Thurston Blogging

Best Thursday night Sports Night ever?

I have two great games on the basement TV's now: Bruins at the Ducks alongside the Phillies at Giants.

While the Bruins may not cover the 24 points they're giving against Oregon, Jimmy Rollins is stealing everything in San Fran. 

Jay doesn't like ducks.

Is sitting in the basement, watching both the Bruins and Phillies games. I wonder if Joey Harrington is home in Oregon, watching the Ducks. UCLA needs to win if for no other reason than the Ducks have the worst uniforms this side of the Buffalo Bills.

Superman has been in a Hulk Hole

After listening to the BS Report Podcast talk about this Saturday Night Live episode - I went to Hulu to find it.  The episode stars John Belushi as the Hulk, Akroyd as Flash, Garrett Morris as Ant Man and Bill Murray as Super man.  Check it out, I dug it.

My Two Mercedes

This week, I have had two rental cars while in Cologne, Germany.  Here is the first ride - a Mercedes CLS 320:

Here is the junk-mobile that I'm stuck with now.  I got this from the Carmela Soprano used car lot:

RIP, Lou

Lou Creekmur, a Detroit Lions Hall of Famer, died today.  He was a great offensive linemen that won championships (before there was a Super Bowl) with the Lions three times. 

Sorry to see you go - hopefully, we will get to see another Hall of Fame lineman for the Lions in our lifetime.

Dead Snow vs. Colin - a Zombie Bonanza!

This is going to be my new favorite movie. Or this one, from the zombie's perspective (and made for under one hundred buck) has promise as well:

Sharon's Birthday Belly Bomb Cake

Sharon's birthday is tomorrow, and I made her a cake.  Why?  Because I'm the best mofo husband in Ada!

Here is the recipe, courtesy of Paula Deen.  It's super-easy, and tastes like the cousin of UV.  What's UV?  I can't tell you.  Anyway, here is the recipe:

Ingredients & Directions:

Cake:
1 18 1/4-ounce package yellow cake mix
1 egg
8 tablespoons butter, melted

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine the cake mix, egg, and butter and mix well with an electric mixer. Pat the mixture into the bottom of a lightly greased 13 by 9-inch baking pan. Prepare Filling

Filling:
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 tablespoons butter, melted
1 16-ounce box powdered sugar

In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the eggs, vanilla, and butter and beat together. Next, add the powdered sugar and mix well. Spread over cake batter and bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Make sure not to over bake as the center should be a little gooey.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Ease of preparation: easy

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen and Random House Publishing

My Fantasy Baseball Team Sucks

Last place.  My flippin' fantasy team is in last place out of 12 teams.  Ridiculous.  I need more PED's.

I shall rise above.  Somehow.

Who's it going to be, Jimbo?

Hey, coach - you ready to fail?  If so, draft wrong like several of your predecessors?  Joey Harrington?  Gone.  Mike Williams?  See ya, fatty.  Charles Rogers?  What's on Adult Swim.

Jim Schwartz, Tom Lewand, Martin Mayhew and James "Shack" Harris are the new Detroit Lions brain trust.  Mayhew has put the team in good draft position by trading the awesome Roy Williams to Dallas for their first-round pick.  Now the Lions have three of the top 35 draft slots.  What to do?

#1 - Take a tackle.  Jason Smith of Baylor is a big, nasty and phyiscal blocker.  Lions Quarterbacks need to stay upright, and a blocker like Smith will help in the running game. 

#2 - Grab someone who can tackle.  Time to focus on the other side of the ball.  Last year, the Lions traded stud DT Shaun Rogers to the Cleveland Browns for a guy who is now in New England (thanks Millen).  So, we need another lane-clogger.  This made it harder for Ernie Sims to be effective at the LB position.  So, we could go after a DT here, but I prefer a linebacker.  Forget the guy from Ohio State, I like Rey Maualuga from USC.  The comparisons that people made on this guy are to Ray Lewis 9without the knifings). 

#3 - Trade the first pick in the second round to Denver for Jay Cutler.  is this a long shot?  Sure.  He was the third QB drafted in the first round when he left Vandy, but the relationship between Denver and Cutler are as Ike and Tina.  If Cassel was traded for a second rounder, that should be the going rate for second-tier tossers.