I was looking online for some strange fish stories.  Well I found it, a Gatorfish.  Never saw one of these before, could it be something like the snakehead fish that has been caught on the east coast?  Whatever it is it’s weird.

Gatorfish

Well it is 20 hours before the deadline comes, and everyone is sitting and waiting to see if their team will be buyers or sellers.  Where will Manny go?  Will he even be traded?  With football around the corner this will determine if you turn your attention to fall baseball or toward kickoff.  I hope my Phillies make some big moves to win the NL east.  If not GO EAGLES!

If anyone saw the race this weekend at Indy should have not wasted their time.  Goodyear’s tires for the race were horrible.  NASCAR had to put out a yellow flag every 10 laps to have everyone come in and get new tires.  That is not racing, racing is about strategy.  Knowing there will be a caution flag every ten laps takes a huge factor out of the race.  It is like a pitcher in baseball only throwing fastballs, not that hard to hit the ball when you know what is coming.

I feel bad for the people who shelled out good money to see the race, they did not see a race, they saw something that should have never happened.

NASCAR should allow other tire manufactures to make tires.  It would push Goodyear to make the best product.  Without competition  you never really get better.

Steve Bartman has refused yet another offer to cash in on the moment he became the most famous — or infamous — Chicago Cubs fan in history.

Bartman friend Frank Murtha says that Bartman won’t accept an offer of $25,000. For the money, all Bartman would have to do is attend the National Sports Collectors Convention in Rosemont and autograph a photograph taken of when he tipped a foul ball that seemed destined for Cubs’ outfielder Moises Alou’s glove during a 2003 playoff game with the Florida Marlins.

Bartman was vilified by Cubs fans, who thought that he helped prevent the team from reaching the World Series. Alou has made conflicting statement on whether he would have caught the ball.

Bartman has declined all offers to appear or make money off his brush with fame.

Trailer for the new Knight Rider.

Justin Bruening as Mike Tracer in Knight Rider.
© Chris Haston/NBC

As part of its announcements for the 2008-09 season, NBC has confirmed that a series version of the revamped Knight Rider, which aired as a TV movie/back-door pilot in February, will be part of the Fall line-up. It’s currently scheduled for Wednesdays at 8pm.

“We saw it with Terminator [The Sarah Connor Chronicles], and we saw it with Bionic Woman,” said Ben Silverman, co-chairman of NBC, during the network’s upfront presentation in New York. “Big openings, big branded titles, draw open the tent, and the show didn’t deliver on that $10 million pilot. What we’re doing with Knight Rider is we consciously delivered it on air so that we had nine months to make sure that series is great.”

Here’s the network’s official description: “On the heels of NBC’s hit movie, the iconic 1980s television classic comes roaring back to life as an updated drama series showcasing the new customized KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) Ford Mustang. As the sequel resumes, KITT is absolutely the coolest car ever created: its supercomputer capable of hacking almost any system; its weapons systems efficient; and its body – thanks to its creator’s work and nanotechnology – is capable of actually shifting shape and color. It is the ultimate car – and someone will be willing to do anything to obtain it.

“Knight Rider stars Justin Bruening (Cold Case), Deanna Russo (NCIS), Sydney Tamiia Poitier (Veronica Mars) and Bruce Davison (Breach). David Bartis (Heist, The O.C.), Doug Liman (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Bourne Identity) and Gary Scott Thompson (Las Vegas, The Fast and The Furious) are executive producers and David Andron serves as supervising producer and writer. Based on characters created by Glen Larson, Knight Rider is from Universal Media Studios and Dutch Oven Productions.”

Noticeably absent from the announcement: Who will perform the voice of KITT. There was a last-minute recasting for the TV film when Will Arnett was forced out due to a conflict of interest; Val Kilmer redubbed the car’s lines only a couple of weeks before air date. Kilmer has been cast in a mini-series slated for fall 2008, XIII, so his availability – even for a role you can literally phone in – is unclear.

What does the Hoff think about this?  See the article I found below.

The actor insists the new incarnation is doomed to fail without his star name attached.
Bitter Hasselhoff, who played Michael Knight on TV from 1982 to 1986, says, “It’s going to miss the target a little bit… It’s like have Indiana Jones without Indiana Jones.”
Hasselhoff recently told WENN he’ll have nothing to do with the TV series because producers ignored his ideas for the project’s hit pilot and ousted him as a guest star.
Hasselhoff claims he came up with the idea of reviving the franchise and even presented TV bosses with a plot treatment for the show.
But when producers decided to take a different direction for the TV pilot, which aired in America earlier this year (08), and cut Hasselhoff out, the Baywatch creator decided he wanted nothing to do with the new Knight Rider.
He revealed, “They asked me to come in and do a cameo and promote it and I said I would. But it was not what I had in mind.
“I didn’t get a chance to see the show until the final product and it was clearly not what it could’ve been. It was someone else’s vision.”

