1. adidas stands for "all day I dream about Sketchers"
adidas received a preliminary injunction against Sketchers because Sketchers ripped off their Stan Smiths. I was really excited about this collision of sneakers and IP law, and I was going to write a lengthy post about trademarks and trade dress and what they are and how they work but all you need to know to decide this case is this:
I think the rule the judge applied was "you can't rip people off like that."
2. A Porsche cartoon!
The Porsche 911 is a pretty goofy design. The engine is in the back with a significant amount of weight behind the rear wheels. This setup is great for straight-line acceleration and braking, but it's a nightmare if you want to make a turn. Just ask Rootsy!
Regardless, I will own a 911 before I die. But which one? And does it really matter? As you can see from the video below, the 911 hasn't really changed that much over the past 50+ years (aside from the shift to water-cooled engines in 1999 which made a lot of Porsche fans clutch their pearls, and I'm not a snob about cooling systems).
I'll take mine in Gulf Blue.
3. Macklemore made a song with DJ Premier and KRS-ONE?
Macklemore released a new song yesterday called Buckshot. I was more than a little surprised to see that it was produced by DJ Premier and features a verse by KRS-ONE. If you aren't familiar with Premier, KRS, or their collaborations, you should check out Return of the Boom Bap. You'll thank me. Just ask Rootsy!
Primo hasn't lost a step and the Blastmaster will always be the Blastmaster. I just never expected them to appear on a Macklemore record. Which isn't to say I have any problems with Macklemore, but I wouldn't think that KRS-ONE would offer up 64 bars of hot fiyah to a guy with songs like "White Privilege" and "White Privilege II." This makes me feel even better about paying $15 for KRS's last album on Bandcamp when he was only asking for $10--it's so hard out there he's taking money from Macklemore.
I gotta admit it's a pretty good song though. Once again, Big Daddy Kane is right.
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Wilt Chamberlain averaged 23 rebounds per game in his career. That is a big number. Maybe not as big as the 10,000 number associated with him, but a big one nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteThe 911 is my dream car as well.
ReplyDeleteIf any of you do get a 911, I'd suggest NOT letting your 16 year old son drive it, even if it's summertime and that's the one car without AC. Kids are stupid. Fast cars make them even stupider. I think my little brother still holds that stupidity against me, since the 911 was gone before he was driving age.
ReplyDeleteIf I'd only known to mash the accelerator, not the brake when the car started to skid I no doubt could have done way more damage with that car.
My dream car is an Eagle Talon. #newjersey
ReplyDeletethe song in my head right now is 'zed man', sung to the tune of 'egg man'. that is all.
ReplyDeletepour out a vial of atticus' tears for harper lee.
ReplyDeleteI love the 911. And alloy fuchs wheels.
ReplyDeleteHarper Lee...Mets fan. Smart lady.
ReplyDeleteWrapped up wrist surgery around 11:00, got a bagel with whitefish and a coffee while waiting for my Percocets, and now I feel grrrrreat! Just don't let me drive anywhere.
ReplyDeleteMAYHUGH
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nice post zman. way to use the fifth definition of fulsome. harper lee a made a shocking amount of $$$ on royalties for her one mediocre book, so while a lazy and mediocre author, she was indeed a smart lady.
ReplyDeleteand i assume she crossed paths with wilt chamberlain.
ReplyDeleteWilt had a fulsome love life.
ReplyDeleteI can't speak to laziness, but I would have to raise Ms. Lee above the level of mediocrity especially when compared to some of the drivel that often passes for greatness like the work of Diana Tartt.
ReplyDeleteI am looking live at the Devils-Isles warm-ups. Taking my boys to the game. Hard to not eat beers here. Always a dadding quandary.
ReplyDeletenobody caught dave's homage to jerry's north brunswick/jersey guido accent? slipping, boys.
ReplyDeletewhat did i do?
ReplyDeletediana tartt crushes harper lee-- though she's a bit lazy herself and only writes one book every ten years-- but the goldfinch and secret history are both more fun than to kill a mockingbird.
and-- speaking of the opposite of lazy-- i just wrote a great sentence for tomorrow, despite being really tired and hungover from pub night . . . i finished the night with a manhattan-- disgusting
hopslam! finally. and if your manhattan was disgusting, you did it wrong.
ReplyDeleteRIP Umberto Eco. That's three great writers in less than a week (Dave's opinions notwithstanding).
