Let's just call a spade a spade

New York (CNN) -- The daughter of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was arrested after police said she shoplifted items at a cosmetic store.

Caroline Giuliani, 20, was charged with one count of petty larceny after the incident at a Sephora skincare and makeup store Wednesday, the New York Police Department said.

She is the younger of Giuliani's two children with his ex-wife, Donna Hanover, a television reporter and actress.

Since his public divorce from Hanover and his marriage to Judith Nathan, Giuliani's relationship with his children has been strained, The New York Times reported in March 2007.

He missed his son's high school graduation and Caroline's plays, The Times reported.

I have a few bones to pick with this story. First, how can they call what Caroline "Shrek" Giuliani did a crime? Clearly a much bigger crime against humanity is leaving the house without a bag over her head. Sweet Caroline probably goes through makeup faster than the Blue man Group, so who could blame her for taking the five finger discount every once in a while. In fact, if I was Sephora, I would be giving her anything she wanted free of charge as long as she promised never to hang out in my store. Remember, its tough to sell twelve year old girls on the fact that your makeup will make them beautiful when the Horse Whisperer is walking around your store trying on lipstick.

Which brings me to my second, albeit unrelated, point. Are we really going to blame poor Rudi for this one. So he missed a few plays, I guess I wasn't aware that this correlated with driving your kids toward petty larceny. I can only imagine what Charlie Manson or Ted Kaczinsky must be saying about their fathers. Bet their dads must have missed them win a three-legged race or something and then just threw them completely off the rails.

More importantly, I thought there was a rule that Dad's have a free pass to miss any and all plays, recitals, concerts, and anything else that would have me snoring faster than a Thanksgiving food coma. This excuse is called Golf and its authority should never be questioned. Oh yeah, I didn't even mention the fact that Rudi was simultaneously trying to rebuild New York after the biggest attack since Pearl Harbor and running for President, guy is a real slacker. So anyway, let's just call a spade a spade.. or more fitting for Caroline, lets just call an ogre an ogre. She stole, she got caught, she's not easy on the eyes... case closed.

Kazaam!

In an effort to rejuvenate the franchise with some younger talent, Doc Rivers has brought in a 7' 3" powerhouse from LSU. At the tender age of 38, Shaq will bring the energy, passion, and youth that the team needs. Rivers was quoted as saying, " I love the video game Shaq-Fu, the movie Kazaam, and the song Phil is my father, (cuz my biological didn't bother)... He [Shaq] clearly gets what the young viewers want, and I think that his fresh legs and phenomenal free throw shooting abilities will push us over our last season's precipice."

SHAQ DIESEL... MAKE EM SHAKE, MAKE EM SHIVER

Is America Serious?

NEW YORK -- Tiger Woods has dropped into a tie with Kobe Bryant as the favorite American sports star.

Woods had held the position alone since 2006, but the Los Angeles Lakers guard moved up from fourth last year to grab a share of the top spot, Harris Interactive said Tuesday.

LeBron James dropped from third to sixth in the company's survey of 2,227 adults conducted online June 14-21, before he left Cleveland to sign with Miami. Retired NBA star Michael Jordan fell from second to seventh.

Yankees captain Derek Jeter moved up one spot to third and quarterback Brett Favre went from ninth to fourth. Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning was fifth, up from seventh.

New England quarterback Tom Brady, who failed to make the top 10 last year, was at No. 8, followed by New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees and NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt Jr.

So if you're scoring at home the rankings for Favorite American Sports Star go:

1. Tiger (Serial adulterer)
1. Kobe (Rapist)
3. Jeter (little high but belongs on the list)
4. Favre (The all-time interceptions leader, who is only still relevant because he makes Chris Berman and the rest of the media giddier than a 12-year-old at a Twilight premier)
5. Manning (belongs on the list, right below Brady)
6. Lebron (Murdered pro basketball in his home state)
7. Jordan (7th??? Really?)
8. Brady (I can maybe understand having Brady below manning... only because of the injury, but how on earth is he below Favre. This would be like choosing a peanut butter sandwich on stale white bread when you have a warm steak and cheese sitting on the table next to it... just unexplainable)
9. Brees (Ditto)
10. Dale Jr. (I still can't believe there are people that consider Nascar a sport, but I guess its the same people who consider dinner with your sister a hot date...)

