Okay. I haven’t blogged in a while. I could make up a bunch of stuff like how insanely busy I am. The fact is, I didn’t want to. I just didn’t have it in me. The show is terribly exhausting, you know. Don’t lose sight of that. Take today, for example. We spoke at great length about Whitney Houston’s nifty constipation solution.
For those with strong stomachs, the solution is here.
I’m suddenly reminded of the old song they used to play on TV between cartoons, “The log driver’s waltz pleases girls completely…”
Anyway, the show takes a lot out of you. The laughing. The sports talk. The laughing. It’s a tough gig. So little energy left for blogging.
The truly shocking thing? The blog you’re reading right now - my blog about not blogging- is still better than Buzz’s blog.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
The Burn Unit
Since I was away last Friday when the discussion went down, let me chime in a little on the Ottawa Sun's front page story about what the Senators' top line should be called. The Sun's Don Brennaan suggested "The Burn Unit", celebrating how often this unit will burn opposing defenceman and goalies.
The fellas (Buzz, Angry and Arash) buried him pretty heavily. I agreed with their general take. The Burn Unit is an inappropriate choice. But I have a hard time matching the outrage I heard that morning, especially within the confines of the most politically incorrect radio show in the country (see above for this morning’s discussion). To be that outraged by it is to suggest Don doesn’t care about fire victims or means to trivialize their situation. We all know that wasn’t his intention.
In the meantime, I continually hear sports phrases like “he’s a cancer in that room” or “we’re going to war”. There’s even other fire analogies out there. “He got burned badly on that play.” Or “he’s on fire right now”. I hear very little outrage about those phrases. Why? They, too, are inappropriate. I guess we're just used to them now. They’ve become clichés. Everyone knows that people who say them aren't trying to be mean or disrespectful. Just like the author of the Burn Unit idea.
You can even get really ridiculous. The shootout is offensive to those who’ve ever been in a real one. Sudden death trivializes…well, sudden deaths. And shutouts trivialize all those times I struck out at college keg parties. Outrage!
The Burn Unit, while clever, is not an appropriate choice, given the serious, heartbreaking and tragic stories the average one produces. But I thought the reaction on our show was overly dramatic, particularly from fans of the Yankees, a team that once billed itself as “Murderers Row”.
The fellas (Buzz, Angry and Arash) buried him pretty heavily. I agreed with their general take. The Burn Unit is an inappropriate choice. But I have a hard time matching the outrage I heard that morning, especially within the confines of the most politically incorrect radio show in the country (see above for this morning’s discussion). To be that outraged by it is to suggest Don doesn’t care about fire victims or means to trivialize their situation. We all know that wasn’t his intention.
In the meantime, I continually hear sports phrases like “he’s a cancer in that room” or “we’re going to war”. There’s even other fire analogies out there. “He got burned badly on that play.” Or “he’s on fire right now”. I hear very little outrage about those phrases. Why? They, too, are inappropriate. I guess we're just used to them now. They’ve become clichés. Everyone knows that people who say them aren't trying to be mean or disrespectful. Just like the author of the Burn Unit idea.
You can even get really ridiculous. The shootout is offensive to those who’ve ever been in a real one. Sudden death trivializes…well, sudden deaths. And shutouts trivialize all those times I struck out at college keg parties. Outrage!
The Burn Unit, while clever, is not an appropriate choice, given the serious, heartbreaking and tragic stories the average one produces. But I thought the reaction on our show was overly dramatic, particularly from fans of the Yankees, a team that once billed itself as “Murderers Row”.
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