Something I like and Something I don’t like, No. 1.

Due to my complete lack of quality blogging lately, I thought I’d start a new series that may or may not continue, aimed at making blogging more frequent, shorter, and sweeter.  So here we go, I’m going to reflect on one thing I like and one thing I don’t like.  And as you have all come to expect, I will do this with wit and pith.  Witty pith, in fact. Pithy wit?

Like : The Muppets.

When you like something just as much in your mid twenties as you did when you were a kid, you know you’ve found something unique and special.  In fact, I might like them even more now.  Never before has a random collection of animals and ridiculously exaggerated humans come together to form something so timeless, classic, and hilarious.  My favorite Muppet?  I don’t even know how to answer that question.  I could name no less then 4.  Gonzo, Animal, Beaker, and of course the Swedish chef.  To put it simply, the Muppets somehow capture all that is right with the world.  Which, coincidentally, is a great segway into….

Dislike : The New York Yankees.

They are the B.P., the Goldman-Sachs, the dark-side of the force, the North Korea, the orc-army of Sauron of professional sports.  Eternally tarnishing the souls of any talented player to sign with them, they somehow manage to maintain control of a veritable all-star team in Major League Baseball, forever poisoning the spirits and goodwill of players I once loved but now have no choice but to despise.  This is a team that hemorrhages as much money as they do arrogance, ruining good playoff series with their over-paid, over-doped, and over-worshiped roster of power hitters and flame throwers.  Baseball is supposed to be a game of finesse, of heavily specialized and scrappy teams competing to out-wit and out-maneuver the other team’s machine.  But baseball and the Yankees are like those pretentious yacht races that billionaires have, only some pissant brought an aircraft carrier.

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