What I would really like to know is who the hell Harris Interactive gets to do their polls. I'm pretty sure I could ask every guy I know to name their top 10, and they would have come up with a better list than this. Also, got to love the fact that the NHL got no love. I mean it doesn't surprise me that Nascar gets more love than soccer in the U.S., but you would think Crosby or Ovechkin could beat out a guy whose sport is what the rest of us do to get to work. Tough times

Rate which is a more unlikely sight in Boston:

Seeing a group of foreign chicks walking around Boston on a hot sunny day, not only dressed like cats (tails and all) but also carrying umbrellas.




Or......



Seeing 3 guys riding a jet ski at same time 60 miles north of P-Town.




Although the felines are pretty weird, I think you have to discount how unlikely this is because foreign people are always doing weird crap. I mean not wearing deoderant is pretty acceptable all over Europe, eating dog is not uncommon in some places in S.E. Asia, and mullets and wrestling shoes are in style in a number of places outside the U.S. so who am I to raise an eyebrow at a few chicks dressed up like cats. I think it would have been far more unlikely if these chicks were smokeshows. I'm always seeing movies where the ridiculously hot forieng exchange students head to America, but I'm guessing these babes are not going to make the GTA cut on Barstool. Just your average ugly, foreign, weirdos.

With that in mind, I think the vote has got to be for the Boston Three Party. Thank god the guy on the front is wearing a life jacket because the middle guy looks pretty excited to be the meat in that manwich. No telling when a misplaced thrust could send someone tumbling into the ocean. Could someone also get me the brand name of that jet ski, because any crotch rocket that can tow that kind of anchor must have more balls than the celtics locker room.

What's your vote?

And The Newest Survivor: Nicaragua Contestant Is...

Jimmy Johnson... Really?

I guess Jimbo just had to move on after ExTenze dropped him as their spokesperson.

Amish Kid Caught Ridin’ Dirty

(July 21) -- Kids these days. Give them the keys to the horse and carriage, and they go wild. Levi Detweiler, a 17-year-old Amish kid from Leon, N.Y., allegedly ran a stop sign in his horse and buggy, leading authorities on a mile-long low-speed chase.

Detweiler took a sharp turn too fast and turned the buggy over, rolling it into a ditch, police said. It took the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office a week to investigate the incident, which ended with Levi being charged with underage possession of alcohol, reckless endangerment, over-driving an animal, failure to stop at a stop sign and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.

First off I would like to apologize for my extended absence, I thought about writing a lot, but in the words of Aldous Snow, “I just went right on living my life.” Now that that is all squared away, on to the Amish Lindsay Lohan. My guess is that Levi was going through the typical teenage rebellion phase and decided to get a little liquored up, hitch up the wagon and take a ride through sin-town aka the real world. Everything was going smooth as home-churned butter for Levi until his best Jeff Gordon impersonation led him to blaze through a stop sign at 5 miles per hour. Now with the authorities on his tail, Levi really only had two options. Stop, and likely get beaten with a hickory stick by his old man, or take another swig of moonshine, whip his horses, and make a break for it. Easy call for an experienced buggy driver. Unfortunately for Levi, he misjudged a rather precarious 30 degree turn and tossed the carriage faster than Britney Spears on a three day coke binge.

The questions I have are about the charges against this kid.

1. how the hell did he escape a DUI? You can get a DUI for being drunk in a parked car if the keys are in it. This kid was whipping a mean 8 miles an hour with a 2 ton death carriage. How did it take a weeklong investigation to say, yep this kid evaded cops and flipped a buggy while hammered, but we're not charging him with a DUI?

2. what the hell is over-driving an animal? Is it like a little league pitch count where the horse can’t exceed 15 miles in a day?

3. Isn’t living in an Amish village worse than jail anyway?

Villa-No-Fun

I hope Shane really likes fishing, because I don't think he will be counting too much money while he is playing for the 10th place team in the Portuguese league. I'm a little shocked they even allow basketball in Portugal. I figured the country stuck to sports like soccer since it would be too dangerous to practice their renowned diving techniques on the hardwood.

Definitely makes me wonder how Shane ended up in Portugal in the first place. I mean he was no star, but you'd think he could crack a team in Italy or Spain. Is it possible that he asked for a cat during contract negotiations? I mean with Shane mumbling and a little mis-translation, I can almost picture a movie-like scene where Shane's desire for a cute little cat to rub down on is misinterpreted as a desire to rub the Owner's daughter's kitty cat?

