Clerking and Dope Golfers

The world of football is kind of quiet right now as Germany continues to clean up after the World Cup. The tournament this year was a good one in my opinion and featured some great, unexpected matches. However, the only thing the world (especially U.S.) news pundits seemed to pick up on was the headbutt by Zidane. The details over what was said still haven’t been released, but FIFA has handed out disciplinary action, so hopefully this will be the end of it all. Zizou received a 3 match ban, while Materazzi received a 2 match ban. The ban doesn’t mean much to Zidane as he is now retired, but he says he has no regrets about responding to what was said:

"Above all, I'm human," he said on French television last week. "I would rather have taken a punch in the jaw than have heard that."

Materazzi’s team-mate and Italian Captain Cannavaro was sold to Real Madrid this week. Cannavaro was one of the stars of the WC and many clubs would have liked to see him join them.


In golf, the British Open started today and as predicted (by me of course!), Jim Furyk is right near the lead after posting a score of 4 under. Keep it up Jimbo. Sergio Garcia and Ernie Els were also at 4 under, while Big Phil was one behind them. The other big “issue”, at least according to the media, was Tiger’s pairing with Nick Faldo, who as a TV analyst, has in the past been critical of Woods’ swing and temperament. Yesterday though, Faldo came over and the two shook hands and had a laugh. I doubt the two will be spending Christmas together on Tiger’s yacht, but whatever. It wasn’t really much of a story anyway. They teed off later (8:40 CDT) and after one, Faldo was even and Woods was one over.

I also heard there is talk of drug testing for golfers! This seems a bit odd to me as performance enhancing drugs (steroids) will not really be much of a benefit to golfers. Look at Barry Bonds. That body style may be fine for knocking baseballs out of the park, but not for the finesse needed on a golf course. Yes, there are golfers who are in the gym much more and are hitting it longer than many. But the need for accuracy and touch will always be one of the keys to the game. So, if the PGA or others want to start testing, fine, even though golf is a self-policing sport. It will end up being all nor naught in my opinion.

For all you losers like me who loved the movie “Clerks”, the second installment with the catchy name “Clerks II” will be released tomorrow. There have been mixed reviews, as you would expect from a Kevin Smith film. However, Joel Siegel of ABC’s Good Morning America definitely had an opinion as he walked out on the film, yelling, "Time to go!" to fellow media types during a critics screening and then stomping toward the exit. Smith wasn’t bothered by the insult and even had a few words for Siegel in his blog at SilentBobSpeaks.com:

"How about a little common f--king courtesy?," Smith writes. "Never mind the fact that when you're paid to watch movies for a living and the only tasks required of you are to a) sit through said movies and b) write your thoughts about them before your deadline, walking out before a movie's over is pretty unprofessional."

Get em Bob!!! Also, Snakes on a Plane opens soon. What a crazy-ass movie. If you haven’t heard about all the hooplah surrounding this flick, you are really out of touch. Go to Google and YouTube, learn more, and leave your mother’s basement.

I’m off to a wedding this weekend in Galveston for a good friend and college roommate. Lots of other college idiots will be there, so I will be drunk most of the time. Enjoy your weekend and stay out of the heat!