10 Things to Love About 2010

After thinking about it all weekend, I'll bring some love to the blogs.  Sometimes you can be too angry in the blogosphere.  The Black Eyed Peas once saying "Where is the Love?"  Well Black Eyed Peas, it's right here.



1.  The Texas Rangers are relevant.  And they have awesome new owners that completely overshadow the waste of space that was there before.  After much turmoil and strife, the Boys from the Ballpark are under control of Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan. They are playing really well and are a very likable team.  DFW is the nation's 4th largest media market.  It's time they had teams that lived up to that.

2.  Katy Perry.  Not her music, which is annoying.  Her.  Wow.  Wow.  Wow.   Russell Brand is a lucky dude.

3. The ending of Lost.  No better way to wrap it up.  Loved it.  I know that some of you fellow Losties didn't care for it.  But I thought it was well done.

4. College football is now Tebow-less.   Maybe we can move on and pay attention to other players and teams.  It's a great sport and one player was given far too much attention for too long.  Probably to his own detriment.  Thom Brennaman gushing over Tim Tebow caused more outrage than it probably should have, but it was just the tipping point for what a lot of people (inside and outside of Gainesville) where feeling.  Enough already.  We know he's a good guy.  We know he's good.  You don't have to keep saying it.

5.  Inception.  Movie making at it's finest.  I don't think I have enjoyed a movie more this summer.  Awesome.  And if you still hate Leo DiCaprio, you have problems.  The man can act.  Straight up and down.

6. Some new faces on the MLB scene.  The Padres are playing well.  The Braves look like a playoff team again.  The Reds are fun to watch and are very much a contender.  I guess the Rays started this trend 2 years ago, but I like what's going on.

7. The Year of The Pitcher.  No Hitters.  Perfect Games.  Near perfect games.  1 hitters. All over the place.  Balance has come back to baseball, even if it's just for a year.  Should make for an interesting playoffs.

8. Jerry Jones on Entourage.  Jerry + Ari Gold = Awesome.  I hope they can find a way for him to get on to some more episodes.  Unfortunately for Ari, it looks like the NFL has moved on.  But it does seem like a natural fit.   Name another NFL owner who could (or would) do Entourage.  

9.  Some classic college football powers may be back on the uptick.  Nebraska, Miami, Florida State, and Michigan might actually be relevant again.  Nebraska already is and should be fun to watch in their last year in the Big 12.  They will be painted as a villain in Big 12 Country (and they deserve it) but that will make so it so much more enjoyable.

10.  Archer and East Bound and Down.  If you haven't seen either of these shows you need to.  Hilarious.  Also honorable mention to Louie starring Louis CK.  Great stuff.


That is all.