Rick Rickert Blows
Check out this article from BF’s website. Apparently, the Packer’s official website posted an article saying that Brett Favre had official retired, only to take it down minutes later. So I believe that Brett has informed them of his plans to retire, the Packer’s wrote up a press release but are supposed to hold off on it until his official announcement; however, it accidently was posted to the site.
BRETT FAVRE, NO MORE YEARS! Let the celebrating begin!
Thought I’d share this funny moment I heard on the radio last night. It’s an exchange between a caller (we’ll call her girl for lack of a better name) and the DJ. It was on a local radio station…I’ll give you 3 guesses which one.
Girl: “I’d like to request that “Higher” song by Heidi Montag.”
DJ: Is that the girl from The Hills show on MTV??
Girl: Yeah…that’s the one I want.
DJ: NO…NO way in hell are we playing that song. But I will play….
Then he went on and played a bad song. I laughed at his reaction though. Another post to come later about (hopefully) some Vikings free agent signings.
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I was turned onto a website today. The first thing that attracted me to it was it’s name, Stuff White People Like. Secondly, after reading through some of it, I concurred with all the postings. Check it out.
Check out this article from the New Zealand Herald. The 4th paragraph from the end start with this sentence: “One player who definitely won’t be back is Tall Black Brent Charleton, who is returning to his native Canada after seeing out the NZNBL season with Otago.” For Real! Tall Black!?!? Is he related to Big Black? Could you imagine what would happen if the New York Times wrote “White Ugly Randy Johnson” or the Wall Street Journal wrote “Ugly Nerdy Bill Gates.” I wish the US could do things like this without people going ape shit, but everything here has to be done PC. Lame. Thanks New Zealand.
~ Rickety Rickert
On Wednesday February 29th, 2008, the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers Men’s Basketball squad will pull of their biggest win of the year by beating the Purdue Boilermakers in Purdue by a score of 71-64.
~ Rickety Rick Rickert
It finally happenend. Troy Williamson is no longer a Minnesota Viking. I for one am saddened that the fans of the Purple will no longer be able to witness the football greatness which is # 82. Catches, like the one pictured above, were Troy’s second nature; you would be hard pressed to find anyone in the league better than him at his job. His blazing fast speed was just a bonus which left defenders continually in the dust and allowed QB1 to connect with 82 quite often (an astonishing 79 times in 3 seasons!!).
Drafted out of South Carolina with the 7th overall pick of the 2005 draft (acquired from the Raiders for the services of the slightly less gifted Randy Moss), Williamson quickly blossomed into the player Vikings management had hoped. Within just a few practices, 82 became a constant deep threat with tremendous playmaking ability. It should be noted that several marquee players were passed on to draft Williamson; these names include: DeMarcus Ware, Shawne Merriman, Marcus Spears and Jason Campbell. Some fans would argue, but I would say Williamson was definitely worth it.
There were some bumps along the road. Williamson dropped a couple of passes his first two seasons (all be it, very difficult catches; I mean when you are running as fast as he is, it’s tough to judge the ball flight) and was sent to Nike vision school. The work with Nike paid HUGE dividends. The eye doctor determined Troy’s left eye was stronger than his right eye which hurt his depth perception on deep outs. That would explain why 82 was having some difficulty breaking Vikings’ receiving records!! After this vision school, Troy and T-Jack developed a good repoire on the field and both had blistering 2008 seasons. (Satire Ends) Aside of course from the two WORST drops I have ever seen in my entire life of viewing NFL football during the Broncos game in Week 17!!! OH MY GOD!! Rickety Rickert could have caught those balls! (Satire starts again)
Let’s all take a minute today to reflect on the departure of Troy Williamson and think about our favorite # 82 moments. He will always hold a special place in my football heart as a truly great receiver. Let’s hope the sixth round pick from the Jags measures up to the greatness that was Troy Williamson.
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DO NOT WATCH AT WORK
This is Kimmel’s response to Sarah Silverman’s “I’m F*cking Matt Damon” video.
Ok, so I’ve heard there has been some complaining that I blog too much about sports. Today, I ‘m going to change it up a bit and talk about one of my other passions….”The Hills.” I’ll admit it; I watch the show. What’s not to like?? LC, the fakeness of Whitney, the ultimate douchebag in Spencer (who probably has worn 5 popped collars at once), Justin Bobby (say no more), another DB in Brody (but on a far less scale than Spencer) and of course Heidi, who I hear is quite the pop artist nowadays. Audrina is just kind of there. Anyway, I stumbled across this website while looking for when Season 4 premeires (March 24th) and thought it to be quite entertaining. Apparently there is Lauren Conrad clothing and jewelry line…weird, right?? Enjoy!! (Photo courtesy of www. SpinMN.com)
Link of the Day: http://www.laurenconrad.com/
Quote of the Day: (From “The Hills” courtesy of Justin Bobby)
“Truth and time tell all…”
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Not Rick Rickert the idiot basketball player, but for RickRickert.com.
As of 7pm today, we had 63 visits to RickRickert.com, 17 more than the previous record.
As of 7pm today, RickRickert.com earned $2.11 from Google Ads, breaking the previous daily record of $1.80. Hey Biker Scott, think about that, if I could earn $2.00 a day from ads……..yeah, $730 a year!
For you viewing pleasure, the deadly quadruple collar pop. Impressive.
~Rickety Rick Rickert
And with this, I am sad to admit that I am from Wisconsin. The article’s headline punches you in the stomach…..but the 2nd paragraph throws a 20lb cinder block at your face. From the Green Bay Press Gazette – PRECEDE PROCEED WITH CAUTION!
