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This is amazing...absolutely amazing. Why didn't I assume this was going to happen? The interweb and TV combining to become one huge conglomerate. It's happening and soon you will not know the difference. Well, maybe you will.

Anyway, Turner broadcasting has launched a new website today that defies the laws of the television medium as we know them. It's TV on the Internet. For an example see below:




Now, you won't find these shows on any network. But who needs a network. They're funny.

Barry Bonds...enough already

I promise that this blog will consist of things other than sports- I swear it will. Really. But since we're on the topic, there are many athletes that I can't stand. There is probably one in each sport that I can say is the one I hate the most. But unequivocally Barry Bonds is the single athlete that I wish was dead. He's breathing in air (even if it is San Franciscan) that could be used for someone who deserves it.

So he failed an amphetamines test-- meaning he used them, which by the way is illegal in baseball now (well, sort of-- you get a warning and are subject to monthly tests for 6 months-- what happens in the 7th month?). He's a cheater, plain and simple. He's a loser. I would like to offer some advice to each and every pitcher that will face Bonds this year. You don't have to get him out, you don't have to intentionally walk him. Do you really want to make facing Bonds easier? Then there's one solution. Bean him. Fastball. Direct to the melon. I'm not saying just hit him in the leg, or the back, go for the FACE (actually aim for the neck or shoulder he'll be more likely to turn his head into it then).

Now, I don't normally advise people to harm others (there are exceptions). This is one of those exceptions. He's hurting a great game. Why hit him? Because he's old-- he'll eventually get injured and won't be able to recover. If he does recover, he's cheating so then you can suspend him. All Hank Aaron fans will be happy- that record won't be broken. Now, I do admit this will put Bonds's name in the record book (for most HBP). That's ok, he won't be forgotten as it is, so you may as well link him to something that ends his career. Oh wait, he already has. His stats stopped counting when he put on that 25 extra pounds of muscle.

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Stupid Card Weekend

This Guy (or is it That Guy) has it right. The NFL should stand for Not For Long. Meaning, people may finally be realizing how crazy this league really is and finally stop watching the rediculous league. I am not sure how many people know how out of control the NFL is. These guys control everything. Do you know there's an NFL official who sits up in the booth and monitors the league's uniform policy? Guys get fined for playing with their shirts untucked or if their socks fall down. You know that woman that's in the Cambell's Chunky Soup commercials. Maybe she should play the role of that league official. She could yell at the players when their shoes come untied. And just ask Jim McMahon about that headband. I mean... come on... these guys play a game where you roll around on the ground (sometimes even in mud). Sometimes it makes sense if a sock falls down or your belt is a little loose.

This Guy is right. Maybe you should start celebrating everything you do on the job. Take a stand and be just like your favorite football player. If you like Ray Lewis, be like him. Every morning when you come into work, have your co-workers put on your favorite song really loud and start gyrating around. And when you sit at your desk, start yelling at your co-workers and try to pump them up.

Hey, everybody already has a T.O. on the staff that they can't stand. Do the right thing and bad mouth him in the next employee newsletter. And remember, if your sales numbers are bad enough, you might even get to have your boss fired.

Long live Seacrest. And god bless Paul Harvey!

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Wild Card Weekend!?!?!?

Well, it's come and gone. Yet another week of exciting football. Winners are the Patriots, Colts, Seahawks, and Eagles. My question is not what game will you be watching next week, or who are you rooting for? It is simply...why do you even care? Pro football has lost something, and I don't know how to get it back (do I really want to?)--the fantasy season is over...I've won (for the first time since 2001 mind you) and I no longer care about the NFL. Maybe it's the rediculous thought that should you bad mouth an official you get fined (I also detest the NBA). Maybe it's that you can't celebrate after a touchdown-- NO, THAT'S NOT IT, it's the fact that each and every NFL "star" celebrates EVERYTHING (and it's creeping into college ball). So in a letter to every NFL player I simply ask-- isn't that your job? Don't you get paid a large amount of money to do this? I certainly don't jump up and down and play a fake guitar (see D'hani Jones of the Eagles) when I send an email or hang up the phone after a conversation. Grow up. Earn a little respect for the game. Not that it's that great of a game to begin with.

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PSA- what drugs will do to you...

A little too literal...

So, I'm going to be the typical male and complain about tv commercials about feminine products. Why must they advertise? Half the country's population uses them or will (you know who you are, you know you're probably going to use whatever is in the house when you first need them.) But last night while my wife and I were watching TV, (something we do way too much of...but that's a different post) I saw a new one. Yes, a new way to advertise a product. A product that I always knew how it was used. It was a home pregnancy test. Everyone knows you pee on the stick. Nothing new there-- but do you really have to show a stream of liquid hitting the stick?? That's conventional wisdom. That's how they work! I don't need the visual reinforcement! I did learn something-- now you don't have to compare on the box if it's a plus or minus sign or blue or pink or whatever the hell else there was before. Now it simply reads pregnant or not pregnant. Uh oh, what about the people who can't read?

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Vietnam???

You're not Robin Williams, nor are you Mike Harvey, and that will be the last Seacrest reference ever posted on here--that is unless we decide to delve into the horror that is Idol, so enough references (and links). This is the world of radio (not really) and we have a hard break coming up so stay tuned, we'll be back...

Good Morning Vietnam... or at least people in Blog Land

So, this is the first (well, really third post... but how lame were the first two) post to the new blog (I mean radio show). Hope it doesn't suck. But who are we kidding... it already does.

Let us know what you think. And you can blog in your requests. We're playing the racks and stacks and the best on wax. How about another twin-spin, sound sandwich on This and That in the morning (and all day long).

Blogger out!

Good Morning World

Good morning ThatGuy. Welcome everybody to This and That in the Morning.

Welcome and We hope you enjoy!

We're sure that you have many questions about This and That in the Morning.

1. What is This and That in the Morning? Just refer to the html address above-- it's all there-- radio in words.
2. Why a blog for a radio show? Because you can do so much more with a blog than you can on the radio-- stay tuned to find out what that means.
3. Who are ThisGuy and ThatGuy? We may or may not tell you that--but you'll learn more about us.
4. Radio shows have other people on them, do you? They'll appear from time to time--just wait.

Of course there will be more questions (and probably not a lot of answers) please ask them--leave them in the comments, you never know what we'll answer.

We don't quite have the complete format down, there will be trial and error, but it will be worth it. Stay loyal!