TheWizWit Wallpaper Wednesday!

Holy shit we're back. With premature unwarranted new-found confidence due to a nice pageview boost (many thanks to our buddy Enrico from The700level for the tweet), we forge on with more poorly executed, loosely sports-based mini desktop wallpaper this Wednesday. Why? Well, without mediocrity those more clever and skilled than I wouldn't know how talented they are. Oh...why wallpaper? Didn't you see our last wallpaper, Thaddeus Young and a Shitload of Kittens? Did you already forget how I explained that your desktop wallpaper at work is a privilege that should undoubtedly be abused? How forgetful of you.

This week we present...Losers, con Donovan McNabb!

He'll Win One Cy Young, and 11 Cole Hamels

See that photo? It's of Cole Hamels. In Florida. For Spring Training. Today.

It's back folks. Baseball Season 2010.

Go Phillies.

I Miss Vince

The 2010 Slam Dunk contest will take place tonight, where defending champion *COUGH* bullshit *COUGH* Nate Robinson will return against newcomers Shannon Brown, Gerald Wallace and DeMar DeRozen. Wow, that's awful. Since we no longer get any interesting players in this competition, I felt it necessary to hearken back to one of the great contests. So enjoy Vinsanity's personal coming out party, the 2000 Dunk Contest:



This is just part one, continue onto YouTube to see the rest. This is what a dunk contest is supposed to be. Honestly, how fucking cool was young Vince Carter?

Fox Sports: Hack, Unoriginal Journalism at its' Finest

This was the splash page to Fox Sports' MLB section this morning.  Some idiot got paid to write this article. Think about that. I know sports is at its "slow time" right now.  But seriously, an article entitled "10 Guys Who Would Look Good In Pinstripes"?

Bob Klapisch, have you no pride?

Links for Friday

It's that time of year again, millions of married men receive the only "porn" magazine they can safely display around the house without their wife getting all pissed off and accussing them of, GASP!, masturbating. (Seriously, women need to understand that men, as long as they can get it up, will jerk off. It's nothing against you...we love you. But a dude's gotta do what a dude's gotta do. So unless you wanna bang us at our every beck and call -- which we are totally okay with by the way -- we're going to spank it. We don't care if you get yourself off, too...as long as you videotape it and share it with us.)

Anyways, the beautiful Brooklyn Decker graces this years cover. I still have yet to receive my copy, so SI better get on that. Seriously.

Onto the links:

Less Snow, More Baseball

As Philadelphia and the surrounding area digs itself out of 258 inches of snow today, be comforted by this one fact:

Pitchers and catchers report in one week.

Fuck yea!

TheWizWit Wallpaper Wednesday!

Now don't you go getting excited...this ain't gonna happen every Wednesday. But I wanted to share something with you that's been a passion of mine for some time now -- ridiculous desktop wallpapers on my work computer.

Think about it: at work your internet is regulated as if you were a child. It's worse than China! Wanna check your Facebook? Too bad, it's blocked. You wanna put iTunes on your computer? Oops, blocked again. You wanna see that YouTube clip of Peyton Manning blaspheming at Donald Brown? BLOCKED. Your desktop wallpaper is one of the few places in the workplace that you still have complete autonomy over. It's the last bastion of freedom in the modern workplace. Well, wallpaper and the make-believe smoke break. But still, your desktop wallpaper says a lot about who you are and is a privilege that should most certainly be abused.

So in that spirit, I give you TheWizWit's first desktop wallpaper: Thaddeus Young and a Shitload of Kittens!

The Superbowl is Gay

Great catch @JoeBaguley, and thank you for sending it to With Leather so I could see it in my Google Reader and showcase it here for you fine folks.

Pat McAfee's stare into Stover's eyes?  1000% PASSION.

Dolla Dolla Bills Yall: Super Bowl Edition

We've finally made it. The Super Bowl has arrived. I have not real rooting interest for either team, I'm just hoping the game is close for all four quarters.

But you don't really care about my sentiments. You're here for insight. This is your last chance to make some money this football season... or help dig your way out of the massive hole you put yourself in.

Go big or go home. To the Shark tank, one last time...

Amare Stoudemire to the Sixers?

Let's be honest, the Sixers blow. They aren't exciting, they constantly give up double-digit leads and they don't have "that" player to generate any real hope going forward (like Tyreke Evans on the Kings or Derrick Rose on the Bulls). The team is saddled with horrible contracts (Sammy D, Iggy, and Brand) and will be over the cap during (potentially) the greatest offseason of available talent in NBA history. Right now, things just don't look good.

However, it appears that much maligned GM Ed Stefanski is intent on trading by the the NBA February 18th deadline. The latest rumor over the past few days? Amare Stoudemire to the Sixers for Dalembert and Iguodala. Now take this with a grain of salt, as contradicting rumors are flying all over the place. But, do know that there is a very real possibility that the Sixers could make a deal in the next two weeks that, at the very least, will generate some excitement around this team.

Is Stoudemire a good long-term fit? Probably not, unless they open up the offense and run the floor with him. He doesn't play defense and his injury history and contract demands would probably end up screwing the Sixers. But if he chooses to opt-out of his contract this summer(which is set to pay him $17.7 million next year) that would leave the Sixers under the cap, with potentially enough money to sway a prime-time free agent to come here. Maybe they won't be able to do that, but I'd rather find out than sit here stuck in neutral with a team going nowhere.