Week 13 preview picks

Ron Mexico loses the big game . . . and his cool.

The Atlanta Falcons have dropped their last four games, so what does one of the most overly hyped athletes in America do? He tries to insult the fans who continue to put up with his poor playing abilities week after week.

The Falcons are a disaster across the board. Special teams suck it time and again. Vick cannot connect with receives. Nobody is doing his part to make this team a success.

So if you are in charge of decision-making in Flowery Branch, what the heck do you do? If it was me, bench and fire would be the only solutions to try and turn this thing around.

What do you say?

The results are in!

Truth be told, Fantasy Fanatic (FF) did not make her own picks this week. Due to unexpected illness, someone else posted the FF selections this week.

The Urban Docent (aka UD aka The Not Blogger) has regained a larger victory margin over his closest rivals -- 8 to 10 games, depending on where you look. This represents a much-improved performance over last year's bad showing, which I lost handily.

Looking forward, the office picks will continue through to the big game coming up in February.

Game On!

Every coin has two sides . . . .

Tails


Heads

Guitar Hero 2 - Hidden Tracks?

Strong Bad -- Trogdor
The Acrobrats -- Laughtrack
All That Remains -- Six
The Amazing Royal Crowns -- Mr. Fix-It
Anarchy Club -- Collide
Artillery -- One For The Road
Bang Camaro -- Push Push (Lady Lightning)
Brian Kahanek -- Gemini
Buckethead -- Jordan
Count Zero -- Radium Eyes
Dethklok -- THUNDERHORSE
Drist -- Arterial Black
Every Time I Die -- The New Black
Freezepop -- Less Talk More Rokk
Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives -- Soy Bomb
The Last Vegas -- Raw Dog
Made in Mexico -- Yes We Can
Megasus -- Red Lottery
The Neighborhoods -- Parasite
Shadows Fall -- The Light That Blinds
That Handsome Devil -- Elephant Bones
Vagiant -- FTK
Valient Thorr -- Fall of Pangea
Voivod -- X-Stream

Guitar Hero 2 - Furious Fretwork

Anthrax - Madhouse


Lamb of God - Laid to Rest


Living End - Carry Me Home
(skipped town)

Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout


Rush - YYZ
(m.i.a.)

Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot


Dick Dale - Misirlou


Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
(classic; often imitated, never duplicated)

Megadeth - Hangar 18
(Dave Mustaine sucks)

Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized

Guitar Hero 2 - Relentless Riffs

Allman Brothers - Jessica


Heart - Crazy on You
(m.i.a.)

Jane's Addiction - Stop


Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart


Stray Cats - Rock This Town

Guitar Hero 2 - Return of the Shred

Aerosmith - Last Child


Primus - John the Fisherman


Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name Of


Sword - Freya


Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation

Guitar Hero 2 - Thrash and Burn

Butthole Surfers - Who Was in My Room Last Night


Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine


Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knockin'
(sorry)

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
(not here)

Warrant - Cherry Pie

Guitar Hero 2 - String-Snappers

Alice in Chains - Them Bones


Black Sabbath - War Pigs
(I don't think so . . .)

Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench


Iggy Pop - Search and Destroy


Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys

Guitar Hero 2 - Amp-Warmers

Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son
(not a chance . . .)

Kiss - Strutter


Nirvana - Heart-Shapped Box
(yuck)

Police - Message in a Bottle


Van Halen - You Really Got Me

Guitar Hero 2 - Opening Licks

Wolfmother - Woman

Cheap Trick - Surrender

Danzig - Mother

Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil

Spinal Tap - Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
( . . . )

WNTE rev.2.2

Apparently the greater Winston-Salem, N.C., community has some fine eating establishments and some crappy ones. Here is a quick run down of some recent food-related transgressions:

No. 1 Chinese -- No employees washed their hands; food not being thawed properly

Mickey's Country Kitchen -- Extensive equipment cleaning and repair needed in the kitchen area; dry food products should be stored in approved, covered containers.

Waffle House -- Employees reminded to wash their hands after changing tasks; no sanitizer available at the start of the inspection (a repeat violation).

Verde Antequera (re-graded) -- General cleaning needed in refrigeration gaskets.

Another All-Time Worst Song - Period

To say that Stakka Bo's "Here We Go" is bad just doesn't even begin to cut it. This is by far one of the most fitting selections for our hall of shame. Don't let the video fool you -- this is poison for the earhole.

Here we go again
here we go go go
to the temple of consumption
get your gear and start to spend
here we go go go with total dedication

As some sort of prototypes I serve to be
you see tomorrow's dream has never been part of me
consume today and leave the rest behind you
tomorrow's a surprise party buy a ticket too
c'mon
faster livin' faster live as fast as you're able
you better eat the food while it's still
hot on the table spend if you can

the greens are burning in your pocket
if you spend it right now you'll get as high as a rocket

Everything you don't use will loose it's value tomorrow
consume to much today and you can always borrow
this paradigm's the best one since the day of creation
get your gear and shape up this is the ... ?
shop till you drop has built this civilization
don't believe what you hear 'bout the next generation
if you go with a lot of toys you'll slip away a happy man
the greens are burning in you pockets just spend it while you can
The moon and the stars they all look down on me and say
there's a correlation between tomorrow and today
I say you won't gain a thing on that sick repudiation
we're right here right now that's the only situation
you can't fool me we live on borrowed time
so I spend the funds I have down to the nickel and dime
check it in check it out it's not a matter of contention
get your gear shape up and join the church of consumption

Use it in wear it out than throw it all away
go get yourself a new one all you gotta do is pay
because the more I will get the more I will own
with a lot of things around me I won't never fell alone
I work around the check just to earn my livin'
and I wanna get I won't spend my funds on givin'
now I'm acting irresponsible is that what you say
hey
somalia got my toaster just the other day

This joins the ever-growing ranks for the sorry. The list so far:

Believe by Cher
What it's Like by Everlast
Invisible by Clay Aiken
You're Beautiful by James Blunt
Home by Three Days Grace
Ants Marching by Dave Matthews Band
Over and Over by Nelly (featuring Tim McGraw)
Deacon Blues by Steely Dan
Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann
All Out of Love by Air Supply
Ricky Don't Lose That Number by Steely Dan
Roll to Me by Del Amitri
Supersonic by JJ Fad
Glycerine by Bush

Hey, you know that one ....

I keep telling you about with the beards? Well, this is it.

Enjoy

Yuck

While this may not yet reach the level of All-Time Worst Song, it is rather awful.

This one is popping up no matter where you turn your head, and I for one would like to see it go the way of all the other inflated payola crapola.

Here for your unenjoyment is a heaping, steaming pile:

Remember Mentos?

Long before people were putting these things in Coke, shaking the bottle and filming the results for Internet broadcast, they were enjoying their humorless and annoying commercials. The Foo Fighters spoofed all the ads with their video for "Big Me." Here are the lyrics:

when I talk about it
it carries on
reasons only knew
when I talk about it
aries or treasons all renew

big me to talk about it
I could stand to prove
if we can get around it
I know that it's true

when I talked about it
carried on
reasons only knew

but it's you I fell into

well I talked about it
put it on
never was it true
but it's you I fell into