Have you ever told someone

.... that you have never seen the movie Boondock Saints and then had them hyperventilate while telling you what an incredible movie it is? No? Well I have. It's actually a pretty good movie but it became wildly overrated by people who thought they were the only one(s) who had seen it. People have this tendency to always think that anything obscure they know about is better than it actually is. Not only do I hate people like this, I am also somehow one of them.

I'm always shoving The Wire down everyone's throats and I recently blogged about the movie Bully and mentioned that I thought you guys should watch it. I apologize for nothing. The Wire is the best TV show I have ever seen and the more I see Bully, the more I like it. Speaking of Bully, Matt was saying that his sister lives right near where that whole thing took place and that she read my blog about it. Needless to say, I don't believe him seeing as how it's unlikely that anyone from that area actually knows how to use a computer, but still - It was nice of him to say that.

Anyways, here are some other movies/shows I wanted to recommend to you all. And until you see them I am going to continue to exaggerate how great they all are:

* Boiler Room

If you haven't seen this one.... What have you been doing for the last 5 years? I'm always surprised by how many people have never seen this movie. The first time I saw it my friends told me that it was about a kid who runs a casino out of his apartment and I got really excited. Of course that was complete bullshit, although there are some brief scenes involving the casino. However, outside of Anchorman, I can't think of a movie I enjoy quoting more.

* Cheats

This is a movie about four kids cheating their way through high school I discovered one afternoon a few years while I was laying on my couch and, ironically enough, skipping class. It's got the kid who played Fulton Reed in The Mighty Ducks as an awkward teenager and Matt Lawrence as the tough guy. Also, Martin Starr is in it playing the token nerd all the other guys rip on. This is a great movie not enough people know about. It's also loosely based on the story of how CB got into the University of Illinois.

* Orgazmo

Written and directed by a young Trey Parker, who is probably my biggest comedic hero with the possible exception of Dave Chappelle. Trey also stars as a young Mormon kid on his mission who becomes a porn star. Matt Stone is hilarious, as well. Really funny and unbelievably stupid movie.

* Gremlins 2

When I was five, my favorite movie was The Gremlins.

* Saving Silverman

Co-written by a guy who went to my high school. Anything involving R. Lee Ermey amuses me. Neil Diamond also appears as himself. Too funny.

* Warriors

I hate people who do unfunny variations of the famous "Warriors.... Come out and plaaaaay" line. However, I love this movie.

* Curb Your Enthusiasm

Way too many people still aren't watching this show. Buy the DVDs, borrow them from a friend, set your DVR to record it, ask your wife if you can have HBO back before the new season starts.... Do whatever it takes. It has definitely been my favorite show on TV since the day Chappelle went crazy and his show went off the air.


Sports and gambling talk? If I must....

* I like this M Resort. Not only do they employ upstanding young men like Jorgie and Mikey Millz, they are allowing people to bet that the Cavaliers won't win the NBA Championship at -200. That came in very handy for those of us with tickets on the Cavs at 20-1. At least now when Kobe, Lamar, Pau(l), and the refs combine to sweep them out of the NBA Finals, I'll win something.

* I love what the Broncos did trading Jay Cutler for all those draft picks and Kyle Orton. I know it's hard to believe but football teams usually play 11 guys at a time. The quarterback isn't the only guy on the team. Cutler isn't even that good to begin with. He's one of these guys who is going to throw for 300 yards and a couple touchdowns so the media will hump him and wet themselves over his stats. But he'll lose against good teams because he takes too many chances and turns the ball over way too much. There's already a guy like that in the NFC that people seem to love. Can't think of his name right now....

* I can already tell that I will be fading the Bears this season and will be very high on the Broncos.

* We know that John Calipari is leaving Memphis for Kentucky and it sounds like some of the recruits he paid, er, I mean convinced through fair and ethical means to come to Memphis will be following him to Lexington. What I'd like to know is what will happen to all the people in Memphis that Calipari arranged jobs for with FedEx, etc.... There are a number of friends/relatives of top recruits who coincidentally got jobs working in the Memphis area either as employees of the team or working for FedEx right around the same time their kids started playing ball for the Tigers. What happens to them now that their kids aren't playing for Coach Cal any more?

* I'm sure that Calipari will win a lot of games at Kentucky. I'm also sure that a scandal will erupt at some point either while he's there or soon after he leaves. What I don't understand is how they can justify firing a good basketball coach like Billy Gillespie after giving him only two years to turn the program around. Somebody is going to get a really good coach in Gillespie.

* Speaking of college basketball, ESPN Classic re-aired the 2000 NCAA Championship game between Michigan St and Florida this morning. There were a lot of good players in that game: Cleaves, MoPete, J-Rich, Charlie Bell, Aloysius Anagonye, AJ Granger among others for Michigan State and Florida countered with Mike Miller, Udonis Haslem, Brett Nelson, Teddy Dupay and Donnell Harvey. I'm pretty sure Harvey left after his freshman year and flamed out in the pros. And Dupay might have been the biggest douche in college basketball history. It was fun to watch despite the CBS cameras showing every person Tom Izzo had ever met sitting in the stands at the end of the game and the announcers gushing about how gritty Mateen Cleaves was despite the fact that he was obviously faking his injury. It reminded me of how much I used to love college basketball. Maybe I still do. We'll find out this weekend.

* One thing's for sure: I love women's college basketball. It literally amazes me how they make those three pointers despite bringing the ball up from their hip. Their shooting stroke reminds me of my own when I was like 6 years old and not strong enough to shoot it normally. I can see why all their tournament games are on ESPN and the players get full college scholarships to schools like Stanford and Duke. There's a lot of talent out there.

* Baseball season starts on Sunday night and gets into full swing on Monday. Go A's. For those of you who are interested, here is a link to the blog I started for my Baseball Contest.

This dumb blog has been around for almost a year now. I never would've thought it would still be here a year after I started it. And I never would've believed that I'd be starting a second one.

I'm done.


Enjoy.