I guess this just shows us why athletes should stay in school. Oh wait, Shane stayed in school and graduated... somebody call Dickie V and let him know that he can cut the song and dance about how staying in school prepares kids for the real world. College ain't for everyone.

Billy the King

With news that notoriously awful GM Billy King is being given another chance to run a team into the ground with his new job as GM of the Nets, I got to looking around the old information super highway to see if there was anything that justified his hiring. And that's when I came across this gem, when Billy boy tried to "handle" when AI and C-Webb showed up late to fan appreciation night. I'm not sure how this has not ended up on a Coors light commercial yet. I guess maybe the fact he dropped more F-bombs than you'd hear during a day on Revere Beach, caused Coors to shy away.

Below is a little sample of King's tirade:

"I'm not sitting here worrying about, yes, should they be here? It's going to be addressed. They're going to be fined. That's all the [bad word] I can do about it. I can't sit here and keep a stopwatch to let you guys know when they're here.

"They're not here. When they get here, they'll be late and they'll be [bleep] fined. That's what the [bleep] I'm going to talk about. All right? Our team is not good right now. I know that, and worrying about the [bleep] that they're late or not doesn't do any [bleeping] bit of good to be sitting here worrying about it.

"We didn't make the playoffs. I've got a lot of [bleeping] work to do, and this is some [bleep] that is a distraction to me. Am I pissed off? You're [bleeping] damn right I am. Is that what you want to hear? You [bleeping] heard it."

What's even scarier is that before this tirade, King was known as a pretty cool customer. A guy so smart, polished, and poised that local Democrats once mused about asking him to run for the U.S. Senate.

I always thought Philly fans were unlucky having Billy King run their team, but knowing he could have been in charge of the entire state of Pennsylvania and had 1 of 50 votes on any major decision for the country makes having him run your NBA team seem like a blessing.

I mean this is the guy who gave a goon like Matt Geiger a 6 year $51M contract when Geiger was in his mid 30s. Unsurprisngly to everyone but Billy, after three years and less production than George Muresan, Geiger was out of the league.

If this was a one time thing, maybe King gets a pass, but Billy was like a Florida Casino for washed up power forwards. A great place for them to grow old and try to get rich.

King inked Kenny Thomas, Elton Brand, and a plethora of others to huge deals despite career threatening injuries, histories of underperformance, or the propensity to eat more late night cheeseburgers than a sauced up David Hasslehoff.

Imagine this guy in the Senate... I can see him now offering Bernie Madoff a 5-year 100 million dollar deal to resurrect his career and manage Pennsylvania's pension fund. Or maybe he could ink a 9-year 200 billion dollar deal with Russia for the rights to Siberia. With this guy at the helm the possibilites are endless. I'm just hoping he gets enamored enough with an aging KG to send us Brook Lopez and Courtney Lee. Sounds crazy, but with Billy King, you just never know

Ain't buying it

(CNN) -- To his congregants, he lived the humble existence of a pastor. But a high-flying Connecticut priest was charged this week with first-degree larceny in the theft of almost $1.3 million from his church's coffers to fund a lavish double life that included swanky hotels and male escorts.

Father Kevin Gray, 64, a former pastor at Sacred Heart Church in Waterbury, allegedly embezzled money from the church over the course of seven years. Along with expensive taste, Gray allegedly kept company with a number of male escorts, and allowed some to have credit cards in their names.

One escort, Islagar Labrada, allegedly charged more than $49,000 to the account.

Another man, Weirui Zhong, who told police he met Gray in Central Park in 2005, said Gray paid for his rented apartment in New York, a piano, dogs and Harvard University tuition since 2008, according to the affidavit.

Zhong told authorities that when he pressed Gray about why he was always paying him with checks from Sacred Heart Church, Gray told him that he won big cases as an attorney, and that he put all his live savings into the church account. --


Now wait just one second. Is anyone buying the story that "Weirdo" Zhong is selling here? It's not like Father Gray had some elaborate scheme like Madoff. The guy is writing you checks from Sacred Heart church for chissakes.

I wish people would just tell the truth and say yeah I thought it was fishier than a softball locker room but the guy is freaking footing my 50K tuition bill, who am I to mess with a good thing.

Also, cut the crap on meeting Father Madoff in central park. The only way you two met in central park is if it was in one f the realst areas. Let's just call a spade a spade Zhong. You were fishing for a sugar daddy, likely in the bathroom of one of those swanky hotels Father Gay (typo, I swear) was frequenting and now you got to deal with the cavity. Don't insult is with this innocent victim routine. As a wise man once said, Barbaric!

