TWO THUMBS UP, FOUR THUMBS DOWN TUESDAY!

Every Tuesday, I’ll be sharing the little life’s pleasures that make me jump for joy and the terrible, awful things I want to spit on.

Two that earned my love:

1. The Iron Sheik: To older readers, the Iron Sheik was a former Olympian, bodyguard to the Shah of Iran and THE villain when it comes to 80’s pro wrestling.  Sheikie Baby is now 69 and younger reader know him as the most hilarious and insane son of a bitch to ever create a Twitter account.  Whether it’s Chris Brown, Jose Canseco, or Claire Huxtable from the Cosby Show. No one is safe from being humbled “old country way” by the Sheik. Follow him @the_ironsheik
2.  This Guy:

LIKABLE LEBRON STRIKES AGAIN!  If you don’t think this is hasn’t been carefully planned and schemed by Bron’s Public Relations team, you’re nuts.  I’ll give them credit too; it’s starting to work on people.

Four that earned my scorn:

1. Christopher Dorner: If you haven’t read about him yet, you need to pay attention to this guy’s story because I GURRANTEE there’s going to be a movie coming out over the next 5 years.  Dorner is a schizophrenic ex-LAPD cop who killed the daughter of a retired LAPD police captain, her fiancée and a Riverside, California police officer last week.  He is now the target of a nationwide manhunt with a $1 million dollar reward being offered for his capture.  The slaying of the daughter was done as retaliation for Dorner being terminated from the department in 2008 and he has released an online manifesto declaring war on the LAPD and their families.  Dorner is still on the run, stands 6 foot, 270 and has brothers in L.A. wearing shirts like the one above so the cops don’t put two to their domes.

2. “Snitching” Jay Williams:  The New York Times published a profile on former Duke Basketball star Jay Williams and among the things he revealed was that during his only season with the Chicago Bulls (second overall pick, 2002), his teammates would smoke weed before games and then play big-money dice games on the plane following losses.  First of all, Jay, quit telling on people, Fred Hoiberg is going to have you smothered while you sleep. They don’t call him the “Mayor” for no reason.  Secondly, you know what’s worse than smoking weed or playing dice games? Violating the “no motorcycles” clause in your contract and driving one with no helmet or a license. Even worse is wrapping yourself around a light pole, destroying your ACL and never playing another NBA game. Nice work.
3.  Mardi Gras: Nothing worse than being a single twenty-something and going through the most awful day of the week knowing that down south in the land of Voodoo and Gumbo, people are raging right now. I want in before I turn 30 and things get real serious…

  4.  Ridgeland Commons being demolished: Growing up a pre-teen in Oak Park, you had three options on Friday Night: Watch T.G.I.F. on ABC, go to a Park District dance and get down to some Jock Jams and Brian McKnight or kick it with friends at Ridgeland Commons ice rink.  You either skate or hang out and try to spit what little game a 13-year old dude has (zero for me) to girls.  I just found out there’s one last public skate happening this Saturday as the facility will be closing it doors in March and be demolished to make way for construction of a new one. I’ll be there Saturday and if you're from the area, you should come by too. 

Yes I can skate.  It’s a little known fact, but I was skate instructor to all the black kids in the Mighty Ducks movies.

-WST