Wednesday, March 21, 2012

ROT IN HELL John Demjanjuk


John Demjanjuk (born Ivan Mykolaiovych Demianiuk; Ukrainian: Іван Миколайович Дем'янюк; 3 April 1920 – 17 March 2012) was a guard in a Nazi death camp who was convicted as a war criminal for the murder of 27,900 Jews.[1][2] His conviction was pending appeal at the time of his death.[2][3][4]

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Drink Suggestions for Recently Departed...


What a crazy couple of days for the death pool. We were locked up at 4-4, with the threat of getting slapped with a Subway sandwich looming. (We decided that whoever got to 5 deaths first would get to slap the other person across the face without retaliation.)

Bryn squeaked out the "victory" (I cringe writing the word victory he
re) with his team, "Steiney and the Bandit's" 2012 pick-up, Etta James, passing away Friday morning. On Saturday afternoon, the tweets flooded in that Joe Paterno had passed away as well. It turned out that the rumors of his death were mildly exaggerated (Click here to read why.) He died Sunday Morning.

In honor of the recently deceased, we have a drink in their honor. Usually they're pretty easy to come up with. Al Davis? Silver and black. A shot of Patron Silver and a shot of Johnny Walker Black. The "Just Win, Baby!" But what to drink for this week's departed?


Etta James - Bryn suggested the drink be classy and elegant. I agree. So...what does that mean?

Joe Paterno - We know we need to look the other way when we drink it, but what should the drink itself be?

Make your own "At Last" and looking the other way jokes, if you'd like. I already feel bad enough about this.

RIP Joe Paterno

Joseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno (pronounced /pəˈtɜrnoʊ/; December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012[1]) is a former college football coach who was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions for 46 years from 1966 through 2011. Paterno, nicknamed "JoePa," holds the record for the most victories by an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football coach with 409 and is the only FBS coach to reach 400 victories.[2] He coached five undefeated teams that won major bowl games and, in 2007, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach. Paterno was fired mid-season by Penn State trustees in November 2011, after long-time assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested onchild sexual abuse charges.[3][4]

RIP Etta James

Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) was an American singer whose style spanned a variety of music genres including blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, gospel and jazz. Starting her career in the mid 1950s, she gained fame with hits such as "Dance With Me, Henry", "At Last", "Tell Mama", and "I'd Rather Go Blind" for which she claimed she wrote the lyrics.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

RIP Al Davis

Allen "Al" Davis (July 4, 1929 – October 8, 2011) was an American football executive who was the principal owner (titled as "president of the general partner" or "managing general partner," depending on the source) of the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. His motto for the team was "Just win, baby."[1]

Date of birthJuly 4, 1929
Place of birthBrockton, Massachusetts
Date of deathOctober 8, 2011 (aged 82)
Place of deathOakland, California
Position(s)Owner
Head Coach
General Manager
Commissioner
CollegeSyracuse
AwardsAFL's Coach of the Year in 1963
HonorsInducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992
Career record23–16–3 (as coach)

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

RIP Harmon Killebrew




Harmon Clayton Killebrew ( /ˈkɪlɨbruː/; June 29, 1936 – May 17, 2011), nicknamed "Killer" and "Hammerin' Harmon", was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder. During a 22-year baseball career in which he played for the Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, and Kansas City Royals, he was second only to Babe Ruth in American League (AL) home runs and retired as the AL career leader in home runs by a right-handed batter (since broken by Alex Rodriguez).[1] He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.
Killebrew was a stocky 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 210-pound (95.3 kg) hitter with a compact swing that generated tremendous power. He became one of the AL's most feared power hitters of the 1960s, belting 40 homers in a season eight times during an era in which pitching was dominant. In 1965, he helped the Minnesota Twins reach the World Series, where they lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He had his finest season in 1969, hitting 49 home runs, recording 140 runs batted in (RBI), and winning the AL Most Valuable Player Award. Killebrew led the league in home runs six times and in RBI three times, and he was named to eleven All-Star teams. He hit the most home runs for any player in the 1960s.[2]
With quick hands and exceptional upper-body strength, Killebrew was known not just for the frequency of his home runs but also for their great distance. He hit the longest measured home runs at Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium and Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, and was the first of just four batters to hit a baseball over the left field roof at Tiger Stadium.
Despite his nickname