Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Darth Vader's comeback, school v. skinny jeans and Mikey Bennett hates mediocre quarterbacks


- A man has to put his foot down when his lady steps out of line. Even if that time comes just moments after that man and his lady have become husband and wife, it’s vital to make sure the woman knows what’s expected of her - especially if what you expect of her is TO PUT DOWN THE DAMN IPHONE AND PAY ATTENTION TO ME! That very reasonable demand did not go over well for groom in Saudi Arabia who became irate when, as he and his new bride retired to a hotel room following the ceremony, his bride refused to put down her cell phone and pay attention to him. It does seem like a reasonable request given that it’s one of the biggest moments of your life, but there is the chance that the woman was telling the truth when she said she wanted to respond to her friends’ texts and other messages congratulating them on their wedding. The impatient groom, perhaps looking for a little love and affection on his wedding night, became irate when his lady rebuffed his advances. According to relatives, the groom asked her to delay the messages, but she refused and became angry, He then made a critical error by asking if her friends were more important than he was, to which she tersely replied that they were. In a Ron Burgundy-worthy development, things escalated quickly and next thing you know, the groom is demanding a divorce. Something called a reconciliation committee agreed to take the case to see whether the husband and wife could resolve their differences, but the groom was intent on setting fire to that bridge and picked divorce over being a rational, thoughtful adult with a shred of maturity……..


- One of the chief rules of professional sports is that you do not f*ck with another athlete’s money. Even if one athlete thinks a peer is being greedy or out of line with his contract demands or is hurting the team by holding out for a new deal, the appropriate response is to not comment on the situation publicly because every player expects the same treatment if they find themselves in a similar spot. Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett tends to look at life from a different point of view and in Mikey B’s world, another man’s contract demands are not off limits. This is, after all, a guy who has opined in the past about Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill getting a $70 million contract while being the definition of mediocre. So when Bennett, who is unhappy with his current contract, sees Philadelphia Eagles signal caller Sam Bradford b*tch about his team drafting a new quarterback to challenge him, Bennett has a problem. He sees a wildly overrated quarterback who is due a lot of money on his contract complaining about having to compete for his job. “Any American wants to get paid more at their job. I don't think there's anybody that goes to work and says: 'Hey, I'm happy with how much I'm getting paid, and I love it. Don't give me any more money,’” Bennett said. “I listened to Sam Bradford again. I just almost threw up," Bennett said. "I can't believe Sam Bradford is complaining about making $40 million in the next two years, and because he actually has to compete for a position. This guy, this guy right here definitely sets a bad tone of what a player should be. Bennett said he thought about holding out last offseason because he wanted more than what he was getting from the four-year, $28.5 million deal that he signed during the 2014 offseason, but said his wife convinced him not to. He clearly feels Bradford should do the same………..


- A lot of people hate skinny jeans - mostly because they’re chunky, flabby people who shouldn’t be wearing them and they’re bitter at those who can. Most of those folks lack the means or authority to stop anyone around them from wearing tight-fitting denim, but the powers that be in the New Hanover County school system are the exception to this rule. District officials are considering changes to the school system’s dress code policy and one issue at the forefront is possibly banning students from wearing leggings, skinny jeans, and any other excessively tight fitting pants unless they are covered by a top or dress. The possible skinny pants ban has students raging on social media because they have a real beef with the notion that their top or dress must cover their butt entirely if they wear pants deemed too tight by the new dress code. Dresses, skirts, skorts and other similar clothing garments must meet the same criteria and any student whose wardrobe choices violate the policy will be forced to change. Rebels - i.e. the cool kids - who continue to break the dress code could be subject to an out-of-school suspension. “This method of collecting feedback may continue for gathering student input on future new/revised policies that directly impact students,” NHC Schools spokeswoman Heather Miller said of the battle for wardrobe censorship. Fanning the flames of this mess are comments from school board member Jeannette Nichols, who previously said some of the "bigger girls" were getting bullied because of their tight jeans. In other words, kids are being immature kids and making fun of someone for how they look and you think a dress code change will fix that? News flash, J., if you make everyone wear muumuus, kids are simply going to find some other way to make fun of those they deem to be lesser than or different………


- It doesn’t take much to get Star Wars fanboys to geek out. Merely releasing a grainy, indecipherable photo that may or may not be from a sound stage where a 10-second scene of the next movie in the franchise is shooting is enough to send them into a frothing panic in the basement of their mom’s house where they live and hang out with their fellow dork-tastic friends, so hinting that iconic villain Darth Vader is set to appear in the forthcoming “Star Wars: Rogue One” movie is like a mix of heroin, Ecstasy and crack for these dweebs. The possible return of Vader is being debated in nerd-o-spheres everywhere after a picture book of the film showed images of the Sith lord. The 164-page tome, entitled “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - The Official Visual Story Guide.” is not due for release until January, but that merely provides more time to debate the issue and theorize about what it means. What we do know is that “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” features British actress Felicity Jones, who received an Oscar nomination earlier for her performance in “The Theory Of Everything,” alongside Mads Mikkelsen, Forest Whitaker and Ben Mendelsohn. The film itself is due out in December under the leadership of director Gareth Edwards. It is set in the time period just before the events of “A New Hope” and is the first in a series of spin-off titles set in the Star Wars universe. Ready, set and dissect ad nauseum, nerds…………

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