Posted by Jason Zajdel
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Loading ...The first set, Mountain View, is what I had previously. Maybe a change is in order? Help me decide! You can click the images for larger versions.
So the smart people with telescopes have found another possibly-habitable planet – in the Gliese 581 system about 120 trillion miles away. I think I’ll pack my ‘Stang and start heading over. I should be there almost never. However with our “advanced” technology, it would only take a few generations to arrive… which of course means that none of us will ever get to see this new world in action. Our kids won’t, either.
So here’s the upside: it’s larger than Earth, with a small sun – so much smaller that the planet is only 14 million miles away from its sun, unlike our planet which is 93 million miles away. As such, the planet rotates around the run every 37 days, as opposed to us having our planet rotate every 365 days. That means Christmas comes a lot sooner, kids.
For every upside, there is also some downside: the planet does not seem to rotate much. Or at all. So the bright side of the planet remains around 160-degrees, while the dark side chills around 25 below zero. This being the case, most of the planet is rather uninhabitable. However that “in between” area, where it’s always sunny in Gliese 581g, the temperature is “just right”, like Goldilocks’ porridge.
Astronomers claim there to be a 100% chance of life sustaining on this planet, if there is not life already (in the form of algae, bacteria, mold, etc) existing. They also believe there to be liquid water on the planet.
This. Sunday. Donovan McNabb heads back to where he called home for his entire career – the home of the Philadelphia Eagles.
The best part? He rallied so hard to get Michael Vick on the team, who is now the starter of the team which Andy Reid decided would go in another direction, away from one of the best quarterbacks of the past decade.
These two have a lot of similarities. They are superb athletes with rare physical gifts for the position. They are getting another opportunity to lead a second franchise. And they have been quite inconsistent with aspects of their games.
Before we break down these two, a few observations: Vick has done fine work behind center in 2010. But he has done it against some of the worst secondaries (Detroit and Jacksonville) in the league and against a Green Bay team that did not prepare for his unique skill set. Not to mention that Green Bay’s pass defense could be its biggest weakness. Also, while both offensive lines have plenty of questions, clearly Vick has better weapons surrounding him than McNabb has in Washington. However, McNabb is returning to Philadelphia. He took the Eagles to five conference championship games, a Super Bowl appearance and had zero felonies.
Let the Battle of McVick begin!
Today’s video is a two-parter. My custom (49ers moved to Vegas, baby!) team “The Rollers” taking on the Seattle Seahawks twice, and the same player returns a punt in both games.
Emanuelle Steele, whom you’ve never heard of because he is a generated rookie player, is one of the worst wide-receivers I have ever seen, but man is he fast. He’s my #1 kick and punt returner, and you can see why. In his first 3 seasons, he’s made the Pro Bowl three times, as a return man. He returned 3 kick offs for touchdowns in the latest superbowl I played. Fierce!
..but I still won’t get rid of my iPhone.
Verizon Wireless made the release date for the Motorola DROID R2-D2, Star Wars Special Edition handset public. The device will be available beginning on September 30th online and in select stores for $249 after a $100 mail-in-rebate. The special-edition smartphone will come preloaded with notification sounds, ringtones, wallpapers, widgets, and music from the Star Wars movies. How cool is that? You know, if you’re a complete Star Wars nut.
So in my first year of Madden 11 franchise, I took the Green Bay Packers to the superbowl. At 3rd and 7 in the 4th quarter, Aaron Rodgers throws a 52 yard TD pass to Donald Driver which makes the New England Patriots defense look silly.
Go Pack Go!
If you missed the Katy Perry – Elmo video that was dropped from Sesame Street after people complained about Katy’s cleavage, view it below.
Katy was on SNL doing a skit where she hops in with an Elmo shirt displaying.. well.. a very stretched out Elmo. She plays a busty teen who’s been causing a lot of “hullabaloo” at the local library due to her blossoming figure.
“Honey, you’ve exploded! Kaboom!,” noted the skit’s Poehler and Rudolph characters. They pair addressed Perry’s low-cut t-shirt featuring Elmo, saying, “Looks like this show is brought to you by the number 38 and the letter double D.” And, “Look at Elmo, his head’s all stretched out!”
Here’s the original video on Sesame Street, where Katy does a rendition of ‘Hot ‘n Cold’
Perhaps we can now acquire a quarterback who wants to work with a different offensive coordinator, hmm? A day after 49ers coach Mike Singletary said Jimmy Raye would be the offensive coordinator for the rest of the season, Raye was fired by San Francisco. Quarterbacks coach Mike Johnson was promoted to lead play caller, and becomes the 49ers’ eighth offensive coordinator in eight seasons. What a headache!
San Fran yesterday had just 251 total yards of offense, 11 first downs, and held the ball for just 26:10. The team lost their opener 31-6 in Seattle, hung in but lost to the Saints 25-22, and now have lost to the Chiefs. Coach Mike Singletary gave Raye a vote of confidence after the game yesterday, which now means nothing that the Niners will move in another direction after their awful start.
One day after saying Kevin Kolb would start in Week 3, Eagles coach Andy Reid named Michael Vick the team’s new starter, perhaps for good. Unfortunately he is gone in every fantasy football league I am in, even the one where I am stuck with Chad Henne as my starting QB.
It appears that the Kevin Kolb era lasted an entire two quarters; the guy that they were going to breed to be Donovon McNabb’s replacement and allow Vick to come in for wildcat dispersement, is now back to second string.
Also coming this weekend, Eli leads the Giants against his big brother and the Colts, for only the second time — the first was in 2006.
The Manning clan, including father Archie, a former-Pro Bowl quarterback with the New Orleans Saints, poke fun at each other in a humorous commercial to promote a game expected to produce monstrous television ratings.
“I think you have to try and enjoy it and understand it is special to look over there and see your big brother on the sidelines,” Eli told reporters. “You have to enjoy these times and take advantage of it and remember it. “We really just don’t know how many times it’s going to happen. It’s rare and I’m trying to appreciate it.”
When the brothers met in the first Manning Bowl in 2006, Peyton, who is five years older, was already well on his way to a Hall of Fame career while Eli was just beginning his third season and still undergoing intense on the job training. Peyton and the Colts won that game 26-21 but four years later much has changed.
Since that night at Giants Stadium, both Eli and Peyton have gone on to lead their teams to Super Bowl titles and Super Bowl most valuable player awards. Both are former first-overall draft picks and have been to the Pro Bowl.
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