How do you spell that?

Well, apparently Greg’s comfortability was negatively affected by my recent posts about made-up words and the Food Network. He has politely requested I talk about baseball “or something” (which I’m assuming is another way of saying “Jack Bauer and 24”). Oh hey, speaking of Jack Bauer – I DID just happen to see that animated movie “The Wild” on HBO a few days ago. Parts of it are a very obvious rip-off of “Madagascar” (I love Madagascar… the movie, not the country. I mean, I’ve never BEEN to the country, so I wouldn’t know if I loved it or not… I’m sure it’s quite lovely…) – but even with the obvious copying, it was an okay movie. And the voice of the lion in The Wild was performed by none other than Jack Bauer… uh, I mean Kiefer Sutherland. In the story, the lion is searching for his son, who has accidentally been shipped to Africa. At one point, he turns to his animal cohorts and plaintively cries, “this is a rescue mission now!” I swear I thought I’d switched over to 24… :)

But since I’ve been talking about words, I have a random question – why do rap and hip hop songs always seem to include some sort of spelling lesson? I sometimes watch MTV or VH1 in the mornings, because I like to keep up-to-date with what the young-uns are listening to these days. And this morning I heard that Fergie song “Glamorous.” And right off the bat, we get the spelling lesson: “g-l-a-m… o-r-o-u-s.” And then again, in case we missed it the first time: “g-l-a-m… o-r-o-u-s.” I KNOW how to spell “glamorous,” Fergie… you don’t have to explain it to me. Fergie also likes to make sure everyone knows how to spell her name, as she tells us in “Fergalicious” (sheesh – talk about ridiculous made-up words…). She’s the “f to the e-r-g the i the e…” Or, if we put it in proper lyrical form:

She’s the f to the e-r-g the i the e
How much more annoying could this silly song be?

Not much, actually. That’s my guess. But really – why is there so much spelling in rap and hip hop? I’m just curious… is there going to be a pop quiz eventually? Will I need a number 2 pencil?

Okay, anyway… back to baseball – which I was never actually talking about, but as long as it was requested, I might as well bring it up. I can not WAIT for baseball season to officially begin. Only a few more weeks. And only a few more weeks until the fantasy baseball draft, which I am nervously awaiting. I have no idea who my first pick will be. And the other day, Rick was lamenting the fact that he might “have” to take Pujols as his first pick. Oh yeah, what a horrible thing THAT would be… oh, woe is me, I have the best offensive player in baseball… whatever shall I do?? Supposedly (supposably) my number nine pick isn’t such a bad thing – since I get two picks relatively close together. But we’ll see how that pans out…

I’m just looking forward to baseball being on TV and the radio again. It’s always great to know that when it’s a really slow TV night, and Jack Bauer is nowhere to be found, you can usually find a baseball game somewhere. I was a little surprised to see that apparently the Yankees are only playing the Rangers one time this year, in May – isn’t that kind of strange? They usually match up with a team a few times during the year. So I doubt I’ll get to see the Yankees play this year, unless maybe I fly up to New York some time…

Well, speaking of baseball, I just realized there’s a pre-season game on YES, so I might as well go watch an inning or two. So until next time, this is L to the I to the S to the A, saying peace out…