Take a look at this picture of Ron Gardenhire and newly acquired Livan Hernandez; can’t you just see the excitement in Gardy’s eyes?? I can just picture what Gardy is thinking….”we got rid of Johan and signed this schmuck? He can’t even take out his earrings before practice.” Of course the last phrase is in reference to Gardy’s remarks at Spring Training, ““We don’t wear bling-blings out on the field.” It’s hard to get too excited for the Twins right now. Their rotation is just too young. Most guys will have to take their lumps this year and I have a feeling it’s going to show in the win column. Come on, we’re trotting out Liriano (good if fully healed), Scotty Baker “The Out-Maker,”Livan “Bling-Blings” Hernandez, Boof “The Troofth,” Kevin Slowey, and pick from Perkins, Humber, Blackburn and probably some other guy I’ve never heard of. Oh well, at least we have Joe Mauer (sigh).
Link of the Day: This one comes from yahoo.com and discusses what happened to those 19-0 Patriots t-shirts.
Why do people do this to themselves?
Read the guy’s name. Read where he went to school. Read his Areas of Special Interest.
In case you missed the amazing NBA All-Star weekend, here is the video of the winning dunk…….OK this isn’t from the NBA, but it is hilarious. Thanks SF for bringing this to my attention.
Fidel Castro has resigned as President of Cuba, hopefully not due to health reasons. Sure, I have Fidel in my Death Pool, but if he dies Fenlon gets 25 bonus points, and that will be a tough margin to make up.
Sorry for the late post today guys, but the wait is going to be worth it. First off, I’d like to comment on possibly the World’s Greatest Pizza. If you’ve never been to Cossetta’s in downtown St. Paul, MN, do yourself a favor and get down there. Before the Wild game last night (which by the way was phenomenal; Gaborik has now tallied 7 goals and 9 pts my last two games at the X), Megan (my GF) and I stopped at Cossetta’s for some delicious pizza. The line was out the door and it took about 25 minutes to actually get a slice, but it was well worth the wait. There is something about the cheese and sauce; together they are perfect. I’ve never had a better slice anywhere. I definitely recommend. It is pretty much kiddy corner to the X on West 7th St.
I have two links for you today and no quote. The first one needs no description…just watch and turn your volume up. I laughed and shook my head at the same time. I think the song was written by either John Madden or Chris Berman. The second one is a clip of Billy Bob (from Varsity Blues fame). He lost 315 pounds!!! He’s not even the same guy anymore! Crazy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqGQuRgjKeA
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Joe gave us our first Death Pool scare when Mark Mangino (see photo above) went to the hospital for a “standard” check-up. Today, Nancy Reagan (87) was hospitalized after falling down at her home. News sources have stated that the former first lady has been joking with visitors and is in good spirits. We can only hope that she makes a quick and healthy recovery.
RicketyRickert was back in Green Bay for the weekend taking care of some business. It began as a quiet and relaxing weekend. Saturday night, I ventured out with friends to a new establishment in Green Bay, The Drink of Downtown. Wow, and original name for this interesting place. New bars in downtown Green Bay have not been lasting too long unless they serve a niche market, like Pi or Stir Ups. The Drink is a normal boring Green Bay bar, except for its 3 “bird cages” for go-go dancers. And not just any go-go dancers, but real authentic Green Bay go-go dancers. I have no idea how this bar could possible stay in business longer than 6-months. The one positive for this bar is the amazing laser light show displayed on the walls. This bar is screwed.
Then the weather turned sour. Sunday started off with freezing rain and sleet. Then a foot of snow was thrown onto the city and surrounding area. The whole city was shut down. The airport. The mall. Funerals were canceled. Hillary didn’t make it to her rally at St. Norbert, too bad. A 15-minute drive became a 2-hour drive. I was stuck. I was bored.
I look forward to getting back to ’sota.
Had to post this article on the Twins, Santana and the very, very greedy Pohlads. It really makes you double check why you cheer for the Twins and pro sports in general. It also makes me less mad at Santana for leaving.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/who-wants-to-subsidize-a-billionaire/
I was riding in my car this morning and a song came on that referenced the “High Five” or the “celebratory gesture made by two people, each raising one hand to slap the raised hand of the other.” It got me thinking, how did the high five originate? Did one day two people just look at each other and decide that slaping their hands together above their heads was a good way to celebrate? It really is funny if you think about it. Anyway, I Yahoo’d it (that’s right, I prefer Yahoo over Google) and of course was directed to Wiki-Pedia. Where else?? Pretty interesting stuff; there are three suggested origins, but my favorite is that NASA claims their test pilots would slap hands back in the 50’s. I would of thought the high five would have been around longer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_five
I watched Batman Begins last night and am now even more excited for “The Dark Knight.” It’ll be interesting to compare Heath Ledger as Joker to Jack Nicholson. Only a few more months!
Note, I will be snowmobiling this weekend at my uncle’s cabin in Mora and thus will not be posting tomorrow. Then it’s the Wild game on Sunday!! Hell yeah!
Quote of the Day: (From The Office)
Michael: AIDS is not funny. Believe me, I have tried. There are certain topics that are off-limits to comedians. JFK. AIDS. The Holocaust. The Lincoln assassintation just recently became funny. “I need to see this play like I need a hole in the head.” And I hope to someday live in a world where a person could tell a hilarious AIDS joke. It’s one of my dreams.
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