Wednesday, May 06, 2015

You can't kill Isaiah Thomas, you can't help idiots and you can't revive Indiana Jones


- We’ve all had THAT roommate. They’re sloppy, messy, inconsiderate and they never pony up their portion of the rent on time. In some cases, the situation becomes so untenable that you have to take the unfortunate step of asking them to move out. That often goes badly, but rarely does it include said roommate refusing to vacate the premises and instead unleashing a reign of terror and hell fire on your dwelling that becomes so severe you feel the need to bug your own apartment with secret cameras to document her chicanery. Enter University of South Carolina student Hayley King, who was arrested after her roommates set up a camera and caught her spitting and putting window cleaner in their food. In what sounds like the actions of a low-wage restaurant worker who takes offense to a diner sending back their steak because it’s supposedly undercooked, this heinous b’otch decided to take several containers of food out of a refrigerator and either spit in them or spray window cleaner into them. According to investigators, King’s roommates set up the camera because they had several arguments with her and she refused to leave their off-campus apartment. One of her roommates allegedly ate out of one of the containers before seeing the video and believed the food had been tainted. They then set up cameras, got their proof and with it in hand, Columbia police questioned King about the allegations and she allegedly confessed. She is now charged with unlawful, malicious tampering with human drug product or food and if convicted, she would face up to 20 years in prison on the Class C felony charge. But hey, men of Columbia, odds are that she’s single and could probably use someone to shack up with………..


- Shut your mouth, LucasFilm president Kathleen Kennedy. Kennedy has either been living in a cave or at least avoiding anything remotely resembling a movie theater for the past few years because if she had been in the general vicinity of any local multiplex or even a Red Box location, she would be astutely aware of the cinematic abortion that was 2008's “Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.” And if she were aware of that tire fire of a film, she would not be dropping heavy hints that a new Indiana Jones film will be made "one day.” For those who managed to avoid “Crystal Skull,” it featured an aged-out Harrison Ford and a totally overmatched Shia LeBouf in a lame-ass bastardization of one of the best movie franchises of the past half-century, one that ended with aliens inexplicably being thrown into the mix when they made unequivocally no sense. So yes, Disney acquired the Indiana Jones franchise alongside Star Wars when it purchased LucasFilm for $4.06 billion in 2012, but that doesn’t man it needs to keep Indiana Jones alive. Let the beast pass peacefully, Kathy. Yet there this kook is, saying a new Indiana Jones film "will one day be made inside this company.” "When it will happen, I'm not quite sure," Kennedy added. "We haven't started working on a script yet, but we are talking about it." The word on the street is that Disney is planning to revive the franchise with “Guardians Of The Galaxy” star Chris Pratt replacing Ford and if that sounds like a bad idea, that’s because it is. Pratt may be able to play an archaeologist-type character in the new “Jurassic Park” movie,” but asking him to be Indy is a bit too much. Oh, and “Crystal Skull” may have banked $780 million worldwide, but it still sucked and no amount of money can ever change that. Lastly, someone is going to have to fell Ford he’s out because as recently as 2013, he insisted that he could still star in another Indiana Jones film despite being old as dirt………..


- Idiots are everywhere, world. Some of them live in Brazil and one of them is a bit too fixated on looking like a certain fictional character who plays a prominent role in Marvel’s new “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” The idiot in question is Brazilian bodybuilder Romario Dos Santos Alves, who claims he is often labeled a monster or a beast and sometimes terrifies children with his freakish appearance. What makes him different from any of the other millions of protein-loading, ‘roid-shooting, muscle-shirt-wearing bros around the world who believe that 24-inch pythons and poppin’ pecs are the way for them to impress the ladies and show how totally awesome they are? How about the fact that this ass hat is addicted to injecting his muscles with oil and alcohol in an effort to look more like his favorite superhero, the Incredible Hulk? Yes, the man who is Bruce Banner when calm and becomes a 20-foot-all, green monster in curiously flexible purple shorts when enraged. In his quest to resemble The Hulk, Alves said he first injected his muscles with synthol, which is a mix of oil and alcohol. He began that wholly unhealthy practice three years ago in a quest to make his muscles larger and it technically worked, as his s biceps eventually grew to 25 inches. Amazingly, using this terrible substance began causing him constant pain and several health problems due to the toxins in the oil and even more amazingly, it also impacted his mental health and his relationship with his wife. Arguably the most astonishing part of the whole story is that this knob even had a wife, but the crazy do need love too. He narrowly averted disaster when at one point, a doctor told him he would have to amputate his arms. For now, his arms remain affixed to his body, but maybe it’s time to start injecting something that increases intelligence and adds brain cells rather than muscle mass……….


- He’s the sexually harassing roach you cannot kill. Isaiah Thomas is the man who killed the Continental Basketball Association, ran one of the NBA’s most storied franchises into the ground while also racking up an eight-figure sexual harassment lawsuit, made a mess of a Division I basketball program and is now headed, of all places for a confirmed harasser of women to go, to run a WNBA franchise. Thomas has become president and part owner of the New York Liberty of the WNBA, the team announced Tuesday, officially reuniting him with the man of whom he must have mountains of damning photos and/or evidence of billions of dollars in shady financial dealings, James Dolan. Dolan reluctantly let Thomas go in the aftermath of a 2007 sexual harassment scandal and has desperately been seeking a way to bring him back, including an attempt to sign him to a consulting deal despite a horrific track record as the Knicks’ coach and general manager. He found that way through the basketball backwater that is the WNBA. "I am honored to have the opportunity to lead the New York Liberty and help the franchise reclaim its position as one of the elite teams in the WNBA," Thomas lied in a statement. In his new role, Thomas will preside over both basketball and business operations for the Liberty, which along with the Knicks are owned by Madison Square Garden chairman Dolan. Dolan’s obsession with Thomas borders on the disturbing even if he is, in this case, reuniting the Hall of Fame point guard with his former Detroit Pistons teammate Bill Laimbeer, head coach and general manager of the Liberty. The funniest part of all of this is Thomas insisting he is only involved with the Liberty and not the Knicks, which is so clearly a lie that it’s almost not worth addressing. Look for he and Dolan to come up with code words to allow them to discuss Knicks business when pretending to talk about the Liberty, perhaps even assigning every Liberty player a corresponding Knicks’ player’s name so when they mention Rebecca Allen, they’ll really be breaking down the future for Knicks star Carmelo Anthony……….

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