Timbaland has made it the way that many before him had. He was a monster producer then he got in front of the mic. He has a sound that is unmistakable. It is full of bass. Well produced if not almost over produced.
Posting Timbaland and Kenny Chesney in the same day…priceless.
Kenny Chesney made it big with his 3rd album back in 1997. He has been turning out hits ever since. Don’t Blink is a nice tune about time passing you by.
Wow, would I love to be a CEO for one of these companies!! I would make a couple of speeches saying how sorry I was that I was being paid so much. I would give a couple of million to a homeless shelter (see video below - needless pain and suffering in New Orleans makes me want to puke) and I would frequently fly to an Hawaiian island and tell everyone to bite my butt! Unfortunately, I’m not in the club.
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From Forbes:
The chief executive of Tyco International Inc., which recently spun off its heath care and electronics units, received compensation valued by the company at about $34.1 million in fiscal 2007, according to a preliminary proxy statement filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Edward D. Breen, 51, received a base salary of $1.6 million in the fiscal year ended Sept. 28. He did not receive a bonus, but he did get about $3.3 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation. (more…)
Keith Olbermann is doing a great job at keeping many of the Bush administration’s scandals on our minds.
Remember how Jose Canseco was thought of as a nut case. He was lying. He was trying to get press for his book. Now, he is a damn honest man. The Mitchell Report if it did anything it elevated Jose Canseco to the level of honest man, no not saint but Honest Joe, who got his nose dirty in major league baseball. This is a lot better than rat fink liar.
Look this is really easy. 40 year old men do not run faster, jump higher or throw harder than 25 year old men. That’s simply a fact. Baseball fans, think back. Who got better late into their career? Also, steroids impede healing. Who got hurt all of the time?
I’m 47 years old. I’m out of shape. If I run, bike, lift weights and eat perfectly with the right balance of proteins, calories and fats, I could lose most of the fat and gain 15 - 20 pounds of muscle. I can’t gain 40 -50 lbs of muscle. Look at Barry Bonds. Look at Mark McGuire. Look at Sammy Sosa. These guys put on tons of muscle late in their careers.
Update: In the middle of all of this, Alex Rodriguez who has tanked in very playoff game that I can think of, just penned a 10 year - $275 million deal. He is playing a game isn’t he? He isn’t curing cancer or removing a busted spleen to save someone’s life, is he? This is so retarded I don’t know where to start.
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From WaPo:
On the night of Oct. 26, 2000, the New York Yankees enjoyed the last moment of a dynasty that defined the 20th century in baseball. Their big-game left-hander from Louisiana, Andy Pettitte, threw seven stellar innings against the New York Mets. They turned to their left-handed specialist, Mike Stanton, to work a perfect eighth inning. When they scored a pair of runs in the top of the ninth, Stanton was credited with the win in Game 5 of the World Series, granting the storied franchise the most recent of its 26 championships.
In the celebratory pile at Shea Stadium, however, were an inordinate number of players whose names appeared in the report of former Senate majority leader George J. Mitchell on the prevalence of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. (more…)
When a public officer uses his office to further his/her political career, that is sad. When you use the office to gamble and cover personal expenditures that’s sick and twisted. Yesterday, former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford was arrested.
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From ACT:
Former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford commanded an illegal gambling operation that moved as much as $5,000 at a time through his sheriff’s department office, federal authorities said Thursday.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office unsealed an indictment that made sweeping charges against Medford, including that he funneled money from illegal video gambling to cover campaign expenses and $54,000 lost at Cherokee Harrah’s casino.
Some members of Medford’s command staff promised protection for betting operations and would collect money from video gambling machine owners while dressed in sheriff’s deputy uniforms, according to the indictment. (more…)
Errington C. Thompson, MD, is a surgeon, scholar, fulltime sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats...