Salutations, Jermaine!

Big Baby and Baby Face gonna run shit this year

SCHWEINSTEIGER!

Bastian Schweinsteiger is tearing it up on and off the pitch. The guy's girlfriend crushes dark beer during the game and has a constant hair blowing in the wind look while Schweinsteiger makes men look like boys with his bleached blond hair and awesome name. How can you root against this guy?

Camo-Wearing Bow Hunters Marry in a Tree in Iowa

Anamosa, Iowa - An Iowa couple whose passion for bowhunting encouraged Cupid's arrow to strike wore camouflage to blend in with the wooded backdrop at their treetop wedding.

Forty-two year old Kim Silver dressed in a silk gown made by camouflage specialist Mossy Oak, and her 61 year old groom, Marvin Hunter, was dressed in camo shirt and pants at the Saturday nuptials.

They said their vows atop a tree stand hunting platform at the Anamosa Bowhunters Club in the state's northeast. The bride and groom occassionally punctuated the ceremony by firing arrows at targets.

Hunter said the couple had always joked about getting married on a tree stand. Silver said they hunt together so much that the camo wedding "just seemed like the right thing to do."

Aside from the fact that it involved people from "Iowa", this story captured my attention for a few reasons. For one, this hunter had the last name Hunter. You think this is his real name? Maybe that's why he became a hunter? Or maybe he changed it because obviously the single chicks at the hunting club would do anything to marry a guy with the last name hunter?? I'm guessing the last scenario is the case because, like it or not, your name says a lot about you. It's why you've never heard of a porn star named Stuart Little, why Curtis Jackson went with the improper grammar in his nickname (50 Cent for all you Wanksta's), and why all women's rights activists insist on a hyphenated last name. Kim Silver is weak. Kim Hunter....well that sounds like a gal that can kill a defenseless animal with the best of them. And you can bet your ass Kim ain't hyphenating nothin'. But why did she agree to dress in camo and get married in a tree? I get that these two love birds like to hunt together, but it seems a little over-the-top, right? That would be like me getting married in a pair of netted shorts (no underwear) on the couch during a re-run of Real Housewives of New Jersey. Or Simple Jack saying his vows to a napping Zulie. So Kim can stop with the dog and pony show about how the tree wedding was the "right thing to do." Just be honest and tell us you were in it for the last name and didn't want anyone but the priest seeing you kiss the old bag.

Little Kid Footstools.... Brilliant!

The Western New York father who says putting an ad on Craigslist to sell his children was just a joke had better hope he gets a judge with a sense of humor.

Joshua Stagnitto of Brockport appeared in Sweden Town Court last night, where he pleaded not guilty to third-degree falsely reporting an incident.

Stagnitto was arrested two weeks ago after someone saw the ad and reported it to Monroe County Child Protective Services. They alerted state police….who say they checked on the kids, who were fine and in no danger of being sold at any time. They say Stagnitto told them it was just a joke. They said “we’re not laughing” and arrested him on the misdemeanor charge.

The ad, by the way, listed his sons for $200 for both of them, or just $40 apiece…and said they were good for slavery or as foot stools.

Stagnitto is due back in court in July.

He says he loves his kids and would never do anything to hurt them. He also says in a way, it’s good that he got arrested….because it shows that if someone really did try to do this, they’d get caught.

Stagnitto says he’s gotten a lot of flack since the story first broke. And he says he agrees with his wife… who says what he did was stupid.

I'm not sure what's worse here, that the cops thought their "we're not laughing" line was clever enough to repeat to the reporter who wrote this story or that Josh "The Mosquito" Stagnitto was forced to agree with his wife when she calls him an idiot.

Now I'm not saying Josh is a MENSA candidate. I mean the guy clearly does not understand pricing. Here's a tip Josh, you offer someone a discount for buying in bulk. Why would anyone buy 2 kids for $200 when they could buy them both separately for a total of $80? Even so, I kinda like his foot stool marketing idea. How sweet would it be to have a few people that would form a chair for you, one to act as a side table for your beer and chips, and a little kid to put your feet up on after a hard day of work. Brilliant!

