http://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.comQuick Blogcasthttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/02/07/super-bowl-xliv-running-diary.aspx?ref=rss <p class="MsoNormal">Since Bill Simmons has not done a running diary in a while, so I am going to pounce on that fumble and give my own football and T.V. commercial running diary.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;6:00<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span> We are coming to you live from the Katow Speetee in H2Otown MA to bring you a running diary of Super Bowl XLIV with The Saints against the Colts. I am rooting for the Saints (and against the Colts even more so) and predicted a Saints 35-31 Victory because they would win the turnover battle. My sister has brought ...</o:p></p> SportsTeddy2010-02-08T03:14:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/02/07/super-bowl-predictions.aspx?ref=rss <p class="MsoNormal">Early in the game both defenses after being an after thought will come out of the tunnel hyped up and stop the other teams offenses; however, after a while defensive fatigue along with both Manning and Breess great ability to adjust will open the flood gates and both teams will trade TDs. The Saints have had a knack for forcing key turnovers all year and I think they will keep it up this game. Someone like Collie or Addai fumbles for the Colts in the 4^th and the ...</p> SportsTeddy2010-02-07T13:45:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/02/05/suck-bruins-suck-suck-bruins-suck.aspx?ref=rssThe Bruins lost again tonight; thats 9 in a row. The longest streak since 1925 which was before the Great Depression for god sakes and I am glad about it. We do not have the talent too do anything in the playoffs this year, but we do have the also sucky Toronto Maple Leafs first round draft pick this year and next. If we can also suck as much as we have been this year, we may end up with two top 5 picks. ... SportsTeddy2010-02-05T04:33:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/02/03/indie-artists-getting-paid.aspx?ref=rssI hear M. Ward in Budweiser ads, Phoenix in Cadillac ads, Passion Pit in the Palm Pixi ads, and Vampire Weekend in HP ads. Did indie go mainstream or did mainstream go indie? Either way, I believe in C.R.E.A.M. ... MusicTeddy2010-02-04T01:50:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/02/03/sugar-and-500-days-of-summer-where-snubbed-by-the-oscars.aspx?ref=rss I did not expect 2 of my favorite movies from last year Sugar <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0990413/">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0990413/</a>/ &nbsp;which chronicles the life of a Dominican baseball prospect or the best Romantic comedy of the year 500 Days of Summer <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1022603/">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1022603/</a>&nbsp;to get Best Picture nominations even with the expanding 10 nominations; however, I thought they would get some sort of nomination especially for best screen play and they where both snubbed. ... Movie ReviewTeddy2010-02-03T04:26:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/30/obama-vs-the-house-republicans.aspx?ref=rssI can't remember the last time a president and congress had the type of question and answer sessions all on video like Obama and the House Republicans. Here is the link to check out the entire event which goes on for more than an hour:&nbsp;<a href= "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/29/transcript-of-president-o_n_442423.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/29/transcript-of-president-o_n_442423.html</a> <div>Obama should challenge the Republicans to do this once &nbsp;a month because Obama did a great job of dismissing many GOP attacks right to their face. My personal favorite was when Republicans stated that they had a stimulus plan that would cost half as much and save twice as ...</div> PoliticsTeddy2010-01-30T14:29:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/28/underground-economy-on-the-red-line.aspx?ref=rssYesterday on the Red Line, a dude was in the train trying to sell people a watch for twenty dollars. He would walk close up to people and show them the watch saying that this was a $150 dollar watch and he was selling it for only $20. He did not get anyone take the bait and when I got off the train, I noticed he got out of my train car and hopped in the one behind us. Today, I saw a completely different dude trying to sell people Harvard hats. ... Boston IssuesTeddy2010-01-29T03:29:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/25/epic-nfc-championship.aspx?ref=rssEpic is one of the most over used words the past few years, but I have to use it to describe the Saints vs. Vikings NFC Championship game. Sooo much happened in that game. The Vikings fumbled the ball freaking all the time. Favre threw a classic Favre throwing across the body interception at a key point in the game. Reggie Bush fumbled a kick off return. What might have been the biggest play of the game was the Vikings too many men in the huddle penalty right that led to Favre pulling a Favre and throwing and ... SportsTeddy2010-01-25T04:25:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/24/is-jay-electronica-the-next-nas.aspx?ref=rssJay Electronica is not actually good enough to be the next Nas, but he is better than a lot of the shit that has come out the past few years. He has been around for a while as a rapper and producer, but never has really gone full bore to try to be a star himself, but recently his out put has increased tenfold. He is from New Orleans but has a mixture of a 90s New Yorkers' sensabilities combined with the artsy streak of guys like Andre 3000 and Kanye West that makes him look outside the ... MusicTeddy2010-01-24T13:38:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/23/vampire-weekends-contra-track-by-track-review.aspx?ref=rss <p class="MsoNormal">Vampire Weekend’s debut was one of the most musically fresh and catchy albums of the last decade, here is a track by track review of their follow up.