This is the first picture/video/other-visual-thing I’ve seen of Maradonna, in more than five years, that hasn’t made me laugh.
1984 European Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final.
Diego Maradona @ Old Trafford
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Q: Did the Lakers talk about him in the locker room?
A: Do we talk about him? Yeah, we talk about him. We think he needs a better haircut. I don’t like that style. You’re in New York, the fashion capital. Change your haircut, OK? You’re a star now. Wear some shades. Shades, OK? Put down the nerdy Harvard book glasses. Put on some black shades, OK? With some leather pants. Change your style. Fashion.
Q: Do you wear leather pants?
A: No, I won’t wear them, but he should wear leather pants. He’s the type of guy who should wear leather pants, some nice shoes and change his fashion. You’re Jeremy Lin, for godsakes. You know what I’m saying? You know? Put down that law book, stop reading the New York Times and start reading the Daily News. Newsday, that’s the one. I like that one because there’s always color in that one. What else? Wall Street Journal. Get some swag. You’re in New York City. Put your hat to the back, too. Put your hat on backwards. Come to practice with your pants sagging and just tell them, ‘I don’t feel like practicing.’ Practice? You know? Practice? And wear an Iverson jersey. You know? Come to practice with a cigar. Lit. ‘I’m Jeremy Lin.’ You know? He should change. We’re all excited to play tonight. It’s like the first time for everybody. Everybody’s excited. Kobe’s excited. He wants to get 50. He wants to welcome Jeremy Lin to his new level.”
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Ken Berger and Metta World Peace
I’m way late on this, but that’s just really good advice … for everyone, not just Jeremy Lin. And if you think this is just fashion advice, I am sorry for you.
This is really good.
“When a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason,” Keats writes, he is negatively capable. He goes on in the next sentence to criticize Samuel Taylor Coleridge for his obsession with truth at the expense of beauty—for being “incapable of remaining content with half-knowledge.”
When Ricky Williams was running the ball for the Miami Dolphins in 2002 and 2003 he was not reaching irritably after fact and reason. At least not on the football field. Instead, he was disappearing into the sport. The Ricky Williams who read book after book about his soul and struggled with anxiety gave way to an entirely un-conscientious being who existed purely in the context of the game around him. He allowed himself to be fully inhabited by his perfect natural instincts and his enormous physical talents. This lines up with Keats’ vision, in which the true genius is able surrender everything, even himself, to beauty.The always poignant and thoughtful Eric Nusbaum on Ricky Williams’ years with the Miami Dolphins.
Soup Review: Campbell’s Chunky Fiesta Chicken
Whatever side of the “fence,” you stand on in regard to the immigration debate, this is one good and service—and yes, I would argue that this Mexican “party (English for “fiesta” for non-Spanish speakers) in a bowl” is, in fact, a service, because it stands for so much more than your standard (but still wonderful, oh so wonderful) Swanson chicken broth—that we can all agree to turn a blind eye to as it sneaks its way into El Norte!
I don’t know, OK? I DON’T KNOW WHY I’M POSTING THIS.
Мръсни помисли (Dirty Thoughts)
Мария (Maria)
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1: A group of people considered to be the best in a particular society or category, esp. because of their power, talent, or wealth
- the wealthy, educated elite
- an elite combat force
2: A size of letter in typewriting, with 12 characters to the inch (about 4.7 to the centimeter)
”— Eli Manning is a typewriter-font size.
This is what the Super Bowl is all about.
Here is a prediction for the game: On the opening kickoff, Lawrence Tynes will attempt to kick the ball. Instead, the ball will pop and stick to his foot. His follow-through will be so powerful—it is the Super Bowl—that he kicks his foot into his face mask. Because he is not Matt Turk, the deflated pig carcass will get stuck in his face mask. Not knowing what to do, Lawrence Tynes will eat the airless ball. Football will then be canceled forever.
Also, little known rule! Eating an entire ball counts as a touchdown, but no one ever does it because the leather is really sour, and some of the balls are filled with cottage cheese, and cottage cheese is gross unless you put fruit in it. Even still, cottage cheese is terrible with fruit. So, technically, the Giants will win.
“J-Lo, Kim Kardashian, and Beyoncé! They are all celebrity babes with backsides! But move over ladies. There are lots of South Floridians right “behind” you.”
— This is the best lede ever written. And I’m pretty confident that will be true forever.
