WWE issued a press release today announcing that Smackdown is officially moving to MyNetworkTV.

I’m sure lots of other people will either proclaim this as the end of WWE, the salvation of MyNetworkTV, or as an indictment on society because another station picked them up. Here are my instant thoughts.

First off, who even realized they had MyNetworkTV? I’ve had it ever since the WB merged with UPN. The local UPN channel became CW and the local WB eventually became MyNetworkTV. Not that I ever watched it. I barely even knew it was a network. In fact, I’m still not convinced it’s a network.

I went to the MyNetworkTV website, and apparently they have a few shows they carry. Most of them look like the standard fare you’ll find playing in syndication during lame timeslots. You know, silly videos of drag cars bursting into flames or gossip shows talking about celebrities. The only thing that looks remotely original is Paradise Hotel 2. Of course even that’s not original as it is a remake of a British show. Not only that, but it’s a remake that started on FOX and has jumped networks for season two. So they have that stuff…and now WWE.

End of the day, it’s a step back for the WWE, but it’s still better than being broadcast on Sci-Fi.

Speaking of, WWE’s ECW is currently airing on Sci-Fi for the next 35 or so minutes. Enjoy!

As most anyone that knows me can attest, I absolutely love football. That makes this about the most boring part of the year for me. All the games are over and I have to hold out for little morsels like the NFL combine or the draft or anything I can have to appease my appetite.

One of my favorite things, though, is getting my hands on next season’s schedules as soon as I can so that I can start planning which games I’m going to make it to this year. Not to mention, since my teams have a tendency to suck, it allows me to start bitching about the man holding my team down as early as possible.

I just realized that the University of Cincinnati released its football schedule for next season. It’s a tough slate and here it is:

Aug. 28 - vs. Eastern Kentucky
Sep. 6 - at Oklahoma
Sep. 20 - vs. Miami (OH)
Sep. 27 - at Akron
Oct. 3 - at Marshall
Oct. 11 - vs. Rutgers
Oct. 25 - at Connecticut
Oct. 30 - vs. USF
Nov. 8 - at West Virginia
Nov. 14 - at Louisville
Nov. 22 - vs. Pittsburgh
Nov. 29 - vs. Syracuse
Dec. 6 - at Hawai’i

More importantly to me as a lifelong Big Blue fan, the University of Kentucky released its schedule months ago. I don’t think I need to even mention the difficulty of the SEC East. It’s a beast every year and with the senior departures from last season, I only feel comfortable projecting four wins (though I feel five is more realistic):

Aug. 30 - at Louisville
Sept. 6 - vs. Norfolk State
Sept. 13 - vs. Akron
Sept. 27 - vs. Temple
Oct. 4 - at Alabama
Oct. 11 - vs. South Carolina
Oct. 18 - vs. Arkansas
Oct. 25 - at Florida
Nov. 1 - at Mississippi State
Nov. 8 - vs. Georgia
Nov. 15 - vs. Vanderbilt
Nov. 29 - at Tennessee

Noteworthy is that the Kentucky schedule will change. Temple has backed out of the game for the second straight year and will likely be replaced by Miami (OH). I’ll keep you posted on this schedule when it changes.

I’m not a fan of forwarding on lots of junk emails with jokes or urban legends or fuzzy feelings. I just don’t like stuffing everyone’s mailbox with them. Every now and then, however, I get one that I really enjoy and want to share.

I received one such joke today from Mark. It’s a pretty simple joke, but good nonetheless.

Cookies in Heaven?

An elderly man lay dying in his bed. In death’s agony, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom, and with even greater effort forced himself down the stairs, gripping the railing with both hands, he crawled down the stairs.

With labored breath, he leaned against the door-frame, gazing into the kitchen. Were it not for death’s agony, he would have thought himself already in heaven: there, spread out upon waxed paper on the kitchen table were literally hundreds of his favorite chocolate chip cookies. Was it heaven? Or was it one final act of heroic love from his devoted wife, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man?

Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself toward the table, landing on his knees in a rumpled posture. His parched lips parted: the wondrous taste of the cookie was already in his mouth, seemingly bringing him back to life.

The aged and withered hand trembled on its way to a cookie at the edge of the table, when it was suddenly smacked with a spatula by his wife.

“Stay out of those,” she said, “they’re for the funeral.”

Enjoy. Forward if you must. Just don’t forward it to me…I already read it.

Today, I discovered the wonder that is Pandora Radio. How I did not find it sooner I will never know. Basically, it allows you to create a station that you seed with artists and songs you like. From that, it plays songs that are similar and adapts to your tastes through a thumbs up or down system.

I quickly began to wonder what kind of results I would get if I put two wildly different artists in and then played the results. So, I added Black Sabbath and dc Talk. The comedic potential was high, but I couldn’t force myself to stop there. Soon everything from t.A.T.u. to the Numa Numa song to Jim Nabors was being added.

I now present to you, for the first time anywhere, the first ten tracks from Clusterfuck Radio:

1. Anthony Evans - “Even More”
2. Thirsty Merc - “I Wish Somebody Would Build a Bridge”
3. Boys Like Girls - “Five Minutes to Midnight”
4. The Lilac Time - “Dreaming”
5. Right Said Fred - “Don’t Talk, Just Kiss”
6. Leila K. - “Ca Plane Pour Moi”
7. Information Society - “Peace & Love, Inc.”
8. Bad Religion - “Against the Grain”
9. The Misfits - “Braineaters”
10. The Casualties - “Police Brutality”

If you’d like to listen to Clusterfuck Radio, you can find it at http://www.pandora.com/stations/583b7d92251152cf3cd6c2d057117e8368f6545495cedc47.

Last night was WWE’s last pay per view before WrestleMania.?I don’t normally watch this show live. In fact, I can only think of watching it once before in my life and that was for the return of the New World Order. I made an exception this year because I was invited to go to Louisville with Casey and a couple of her friends. We watched it at one of the few remaining Buffalo Wild Wings still showing the pay per views. It was a loud and boisterous affair, which led to more excitement watching the show. Unfortunately, it also means I may have missed some commentary and the like, so I may have missed something that will make the coming analysis incomplete.

In fact, I’m sure I missed something. I focused more on eating than actually paying attention during some of the matches. But that’s okay, you still get to read my thoughts on what I caught. It’s all after the cut.

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