The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, a huge Lakers fan, can't contain his excitement over L.A.'s surge in the Western Conference. "If they win a championship, I might do something crazy," he wrote in his NBA blog. "I am a vegetarian, but if they win I'm gonna get a bunch of those free taco coupons and eat 100 tacos like Paul Newman eats eggs in Cool Hand Luke."
Brash Golden State Warriors guard Baron Davis, a.k.a. Boom Dizzle, has a beard -- one that he's very proud of. Davis, who knows how to be a thorn in the side of your Mavericks, announced on his blog that he has created a beard-growing contest on the Web site ibeatyou.com. "Grow out a beard and join the comp," Davis says at yardbarker.com. "See if y'all can top mine!"
I would not want to live in South Pasadena, Calif.
This week, the city council issued a proclamation against cussing in an attempt to -- according to the mayor -- "raise the level of discourse" ... and effectively take out all the fun out of growing up.
Perhaps fortunately, the cuss-free zone is not an everyday thing -- the proclamation lasts only until tomorrow, and will start up again every first week of every March.
But still. Doesn't anyone remember what it was like when you first learned to cuss? It was glorious (although definitely not to your parents).
There is a site, RecordMyCalls.com that offers to record your calls. Talk about Big Brother, I don't need the third party. But, do what makes you happy.
While researching some Seinfeld quotes for tomorrow's weather (see Quick's Page 3 so you'll know EXACTLY what to wear), I came across a site where people are encouraged to let it all hang out. It's advertising a product "built for speed, comfort
and the free spirit in all of us!" Check it out and you, too, can be like Kramer: "I'm out there, Jerry, and I'm lovin' every minute of it!"
Have you ever wondered what animals do when humans aren't around? No, they don't speak with a Brooklyn accent or throw keg parties. Apparently they just wander around and sniff things, as the World Wildlife Fund has discovered with its new "Camera Traps," which are set up with infrared triggers in forested areas. The Fund also gathers important information for research, of course. Go here for a gallery of what animals do in the privacy of their own habitats. Let us know if you find anything naughty.
Sorry for the delay. I was caught up in a post voting-caucusing-canvassing-polling fog all day Wednesday. Which is a shame, because some fine comics went on sale:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #12:Cloverfield screenwriter Drew Goddard begins a four-issue arc in the series billed as the eighth season of the Buffy TV show. According to The New York Times, this issue shows Buffy doing something that Sarah Michelle Gellar might not have agreed to.
Logan #1 (of 3): Writer Brian K. Vaughan has gone on record as saying the last thing the world needs is another Wolverine story. But fanboys are always happy to have another Vaughan story.
Echo #1: Houston's Terry Moore, who made his name writing and drawing Strangers in Paradise for 14 years, launches a new series about a young woman who gains mysterious new abilities after witnessing an explosion in the sky.
Young Liars #1:David Lapham, who made his name writing and drawing the crime epic Stray Bullets, launches a new series about a young heiress from Austin who falls in with the wrong crowd.
The Highwaymen: One of my favorite series of 2007 is being reissued as a paperback collection. In 2021, a delayed message from the late President Clinton brings two secret agents out of retirement. In their comics debut, writers Adam Freeman and Marc Benardin manage to end almost every page on a cliffhanger.
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