benson, Darren Sproles, Cullen Jenkins, and Kyle Orton either still on the free agent or rumored to get traded while in the MLB (with a full day to go before the 4 p.m./ET deadline), names like B.J. Upton, Matt Thornton, Carlos Quentin (d'oh!), Rafael Furcal, Tyler Clippard, Hiroki Kuroda and Ubaldo Jimenez rumored to be on the trading block. Yes, sir, it has been quite a week being a sports fans, watching the constant breaking news on SportsCenter and on the two leagues' separate networks, and it should be interest to watch what's going to be happening next.
And that's the way it was! Be sure to come back later tonight to see who or what shall get the second to last induction into this year's The mj15 Blog Hall of Fame class. And now, precious reader, I do bid you...adieu.
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
If you have any opinions on today's post, or if you just have any suggestions or tips for my next blog entry, e-mail me at: mj1599@aol.com. Your e-mails are greatly appreciated.
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