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Is there a better and/or quicker way to fill a blog post then by using fun videos?

 

We'll start this of with the future host of the Late Show on CBS.  Truth be told, I was a big fan of the Letterman show back when I was in high school but haven't watched the show in years.  I get the feeling that after Dave saw he would never win the ratings war with Leno he decided at the least he'd outlast him.  No real surprise that within weeks of Leno going off the air Dave announced he'd be walking away. 

As for the future, CBS got the right guy.  Stephen Colbert's satire is as good as it gets and he's quick witted in his interviews.  I can't wait to see him get his hands on the Late Show.  Here is Colbert acting out the results of a nuclear explosion. 

 

 

Turns out Jeff Francoeur is still playing baseball albeit the Minor League variety.  Recently, his teammates decided to pull a little prank on him.  Kudos to whoever came up with the name for this video.  It's called "On Jeff Ears".
 

 

The combination of this video and the background music is brilliant.  The only other thing I'll say is watching this was the hardest I've laughed in weeks.  Enjoy.

 

 

 

Synyster Gates is the lead guitarist for the band Avenged Sevenfold and this guy shreds tasty licks.  Mr. Gates performed this original solo during a master class recently and my mind is blown.  I own his signature model, which he is playing here, and it always sounds this good even when I'm playing it.

 

 

 



I know it's still over a month away from release but 20th Century Fox just released a new trailer for  X-Men: Days of Future Past so I had to include it here.  For those of you who don't care about comic books or comic based movies, you can go about your business.  Move along.  Move along.

You're still here.  Good.  Good.  I've been reading X-Men comics since the late 1980s, so when word got out that they were making a movie based on the Days of Future Past storyline I got a little excited.  With that being said, I will definitely be in line to see this opening night.  Let me add that I was delighted to hear that they will follow this one up with X-Men: Apocalypse. 

I'm sure at some point I'll write more in depth about what stories Marvel and D.C. should consider covering in their respective films going forward.  For now though, D.C.'s new Justice League franchise should see films with Darkseid followed by The Crime Syndicate via Earth 3.  For Marvel, we already know Avengers 2 and 3 will be Age of Ultron and The Infinity Gauntlet respectively.  Either a film based on the Kree/Skrull War or introducing Kang would be suitable follow ups.  For now though, let's enjoy the fact that we finally have Sentinels on film.          

 

 

 

"The ball is tipped and there you are..."

I know the NCAA Basketball Tournament concluded nine days ago but I had to put this up for a variety of reasons.  First off, One Shining Moment has always been significant to me.  I grew up watching the tournament every year and wanting to be a part of the montage when I became a college basketball ball legend.  So much for that.  At the time, I had a VHS tape with all the One Shining Moment's on it from the 1990s that I would watch every year come tournament time.  The NCAA Basketball Tournament is the greatest event in all of sports and having it conclude every year with this song and video montage is unrivaled.  However, I do miss the Teddy Pendergrass version of this song. 

Secondly, I will be attending practice for the Jordan Brand Classic on Thursday where I will see a group of the top high school seniors who will undoubtedly leave their mark on the college game next year.  The list of past MVPs from this game is absolutely ridiculous.  It includes Lebron James, Kevin Durant, Dwight Howard, Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving, Amare Stoudemire, Brandon Jennings, Tyreke Evans, Tyler Hansbrough, Harrison Barnes, Jabari Parker, and Julius Randle (most years they've named an MVP from each team). 

Duke has four signees playing in this game, the most of any school so far (still a few uncommitted players), including 2 of the top 4  players ranked by ESPN.  I'll be curious to see if any players end up standing out during practice in such a talented group.    

 

 

Since I told you my plans for Thursday why not Friday?  Friday I will be at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where I'll spend the day sketching some of the paintings and sculptures that are on display.  If all things go according to plan, I'll post some side by side pictures of my work and the master pieces that inspired them next week.  

In honor of that, here is a video of two French street artists putting together quite an amazing mural.  

 

 

 

Let's finish this up with a fun little video that tells us the difference between Porn Sex vs. Real Sex.  Oh and they explain it using food.