Beaver Pelt Trader of the Week? Obama and A--a
Friday, November 7, 2008
You guessed it... A-a is pronounced...Adasha. The latest award for originality in naming comes via reader Mike Reynolds who reports:
I have an aunt in speech pathology and she has a student named. A—a. “A dash a”
No shit.
That's the greatest use of, "No shit," in an email that I've ever seen. Succinct and to the point. So the pronunciation of dash is officially a trend. Wouldn't it be great to test the IQ's of people who use the dash in names and then spell it out loud? It would be even better if all the parents tested off the IQ charts. Up there with Einstein, Thomas Jefferson and Chelsea Handler. Maybe pronouncing the dash is like the electoral college, you have to have an advanced degree to really understand it.
Speaking of which, congrats to Obama. He's our co-beaver pelt trader of the week alongside A--a. I think he's going to do a great job as President, I really do. How can he not? He's already come out against the BCS.
Nick Kroes writes:
Hey Clay,
I know you normally focus on SEC football but since you're the college football writer at Deadspin at all, I thought I'd pose you this question. What would a "mid major" have to do to have a shot at the national championship team?
I'm a Boise State fan and am trying to figure out if there's a greater moment to aspire to than the 2006 Fiesta Bowl. Unless they move to a BCS conference (unlikely) or move to the Mountain West and that conference makes a play for automatic BCS bid, is there any chance? Even if they started ranked in the preseason top 25, would the voters let it happen?
Loved Dixieland Delight and even though I hate UT, looking forward to your next
book.
Sadly, no. I think for Boise State (or Utah for that matter) to ever advance to the BCS Title game they'd have to go undefeated and in order to snag a spot every major college champ in the Big 12, SEC, ACC, and Pac-10 would have to have 2 losses. (An undefeated non-BCS team might be able to slide in over a Big East team with one loss.) That's a joke. The college football system is unfair and unAmerican. I wrote a column last year for CBS saying that the only fan answer to the BCS was to boycott the advertisers who support the BCS Bowls on Fox. CBS elected not to publish it (one of about five columns they shot down over the past three years.) I'm going to dust that off and get it up on here soon. I think that's the only way to actually make a change, hit them in their pocketbooks. Either that or let Obama open up a congressional investigation into the anti-trust aspects of the BCS.
Vince writes:
Clay-
from your latest mailbag:
"Brian McGee writes:
What is with the tiny sweat bands that players are wearing around their elbows? I mean does this string of cloth really do all that much? I've also noticed them around the knees as well. I thought it was really funny to see that our quarterback, Nick Stephens, as well as our kicker and holder were wearing them over their underarmour. I guess there are some things I'll never get; this and the fact that players like to wear what is equivalent to pantyhose on their head.
You know how every now and then you hear a question that you didn't even know you actually had? This is one of them. I have no idea what those things do. Although I have a strong suspicion that they're just supposed to make the muscles bulge more and look intimidating. Because they can't actually restrict any sweat. That would be impossible for them to manage as they're worn and constructed.
As for over the underarmour, this makes even less sense. I'm going to ask about this on the sideline tomorrow. Maybe I'll even wear some. They remind me of the bands the Ultimate Warrior used to wear. So they can't be all bad."
i'm guessing very few of your readers regularly read the New York Times. but i may be able to help you out:
the gist: yes, it's all about looking good.
From the NYT article:
Most do not wear the bands to practice, signaling the vanity of their use. All admit that they wear the bands only because they think it looks good, which would be the only plausible reason.
“There is absolutely no benefit from a performance standpoint or a medical standpoint,” said Ralph Reiff, a certified athletic trainer and director of St. Vincent Sports Performance in Indianapolis. He has seen the upper-arm bands become popular on football players from the N.F.L. down to middle school. “It’s purely a fashion statement.”
On the New York Times front, I'm currently feuding with them because they won't deliver to my zip code in Nashville. I live downtown. I can see three other zip codes from my second floor porch. They deliver to each of these but not to me. At the Southern Festival of Books the New York Times actually had a booth. I give the guy my credit card, he assures me they deliver, and it's now been four weeks and nothing has arrived on my doorstep. So I'm pissed at the NYT. You would be too if you lived in Nashville and had to read the Tennessean. Everyone wants to talk about the decline of print media, justifiably, but I'm a 29 year old who lives in a major American city and wants to consume their product and they won't let me. Bastards.Labels: adasha a--a beaver pelt trader of the week
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