In addition to his marketing ingenuity, The Stag man did a service to the community by ferreting out the creep who reported him. I mean what kind of sick crap was that guy looking for when he "stumbled" upon footstools made of little kids? I'm trying to picture the search terms that would bring that up? This guy has got to be a class 5 predator doesn't he? I think the only thing left to do is write to Budweiser and get them to recognize Josh in their real men of genius campaign. Mr. Furniture made of children inventor, has a pretty nice ring to it.

I did not steal the "sweet prince" line from Barstool - pure coincidence...not that anyone cares

Rest in Peace, Sweet Prince

When I say Martin Luther King what pops into your head? "I have a dream!" right? Lou Gherig? "Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the earth." George Bush Sr? "Read my lips, no new taxes!" Bill Clinton? "I didn't inhale!" I ask you this because, like it or not, everyone's legacy comes down to a few words or events that will define them for the rest of time. And today this especially rings true as the great senator and even greater American, Robert Byrd, passed away at 92. People won't remember his fiddle playing ability, 17,000 roll call votes, or "West Virginian of the 20th Century" award for which he edged out Kevin Pittsnogle. No...people won't remember any of his skills, milestones, or awards. But they will never forget Robert Byrd and the poor creatures he was so determined to protect. And with that I leave you with this video tribute...because only Byrd's fiery voice deserves to deliver his eternal message...his place in history....

Suck me "Bottle Full"

Following his second alcohol related arrest, actor Chris Klein has voluntarily checked himself into rehab.

"After recent events, Chris was forced to take a clear look at a problem he has been trying to deal with himself for years. He understands now that he can not beat this disease alone," his rep Jaime Primak tells PEOPLE in an exclusive statement. "He thanks everyone for their support as he takes all the necessary steps to deal with his addiction and asks for privacy while doing so."

The actor is seeking treatment at the Cirque Lodge in Utah where he will complete a 30 day alcohol addiction program and has plans to stay longer if need be.

Last Wednesday the American Pie actor was arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of drunk driving when he was seen weaving on the Hollywood Freeway.

I understand that DUIs are not a big deal in Hollywood. They are basically like the belly-button piercings of the 2000s. Yeah you may be a little embarrassed when you look back on it in 20 years and maybe your parents give you that slightly disappointed look, but hell, everyone is getting them and they don't seem to have any real negative consequences for the people getting them.

But what I don't understand is why with all the money in Hollywood, celebrities don't just hire drivers? Celebs have no issue shelling out dough to people who answer their phones, cook for them, stretch them out, and do their hair and make-up among other things, yet for some reason they don't see the point of hiring someone to drive them around when they want to get bombed worse than the Arizona.

Yes I know. Most of these jokers are not the sharpest tool in the shed. But when money is no object, why not avoid a court date? You would think someone could make a pretty good living running a service that would provide certified / insured drivers that could be hired out on a full time basis or potentially even on a night by night basis. You could even go as far as having someone available to simply drive your car home for you, at the end of the night.

The only reason this may not work is that non A-list celebrities may not actually mind the DUI, in fact it at least gets your name out there. I mean when was the last time someone talked about Chris Klein before this story came out? If I had to guess, the last time I heard his name in normal conversation, I was dominating CW and Sloan in Super Smash Bros and a knee-sock wearing Britney Spears was still hot. So if this is all a "no press is bad press" ploy, I guess it would make sense. Otherwise, I might be moving out to Cali pretty soon to start "Dewey's Drivers."

Japanese Professor Serving Some 'Spicy' Tuna

Teacher wants sex with students to say sorry for Japanese invasion'

A history teacher has apparently offered to have sex with Chinese students at her college in Japan to apologise for her country's invasion of China in 1937, it is reported.

Anri Suzuki, 24, from Tokyo - is said to have a doctorate in Sino-Japanese history, but said she had specialised in studying the Japanese invasion of China and was ashamed by what her countrymen had done.

She told the Chinese media: "We have to respect the lessons of history and although we cannot obliterate it we can try and make recompense.

"I want to cure the wounds of China with my body, and I offer to do this by having sex with Chinese students in Japan."

"I think it would be a symbolic compensation for them," she added.

I think this is another power play by China to one up everyone in the world. First we saw them one up the cigarette-smoking baby, now they’re trying to horn in on the US’s pride and joy— female sex scandal teachers.

Now your average run of the mill sex scandal teacher is after the young boy likely because she can’t get any in her own age bracket aka uglier than sin. So what does China do? Find themselves a spicy oversexed teacher that wants to proverbially fall to her knees to “apologize” for Japan’s horrible behavior.

