10 Things to hate about 2010

Good Morning all,

This morning's post is a precursor to 10 things to love about 2010, but I wanted to get all my rage out early in the day so that I can be productive for the rest of it.  2010 has been a strange year so far and I just wanted to point out a few things that have bothered me about it.

1. Fox News gave Sarah Palin an outlet to talk more.  If there is something we learned in 2008, it's that even if you have a platform, it doesn't mean you should use it.  This is not a Democrat vs. Republican thing.  Not at all.  In fact, I lean more towards the elephants than the donkeys.  Much more. This is a smart person vs. moron thing.   The woman is a loose cannon.  Be advised.  And where 1 moron speaks into a microphone, more are sure to follow.  Especially a pretty moron.  And one who is intentionally divisive.  But I digress.  I like to watch the news and when they get her on to talk about her take on something it just drives me up the wall.  

2. Tim Tebow got drafted in the 1st round of the NFL draft.  My Seminole bias comes through here a little bit, but this is more about the Broncos making an impulsive choice and not being responsible.  Sure Tebow was fantastic at Florida.  All the guy did was win.   But this is more about Josh McDaniels proving that he is a true QB genius.  He thinks he is the man who built Tom Brady and Matt Cassel, and certainly he deserves some of the credit.  But Tim Tebow is a product of Urban Meyer's spread option offense.  Alex Smith just recently showed some flashes and he is not nearly as run dependent as Tebow.  This draft pick will either make McDaniels look like a genius or a joke.  But it stinks of an impulse buy. 

3. Vampires aren't scary anymore.  When I read the book Dracula, I was scared out of my wits.  Vampire movies from my youth were terrifying.  Now Twilight has taken hold of our nation and won't let go.  And I am pretty sure I could take any one of those wimpy vampires.  I worry first about America's youth.  They aren't being scared to an appropriate level.  And vampires have been romanticized to a level where people think that being would be cool and not just awful.

4.  Tiger Woods all of a sudden sucks at golf.  I mentioned this in an earlier post.  But it's driving me insane.  Tiger- FIX IT!!!!!

5. Hockey and Soccer had to come onto my sports radar.  USA Hockey was a fun team to watch in the Winter Games.  The USA Soccer squad captured my attention in the World Cup.  Now they are taking up space in my brain.  Dang it.  Just when I had sufficiently forgotten about them.  It's a vicious cycle.

6. Dudes who wear skinny jeans.  Men, this has to stop.  For obvious reasons, you are not allowing yourself, well, full comfort.  Plus you look like an idiot.

7. Flat billed baseball caps.  It's an epidemic.  I am looking at you Matt Purke.  You are the most dominant pitcher in college baseball.  Yet you like like a washed up skater.  Stop it.  I was in California a few weeks ago and the desire for these hats is so great, you can't find a regular cap without asking.  Please stop the madness.  Fix your cap.

8.  Jersey Shore.  MTV has decided that one day we will all be idiots.  They started the onslaught on America's brain with the Real World.  Then it was Road Rules.  Then The Hills.  Now the confluence of morons of Jersey Shore.  It really makes my people, Italian Americans, look bad.  Really bad.  At least with the mob stereotype there was some level of fear there.  These kids are a joke.  Stop watching them.  They'll go away. 

9.  College football made more news in 2010 than in 2009 and the season hasn't started yet.  The Big 12 almost fell completely apart.  The Big 10 got bigger.  The PAC-10 did as well and tried to undo all reason in college football with the PAC-16 plan.  Crooked agents are everywhere.  Reggie Bush is a bad guy all of a sudden.  Coaches are yelling at reporters for publishing direct quotes.  Rich Rodriguez practices too much no matter where he goes.  It's madness.  Let's start the season already. 

10.  How in the cornbread heck are we supposed to say this year?  Is it "twenty-ten?"  "Two-thousand ten?"  "2K10?"  We have 90 more years of this.  Let's settle on a way and go with it.  Gosh I miss the 1900s.  (Special thanks to Tony, Jessica, and Zach for an assist here.)

More to come on some things to love about 2010. Please give me your thoughts.


That is all.