ReplyDeletei just bought foucault's pendulum. do you think i killed him?
ReplyDeleteI thought Obama hired you to kill J. Scalia, no?
ReplyDeletewe don't talk about that, z
ReplyDeleteDave you are kidding about Tartt, right? You can't actually like her writing.
ReplyDeleteoh, snap. shots fired.
ReplyDeleteJust watched the FIFA piece on 60 min. So....bribery is not only legal in Switzerland it is...wait for it....waaaaaaait for it.....tax deductible! Ha!
ReplyDeleteThe high school team me and friends scrimmaged this summer advanced to the 7A Final Four tonight. I definitely did not see that happening when we played (and beat) them this summer.
ReplyDeletePretty cool for them. That program has come a long way since guys like Greg got some run.
greg was an important role player. kept his team loose. had five fouls to give. can't overestimate those things.
ReplyDeletein other news, switched to low top hoops shoes. i'm a new, quicker man.
ReplyDeleteJimmer Fredette is on the Knicks?
ReplyDeleteNot the Nicks...the New York Knicks.
ReplyDeletebeing coached by kurt rambis.
ReplyDeletewife and older daughter away at a dance competition. younger daughter in bed. couple high-octane beers in. i predict drunken impulse purchases.
ReplyDeleteSo my 6 y/o melted down at the game, refusing to pee the whole night, then losing his shit when the Devils lost. My 8 y/o was great...until he told me mid-3rd period he had to poop. I lugged the crew to the bathroom, then let the 8 y/o into a stall while I barked at the 6 y/o to relieve himself of the quart of Gatorade and water he had in his system. My 8 y/o then calls for me. I go into the stall. He tells me he had an accident and peed himself when trying to poop. His piss-laden undies were in the corner of the stall and his damp sweats were on the ground, next to a public toilet at a hockey game. In the third period. I make him out them back on. He then starts screaming about how the pee on his damp sweats are making his skinned knee (from recess) burn. I had to roll up his pissy sweatpants over his knee. By this time, the game ends and my 6 y/o melts, forcing me to pick him up and carry him to the car. As I sit down in the car, I realize my phone is lost. I called security when I got home and had an uninspiring conversation with somebody.
ReplyDeleteFirst scotch of the night is being poured. There will be another behind it.
Wow. Wow. Wow. I thank God I'll never have to take two young children to a sporting event. Even the possibility of what star just described is bone chilling. Have a third, TR. you've earned it.
ReplyDeleteTR, I'll have one for/with you.
ReplyDeleteTeej - in what is probably a coincidence, the outfit Keanu is rocking in John Wick is almost exactly what I wore to work today. Sans pistol/silencer.
ReplyDeleteTR has a similar story from Gheorghefest with Marls in the role of the 8 year old.
ReplyDeleteOn the flip side, the wifey and I have a super-rare night in NYC w/ some friends tmrw night, and are getting a hotel in town. We are seeing the talented Josh Ritter at the Beacon Theatre, w/ friends and drinks and edibles to make the night more fun. I have some sort of insurance on my phone. No idea what that will do for me.
ReplyDeleteThe lesson learned is to stick to the matinee and 5 PM games when w/ the kids. And this all happened when I had zero drinks in me. Parenthood really does crush your brain cells.
Going to bed after 2 Chivas tumblers and a Bulleit (b/c I ran out of Chivas). Hola Gheorghies and good night.
Hola Gheorghies
ReplyDeleteZMan, I never had to poop at Gheorghefest.
ReplyDeleteheading to MONSTERJAM tonight. i'm a MONSTERJAM virgin, so am a little sceered. bringing my 7 year old. hopefully the experience TR enjoyed last night is not in the cards for this guy.
ReplyDeletemarls, did you read "the goldfinch"? you are a dingbat. umberto eco is a great one as well. and TR makes a great case for watching sports on TV with your kids-- if they get bored, you send them outside . . .
ReplyDeletemy kids really want to see deadpool, but i've heard it's insanely gratuitously innappropriate
tribe hosts drexel today at 2:00 - terry tarpey and sean sheldon's final home games as wrens.
ReplyDeleteanyone wanna go see rhett miller at jammin java tomorrow night?
ReplyDeletePhone has been located! It's next to a Jamaican fired fish restaurant in Irvington. This location is...sub-optimal. Would be preferrable if it was in a yoga studio in Summit.
ReplyDeleteNot looking good for this guy.