Evil, Which We Call Crime

Look, I'm not trying to bring this down in anyway, but watch about 30 seconds of the video, then think to yourself... "Ray Lewis killed a guy."

Reverend Ray Lewis in an interview with ESPN's Sal Paolantonio, talked about a wide array of football topics, including the NFL Lockout. Lewis hypothesized that if there is no NFL season, the crime rates around the country will rise.

Am I the only one who thinks this is absolutely ridiculous?

"Do this research if we don't have a season--watch how much evil, which we call crime, watch how much crime picks up, if you take away our game,"

This is the same guy who in this same interview said that he doesn't get into words because "they take away from life," and who starts half of his responses by going "ah!"

Lewis claims that there is nothing else to do for some people, which is why the crime rates will spike. I mean, I agree to an extent, because look at how many average Joe's that work at the stadium will be out of jobs. But at the same time, football has one game on Thursday, one on Monday, and is played Sunday afternoon into Sunday night. It is not like baseball where the teams play every day, and nor will a football game being on TV make someone less inclined to commit a crime, that's absurd.

Ray Lewis, maybe without realizing, is getting himself involved with these same words that take away from life. He is not representing the players in the courtroom, but this interview will not go unnoticed as his support for the players, albeit in the defense of the everyday man.

New Math: 128 > 45

NASCAR standout Kyle Busch was pulled over in Troutman, North Carolina on Tuesday for careless and wreckless driving.

Busch was going 128 miles per hour in a 45mph zone.

"Today I received a traffic citation in Iredell County. I was test driving a new sports car and I got carried away. I went beyond the speed I should have been going on a public road. I apologize to the public, my fans, sponsors, and race teams for my lack of judgment. I take responsibility for my actions and I can assure you that something like this will never happen again. I thank the Iredell County Sheriff's Department and all law enforcement for the hard work they do every day to protect the public and to enforce the laws in a fair and equitable manner."

First of all, what an apology. Athletes are some of the biggest role models to kids lives these days, and constantly get in trouble for things so much worse than driving over the speed limit. Busch apologizes to not only the public and the fans, but to his sponsors and race teams, and guarantees that something like this will never happen again.

Every athlete needs to take a page out of Busch's book right now. Derek Lowe and Miguel Cabrera with drunk driving, every NFL player having a gun, and any other athlete who's just made a complete bonehead move and acted like they can do it since they're a superstar.

Was I a NASCAR fan before this? No. Am I now? Sort of, but still not really. Kyle Busch is the man, though.

Best Spokesperson Ever?

Meet Doug.

Keys to life, in this video right here. If there's ever a case of you not knowing what to do, just say to yourself: "I'm gonna be me, I'm gonna do what I like, I'm gonna let my freak flag fly."

Along with that, there are three simple rules to living your life that I have learned over the past few weeks. They're simple, and if you use them as your weapons, you will be able to get through any situation in your life. Trust me. Remember, know these three things, and you will make it pretty damn far in life, probably farther than you thought before you knew this information...

Everything is a mental game.

Know your history, and know your history well.

Drive it like you stole it.

Is This What The World Is Coming To?

1,400 Bernie Brewer lawn ornaments were hidden across Wisconsin as a promotion for the Milwaukee Brewers' organization. The statues contained tickets, coupons and autographs. A great idea by the ball club, with a miserable result.

The ornaments were put out early this morning, but those who placed them were apparently stalked by some greedy bastards who wanted first dibs. The rules of the Bernie Brewer scavenger hunt, that came directly from the Brewers' organization stated that there was to be one per household. Instead of getting two or three, people are apparently snatching them up in groups of more than 10 in some cases.

There are even some statues on eBay, going for roughly $200, even though they are sold in the Brewers' team store for $48.

Could this be any more ridiculous? Absolutely not. A great promotional call by the Brewers, and it was absolutely ruined by a few selfish assholes. Think of how many kids were pumped to run around their local parks looking for these statues only to hear that some 30-year-old jerk already swept the area at about 6am, hot on the trail of the employee laying them out. That's absolutely pathetic, if you ask me. People are so dumb sometimes, it is truly baffling to me.

Good Morning, Denmark

First off, congratulations are in order. Denmark is now the official NUMBER TWO 7-Day Weekend reading country in the entire world, with 91 views already in the past 3 days. Thanks for being great, Denmark, keep up the good work, and you shall be rewarded.

To return the favor of Denmark promoting the Weekend, I will now promote Denmark by giving you, our loyal readers, some interesting facts about the country, straight from DenmarkFacts.com.

Climate: Windy winters and cool summers, temperate, humid and overcast; mild.

In 1989 Denmark become the very first European country to legalize same-sex marriages and offer for gay partnership the same rights as for heterosexual couples.

Lars Ulrich ( One of founders of Metallica ) was born in Denmark. This facts is interesting, because in whole history only two famous performers of heavy metal were ever born in Denmark: King Diamond and Ulrich himself.

Stroget in Copenhagen is one of the longest shopping street in whole Europe.

Among other things Danish people have invented the widely known children playthings LEGO. LEGO started to produce toys in 1932. The really interesting fact , for the more than sixty years was sold over 320 billion units of LEGO bricks all around the Globe. If we make very simple calculation we found out that every human being in the world is owner of about 56 LEGO bricks.

You Know What Grinds My Gears?

The elevator. First thought of by Archimedes of Rome in 236 B.C. The first electric elevator was completed in 1880 by Werner von Siemens. Needless to say, they've been around for a pretty long time.

I work at Fenway Park as a "greeter" which is really the same thing as an usher, they just developed the position so that we were not in the usher's union. But anywho, I work on the third and fourth levels of Fenway, close to the elevators by Gate D.

There are elevators in almost every public building these days, and people use them pretty often, because let's be real, stairs are obnoxious a lot of the time. So when people come to Fenway for a Sox game and they encounter these elevators, I know its not the first time they've experienced the thrill.

My first question is, why would elevators at Fenway Park be any different than one in, say, an apartment building? Right, they wouldn't be.

Over the past homestand, I have heard multiple people have some sort of issue with the elevators because they are unsure of "elevator policy" I guess you could call it.

"Can you only get off this elevator?" Yes, sir, you can only get off of the elevator, not on. First you have to wish really hard that you'll magically teleport into the damn thing, then by all means, go crazy and step off on whatever floor will tickle your fancy.

"Can you go down on these elevators, too?" No, dude, sorry. You can only go up in them, like the bridges from Super Mario that you jump across (0:56). The elevator just keeps going up til it disappears, then a new one appears at the bottom, its amazing.

So, what really grinds my gears is those people who are unfamiliar with how to use an elevator. Get in, hit the button of the floor you want to go to, and get out. Don't ask questions.

This Guy

This week's 'This Guy' is this giant clown from whatever precinct somewhere in this free country. Dude doesn't know the anthem, and to make things worse, literally sounds like someone put to much into a blender but has it on full speed anyway.