Alex Trebek Hospitalized

TMZ - Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek suffered a mild heart attack Saturday and was rushed to Cedars-Sinai hospital in L.A. where he is still recovering. A spokeswoman for Alex says the 71-year-old is expected to make a full recovery ... she says he should be ready to resume his "Jeopardy!" hosting duties when they start filming the new season next month. Trebek has been the host of the popular trivia game show for 28 years.


"Coronary Afflictions for $400:"

Answer: This...afflictions symptoms often include discomfort and pain in your chest, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, and sweating.

"What is a heart attack."


Serious talk for a moment folks...we always hear about various shows or companies needing to find successors to ensure continued success once the key figure head is gone, like when Regis retired, Steve Jobs died, Bill Gates stepped down, or the constant talk about who's going to replace Warren Buffet (no one, no one is going to replace Warren). No one ever mentions Alex.

The Canadian Silver Fox is 71, people. That's old. Sure he's still got facts for days, and it sounds like he's going to make a full recovery, but how long after do you think he can keep this up? We can't have another Price is Right on our hands, Day Time Game shows just can't handle another blow like that.  Bob Barker retired, everyone scrambled and we got stuck with Drew Carey...and HE SUCKS. He's terrible. No one likes him, old ladies don't want to kiss him but still do begrudgingly, and I don't really think he cares at all about having your dogs and cats spayed and neutured...it's just lip service.

We can't have that happen for Jeopardy. We need to be actively training a replacement now. Maybe start with the Friday editions that no one watches anyway and have some guest judges host. Maybe bring back Ken Jennings, I think he'd be fantastic. These are all just ideas, just throwing them out there.  The point is, we need a brain trust on this, and we needed it yesterday. Alex could have very well died the other day, and then what? No more jeopardy? I'm stuck with 30 mins of Pat Sajak and that's it? Another Big Bang Theory re-run. Hell no, I won't stand for it.

Wii Curling News Reporters, Oblivious or in on It?

"Here it comes, Here it Comes!"

I don't know how old this is, if everyone but me saw it, but I can't stop laughing at this guy. I think the girl might have been clueless, just uninhibited shadow-jacking, but I got the feeling the guy knew how perverse this would look and went along with it anyway, and that cracks me up to no end.

So Long and Good Luck Youk

One last time everyone, those aren't Boos you're hearing, that's "YOOUUKKKK."

So long Youk. You were an asshole, but you were our asshole. A part of two World Series, and impact player for one. When healthy no one got more out of their limited athletic ability. An all out hustler and an OBP force, who some how lived up to the outlandish expectations set forth as a minor leaguer by that asshole Billy Beane and his Moneyball book. He'll definitely be missed but it was also just the right time.

And what a great send off.  Great awareness by the Fenway crowd realizing what they were seeing. Gave me the chills, actually.

Skeptical Third World Child Kicking off Your Weekend

I have a pretty staunch record of hating everything meme, but this little playa may be breaking me down. Cracks me up every time.

Enjoy the weekend folks, I'll be back with my Celtics Draft Preview and a long awaited Red Sox Fans Pulse check next week.

Adios.

Is the Bird Flu Finally Legit?

Fox News - A new study raises concerns that it may be possible for airborne transmissible, human-to-human avian H5N1 flu viruses to evolve in nature...The papers revealed with only five mutations (amino acid substitutions), or four mutations plus reassortment, bird flu can become transmissible between mammals – and potentially humans. Currently, bird flu can be transmitted from birds to humans, but not from humans to humans.

Look, can you guys just tell me if I need to be wearing those surgical mask things like all the weirdo Asians I see on the subway or not? That's all I really need to know. If the old lady with the push cart full of pea pods and live poultry is capable of giving me the bird flu, just let me know. I'll run down to my dentist and stock up on masks. If not, can we just ease up on this stuff?

We've been hearing about potential pandemics from Bird Flu, Swine Flu, EEE, West Nile Virus, Gingivitis, etc... for years. Just widespread paranoia amongst germ-aphobes, new parents, and old people. All the while I'm sitting here wondering whether it's worth the big fuss or if I'm going to die because a pigeon shat on my window. Just help me out and let me know when this shit gets serious.

You know what I am deathly afraid of right now? Flesh eating bacteria, that's what. Before like, March, I'd heard of flesh eating bacteria maybe once or twice, and I'm pretty sure one of those times was on a very special episode of House. Now? Every week someone new is being eaten away by microscopic bacteria. It's freaking me the fuck out.

I bumped into the corner of my bead the other day and opened an old scar on my knee...I've been dousing that thing in hydrogen peroxide every three hours for a week now just thinking that I'm going to wake up the next day having to have my leg amputated.

Can we get some of these medical scientists on that problem for now? Worry about all these other things at a later date? Please?

Fun Little Mind Teaser if You're Bored at Work Today

DO NOT READ BELOW BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEO. SERIOUSLY IT RUINS THE TEST.












Complete mind fuck. I honestly thought they were lying. I was legitimately pissed off that I had counted one more pass than they said was correct, figured the fix was in, then they throw in that curve ball from left field. Blew my mind. Thought someone was trying pull one over on me, went back, still almost missed it.

 Have fun with that this afternoon.

I'm 90% Positive My New Neighbor is the Real Buffalo Bill

I can't be sure if he's got some kinda in-ground/in-house well where he's keeping plus sized women's skin soft and healthy or anything, I can't know that. But I do know that whenever I hear him belt out an afternoon tune, I (rather disturbingly) picture some odd Buffalo Bill, Silence of the Lambs type shit going on. He's just that weird of a dude, doesn't help that my imagination runs wild when I'm woken up to the sound of his laundry machines running at FIVE AM! I just assume anything that needs washing at that hour of the morning was involved in some kind of heinous crime. 

Not a bad singer though, actually, just creepy as all shit with a ridiculously eclectic taste in music. One day it'll be Gary Jules' Mad World, the next Seal's Kissed by a Rose, today? Dexys Midnight Runners:




That's just a classic jam...Do you Buffalo Bill, Do You.

The San Diego Padres Announcers Fancy Themselves a Lady Who Can Flash the Leather

HUBBA HUBBA!

I've burst out laughing at that line at least 20 times. I find it strange that the MLB, notorious for not embracing video sharing, would let this video make the rounds. I mean, Dick Enberg here might as well have gone on air and told everyone he was going to be google imaging Lisa one handed after the game. No shame at all right there.

Here's the link to the video for when MLB inevitbaly un-embeds the video. 

You Think You're Having A Bad Day?

I can't believe no one wants to buy papers from this cuddly looking old man. Makes no sense. 


PS: The Maestro and I either saw this guy or the actual Sandusky right after all these allegations came out just strolling in the North End rocking a PSU sweatshirt proudly...Maestro thinks it was probably this guy...I'm 100% sure it was Sandusky enjoying one last good meal...