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">1. Horchata:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span> For people who are not fans of Vampire Weekend, the biggest complaint is that they are a bunch of upper class, east coast, Ivy League, 20 somethings, who unabashedly make songs about being upper class, east coast, Ivy League, 20 somethings (I give them credit for “keeping it real” because if they talked about anything else it would come across ...</p> MusicTeddy2010-01-23T14:35:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/19/martha-coakleyworst-campaign-ever.aspx?ref=rssAnd so concludes the worst campaign I have ever seen anyone run. People keeping pointing to the Health Care reform bill not being popular, and it is true that helped Brown a lot, but he also got helped because Coakley did not you know, campaign. She went on vacation, made no effort to go out and connect with voters, and said amazingly stupid things. I might have to run in 2012 even though I would not actually be eligible because I would not be 30 just so I don't have to risk watching another campaign this bad. First, ... PoliticsTeddy2010-01-20T02:45:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/19/report-from-the-polls.aspx?ref=rss <p class="MsoNormal">I voted at Cunniff Elementary School today a little before 9 and was surprised that I did not see anyone doing any visibility for either campaign outside. There was no line to vote but their did seem like a steady stream of people going in and out.</p> ... Watertown MA News and PoliticsPoliticsTeddy2010-01-19T16:37:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/18/conan-obrien-should-go-back-to-the-simpsons.aspx?ref=rssConan O'Brien wrote some of the all time great Simpsons episodes like "The Mono Rail" episode. Now that he has some free time and plenty of cash, I think it would be cool if he got hired as a guest writer for The Simpsons and wrote a new episode or two. ... TelevisionTeddy2010-01-18T17:56:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/18/mlk-mountain-top-speech.aspx?ref=rss Part 1:&nbsp;<span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; white-space: pre;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI_tQ5DdFAk&amp;feature=related</span> <div><font face="'Segoe UI', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre;">Part 2: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySGDMdQaDA0&amp;feature=related</span></font></div>">www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySGDMdQaDA0&amp;feature=related</span></font></div></a> ... Teddy2010-01-18T17:53:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/18/marvin-harrison.aspx?ref=rssIt is amazing how little overall press this Marvin Harrison story is getting; if someone like Ochocinco or Owens acts sorta like a jackass but does not cause any real harm, the media is all over it. <div><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; white-space: pre;">http://www.gq.com/sports/profiles/201002/marvin-harrison?currentPage=6</span><br> <div><br></div> <div><br></div></div> ... SportsTeddy2010-01-18T17:45:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/16/10--thoughts-on-health-care-reform-social-security-martha-coakley-scott-brown-kennedys-the-fake-one-and-the-dead-ones--curt-schilling-and-more.aspx?ref=rss <p class="MsoNormal">1. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span> I want you to step into a time machine for a second and travel to a time before the Sox reversed the Curse, before 9/11, before anyone had heard of Obama, when people still actually bought things called CDs, <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>to the year 2000 and remember the word “Lockbox.” Remember Social Security reform? It was the biggest issue of that election. Both Bush and Gore had plans to reform Social Security and Gore’s involved a metaphorical lockbox which he kept saying every 3 seconds ...</p> PoliticsSportsTeddy2010-01-16T20:38:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/10/aaron-rogers-has-become-brett-favre.aspx?ref=rssRemember in Star Wars when Luke cuts off Vader's hand and then looks at his own hand and sees that it black like Vader's. That was Aaron Rogers today who &nbsp;lost a game in OT with a pick six. A classic Favre move. ... SportsTeddy2010-01-11T02:40:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/10/patriots-end-the-season-like-the-red-sox.aspx?ref=rssIn both cases the teams gave themselves a self inflicted mercy killing in round 1 because the team knew it did not have the personal to really have a shot at it all so they copped out and did not show up in the first round. You can't even really analyze &nbsp;a game much when you give up an 80 yard run for a touch down followed by a strip sack right out of the gate. Hell, the Ravens did not even play that great the rest of the way and petty much ran it up the middle ... SportsTeddy2010-01-11T02:25:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/08/video-amanda-palmer-and-kay-hanley-singing-makin-whoopee.aspx?ref=rssLast night at the Lizard Lounge Kay Hanley was performing her annual solo show before the Hot Stove charity concert and during her encore fellow Boston music legend Amanda Palmer from the Dresden Dolls showed up out of the crowd to do a duet with Kay of the Jazz standard "Makin Whoopee". Here is the link to check it out if you got an FB account.<font color="#555555" face= "'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 11px; white-space: pre;">&nbsp;<span style= "color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a rel="nofollow" target= "..."></a></span></span></font> MusicBoston IssuesmusicPersonal AnecdotesTeddy2010-01-08T12:16:00Zhttp://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/2010/01/05/beltre-signing-shows-theo-learning-from-mistakes-like-lugo-and-drew.aspx?ref=rssAbout a month ago, there where rumors that the sox where trying to sign Beltre to a long term deal for 4 or 5 years and the first thing that came into my mind was that this had the potential to be one of those long term albatross signings like Lugo or Drew; luckily it seems Theo has learned from those mistakes and the long term rumors where just bluster from agent Scott Boras. I love this signing in the short term. Beltre had an off year last year, but that was mostly due to a shoulder injury ... SportsTeddy2010-01-05T14:42:00Z