However, the UFC demands megabucks for the right to watch one goateed, tattooed redneck “triangle choke” another into reluctant submission. As well, Pittsburgh Pirates tickets are available for pennies on the dollar. It’s easy enough to keep up with goings-on in the NBA by means of shoe commercials and the coin-operated version of NBA Jam that we purchased on eBay. Is this true? Is she heartbroken? How is she dealing with the pain? We - and by extension you - may never know.Īs we mentioned in an earlier column, we’re dedicated followers of our nation’s premiere minor league sports: the UFC, the NBA and the Pittsburgh Pirates. For instance, we noticed that Eva Longoria is getting a divorce. Without a subscription to a glossy periodical like US Weekly, we’re often forced to guess about the things that are happening in the wider world. Unfortunately, that’s hard to do during the 10 minutes we spend in supermarket checkout lines each week. Since we’re the resident pop-culture critics here at the paper, we need to stay abreast of what’s going on with America’s best celebrities.
In other words, we’re trying to tell you that you should consider rewarding us for the 20 or so weeks that we have spent becoming the most important thing in your life - outside of unexpected diva Susan Boyle and courageous plastic surgery survivor Heidi Montag, that is. Although we don’t expect you to run out and purchase all of these things for us, we wouldn’t stop you if you did.
Since Christmas is right around the corner - goodness, wasn’t it just Christmas in July? -… Since Christmas is right around the corner - goodness, wasn’t it just Christmas in July? - we’ve decided to devote a column to our Christmas wishlist.