Road Pac-Man

Apparently people in Minnesota have great senses of humor. There's a stretch of highway on Highway 55 on which the government had painted white dots "to slow tailgaters by showing drivers how far apart to stay". Some genius painted a Pac-Man next to one of them. Kudos, anonymous painter.

Horny Manatee

Only Conan O'Brien would ad lib a joke about a manatee mascot porn website called hornymanatee.com and then actually create it and put up hilarious pictures.

Warning: This is not safe for work, especially if your work doesn't allow graphic photos of people in manatee costumes.

Landslide

In case you've been living on another planet, Buckeyes quarterback Troy Smith won the Heisman Trophy this weekend. It was the 7th time an Ohio State player has won and the 2nd largest margin of victory in the history of the trophy. Watch yourself, Gators.

SNL Webcast

Apparently the folks at NBC are kicking around the idea of making the Saturday Night Live Friday dress rehearsals available via webcast. Is there something I'm missing here? Do we really need something else to make us not laugh? I watched some of last season and it was disappointing just about every time. The Lazy Sunday sketch was about the only thing I saw that was original or funny. I tried to watch portions of the first few episodes this year but I just couldn't stomach it.

Get some writers, then worry about webcasts!

Glendale

After USC's loss to UCLA in the Pac-10 championship on Saturday night, speculations arose as to who would battle Ohio State in the National Championship game in Glendale, AZ on Jan 8th.

Apparently the voters in the human polls (which make up 2/3 of the BCS rankings) did not want to see a rematch of the Michigan game, because they voted Florida in as the #2 team. Judging by the above survey, the Bucks are favored to win.

Bring it on, SEC.

Bowl Names

When I was a kid, the college football bowl games weren't named after their sponsors. It was the Orange Bowl, not the FedEx Orange Bowl. It was the Sugar Bowl, not the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The change was of course motivated by greed, but I think the names have gotten a little ridiculous. Some bowls are named after companies that seem like an odd choice, like the the Meineke Car Care Bowl or the Brut Sun Bowl. Some have chosen to go with only the company name, like the Champs Sports Bowl or the GMAC Bowl. Some of the companies obviously don't care how long or stupid the name sounds, so we have the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, the Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl, and the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl. The Peach Bowl is now The Chick-fil-A Bowl, the Hall of Fame Bowl is now the Outback Bowl and the Citrus Bowl is now Capital One Bowl. I guess the next step is for all of the bowls to add a second sponsor to the end of the name, like the The Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone.

Fortunately the Ohio State Buckeyes will be playing in the most appropriately named BCS National Championship Game.

Catchphrases

The TV Land Network, everyone's favorite Nick-at-Nite spin-off, has compiled their list of the 100 best catchphrases in the history of television. If you're not patient enough to watch their 5-part countdown special, you can check out their list in alphabetical order on this series of tubes we call the internet.

I think they were right on with some of their picks, like Dy-no-mite!, Homey Don't Play That, and Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis. But some of them were downright horrible. Some examples:

Welcome to the O.C., bitch. (Luke, The O.C.)
Tell me what you don't like about yourself. (Dr. McNamara & Dr. Troy, Nip/Tuck)
That's hot. (Paris Hilton, The Simple Life)
Suit up! (Barney Stinson, How I Met Your Mother)

Not to mention the plethora of phrases that are absent from the list. Shouldn't "Don't Have a Cow, Man" be on there somewhere?

Troy SI

Obviously it's a great year to be an Ohio State football fan, but this week's cover of Sports Illustrated featuring Troy Smith is an added bonus. It's the third time the Bucks have made the cover this year and the second time for Troy.