Dedication song

Hello,

I would like to dedicate this song to the lovely woman I took out last night. She's smart, funny, loves music and is attractive. She also understood my "Just a bit outside" reference. She knew both it was from "Major League" and that Bob Uecker made the comment. Oh yeah and she smelled damn good. I don't think most women realize how intoxicating that is!



Other great songs:

This song is not about dancing!



This song is very quirky, but I absolutely love it. My iPod reminded me about it this morning. Actually the song I wanted, "Gramma" isn't available on youtube.com. However this Lana Del Ray song "Video Games" is pretty cool too.



"Rolling In The Deep" isn't the only great Adele song. "Rumor Has It" is also an amazing song:



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Will the Dallas Cowboys ever be relevant again?

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Yesterday I wrote a blog about Tony Romo's complete and utter choke against the Jets Sunday night. My solution, as it has been for the last few years, is to get rid of him asap. After 6 years as a mediocre starting quarterback it's not like he's going to figure out how to be a great quarterback all of a sudden. As I was writing that blog I noticed that one year, to the day, I wrote a blog begging Jerry Jones to get rid of Wade Phillips. Since Jerry Jones desperately wants to be seen as a football genius, he likes to hold on to some people for too long in hopes they turn it around. If they turn it around then Jones looks like a genius. However Jones usually tends to hang on to those players or coaches too long. The once proud Cowboys limped to a 1-7 record before Phillips finally got fired. I'm afraid we are seeing the exact same thing with Tony Romo. He's signed through the 2013 season, signing his current contract in 2007. Romo signed a 6 year, 67.5 million contract, $30 million of that money is guaranteed. He signed the contract right before Halloween, how appropriate for Cowboys fans.

That means if Romo continues to falter, which he will, the Cowboys can cut him without paying him all that money. Jones is very stubborn so he'll probably stick with Tony Romo throughout the rest of this season. Please Jerry if Romo doesn't at least win 1 playoff game this season, it's time to let him go. Even if the Cowboys keep him next season it's still time to start building for the future. After watching the slow Drew Bledsoe for too long, many of us Cowboys fans fell in love with Romo. However he's like a bad girlfriend now that keeps on coming back. Every time we think she's going to stay, she breaks our hearts again. Tony Romo was destined to be a very solid backup quarterback, until by the comparison to Bledsoe he was prematurely anointed as a great starting quarterback. It seems the same hype might be working against the extremely fragile Dez Bryant now.

Cowboys chief apologist, Jerry Jones called Romo's game on Sunday "one of the best games I've ever seen him play". I would agree with Jerry on that. He actually had me fooled through the first three quarters that he was a legitimate starting NFL quarterback. Too bad he reverted to form in the 4th quarter. Romo did play a great game, but it's those menial errors in the 4th quarter that continues to haunt him and Cowboys fans. It's time to end the Romo era, no later than the end of this season.

In Utah we are gearing up for the big BYU-U. of U. rivalry game this Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium. You are probably wondering if it's a rivalry game why is it being played so early in the season. It's because for the first time in many years they aren't in the same conference. Last year the Utes and Cougars were in the MWC, which is now known as the Titantic league. Why, because the rats are fleeing the rapidly sinking ship. I had to laugh at some of the pathetic games the MWC was trying to scam people into watching this last weekend. Raise your hand if any of you watched the exciting Washington State 59-7 beat down of UNLV. How about Wyoming's thrilling 45-10 victory over Texas State? (OSU, they aren't to be confused with the other powerhouse State team, Sacramento State.) Well I'm sure if you didn't catch either one of those games of course you watched Arkansas blitz New Mexico 52-3. New Mexico is probably the worst D1 team in the nation.

The MWC does have two pretty good teams this year. Boise State and TCU, although it looks like it might be a down year for TCU. After this years athletic schedule TCU joins the other rats leaving the MWC. They'll be in the Big East then, not exactly known as a power conference either. At that point if the MWC is still in existence, it should be known as Boise State and the dwarves.

The Utes have joined the PAC 12 and BYU has gone independent.

A local sports station was asking the question yesterday what about your team makes you confident that they will win this week? And honestly my answer was nothing. I think both the Utes and Cougars are fairly equal at this point. Both teams seem to have the exact same strength, defense. Both quarterbacks came into the season with a lot of hype, however neither quarterback has come close to playing to their potential. Jake Heaps is looking Tony Romoesque right about now. However since he's only a sophomore I'm still giving him a bit of time. This past Saturday was the first time that I watched a lot of Ute quarterback Jordan Wynn play. I was surprised by how ugly his passes are, he throws a lot of ducks. Neither quarterback should be brimming with a lot of confidence at this point. Neither quarterback is stepping up with his actions to say how good they are.

