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Yes!

Yeah, Showgirls takes it to another level of suck. Take out the nudity and it's like a long form Mentos commercial. The behavior of the actors is just inexplicable and disorienting. You might think that could make it interesting in an ironic way, but no.

4-2 Belgium. USA looked in over their heads. Belgium is a top team and they looked sharp. Clarence Goodson looked like a buffoon in central defense. Omar Gonzalez turned in a crap performance too--he should know better. When Demarcus Beasley is a bright spot for your team, you got problems. I though Jermaine Jones was solid over all, but he had a very bad tackle late that got him a yellow card. Jozy Altidore was lazy and uninterested. He left after half time and was not seen on the sideline. Speculation that maybe there's an injury situation there. Brad Davis...blah. Graham Zusi...blah. Compared to the polished Belgium side, the US looked like high school kids struggling with bad touches, terrible passes, overall weak skill. About the only positive: Stuart Holden subbed in late and looked energetic and competent. Man, if this guy could return to his old form...he could really make this a better team. And the sooner Donovan is back in the mix, the better. I'm tired of this debate. Nobody else is bringing any quality forward motion from the wings of from anywhere in the midfield. Also: Besler was a second half sub and looked ok. I don't know why he didn't start. I think the pairing of Gonzalez and Besler in central defense should get as much time together as possible. This seems to be the future. I'm trying to be patient and reserve judgement for the games that really matter and when the US squad is complete, but goddamm, this team doesn't seem to want to make that step from above average CONCACAF nation to a true contender. It's frustrating.

Ah, Happy Birthday, AJ. Have a great one!

reminds me of another great movie that doesn't get the credit it deserves: Diner (and Ellen Barkin is pretty cute in it)

It's weird the kinds of indignation you nuts will cling to. Girls who kill people? Ok. Girls who seduce children? Ok. Girls who antagonize on some lame hot-button political issue that bugs you? Nope Incidentally, I'm a YES on this one. She's pretty hot. And it's not like I'm gonna stick around to share ideologies with the ditzy skank.

Another round of games coming up. First a couple of warm-up friendlies... vs. Belgium Wed. 5/29 at 8pm ET (live on ESPN) vs. Germany Sun. 6/2 at 2:30 pm ET (live on ESPN2) Belgium is actually the more interesting game. They are very much on the rise and are expected to have their full A-squad for this one. Germany will be without a bunch of their stars. Both will be a good test for the USA though. Then three more Wold Cup Quallifiers... 6/7 at Jamaica 6/11 vs. Panama 6/18 vs. Honduras These are all crucial games. USA enters a somewhat easier phase of their hexagonal qualifying. Gotta win at least two of these, right?

This is no kind of day

Some of my favorite sleeper movies... Box of Moonlight After Hours Drowning Mona Hugo Pool Trust And Then There Were None

I also inadvertently paid tribute to Mr. Adams on Saturday. We took our little girl over to a friends house for a play date to play in their crazy sprinkler thing. I was toting a towel all day.

Awesome game! Excellent football--really entertaining. I had to laugh at the Bills references though.

All at once.

Such a great Sunday afternoon cable movie. Bona fide! I got the extended blu ray thing for my girlfriend and I watched it with her. The extra scenes make it better. It flows better and makes the story more enjoyable. Possibly the only case I can think of where adding scenes improved it.

The Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes reboots are way overrated. Absurd plotlines with Holmes inexplicably a smirking action hero? They do make old London look cool though.

I'm with you on this.

Yes, Top Gun is worthless crap. Even if you can fight your way through the humorless tough guy mirrored-sunglasses posturing, take a look at the letdown of a leading lady. Kelly McGillis? That's the big prize? No thank you. Piece of crap movie.

I think Scarface is stupid and cheesy. I hate the Lord of the Rings stuff. Those hour long battle scenes are so boring it makes life not worth living. I liked Brown Bunny. If you stick it out [not trying to make a joke here] to the end, it's really touching and sad. I liked Killing Them Softly a lot.

Thank god for girls who like to have a good time.

I know, right?

I'll do it for $0.25

Donovan looked very good last night for the Galaxy. A goal and two assists. I think that puts some pressure on Klinsmann. The roster will be announced today. If Donovan's not on it, I think fans will demand a more meaningful explanation from Klinsy than what he's offered up to now.

I’m not at liberty to say. I sold the rights to all my personal anecdotes from that period of my life to a lanky hipster doofus gentleman.

Tomorrow Klinsmann will announce the roster for the USMNT camp that starts 5/21. They have upcoming friendlies against Belgium (5/29) and Germany (6/2) before a round of three WCQ games, starting 6/7 in Jamaica. Sports Illustrated is reporting that Landon Donovan will not be called in… http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130514/landon-donovan-not-in-usmnt-roster-klinsmann/ I think this is a mistake. Klinsmann seems to be playing out some petty bitterness here. Donovan needs to be out there. On a positive note, Stuart Holden is getting the call. He’s worked extremely hard for about two years to come back from injuries. If he regains his old form, our national team is much improved. Klinsmann has announced that Holden will be on the roster.

I'll check it out. Breaking Bad is so good, anything those guys are working on deserves a look.