This is worth 2 minutes and 19 seconds of your time.  Enjoy:

Just when you think a pop culture phenomenon can’t get any bigger, it somehow happens.  We’ve all seen the commercials for The Snuggie, the stupid blanket with sleeves.  We’ve all joked about it, but you know at least one person who has purchased one. 

The Cleveland Cavaliers had a promotion where each fan donned a Snuggie for about five mintues and set a world record for Snuggie wearing.  Sadly, Cleveland cannot be world champ of anything.  The Los Angeles Angels of Anahiem gave Snuggies to all their fans and set a new record.

So just when you think they’ve reached as far as they can, they’ve come up with a new ad campaign.  It is so stupid.   It’s so bad.  It’s so lame.  It’s so amazing!  They’ve done it again!  Check it out:

Wait!  There’s more!  They want people to make up their own Snuggie jingles.  Genius.

A new list of the top college mascots is out and Bucky’s not in?!  The list comes from the Huffington Post and I can’t figure out why the Buckster didn’t make it.   There are a few cool mascots on the list, but it also includes some I don’t understand like the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Seriously?!  Bucky is way better than this guy.  Besides I thought a mascot is supposed to be a little unusual.  Isn’t this the way everyone in West Virginia dresses?

The Cleveland Cavaliers have decided to go with new uniforms now that hometown hero LeBron James has flown the coup for Florida.  I think it was a good idea for them to make a change and a fresh start.  Here are the new uniforms:

I think they look pretty good.  I know the owner of the Cavs was pretty upset when LeBron left the team.  If you forgot about Dan Gilbert’s open letter to the fans, you can click here to read it.  It’s good news that he’s moving forward and not dwelling on the past.

Oh no!  I’ve just heard Gilbert is NOT over LeBron leaving.  In fact, the new uniforms apparently says F-U LEBRON on the front and YOU SUCK JAMES on the back.  However,  these words only appear when the players start to sweat which means will be seeing it A LOT this season.

Brett Favre is back…again.  It appears many in Packer Nation are annoyed once again.  It seems on the surface Favre is playing with football fans’ emotions by saying he’s retired and then coming back time and time again.

Many people are more ticked off by the fact he appears to act like a diva by making such a production out of whether or not he’ll return.  Others are upset he no longer wears the Green and Gold.   The jury is still out on who’s really to blame for him leaving the Packers.

So what’s the best way to deal with Favre? 

Don’t. 

Distract yourself with something else.  Get outside before every inch of  real estate is covered in snow!  I know it’s not possible for all of the media to just wait and see if he’s out on the field for the first regular season game, but it would be great if that’s what happened.

I don’t know if Brett has been reaching out to the media trying to get attention or if the media keeps following him around trying to get answers.  Bottom line we won’t know if he’s really playing until he’s playing or not playing. LET IT GO.

If I were Vikings Head Coach Brad Childress, I’d tell Brett the key is under the matt and the porch light will be on and I would hope he’s back before the Vikings play their first game against the Saints in New Orleans.

I’m not sure how music works for you, but for me it’s quite simple.  There are three categories:

1) Can’t stand it

2) Tuna Sandwich

3) Love it and leave it

4) True love

The first category is pretty self-explanatory.  Some songs rub me the wrong way and no matter how many times I hear it, I still can’t stand it.  “Down on the Corner” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, I’m looking in your direction.

The second category is where a lot of the music ends up.  It’s pretty good, but not amazing.  Kinda like a tuna sandwich.  I’ll order it and it will be good and fill me up, but it’s not so memorable.

The next category are songs I enjoy it and play over and over and over again on my I-pod.  It’s a torrid affair lasting several weeks or even months, but then suddenly I’m just done with the song.  Perhaps, I’ll visit it again after several months or years, but I usually forget about it.

The final category is for a select few tunes.   I don’t know why, but these songs stand the test of time.  I won’t listen to them every day or even every week, but when I do hear these particular songs they are as enjoyable to me today as the very first time I heard it.

Here’s one of those songs.  John Prine’s “Ain’t Hurtin’ Nobody”.  He’ll be back in Madison on September 17th at Overture Center.  Enjoy:

There’s a new movie about Facebook coming out in a few months called The Social Network.  It looks really good, but I’ve been turned on to something even better.

First here’s the trailer for The Social Network:

Looks amazing, doesn’t it?

However, I love parodies even more:

Tomorrow night the Packers and Browns will play a pre-season football game at Lambeau Field.  Too soon!  I know there are tons of football fans ready for the season to begin, but I’m not one of them.

Perhaps, it’s the fact I’m a Bears fan and the Packers will probably be better than the Bears again.  It will be quite annoying for me when Aaron Rodgers passes for 9,000 yards this season.  Okay, slight exaggeration.  He’ll probably only throw for 6,000.

One of the other reasons I’m not ready for football has to do with body paint.  As you may know, I ventured into the world of body painting when I went to a New York Yankee game last week.  If you haven’t seen the horrifying pictures you can check them out here. I’m worried about my new urge to paint again and a football game would be the perfect place to do it.

However, I think the real reason is football means the end of summer.  I know there’s still time left, but I want to make sure I take another swim,  go for another joyride on my bicycle and maybe even squeeze in another picnic or two before it’s too late.

You should too.

Have you ever gotten dressed and later in the day wished you had made a different choice when it came to the clothes you were wearing?  Perhaps the shirt is a little too tight or maybe the pants have a stain you didn’t see while getting dressed.

Well, I had that same kind of feeling when I was in New York City over the weekend.  No, it wasn’t that I had selected a shirt missing a button.  I selected no shirt.  As mentioned in yesterday’s blog, I went to the Yankee/Red Sox game on Saturday with my good friends Keith and Larry.  We decided to paint our chests.

Yeah, we painted our chests.  We tried to be creative.  I had a large “C” painted on my chest.  Keith also had a “C”.  Larry had a “K” on the front and a backwards K on his back.  Why?  Well, C.C. Sabathia was pitching for the Yanks and he usually strikes out a lot of batters.  K is the letter you use when keeping score at a baseball game.  A backwards K means the batter watched the third strike go by as opposed to actually swinging at the ball.

We rode the bus, the subway and then sat in our seats with no shirts.  You know how you feel self conscious when you have a stain on your shirt?  Not even close to how we felt, but we did it anyway.  It seemed like most people found it funny and a few people even took pictures with us in the subway and outside the stadium.

Will we do it again?

I’m sure these police officers hope we don’t.

Did I really turn into THAT GUY?

You know who THAT GUY is, right?  He’s the guy who see at a sporting event with his face or chest painted.  You always wonder how THAT GUY got up in the morning and thought it was a good idea to paint his face or chest with colors related to his favorite team.

Why would THAT GUY think anyone at the stadium or ballpark really wants to see his out-of-shape and probably too hairy chest?

The only thing worse than THAT GUY is, of course, THOSE GUYS which is simply more than one of THAT GUY together.

Yes, I decided it would be a good idea to go with a couple of friends to a national televised major league game with our chest painted.

I’ll explain the thought (or lack thereof) behind this plan and even provide some pictures for those with strong stomachs.

Check back tomorrow.