Daily Archives: February 26, 2010
You might know Brian Boitano as a figure skater, and as the dude so revered by the South Park crew in their song, “What Would Brian Boitano Do?”
But what you might not know is that Brian Boitano is, in truth, every bit as heroic as that song made him out to be.
Check it out. Boitano’s got a newish cooking show out called — no joke — What Would Brian Boitano Make?, and in a recent episode, he treated a women’s roller derby team to a meal entirely composed of bacon-driven dishes.
Obviously Brian Boitano and I are of like mind.
In the video linked above, Boitano visits the creator of the Bacone, a concoction so amazing I can’t even think of how to cleverly describe it. It’s a cone made of bacon filled with eggs and a biscuit. The bacon is the utensil you use to eat the treat, but it’s also, of course, delicious bacon.
Perhaps even more amazingly, the Bacone was not the only dish Boitano made in that episode that featured bacon as a food delivery method.
How this man managed — or manages — to stay in decent shape eating foods like this is beyond me, but I think now I’m beginning to recognize the greatest purpose for the Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympics have brought Brian Boitano into the public eye so he could expose to the world the many awesome ways to make better use of bacon.
Lyrics NSFW:
I’m considering starting up a podcast, so I’m curious:
Loading ...On second thought, some of the choices there might skew the results a little, so let me be more specific.
I’m considering starting up a podcast, unaffiliated with SNY (but certain to be shamelessly linked from this blog) with my former college roommate Ted Burke, one of the most entertaining people I know, and with whom I co-hosted a campus TV show in college.
We’d talk about sports some, for sure, but I’m hoping to pull off something more akin to a variety show format: some combination of scripted jokes and sketches, debate, and interviews.
Loading ...The big news out of Port St. Lucie this morning? Oliver Perez’s mustache. Steve Popper:
Ollie shaves beard – leaves porn mustache. Its 1986 again.
And David Lennon:
Good Ollie, Bad Ollie … Porn Ollie? Perez shaved his beard and left the mustache. Weird.
I’m going to go with “Utterly Awesome Ollie,” and hope he keeps the ‘stache around for a while.
But it’s important to note that this is not the first time Ollie has rocked a mustache, and I believe I may be one of the only reporters to have noted it before. Check it out.
Don’t bother with the first two minutes of this video from 2008. In the final few seconds, as I’m wrapping with Eddie Kunz (in an interview I’m pretty certain jinxed and ruined his career), Ollie steps into the frame with a bold, beautiful mustache. I try, in vain, to ask him about it, but he bounds off into the bowels of Shea Stadium. The mustache wouldn’t return until today.
Nick Evans is a fellow burrito enthusiast. He just officially won my vote for the 25th roster spot.
Obviously Corey Stokes needs to learn a lesson about finding a more discreet location. Also, a buddy of mine in college once got a ticket for public urination on P Street in DC. Totally worth whatever the fine was.
A-Rod was playing last season with a “humongous gorilla” on his back. He’s into all sorts of freaky stuff.
Finally, my buddy Ron sent along the following video, and if you live in the L.A. area, you should probably check out Ron’s brand-new business. It’s a good idea, and he’s a good guy, plus I’m writing the ad copy. Anyway, clearly Chiranjeevi is the OG Jason Statham. I’ve never before seen anyone pull off a controlled slide on horseback:
