Is this Pure Brilliance...Or did these Guys Just Have too much time on their hands. Personally,I think it is quite impressive and the acting is dead on. JW, next time your in town we have to organize a video shoot.

I Hope Everyone Has a Happy New Years!

Well, here it is a quick NFL Musing and a big congratulations to our loyal Dolphin fans out there. At the beggining of the year, Mikey, Koko, Rich, Regs, and Myself would have felt like our teams had an undeniable route directly to a far run in the playoffs.......Well, I don't know about Regs since he was not very fond of the Brett Favre Trade (more on that later) but nonetheless The Giants, Pats, and Packers looked like solid picks to make it deep in the playoffs.

Well, A throttled ACL and the Pats season takes a nasty curve. The Pack suffers some big injuries and proudly claim the greatest 6-10 team of all time. And the Giants.........Well what do we say about the Giants. They lose Strahan, Usi, and Plax yet they keep pluggin away and still have a legitimate shot. However, you can't lose a playmaker like Plax that requires that much of attention from Defenses and expect to make another miracoulous run.

The point of my post was to congratulate Fins fans on an incredible turnaround and point out this is the reason the NFL is so wildly popular. Anything truly can happen in the NFL. 1-15 one year..........don't worry. 13-3 one year..........doesn't mean anything the next.

Chad Pennington a noodle arm with one team......and now is arguably a legitimate NFL MVP Candidate. Jason Taylor the Fins only legitimate player last season..........We don't need you Parcells says and Taylor has a brutal year and the Fins defense did not miss a beat. Wow...........Well good luck to the Fins this Sunday.

Also, no word yet on how the Playoff starved Fins fans have scooped up tix but I guarantee it is not as bad as Vikes Fans. Check out this post from profootball.com

On Monday, various Vikings fans took issue in the comments with our decision to point out the fact that 20,000 seats remain for Sunday’s playoff game against the Eagles.

Some thought that it was misleading to suggest that the availability of so many tickets on the first day after the clinching of a playoff berth might result in a local blackout of the game.

But, as the Minneapolis Star Tribune points out, the threat of a failure to sell out the Metrodome is real. The problem is that a whopping 45 percent of the season-tickets holders opted not to buy playoff tickets.

Forty-five percent.

Wow.

Vikings V.P. of sales and marketing Steve LaCroix says that some fans were reluctant to buy tickets until they knew for sure that the team would make the playoffs, and that as of Monday sales were brisk.

Indeed, since the season-ticket holders would have received refunds if the Vikings hadn’t qualified for the postseason, why wouldn’t they have protected their ability to sit in the same seats they occupy for every home game?

Weak............

Did you know this Famous Trainer was once the Penguin????

While on my travels through the Frozen tundra one of our faithful readers pointed out to me that Koko's favorite superhero had Burgess Merrideth star on his show. I never new that before Rocky, Mickey starred as the Penguin.........Great stuff.

Well, once a Cobra Kai...Always a Cobra Kai. However, the Famous Kai Dojo would like to wish a belated Birthday and best wishes to original charter member and Cobra Kai rookie JW aka Jonathan West. JW has decided to pursue other endeavors such as flying a Chopper for Uncle Sam.

The team would like to wish him good luck and let him know we will miss his Tomahawk Chop and his unique beer slamming abilities. My prediction is that our pitcher output could dip a few the first couple weeks and we may be in trouble of not breaking our team records.

The Cobra Kai's still are intact for the most part from their original founders......a few have changed teams and Smokey got called up to Beantown but now we must add JW to this illustrous list.

Anways, JW also wanted to pose a question to the dojo.

What do Journeyman players in the NFL do for housing when they change teams? Do they rent, buy, or stay at a hotel??????????

Apparently, this question was burning up JW on Christamas day because he asked me this question and I didn't give him a good enough answer because he wanted it posted for the dojo to explain.

Usually I would put something like this in the TechPhiles box, but since I was just talking about this very thing with someone I thought it deserved some more discussion.

There actually is a prototype football with sensors being developed that can accurately detect whether or not the ball hit the ground before the receiver catches it and with GPS whether it actually crossed the goal line or not.

Very cool. Here's the link:

http://gizmodo.com/5114133/sensor+equipped-footballs-to-make-refs-more-accurate

Everybody's Favorite Thanksgiving tradition of the Rocky Marathon that the Versus network aired was riveting for me because for the first time I saw a Rocky marathon perfectly broad casted where they transitioned from Rocky I to Rocky II without replaying the last scene and directly going into the new scene from the end of Rocky.

Anyways, something has been gnawing at me since watching the latest marathon. I implore the Dojo to help answer these burning questions for me so I can sleep more soundly at night. First, I still can't believe Rocky fought Drago for "Nothing" on Christmas day in Russia???????? How come he didn't just donate his purse to some type of charity??????? I mean the Russian Premier must have banked from that fight. The Pay Per View, The tickets....I mean the stadium was absolutely packed!

Also, Ironically after Rocky gave his riveting speech and more or less helped bring down the Cold War, what Happened to Ivan Drago? Ivan was undefeated and was a pure wrecking machine. Yet, we never heard from him again. Did he retire? Do you think he left Russia and went to the United States to pursue a boxing career or become a movie star???? Or do you think the Russian premier was so pissed at him for embarrassing the country that he exiled him to work in some factory and be an example to the rest of communist Russia on what happens to you when you fail him??????

Next, When Rocky decided to begin his training regimen in the Mountains of Russia do you think it was appropriate to start his Training session of a 25 mile run wearing Snow Boots? Also, Do you think Sly got the idea for Cliffhanger when he was on top of the Mountain?

Taking a step backwards what about the infamous Clubber Lang? This guy was also a one man wrecking crew, almost a "Iron Mike" like fighter. After Rocky finally beat him what happened to his career? I mean Rocky went on to defend his title and we never heard from Clubber again. How come Apollo didn't decide to fight Clubber after he disrespected him in the ring, what Apollo didn't have it in him to Fight Clubber but he decided to fight a much younger and more destructive Drago. I mean a Clubber V Apollo fight would have been a big ticket draw.

Do you think because it was the 80's that Clubber beaten and broken down got a nasty drug habit and fell out the public spotlight? Or did he pursue an acting career? I mean there is no way his boxing career was over? I still think Clubber could have beaten Tommy Gun pretty hand idly. Or wouldn't a Drago V Tommy Gun fight been a great fight?????

I mean nowadays fighters retire and unretire on a regular basis. Why did we never hear from Drago and/Clubber Lang after they lost to Rocky???? At least we know what became of Spider Ricoh after he lost to Rocky. He became a beaten down man and got lost on the streets until he found God and then Rocky was nicest enough to let him eat for free at his restaurant. Do you think Drago and Clubber fell to a similar fate but were too proud to ask Rock for help?

That's is my weekend thoughts and hope the Dojo as some more deep thoughts/Answers for me. Good luck and I look forward to your musings.

Is this Proper attire for a Strip Club????

Well, My weekly musings on things that have gone wrong in the world now concentrates on 2 prima-dona WR's. Well, there certainly has been plenty said on Koko and Rich's buddy Plaxico Burress. However, this article digs deeper and begs a deeper question....."Is it proper to wear sweatpants to a Strip Club??"

Check out this story and here it is in a nutshell:

Burress and teammates Antonio Pierce and Ahmad Bradshaw actually began the night at Head Quarters, a "jiggle joint" (really, New York Post?) on the West Side of Manhattan. Police have tracked down security camera footage of them drinking, eating from a buffet dinner laid out for the club's workers, stealing free gropes from the ladies, and generally being lousy guests.

Burress, 31, already was known at the club for being a "cheap," customer, and "very rude, conceited, full of himself," sources said.

"He's the most unpopular celebrity that's been there," said another source, adding he routinely paid strippers the minimum $20 for lap dances, in contrast to other big-name customers, who fork over as much as $200.

Momma always told me that you can judge a man on how treats servers and strippers. I love it, I mean come on, what do you think these women are strippers????????? Oh wait maybe I'm thinking of a different circumstance.


Lastly,if you were TO's teamate would you put up with his shenanigans?????

I mean how paranoid is this guy? To actually believe that Tony Romo and Jason Witten conspire to draw up ultra secret plays so they don't have to throw him the ball. I mean really TO???? Really? This isn't the 5th grade playground. Maybe Romo is sick of trying to force it to TO to make him happy and force costly INT's.

If you were Tony Romo, a relatively unknown player who let's be honest really got a huge break by landing the starting QB role and was thrust into stardom because he was able to hitch is ride on the TO trailer, how long would you put up with his garbage????? I think after awhile even the most laid back person snaps and can't handle such a wack job.

I hope Romo just ignores TO and starts throwing at him to start the game and just slings 2 consecutive short passes so hard at him that he just tries to knock him over. After he drops them never target him again for the rest of the game. Somebody has to teach this dude a lesson.............then again maybe he is just a lost cause.

This game is ours fellows we can do this!

In the highly anticipated Rematch with league rival the Beatdowns the Cobra Kai had an opportunity to make their run at our first division title. However, the Beatdowns were hungry for revenge after our dramatic extra inning win over them in the last meeting. Roundhouse Reger had a meeting with an Olympic trainer to evaluate his shoulder so we were missing his bat and solid play at the hot corner. However, as always the Cobra Kai were ready to adapt and overcome.

We came to play and our Defense was solid right from the get-go. Mad Dog was at his usual crafty veteran play on the mound baffling the Beatdowns murderer’s row of hitters and holding them down early. Mikey Lemieux has been playing like a man possessed the whole season. His bat has been hotter than one of JW’s Cougars and his glove is even matching it. I don’t know if Mikey is playing for that new free agent contract but I hope we can lock him up. Capt. Tucci had the OF ready to go as he knew it was going to be a long night as the Beatdowns usually rain down terror on opposing Outfields. Lemieux had the play of the night in the 4^th inning when he went barreling into the Left Field Fence and snagged the ball out of the Dark knight like Batman coming out of nowhere and went barreling into the fence, he escaped with some scratches but was back for more.

The Beatdowns were also attacking the Infield as Johnny Blaze and his crime fighting crew had their hands full as well. The Beatdowns were spraying frozen ropes at the Infield and Blaze and crew were absorbing the hits and making plays. Blaze and Big Matt connected on some inning ending plays to stop their rallies. Big Daddy Gutierrez was back patrolling the right side playing solid D and swallowing up Blaze’s tosses his way at 2B. Koko, was his usual solid play at 1B and had his Clark Koko cape on eating up their throws his way.

Our Bats came out early, but in the end it was too little too late. DonJuan had the controversial play of the night as just as we were rallying to tie the game JuanDiggler was rounding 3^rd heading home. However, the OF recognized Juan as the man who placed the ancient Ecuadorian curse on them last game that left them a player short. Thus, the rocket armed OF unleashed on Juan and drilled him in the head leaving him momentarily dizzied and stunned. What happened next is still debatable as Blue had no mercy for Juan and our team and claimed he missed Home plate after crossing it after absorbing the brutal blow. Regardless of what happened the out slowed our rally and Big Daddy was fined after the game for calling out the umps on the poor call.

JW continued his swan song play as his Tomahawk Chop is heating up as he showing the Red Bug Lake fans what they will be missing next season when he is preparing to make the transition from swinging the Tomahawk chop to flying a Tomahawk Chopper. We posted 7 runs, But the Beatdowns put up 9 so we missed our opportunity to battle for 1^st Place. However, we square off against the 1^st Place Rampage with an opportunity to claim 2^nd place this Friday night @ 8:30 Under the Friday Night Lights.

Of course, we regrouped at Gators and attacked the pitchers with reckless abandon once again. The Team had to keep an eye on Mikey after his sworn hatred for the Gators mascot as his #1 person on his Punching Hit list. Nothing ensued as we put back a new league record of 64 pitchers this Friday. Great Job Guys!

As a Kid I was an avid baseball collector and spent countless hours tracking down baseball cards at shows and my local dealers shop. Yeah, the allure of making some money on these cards was a driving force but more so the simple thrill of collecting the cards and organzing and re-organizing them everyday in my book and of course selecting the lucky few that got put in their own special "Plastic Case" was the Real thrill.

To this date I have an entire closet full of baseball, Football, Basketball, and even Garbage Pail kids at my parents house. I would estimate at one time according to Beckett weekly my portfolio was valued at around $10,000. Now.......probably $75........bad investment but great memories.