Malarkey! There are three possible scenarios where this could happen.

A. 1. China is attempting to control its population by letting every college age boy have sex with one woman.

B. 2. Japan is using a new form of biological warfare to destroy China’s male youth (better double bag it boys)

C. 3. China offered a high-class Japanese prostitute a doctorate and a job if she would make them sound cool by wanting to bone Chinese students.

Any way you slice it... It might be time to transfer and see if she wants to “bury the hatchet” over pearl harbor and Hiroshima.

Caption Contest: World Cup Edition

Venus Williams almost sneaks her way to second base while Brandy Chastain celebrates her gamewinning goal.

Lebron Finally Helps Bring Title Back to Cleveland

(Forbes)

This year Cleveland takes the top spot in Forbes third annual ranking of America's Most Miserable Cities. Cleveland secured the position thanks to its high unemployment, high taxes, lousy weather, corruption by public officials and crummy sports teams.

The city of Cleveland has had a colorful history. The Cuyahoga River, which runs through the city, famously caught fire in 1969 thanks to rampant pollution, and it wasn't the first time. In 1978 it became the first U.S. city to default on its debts since the Great Depression. Cleveland sports fans have had to endure more anguish than those in any other city. The city has been dubbed with a less than endearing nickname: the Mistake by the Lake.

You have to hand it to Lebron here, I mean people say he doesn’t know how to win a title, they say he’s not a team player—Nonsense. Lebron finally robbed the city of Cleveland of enough hope that he could procure them the title they’ve been waiting for. Look at what this man has done for the city, he’s given them something to take pride in! Oh you have no job? your house is being repossessed? Your polluted river is on fire? Well hey lets throw in a side of hometown pride for the worst sports franchises in the country to boot.

Lebron is a lot like a Korean Masseuse with no thumbs. He can get you close, but just doesn’t have what it takes to give a season a happy ending. And now to top it off, Cleveland has the whole city doing the Happy Gilmore “I wanna kiss you all over” to try and keep this guy around—Tremendous!

If I was in Cleveland I’d be moving on quickly to the newly anointed Miami-Wade County. Beautiful weather, women, and a hoop star that doesn’t leave you as depressed as a Serena Williams playboy shoot.

Big Brother Psychology

A French fishing vessel reached a remote area in the Indian Ocean on Saturday morning to fetch a stranded 16-year-old California girl who lost contact as she tried to circumnavigate the globe in her yacht.

Abby Sunderland, who is trying to be the world's youngest to sail around the world, lost satellite contact on Thursday and issued a distress call after what appeared to be a rogue wave hit the boat, damaging its communications equipment.

Her brother Zack, who circumnavigated the globe in 2009, becoming the first under 18 to make the trip, recalled his own "rough" journey through the Indian Ocean.

"No one gets out of it without hitting a bit of a rough patch," he said.

"You have to stay up for hours and hours and battle sleep deprivation and storms. ..." he said.

Wonder how many "I told you so's" Abby "S.O.S." Sunderland is going to hear from big bro? I got pissed when I almost lost to my younger brothers in Madden, so I can only imagine how pissed I would be if one of them tried to break a record I set a year earlier.

Once he found out she was alright, the Zack Attack was probably popping champagne like he was Mercury freaking Morris. Love how he even rubbed some salt in the wounds by pretending to be concerned and giving her that condescending "Nice try Sis.. not everyone is good enough to get past the Indian Ocean, don't sweat it."

This is a classic big bro move. Trust me, I have been using this kind of psychological warfare for the better part of 30 years. Nothing pisses off a younger sibling more than when you beat them in a hard fought game but then instead of being ultra competitive, you give them a compliment and act like you're happy they came so close. It gives off the feeling that you were never that worried about them beating you.. and that kills them.

I'm sure The Zack is going to be making up subtle little nicknames like Abby "Sunk"erland that he can jab her with at Thanksgiving, just to make sure everyone knows who's boss. Cannot wait for these two to end up on the Amazing Race, embarassing themselves and Big Larry when they lose in the final to the Hilton sisters.

A little off point, but I also had to point out that Zack's description of the Indian Ocean sounds like every night you spend in Vegas? I don't think I could have summed up a red-bull and vodka induced, all-night, blackout / blackjack binge better than, "No one gets out of it without hitting a bit of a rough patch," and "You have to stay up for hours and hours and battle sleep deprivation and storms"

Props to College Bill for the tip on the article