Karate Dog

Rusty has been quietly (yet excitedly) awaiting the cable-premiere of his favorite film of all time (Karate Dog). The other day, we were watching the funniest show on television (Who's Line Is It Anyway?) and there it was: an advertisement notifying us that Karate Dog would make it's debut Monday, May 29.



Rusty immediately got very excited - running around the room - mimicking Karate Dog's signature roundhouse kicks and karate chops. When he tired himself out he explained how Cho Cho (voice by Chevy Chase) had really been an inspiration in his young life. Eventually leading him to run away from his happy home near Eau Claire to fight evil. After 8 years of fighting crime, he came to the realization that he was just getting a little too old for the job. Following the transfer of his skills to a young pup (a story he relayed to me via a montage, of course) he turned himself in to the authorities who labeled him a stray - transfered him to WAAGR - who placed him with Monnie and I - and the rest is history.

Anyway, Rusty was informed just a few minutes ago (by his evil foster mother, Monica) that he will not be watching karate dog. Primarily because she feels that it will lead to him returning to his life as a rogue.

Stay tuned. I have a feeling this isn't over between the two of them.

Ultimate

Seems like with the amount of ultimate frisbee I play: eventually there would have to be some photographic evidence! Well, here are some pictures from our spring team's finale, courtesy of Ogden Kent (more of his work here).

I think they're quite good - you never know how in-motion pictures are going to turn out. Or, actually maybe I should rephrase that: _I_ never know how they'll turn out!

Of course, being vain I'll feature the one of myself here:



The spring league team was a great group of guys - we ended up with a solid .500 winning percentage. Too bad the season is over but maybe playing 2 days a week (the plan for the summer) instead of 4 (what I've been trying to do for the spring) may actually be an alright thing.

Muzak

I saw two very good shows last week. It started out with The Weepies on Tuesday at Cafe Montmarte. I had been to Cafe Montmarte before but never for a show... it was awesome (as I had heard coming into it). The kind of small venue that is really ideal of seeing this kind of folk show. If you're wondering what these guys sound like: let's just say that there has seldom been a more aptly named group! (and I don't mean that as a negative) If you want to check out their stuff just hit The Weepies website and it should automatically start playing.

As you'll also see on the website they've been featured on several episodes of tv shows. As they said during the concert: You know you've finally made it as a singer songwriter when two people make out in a closet to one of your songs on television.

The second show of the week was quite the opposite of folk. Atmosphere (hip hop) played at The Pabst which by the way is not the same place as the Riverside (sorry Nate!). This was an awesome show. I've seen Atmosphere three or four times now (basically anytime they're around here) and this may have been my favorite of the shows. Their new disc is great and this was a great live performance as one of the openers (Brother Ali) stuck around to do backup lyrics for Slug.

This turned out to be a great venue too - the first and second levels were completely packed but we had lots of room to spread out and really enjoy it from the third level.

Cool Stats

Ok, stick with me on this for a second... even if you aren't a baseball fan - this stuff is pretty interesting.

protrade.com has posted their Moneyball Player Salaries. They put each professional baseball player into some series of formula to come up with what that player _should_ be paid currently.

Now, of course, we'll all look at these numbers and question the definition of the word "should"... but once you accept that pro athletes are going to make way more than anyone should for doing anything (!) it's pretty interesting to look at which players are really earning their keep.

Check it out here

Top NL Teams

Former Mets GM turned Baseball Tonight contributor Steve Phillips announced his top 5 NL teams this morning on SportsCenter.

The good news? The Brewers made the list - coming in at #5!

The bad news? They were 4th in his rankings of the NL Central!

His list:
5. Milwaukee Brewers
4. Cincinnati Reds
3. St Louis Cardinals
2. Houston Astros
1. New York Mets