Theo Epstein, Tom Ricketts, you have two years pull off the most legendary championship win of all time. At the gym today, this popped into my head: If I was 17 right now, I would pursue a career in optometry, because everyone's gonna have vision…
Date Archives October 2013
Review: Tom-Yum-Goong 2
RZA leads a small army of martial-arts warriors, each with a number tattoo to indicate how good they are. Among them are the lethally brutal Number 2 (Crump) and the fierce Twenty (Rhatha), whose tattoo is spelled out across her cleavage. Kham (Jaa) is pursued…
Haven't you sucked my marrow enough?
Previously on Adam Riff™: Nike vs. Spencer Gifts I saw a Nike message shirt that read "MAKE ¢ENTS." I assume that message is related to Penny Hardaway, because otherwise, it's not very aspirational. "BE HOMELESS." Penny penny coin y'all. Asians make cents for making "MAKE…
Free Association
Original Star Wars Gag Reel is the best thing you'll see all week The Shockmaster Debut
104 Floors of Compromise
Pumpkin-flavoured Snickers? [inspects wrapper] Oh. No. Pumpkin-SHAPED Snickers. Pumpkin-shaped Snickers?! Is a gimmick really necessary to sell Snickers during Halloween time? Jram: Mars also produces egg-shaped Snickers for Easter. Jon: Heh. Snickers Coal. "What did you get for Christmas?" "[sigh] Snickers." [pause] Jram: Pumpkin-flavoured puffs,…
Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week
43. Precious masturbates to a minotaur (American Horror Story, S03E03) Honourable Mention Trail of Pigs (The Walking Dead, S04E02) Madame LaLaurie reacts to Obama (American Horror Story, S03E03) Sideline Interview (Key and Peele, S03E06) Ranch It Up! (The Eric Andre Show, S02E04) Road Trip (The…
Bad Religion Christmas Songs
So this is a real album: I'd [pause] if I hadn't seen Brett Gurewitz judging food on the Esquire Network last month. Quote Gurewitz: "It's been a fantasy of mine to be a judge on a cooking show."
Antebellum Prose
14 years after turning his back on the Green Street Elite and getting into mixed martial arts, Danny Harvey's world is shattered when his younger brother Joey is killed in what seems to be a pre-planned fight. With no leads to go on, and determined…
God, if you can hear me, crash this train
Jon: Red Sox burrpen. Jon: Because, you know, Asians. Ben: [pause] Previously on Adam Riff™: That was in 2008, so…"14 years old, 7 parades" today? We should check in on him every few years, à la the Up Series. "50 years old, 7 parades." [commits…
I belong in New Mexico!
Heh. America's Mood Map: An Interactive Guide to the United States of Attitude