Sometimes you just have to kick back and say, as a guy I played basketball with in high school would, “How ironical.”
Yours truly was quoted in a major newspaper this morning, and the Irony Police were out in full force.
From the Wizard of Roz’s column today:
Dumb and/or dumber
Andy Dolan of desipio.com was kind enough to pass along this ebay item, while pointing out that, “People dumb enough to bid on this really shouldn’t have access to a credit card.”
As of Wednesday, for more than $800 you could bid on “a guarantee that the Chicago Cubs will be in the 2003 World Series.”
If the Cubs don’t make it, the seller promises a Cubby Bear party for the winning bidder and 50 friends, a 2004 season ticket and a donation to Cubs Care in the amount equivalent to the winning bid.
So which is worse, the fact that people are bidding on it, or that it might be a legit offer?
And at that very moment, if you clicked over to us here at Desipio, what did you get?
Nothing. Just a blank screen with a folder that said stats on it.
Why?
Because a couple of months ago my friendly credit card company sent me a new card to replace my expiring one. I did my duty and cut up the old one, signed the new one and put it in the old wallet.
But…I forgot to go update my automatic billing for the provider of this Web site. I also apparently missed a warning e-mail on Monday. So this morning, no Desipio. Oops! All I had to do was go in and change the expiration date and an hour later we were back. But still, as a great man once said, “People this dumb, really shouldn’t have access to a credit card.”
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Spots in the Desipio Baseball League are still remaining, though they’re going fast. If you want in, drop me a line at andy@desipio.com.
That thud you heard this morning was Notre Dame’s season crashing to it’s demise. They’ve lost four of their last five, and the one win was a near total choke job at Georgetown on Saturday. The loss to St. John’s caused Mike Brey to say, “I think it’s time we play somebody else. This league has us figured out.” Truer words were never spoken.
But how costly has the last season swoon been for ND? When they beat Pitt at home less than a month ago, they were firmly entrenched in the top 10. They were a likely two seed, maybe even in Indianapolis in the Midwest Regional. Now, they’re probably a six seed and will likely end up playing their first round game in Saskatchewan or Prague. Woof.
Only the Bears end up having to play a guy who can’t kick the ball to the end zone $7 million.
You know your quarterback search is in the crapper when news that Jeff Blake has signed with the Arizona Cardinals has an actual impact on your situation.
Speaking of Barry Rozer…we were…earlier…kind of…the other day he wrote about the “whispers” surrounding Stewart’s personal life that he grew rightly tired of Pittsburgh, and how they’re already creeping up in Chicago. Those rumors, are that Stewart is gay.
As Homer Simpson once said, “I’m a simple man, Marge. I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my homosexuals fuh-laming!”
I think I speak for all of us when I say we really don’t care if he’s gay or Shawn Kemp. Who are we to judge?
However, what is that stuff on the side of his face? He’s got that Seal thing going on.
What it likely is, is discoid lupus, which Seal actually has. Most of us know little about the disease lupus, but we all know plenty about Timmy Lupus from the Bad News Bears.
I sense Kordell’s new nickname coming on…
Mike Downey on the Big Ten Tournament.
Mr. Ed can buy a lot of hay with $7 million big ones.
The Twins have signed Kenny Rogers. I think we all know what this means.
Actually, I have no idea. I just like to use this picture of Kenny Rogers throwing a baseball.
Who saw this loss in Memphis coming? Anybody? They’re just so predicti-bull.
Notre Dame is further down the well than Baby Jessica.
There is no better reporting than in in-depth politicial interview with Kerry Wood and Sammy Sosa, is there?
Juan Cruz wants to start.
Greg Couch mocks Northwestern’s Wheeler defense.
Mariotti puts down the doughnut to rip the Tribune. Now, which paper does Jay write for again?
Carlos Zambrano loves Burger King! Who doesn’t, really?
Herb Gould picks the Illini to win the Big Ten Tourney. Gee, that’s a pretty long limb you’re out there on, Herb.
Might Indiana miss the NCAAs? A guy can dream, can’t he?
A day after we mock ESPN’s “take this and like it” approach to women’s basketball, we bring you the meliflous women’s college basketball writings of longtime friend of Desipio, Drew Lawrence. I don’t want people to think I don’t like women’s sports. I just don’t want ESPN forcing it down my throat.
Gee, what a shock, last year’s winner of American Idol is coming back to promote her album. Who saw this coming?
I think it’s time to have Tony whacked.
“He just wanted a second wife.” Two? One is too many.
America’s finest news source with an Ohio man who is really trying to relive his childhood.
The life of man is the life of a moving being, and it would not be sufficient for him to develop body alone. A plant is rooted: it stays in one place and cannot move. It would be very surprising, therefore, to discover that a plant had a mind; or at least a mind in any sense which we could comprehend. If a plant could foresee or project consequences, the faculty would be useless to it. What advantage would it be for the plant to think: ‘Here is someone coming. In a minute he will tread on me, and I shall be dead underfoot’? The plant would still be unable to move out of the way. All moving beings, however, can foresee and reckon up the direction in which to move; and this fact makes it necessary to postulate that they have minds or souls. by texas hold’em