To further answer the radio stations question, I would give the Cougars the slight edge. That's simply because they are playing at home.

Also I hated having the Utah-USC, BYU-Texas and Michigan-Notre Dame games at about the same time Saturday. Again USC did just enough to win, thanks to their bruising defense and special teams. During the Lane Kiffin era the Trojans haven't been known for their fourth quarter success. I would have a lot more hope for USC if they had a real coach on their sideline. Seeing him on the sidelines, it seems the lights are on but no one is home.

Then for the Cougars the Texas game was one of those woulda, shoulda, coulda games. They were just a couple of plays away from being 2-0 on the season. But give Texas credit they made the plays that won the game.

The Michigan game ended up being the most exciting of the 3 games with Denard Robinson leading Michigan to a comeback victory. Notre Dame starts out this season at 0-2. As I posted at espn.com watching the Irish lose is almost as good as watching my teams win. I love that the over rated Irish again fail to live up to their pre season hype again. Of course the hype wasn't deserved, which is why it's called hype. The Irish simply aren't good enough, don't have a good enough coach and play too brutal a schedule to be playing for National Championships.

Notre Dame could slip to 0-3 as #15 Michigan State travel to North Bend this Saturday. It will be a long season for Notre Dame this year. Is it too much to ask that they lose all their games this year? Probably so, but I would enjoy a below .500 season. With them playing Purdue, Navy and Air Force this season they should get 3 wins this season.

themusicaddict

Great songs! Taylor Swift Is Amazing!

Hello,

Here are some great songs:

One of the genius behind the Smiths continues his acerbic sense-of-humor on his newer songs.



Never ones to be mistaken for Romeo, here's Chromeo:



But not to be confused with this song:



The mighty Zep:



Yes I realize I recently featured this song, but I love this song. "Bright Lights":



Again, Happy 20th Birthday Pearl Jam. This song rocked my workout this morning, the butt kicking "Rats". I'd like to dedicate this song to all lawyers and most politicians.



Just say yes to Taylor Swift. Again I'm amazed by how good her songs are and the maturity of her song writing. Two of my kids and I will be seeing her two weeks from tomorrow.! "Love Story":

Great songs. Pearl Jam, "Real Steal"

Hello,

After my previously disgusted blog about Tony Romo, I need some music therapy. rollingstone.com has the full stream (why does that make me think I need to go to the bathroom?) of "Pearl Jam Twenty" available now. Unless you are even a bigger Pearl Jam fan than I it's not a must have. If you are as big of a Pearl Jam fan as I am you probably already have a few of their bootlegs. "Pearl Jam Twenty" doesn't have anything significantly different from the bootlegs.

As you know I've been watching the first season of "Lost" and have been absolutely loving every minute of it. I love Evangaline Lilly's character, Kate Austen. Not only is she extremely attractive she's perfectly suited for the role. She plays the role very well with all the nuances needed for such a complicated character. After 12 or 13 episodes I still haven't decided what her true intentions are. I have more questions about not only the character of Austen, but also about Austen's character as a person. With the series now over, I'm surprised I haven't seen Lilly more in other movies or TV shows.

However I did stumble across her in this upcoming piece of schlock, "Real Steal". I can just see the pitch of the person trying to get this film made. I'm guessing it was something like "It's "Rocky" but with robots!" Besides Hugh Jackman and the lovely miss Lilly, who's well hidden in this trailer, this movie looks like it has virtually nothing going for it. Is that not the most annoying kid character since ?

A very wistful song to all those who have loved and lost, Lonestar's "Everything's Changed":

Queensryche's "The Mission", this is off the excellent "Operation: Mindcrime" CD.

Men Without Hats had the amazing song "The Safety Dance", but they weren't a one hit wonder. By hit I mean they had other good songs. This is "Pop Goes The World":

Don't you think it's time for some Hooters? Their debut CD, "Nervous Night". If you are a fan of 80's music, you should definitely add it to your collection Their most famous song is the very catchy "And We Danced" but I also like their "Where Do The Children Go?"

I promise I'm not going for a theme here, just great songs. This is ZZ Top's "Tush":

Another great song. I don't listen to country music radio, so I'm not sure if this was a hit. But if it wasn't it should have been:

Warning the following lyrics will probably offend most people. One more song, are you feeling Disturbed? This is "Down With The Sickness":

I needed that last song after watching Dallas's colossal choke last night.

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Tony Romo Must Go!

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Last night I made the mistake of having hope that Dallas could beat the very tough New York Jets in New York on 9/11/11. You've got to give it up to the Jets defense, they are extremely tough. Still for the first three quarters of the game, Dallas's offense responded relatively well. I thought the Cowboys had the game in the bag and even posted on my Facebook page my excitement about that. Later I was forced to add a couple of comments to my original comment.