Anyways, I stumbled across this article and thought you guys would enjoy. If you were anything like me, and My guess most of ya'll were you hunted through many a baseball card pack in search of this Billy Ripken "Error" card where Fleer happened to miss the "F*ck Face" writing on the ball of Billy's bat. The Error card was like the elusive lottery ticket back in the day. I remember also trying to hunt down a mis-spelled Jorge Bell baseball card. Well, anyways the mystery is solved on the Billy Ripken error card bat. I love how in the article he explains that he wasn't very well liked in the clubhouse.

But, the truth comes out that he actually wrote it on his own bat so he wouldn't forget it was his. He said he was in a rush and couldn't think of anything better to write on it...............how about. B-RIP or BillyR. or something to that effect??????? I bet this has something to do with the fact that he was the younger bro of Cal and not that good so I have a feeling Cal was always calling him F*ck Face cause he was pissed his brother Billy was always tagging along and sucked at sports. I can see a daily conversation at the Ripken household going something like this.....

"Aw Come on Dad, Why do I have to bring Billy to the ball Field again, He Sucks!

Now, Cal someday I will be coaching both of you in the Majors so you better bring Billy so he can practice with the big boys and get better..............

Fine Dad..........Come on F*ck Face let's go!!!!!!

I love it. Any other famous error cards you pursued as a youth or just a card you always tried to find. For me, I was especially jacked to track down Cal's Rookie in Topps, Donruss, and Fleer. But, I also made a significant investment in Mike Greenwell rookie cards and Ellis Burks thinking I would hit the jackpot.............Not the case.....both flops.

Pat Listach, Joey Meyer, Danny Tartabull and Kevin Seitzer were also other rookies I tried to invest in that never really panned out. I think we need to start producing Cobra Kai cards!!!

Is Sean Avery a total douche bag or pure genius??

I can't quite decide if these comments from NHL bad Boy Sean Avery is pure genius or just a jealous douche bag being a douche. I mean he accomplished what he set out to do by drumming up publicity for the game and the dying sport of Hockey.

But, at the same time talking about another dude's girlfriend to the media is a low-blow. However, it's not WWF style. I can't get over how he is almost out of breath when he gives the statement. Kind of like when someone is really fired up and/or pissed off and your adrenaline is flowing and what you are saying is coming from the pit of your stomach. I haven't seen many interviews with him but I assume a professional athlete such as him still doesn't get nervous in front of the camera. Thus, I have to assume either he new he was being a douche when he was saying it, or he is really pissed off that his Ex is sleeping with another dude. It has to be one or the other.

Thus, I leave it up to the dojo to figure it out. Is this guy simply being playful and funny to drum up support for hockey or does he qualify for JW's list of people that deserved to be punched........which I assume he will be since these teams meet again assuming he is not suspeneded for the season.......and after all it is hockey where getting punched in the face is common place. That reminds me how is this sport not more popular???? It is the only major sport that they ecnourage fighting.


In case you are unaware of this and haven't heard of it here is a quick tidbit behind the quote:

The NHL has suspended Dallas Stars forward Sean Avery indefinitely. The suspension was handed down for making "inappropriate public comments, not pertaining to the game."

Following a morning skate, Avery called over all of the reporters in the locker room, and said "I'm really happy to be back in Calgary, I love Canada," he said. "I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy-seconds." Shaking his head, Avery said "I don't know what that's about, but enjoy the game tonight."

Avery's remarks came following a morning skate in Calgary, where the Stars were playing the Flames Tuesday night. He referenced his former girlfriend, Elisha Cuthbert, who is now romantically linked to Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf. Cuthbert had also been linked to Mike Komisarek of the Montreal Canadiens. Avery also dated model and actress Rachel Hunter, the girlfriend of Los Angeles Kings center Jarrett Stoll.

I love this commercial.....It opens up the options for so many jokes.

In honor of Rob's upcoming Olympic Gymnast celebrity dinner this Friday.....By the way he won't make the game.....so we need everybody to step up their game.......Here is the infamous commercial.......

Feel free to make alternate tag lines that would go along as well..........

The title sums it up. Who would you punch in the face (no repercussions) and why? Can be a live person or a dead person, no comic book characters (KoKo).