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Do your part...put an end to women's suffrage

I have to admit it, I was inspired by the democratic youtube debate. To that end, I'm going to follow in the footsteps of great advocates and do this:

End Women's Suffrage

El Niño acts the part

Sergio Garcia, once known as el niño (which is Spanish for the niño, of course), choked at another major today. He was 3 up on the field to start and had as much as a 4 stroke lead and needed only a par on 18 to win. Instead, he lost a playoff to Padriag Harrington, who had a double bogey on 18 yet still managed to force the playoff. I'm glad Harrington won because he's a humble winner and a likeable person, qualities which I don't find in Garcia. Plus, Harrington doesn't dress like this:

Nashville Star

For some as of yet undiscovered reason, I've been listening to more country music than ever before. I don't know if it's Nashville nostalgia or what, but it's happening. I do know that LeAnn Rimes is a large part of this increased interest...have you seen her lately? As our favorite Kazakh documentarian would say, she grew up very nice. Anyway, here's her newest video.

Good Riddance

Well, after having some time to let the Chancellor Gee situation settle in, I'm glad he's gone. Sure, he did a great job of elevating VU's academic and athletic reputation, but he's turned out to be the biggest two-face this side of Tuscaloosa.

Here's what Gee said about his decision to come to tOSU:
"I woke up every morning thinking, 'Why am I here?'"

Two weeks ago, after he first rejected tOSU, he said that devotion to Vanderbilt was "unwavering and unshakable."

I'll be perfectly content as long as we find a chancellor who is a great fund raiser and is able to keep VC David Williams. I'm not sure what will happen to the reorganization, but as long as Williams is in charge, VU will be fine athletically.

Goodbye, Bow Tie Guy

So Vanderbilt's Chancellor, Gordon Gee, is resigning to take the same job at the Ohio State. I'm still trying to figure out why he is doing so considering:

• He will be making less- $1.2 at VU plus a free mansion to live in v. $1 million at Ohio State, plus there's no state income tax in Tennessee
• He's already had the job- He was the head man at tOSU before he was at Brown and then left Brown for VU. Why would he go back to a job he already left?
• He turned them down 2 weeks ago and said he was totally committed to VU.

I wonder how much his decision is related to the Wall Street Journal exposé about his spending habits, his divorce from Constance Gee (who is a tenured professor at VU), Constance's Cheech & Chong impersonation, etc.

Here's a couple articles on the whole situation:

• Peripatetic President
• Vanderbilt reformer heads back to Ohio State

Bill Simmons finally answered my question

I've had questions answered by Pat Forde, Joe Schad, and Andy Katz (twice in one chat), but I finally hit the jackpot today. I've been sending Bill Simmons (The Sports Guy on ESPN.com) for over a year and he finally answers one of them. Of course, I had to ask him about his true love in order to make it happen.

Will (Milwaukee): Are you running a hail mary from Brady to Moss on the first play of Madden 2008?

Bill Simmons: (1:33 PM ET ) There's no doubt. It's a mortal lock.

I have no idea why I am so happy about this, but it's the highlight of my day so far.

Edit: It happened again!

Will (Milwaukee): Joey Harrington is "some random backup" in Atlanta.

Bill Simmons: (1:51 PM ET ) Well, there you go. The 2008 Falcons have officially been eliminated from the Ewing Theory.

My New Homebase

WillPridemore.com and the Life and Time of Bruce Dickinson blog are now one and the same. I got tired of designing outdated webpages and have neither the time nor the tolerance to start to learn PHP, CSS, and whatever else I need for a decent looking page.

I'll be adding all the links I had on my old homepage to this site and hope to write more here (instead of just posting youtube clips). We'll see how that works out.

Summer Movie Roundup

Since I now have an income and free time, I've been to see several of the movies out in theaters now.

Knocked Up: B+

• Definitely not as good as The 40 Year Old Virgin or any of the other Frat Pack movies. It is entertaining and Katherine Heigl is super hot, but as Bill Simmons says, it's a chick flick disguised as a movie for guys.

Ocean's 13: B

• Better than Ocean's 12 but not as good as Ocean's 11. It's nice to see the crew back in Vegas and adding Pacino is always a plus, but when your leading lady is Ellen Barkin, you're starting in the hole. You can tell that the actors all like working with each other and the script is good, but there's just something missing when compared to the original.

License to Wed: B-

• I saw this with my Mom and Sister, but it was somewhat of a surprise to me. John Krasinski takes his first stab as a leading man on the big screen and does a pretty good job. He'll always be Jim Halpert in my book-, but he does sneak in some of Jim's famous facial expressions. Mandy Moore is still hot and has been the only pop princess from the late 90s to not go through a crazy period. Robin Williams is ok, but, not surprisingly, he gets annoying after a while and it makes you remember he's the most notorious joke stealer in the history of stand-up comedy. Williams is supposed to play over the top, but there are some elements that just don't make sense (like how the forklift driver can afford to buy a plane ticket for his wife and him with no notice). This would probably make a good date movie, but if that's not in the cards, wait until it's out on DVD (or bittorrent) or even until it hits TV. Finally, the movie had to be written, directed, and/or produced by someone who works on The Office because Kevin, Angela, and Kelly all have parts in the film, plus the couple end up at Sandals Jamaica (no nude Jan Levinson though).
  

Transformers- A-

• Hooray! Michael Bay didn't screw this up! This movie is visually stunning and so is Megan Fox. Anyone who grew up a fan of the cartoon will love the movie- they even brought back the voice of Optimus Prime from the cartoon to voice Optimus in the movie. The only flaws I saw were over the top dialog by the transformers and the movie could have been shortended. Other than that, there were no lulls, the script was funny, and the CG was unbelieveable. I wonder how much GM paid to have their cars used as the Autobots?
  

Greatest Collection of Musical Talent Ever?

It's hard to find a group with more musical prowess than the Traveling Wilburys. It's a same that Roy Orbison died while the group was still collaborating because they could have put out some (more) great stuff.



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