After a very impressive solid 51 minutes of play Tony Romo pulled a Romo. It was yet another colossal meltdown. The Cowboys collapse was the final bad game in a bad sports weekend for me. After the Red Sox and Braves got swept, the Utes and Cougars lost I was hoping for a Cowboys win. Not only did they not win, it was the worst kind of loss. For the first 51 minutes of the game Dallas had the game in hand and were even dominating. But then just like that the Cowboys were able to pull defeat out of the jaws of victory.

Romo had just hit Jason Witten with a 60 yard plus pass that put the ball at the Jets 3 yard line. At that point Dallas was leading 24-17 and about to go up by 14 points, or at least 10 points. Romo was scrambling as he couldn't find a receiver. Then in a play that reminded me of his choke against the Seahawks in the playoffs a few years ago, Romo ran towards the goal line. He fumbled the ball at the 1 yard line. Earlier in the game the always excellent Chris Collinsworth said that Romo threw away the ball and lived to fight another day. I really thought we had seen a turning point for Romo.

But no he again choked, fumbled the ball which the Jets recovered. For the record that was the former Ute Sione Pouha that recovered the ball for the Jets. The worst case scenario in that situation is the Cowboys should have attempted a field goal. While the Cowboys kicking game is suspect, it had been good enough on Sunday night. The Cowboys would have probably went up by 10 points. That also probably would have changed everything that came after that. Coulda, woulda, shoulda! No Romo fumbled the ball. And from that point the game went downhill quickly. Dallas's patch up defense performed better than expected in Rob Ryan's extremely aggressive scheme. On the next Jets offensive possession the Cowboys defense was able to prevent the Jets from scoring. Dallas got the ball back and another ineffective stretch for the Cowboys offense. That was the possession when they got the punt blocked and returned for a touchdown. Dallas again had the ball and were forced to punt. The Jets were then also forced to punt after a 6 play drive.

Dallas got the ball back with 59 seconds left. Again there's no reason to be aggressive, just take what the Jets defense gives you. If you don't score, live and fight another day, and go to overtime. Then it's a good news, bad news situation. Tony Romo threw a perfect pass, unfortunately he threw it right to Darrelle Revis. The so-called Revis island because no one dares to throw in his direction as he's so good. Well almost no one except for Tony Romo of course. Then in ironies of ironies former Cowboy Nick Folk trots on the field and kicks a 50 yard field goal. The Cowboys foolishly cut him a few years ago and now have a horrendously bad kicking tandem.

Ultimately the defense didn't lose the game and in fact gave the Cowboys a solid chance to win. The Cowboys unfortunately had a huge special teams failure, which was very romoesque. Then Romo had another one of his trademark games as the Cowboys lost. Romo was 23 of 36 for 342 yards and a 101.9 quarterback rating. He also had two touchdown passes, an interception and a fumble. It's that first line of stats that makes many non-Cowboys think that Romo is so good. Unfortunately it's the next line that make long-time Cowboys fans remember why Romo is so over rated. From watching football for so many years, I've noticed if you don't have that x factor early you never gain it later in your career. Dallas it's time to cut your losses and end the Tony Romo era.

The other thing I noticed about the Cowboys in this game is how thin the Cowboys are. Again Terrance Newman was too injured to play, like Romo its time for him to be traded. Being constantly injured is a Newton trademark. Orlando Scandrick will be out for 4 weeks with an injury. Dez Bryant and Mike Jenkins battled injuries most of the game. Bryant has a huge upside but I've noticed how fragile he is. The Cowboys seemed to just not have much depth when these players were injured.

I know this sounds outlandish. But if I was the Cowboys I would trade Tony Romo right now. Maybe trade him for another corner back or a third receiver. The Cowboys will get back a missing piece or two back and probably save money on the cap. Then throw Stephen McGee into the fire and see if he has any future as a starting quarterback in the NFL. I highly doubt that he does and they would probably lose most of their games. Not that Romo guarantees any wins for the Cowboys either. They are 1-7 in his last 8 games as a starting quarterback. (Thanks to Jean-Jacques Taylor.) But that's okay if you lose you might as well pay as little to do so. It would also put the Cowboys in the Andrew Luck sweepstakes. Immediately the Cowboys would have better Luck :) Then the Cowboys could finally have a decent quarterback. Instead of waiting on Romo to finally reach his "potential", they'd have a quarterback that really has potential.

