Just a mish-mash of things that are floating around in my head:
Today, Amazon has a really nice Bodum 8-cup French Press coffee maker for only $26.46 and 2-day shipping with Prime membership. That's a ridiculously low price for this press that regularly costs around $50. 8 cups is enough for 2 1/2 tall mugs of coffee...and enough Joe for you and a friend to be highly caffeinated in about 4-minutes of steeping time. If memory serves, I think my 4-cup version of the same press cost $40.
And, while you're at it, grab this grinder, find some freshly roasted beans, and make yourself some mother-loving coffee.
Next, Star Wars is coming. If you didn't know that, you live under a rock with your hands over your eyes and fingers in your ears. The marketing campaign is in full "FORCE" as Disney will make sure that every man, woman and child will know the true power of the dark side. I know there are 6 other Star Wars movies, but you and I both know that only three of those count...and only three of those directly contribute to the latest release/s. So, back to Amazon you go, where for $55, you can get the ORIGINAL Trilogy. The prequels to these (Eps. 1, 2, and 3) should just be considered optional back-story into Darth Vader's life...which I believe is mostly inconsequential. Who cares? The only movies you're going to need in your collection will be the aforementioned linked ones, and the soon-to-be-released Episodes 7, 8 and 9...one a year, starting December 17th! Trust me. The next three Christmas movie seasons will be nerd-gasm material.
Speaking of football (what?), I'm thoroughly enjoying this year's games, somewhat. As a Giants fan, there's as much to like as there is to hate. Fantasy is always good and it's fun to track teams you would otherwise not give two shits about. More TV stations are covering football than ever: CBS, NBC, FOX, ESPN and NFL. Not sure that the NFL Network coverage helps or hinders. However, I think the better question is, what scandal will emerge during this year's off season to keep people interested in the NFL when games aren't even being played? That's right, lending credence to my conspiracy theory is the way that the NFL handled Ray Rice (and to a lesser extent, Adrien Peterson), and the subsequently how it handled Tom Brady and the Patriots. For Ray Rice, I believe (and I have no proof of this) that once the NFL learned about the beating in AC, they immediately got their money-machine running back into a therapy program, and convinced Ray and his beaten girlfriend, to tie the knot...immediately! He beat her in mid February and by the end of March they were married. Cover-up, cover-up, cover-up. When the news broke, they allowed the media machine to cover the story for the entire off-season! And, if the video of him actually doing it didn't get out, he would have served his 2-game suspension, and then started making NFL money again in mid-September. Well, the video leaked, and he was fired...but reinstated in late November...because the NFL didn't have enough causation to keep him out due to the fact that the authorities didn't do anything either (probably influenced by the NFL.)
Fast forward to the 2014 post season and Superbowl. Gee, what can we blow (pun intended) out of proportion to keep the NFL in the news from March to September? I know, let's dole out more harsh penalties that will eventually be overturned...just before the regular season starts...to the Patriots and Tom Brady so that we'll have some news to cover over the summer. Think I'm nuts that this was all just an orchestrated media event? Take into account that the NFL suspended Brady for the first four games of the season. If that suspension was upheld, his first game back would have been this past weekend, when the Pats played the Indianapolis Colts, the very team that accused the Patriots of ball tampering. WHAT A GREAT STORY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN! Extra, extra, read all about it: the angry quarterback makes his season debut against the very team that got him suspended in the first place! Let me be clear, the Patriots are a bunch of cheating idiots. And, the argument that was floating out there is that the NFL is picking on New England, and that every team in the NFL has some skeletons in their collective closets. Tell that to Lance Armstrong. The logic of "everyone does it" is BS. The Pats took the NFL fines without flinching. Why? Because that shit happened. Tom Brady spiked his phone on the ground...because, that's the Patriot way (see: Aaron Hernandez). Still, as we now know, the NFL penalty was (again) too harsh. Brady was immediately reinstated just before the season started, and we're now so deep into games, the scandals have taken a back-seat.
Mark my words...some bullshit will rear its ugly head and be responsible for 6 months of water-cooler talk, until the preseason starts up again in August. Why? Because this is the NFL's new publicity model...and it's worked brilliantly!
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