Many people may not realize this but The Rugby World Cup is almost upon us! After a brief two week trip down to New Zealand, I fell in love with the game. It may have been the overwhelming love of the All Blacks (New Zealand's national Team) found throughout the country or it may have been the variation of rules to American football which let me relate to the game, or even the constant advertising of the World Cup which is to be hosted there, but for whatever the reason behind my sudden appreciation for the game, i know that in America there is no cultural following.
Outside of the big four (Football, Baseball, Basket Ball, and Hockey) other sports such as Rugby or Soccer get brushed aside and barley mentioned. As seen with the World cup in south Africa in 2010, Soccer finally gained the same recognition as the big four. That recognition died quickly at it's conclusion and was yet again swept away with little care.
While the Rugby World Cup is the 3rd largest sporting event in the world, it’s still a “niche” sport in this country. My worries, as much as it saddens me is that Rugby wont even get the recognition remotely close to that of the FIFA world cup and only a select few will actually care or follow the world cup through its entirety. Unlike the FIFA World Cup which seemed to have quite a bit of coverage here in America, only a select few game will be viewable on a (12 hr) delay on NBC or Universalsports.com, and of these games only the American games and the final match would be shown.
Who knows maybe I am wrong and there is an American culture for rugby. Regardless of that I know im going to do my best to watch as much of it as I can.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Christmas music already???
I dunno how other people feel but it feels like Christmas is being pushed on us all sooner and earlyer. I was heading to my turkey day meal and i already heard Christmas music playing. everywhere you look there is already decorations up in stores and ads for sales in the media. I makes me sick thinking that the holiday has become so commercialized that companies compete to get the Christmas sales out before the others.
All i got to say is come on, take a step back and cut back on the Christmas until it gets closer to the time.
All i got to say is come on, take a step back and cut back on the Christmas until it gets closer to the time.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Peta officially labled terrorists
Browsing around as i so often do... i stumbled upon an article that made me smile. a lot. Acording to treehugger.com, the USDA classifies PETA as a terrorist group!!! A document that was given to all facilities that conduct experiments on animals and asked to disclose whether they were the target of attacks or harassment from a list of terrorist groups--one of which, is PETA.
this is the question...
B. Terrorist Threat. What terrorist activities have occurred in or around your building/facility in the past 5 years (documented cases)? Please check all that apply.
this is the question...
B. Terrorist Threat. What terrorist activities have occurred in or around your building/facility in the past 5 years (documented cases)? Please check all that apply.
[ ] Attack from international terrorists
[ ] Attack from domestic special interest terrorists
-[ ] Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
-[ ] Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
-[ ] People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
-[ ] Animal Defense League (ADL)
-[ ] Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC)
-[ ] Formal hate group(s) (please specify):
-[ ] Other (please specify): ____________________
[ ] Cyber Attack from a known or unknown source.
I just cant stop laughing and finding this has made my day
Thursday, November 26, 2009
‘Spill O’Reilly’
As some of you who may know me, i hate fox news. I have stumbled upon a seaseme street character who impersonates Bill O'Reilly called Spill O'Rielly. This character takes on bills antics and even takes over the show. And for a kicker he even plugs his new book. any one who dislikes fox or bill o'rielly, or likes seaseme street can appreciate this bit.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
COD MW 2
As many of you may know, Call of duty modern warfare 2 released last week. All i can say is WOW!!! This game is soooo awsome and seriously i personally have never tried crack but if i had it would probably be close to playing cod. It is seriously addicting. Multiplayer is amazing and i cannot get enough of this game. Im sure either you or someone you know is addicted to it like i am and you can start a conversation about it with just about anyone it seems like.
If you havent got it or played it do and you will be amazed!
If you havent got it or played it do and you will be amazed!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Real life pac man!!
This is an interesting tid bit i found. somone has programmed a buch of roombas to play out an actual pacman game. whatever is done on the computer screen is performed by the roombas on a floor. The floor itself has tape down so that people know where the borders are. its really cool because they even have it where pac man can eat the ghosts or it can die from the ghosts! As a fan of pac man i find this to be extremely awsome!!! lemme know what you think!
The site i found this on is here if you want to know more about this http://gizmodo.com/5400338/video-hacked-roombas-used-to-play-pac%20man-finally
Friday, November 6, 2009
Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses of all time
Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses of all time Hilarious their list of evil geniuses that weren't good at their jobs. I love the fact that they listed characters that i know so well such as Pinkey and the brain, or cartman. I had a good laugh when i saw these two and read their write ups. Favorite out of the list is doctor evil. One of my favorite characters of all time. i love the austin powers series mainly on this character.
Enjoy the tripp down memory lane
Enjoy the tripp down memory lane
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