Now the Cowboys travel to play the 1-0 49ers. It looks like it could be yet another "rebuilding" year.

thedisgustedmusicaddict

Football: There are a lot of good games this weekend in college. Also NFL has started

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Before I get to this weekend's amazing slate of football games, I have to mock the Pac 12 yet again. This alleged tough football league suffered another embarrassing loss last night. The Arizona Mildcats traveled to Oklahoma to get their butts kicked by #9 Oklahoma State. True OSU is probably the better team, but shouldn't a BCS conference represent itself better than losing by 23 points?

Tonight Arizona State welcomes #21 Missouri. ASU playing at home negates the weak excuse of Missouri being a ranked team. The Pac 12 needs to win a game out of conference against a tough opponent. Oregon, Arizona have already failed. No Duke, Montana State, Minnesota and San Jose State don't count as tough opponents. I'm glad the Pac 12 is playing conference games soon so that they'll get some wins.

Oregon State plays at #8 Wisconsin also on Saturday. Normally I would write let the excuses begin. But no one seriously thinks OSU has a chance against Wisconsin on the road. Especially since they can't beat D2 Sacramento State at home. Let's home UCLA can get past San Jose State at home. If UCLA loses that game, Rick Neuheisel (spell check suggests nauseously as the correct spelling.) shouldn't just get fired immediately. He should also get taken out and shot.

There are some amazing college football games this weekend. To me the three biggest games all kick off about the same time Saturday. All times are MST, hey that's because where I live. BYU travels to Texas to play the Longhorns at 5:00pm. I just hope BYU's defense keeps it close, because BYU's defense could have a long day against the Texas defense.

Then at 5:30pm Utah plays the proud Trojans in the Coliseum. 6 words that should put fright into any Ute fan. (I am an Ute alumni but have been cheering for USC since the Reggie Bush era.) Those words are Matt Barkley, Robert Woods and Marc Tyler. If Tyler's name doesn't ring a bell, that's because he was suspended last week. Tyler might be USC's best running back. Two words that shouldn't put any fear into Utah fans: Lane Kiffin. (Spell check suggests such words as buffing, coffin and muffin as potential correct spellings. That's hilarious and appropriate.) I just don't have a lot of faith in his coaching ability.

Then finally the over rated Notre Dame Fighting Irish travel to play Michigan. This is Michigan's first night game ever at the Big House. While I'm not a big Michigan fan, I hope they destroy Notre Dame. If that happens the Irish would would fall to 0-2 on the season. Then ESPN et al. can we please stop talking about the Irish as a legitimate team. It drives me crazy that they have done so little recently but have such an out size reputation. Since 1997 Notre Dame is a respectable 99-73, but not as amazing as a record as you would expect. In the same period they are 2-7 in bowl games.

themusicaddict

"Love Drunk",

Hello,

As many of you know I usually write my blog at work, but my boss has been in town the last couple of days. Obviously I'm talking and working with her and not writing a blog.

I heard this song this morning on my iPod and really listened to the lyrics and it reminded me very much of a previous relationship.

Boys Like Girls "Love Drunk":

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Top down in the summer sun
The day we met was like a hit and run
And I still taste it on my tongue
(Taste it on my tongue)

The sky was burning up like fireworks
You made me want you, oh, so bad it hurt
But girl, in case you haven't heard

I used to be love drunk, but now I'm hungover
I love you forever, forever is over
We used to kiss all night, now it's just a bar fight
So don't call me crying, say hello then goodbye
(Oh yeah!)

There's just one thing would make me say
(Oh yeah!)
I used to be love drunk, but now I'm hungover
I love you forever, but now it's over
(Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)

Hot sweat and blurry eyes
We're spinning on a roller coaster ride
The world stuck in black and white
(Stuck in black and white)

You drove me crazy every time we touched
Now I'm so broken that I can't get up
Oh girl, you make me such a lush

I used to be love drunk, but now I'm hungover
I love you forever, forever is over
We used to kiss all night, now it's just a bar fight
So don't call me crying, say hello then goodbye
(Oh yeah!)
[| From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/boys-like-girls-lyrics/love-drunk-lyrics.html |]

There's just one thing would make me say
(Oh yeah!)
I used to be love drunk, but now I'm hungover
I love you forever, but now it's over

All the time I wasted on you
All the bullshit you put me through
I'm checking into rehab 'cause everything that we had
Didn't mean a thing to you

I used to be love drunk, but now I'm hungover
I love you forever, but now I'm sober

I used to be love drunk, but now I'm hungover
I love you forever, forever is over
We used to kiss all night, now it's just a bar fight
So don't call me crying, say hello then goodbye
(Oh yeah!)

There's just one thing would make me say
(Oh yeah!)
I used to be love drunk, but now I'm hungover
I love you forever, but now it's over

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Now it's over, I still taste it on my tongue
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na
Now it's over

I love, love this song. This is the Counting Crows "Rain King":

themusicaddict