Holiday Blog!

Quote of the Day:
"On a light note, do you wish your daughter would have married a better defensive coordinator?" - Detroit News columnist Rob Parker asking Detroit Lions coach Rod Marinelli about his son-in-law (who is the team's defensive coordinator).

Hot Bitch of the Day:

Mrs. Claus

Ok so maybe she isn't hot....or real for that matter, but she is the wife of Santa Claus! Not only that, she also assists in the production of Santa's toys, oversees the work of Santa's elves, takes care of the elves and the reindeer in the offseason, cooks and cleans for Santa and maintains the Claus homestead. Who do you think prepares Santa's outfit for the big night? I don't know about you but I'd say that is hot bitch material. Mrs. Claus, you are the Hot Bitch of the Day! And oh yeah, Merry Christmas.


A Not So Teixeira Christmas....and why I hate Red Sox ownership
by Conor

All I wanted for Christmas was Mark Teixeira. Really. I had been hoping for weeks that by Christmas day Teixeira would be signed, sealed, and delivered in a Red Sox uniform. So you can understand my frusturation now after I learned today that not only is 'Tex' not coming to Boston, but that he will be going to the archrival New York Yankees. Normally I can accept this scenario knowing how the Yankees love to spend money. But not this time. Not after the Yankees already dished out $243 million on C.C. Sabthia and AJ Burnett alone (yes, you read that correct. 2 players.).

Now I turn my eyes to you Mr. Henry, Mr. Warner and Mr Lucchino. How could you allow this to happen? It's bad enough that Red Sox merchanidising has reached ridiculous levels and turned a once proud and loyal fan base into one that can be described as laughable, that you charge people money for a fake membership into "Red Sox Nation" so they can have their name on a fucking card (Yeah, people actually spend money on this), you slap advertisments on any and everything you can at Fenway Park (this includes urinals in the bathrooms) which turned the legendary Green Monster into your own personal advertising billboard, and the latest stunt...introducing a new line of alternate game uniforms and hats so that you have another means of profit when the merchandise comes out. Give me a break. Where is all this money? When it became clear that the Yankees were about to challenge half a billion dollars spent on this offseason alone, how could you not step in? When do you feel you've all pocketed enough money and should start investing in the product on the field? You owed it to the fans that you suck all your money out of to make that signing and you failed.

Now the Sox are still left with some serious holes and losing out on potential help while the Yankees continue to build one of the most stacked teams on paper I have ever seen. Where will they go from here? I don't know...but when the Yankees sign Manny Ramirez to a 3 year deal later this week, I think my head might explode. Oh yeah, about Christmas. All I want for Christmas is an ownership group that isn't so greedy. Isn't that what Christmas spirit is all about?

"Mark was on every Red Sox wishlist this year"

Bad Christmas Gifts from the Worst Christmas Ever
by Conor

This has been the worst Christmas season ever for me. And it doesn't even have anything to do with Mark Teixiera. Between school finals and work, I haven't had time for anything...which explains why I just did all my Christmas shopping in 2 hours today. Like everyone else, this is my favorite time of the year because it always puts me in the best mood for a month. I usually get to enjoy Christmas decorations, Christmas movies, Christmas songs, all of that good stuff.

Notice the key word, usually. This year has been the exact opposite, what I like to call the Bizarro Christmas (like the episode from Seinfeld with the bizarro group of friends). It's been what Christmas would look like if Lil' Wayne was Christmas but if Lil' Wayne was actually talented. Nobody even attempted to put up Christmas lights until I did about a week ago and I ended up only doing about half of what we usually do. I haven't watched any Christmas shows and to make things worse I just lost my iPod about an hour ago and I have no idea where to even start looking. But enough about my problems. So it got me thinking of ways Christmas could be any worse and I came up with 5 random gift ideas for people that would completely ruin Christmas. And you thought you were going to find something happy on this blog? Not from me!

5. Mind of Menica on DVD- for anybody- I can think of 10,000 things I'd rather do than watch this show and one of those things is gauging my eyes out with a fork.

4. Baby clothes- for somebody who recently had an abortion- Pretty awkward.

3. Oklahoma City Thunder gear- for somebody from Seattle- I'm sure they would take it well after the Supersonics (now known as the Thunder) were hijacked from their city and Seattle is currently in one of the worst sports depressions in history.

2. American Flag- for Native Americans or Confederate Flag- for an African American- Let's just say I think this would open old wounds. Or in the Native American's case, wounds that were never healed.

1. Any Michael Vick memorabilia- for a PETA person- I think what went on at Michael Vick's house is like the holocaust to PETA people. And Vick is their Hitler. I don't think this would make for a very good gift.


Obviously there are worse gifts but those are the first 5 that came to my mind (also I had to keep this semi-PG rated). So I guess the point is that Christmas could be worse.
All joking aside though, I just want to say Merry Christmas to everyone. It really is the best time of the year so enjoy it. Oh, and GO CELTICS!