Looks like Philly might be getting the 3rd largest building in the United States.  The new building will go up around 19th and Arch streets in the city.  It will be 1500 feet, that is about 600 feet taller than the new Comcast Center that was just completed.  Zoning restrictions are currently being changed in Philly to allow for a building of that height and size.  Just google American Commerce Center in Philadelphia and you can get their site and leasing info.

Lazy asses around the world rejoice!

On Monday, Microsoft announced that it is partnering up with Netflix so Xbox 360 owners can play movies on demand through their consoles.

Under the agreement, the streaming-movie service will be playable on televisions connected to the console without any additional software or hardware.

About 10,000 movie titles will be available through the service.

Hopefully they’re ‘good’ movie titles.

Pretty cool!

ST. LOUIS, Missouri (AP) — Belgian brewer InBev has announced it will buy its U.S. rival Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion to create the world’s largest brewer.

The deal would create the world’s largest brewer and put the U.S. beer-maker in the hands of Belgian-based InBev.

The acquisition means control over America’s largest brewer, the No. 2 worldwide, moves overseas. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Anheuser-Busch has more than 48 percent of American market share with brands that include Bud Light.

InBev confirmed the details of the purchase of Anheuser-Busch early Monday. It first bid for Anheuser-Busch on June 11.

InBev is the world’s second largest beer maker, with brands that include Stella Artois and Becks.

The deal must be approved by shareholders and European and US antitrust regulators. The merger will produce the fourth-largest consumer product company worldwide.

Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. did not return messages seeking comment Sunday evening.

The Wall Street Journal said the deal was for $70 a share, a $5 increase over the offer Anheuser-Busch rejected in June.

It wasn’t immediately clear how long approval might take from regulators and shareholders. Several Missouri politicians have expressed concerns about the merger — especially how it would affect the approximate 6,000 people employed by Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis.

InBev has said it plans to use St. Louis as its North American headquarters, and that it will keep open all 12 of Anheuser-Busch’s North American breweries.

InBev SA announced its intent to try and purchase Anheuser-Busch on June 11. The Anheuser-Busch board initially voted against the merger, calling the initial $65 per share offer too low.

That prompted much squabbling between the companies over the past few weeks. InBev filed a motion seeking the removal of all 13 Anheuser-Busch board members; Anheuser-Busch filed suit calling the InBev effort an “illegal scheme” that threatened to defraud Anheuser-Busch shareholders. Among other things, the suit noted that InBev failed to disclose it operates a brewery in Cuba.

So it was with some surprise when reports surfaced on Friday that the two companies were sitting down for merger talks, reportedly after InBev upped its offer by $5 to $70 per share.

The merger, if completed, will bring to an end to one of the most iconic names in U.S. business and a name synonymous with St. Louis. From college buildings to offices to the stadium where the Cardinals play, the Busch name is virtually everywhere in the Gateway City.

Eberhard Anheuser acquired the Bavarian brewery in 1860 and renamed it E. Anheuser & Co. His son-in-law, Adolphus Busch, joined the company in 1864 and it was eventually renamed Anheuser-Busch.

The company survived Prohibition by selling products ranging from ice cream to root beer.

In addition to opposition from politicians and civic leaders, at least two Web sites sprung up opposing the merger. SaveBudweiser.com claims to have more than 60,000 signatures from merger opponents. SaveAB.com hosted a recent anti-merger rally that drew hundreds to downtown St. Louis.

InBev has not said if layoffs will occur as a result of the merger. But some cutbacks seem likely.

Even without the merger, Anheuser-Busch said last month it planned to cut pension and health benefits for salaried employees as part of an effort to slash $1 billion in costs by the end of 2010. The plan called for offering early retirement to 1,300 salaried workers 55 and older.

The cost-cutting effort — dubbed “Blue Ocean” by the company — was part of a strategy to fend off the merger.

The beer industry has been consolidating in recent years amid rising costs for transportation fuel and key ingredients.

Looking for a good new beer?  Want to talk to someone about beer?  Looking for a new place to drink?  Going on vacation and want to find a cool place to go?  Looking for festivals?  Check out www.beeradvocate.com!

I have been using it for a year now and you can find anything you want.  I am also a member and receive a monthly magazine from them.

They have forums for different areas and topics so you can find whatever you are looking for.

Pace

I saw this and found an article on it, hope you all enjoy.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for saying Barack Obama is “talking down to black people” during what Jackson thought was a private conversation before a FOX News interview Sunday.

Jackson was speaking to a guest at the time about Obama’s speeches in black churches and his support for faith-based charities. Jackson added before going live, “I want to cut his nuts off.”

His microphone picked up the remarks.

At a hastily arranged news conference Wednesday evening in Chicago, Jackson said he supports Obama “unequivocally” and that he hopes to “get this behind me.”

“I have great passion for this campaign and traveled across the country … arguing the case for the campaign,” Jackson said. “And this thing I said in a hot-mic statement that’s interpreted as a distraction, I offer apology for that. I don’t want harm or hurt to come to this campaign.”