(Or at least a semi-daily list of thoughts that are rustling around in my head.  Because of my full-time gig and the responsibilities that go along with being a devoted family man it may not always be possible every day.)


When USA Today first came out, Larry King used to have a weekly "column."  I put column in quotes because most of the time it was simply Larry's observations such as:  Christie Brinkley is very pretty...Michael Jordan is a great basketball player...Randy Johnson throws hard...Ice cream is delicious.  Well, you get the idea.  Not a whole lot going on there.  Hopefully what follows will be a tad more insightful and pithy...  


I understand why euphemisms are used, but some of them are just preposterous.  One that is gaining in popularity as the NBA draft approaches is motor.  As in, this prospect has a lot of ability but he also has a questionable motor.  Why not just say it like it is:  Jeff has a great low post game, but is a lackadaisical enigmatic malcontent...


Lately I find myself being oddly attracted to Tina Fey, Sara Ramirez, Allison Janney, Cheryl Hines, and Chelsea Clinton.  Prior to the last couple of months I've found none of these women even remotely appealing from a physical standpoint and at least three of them are unmistakenly equine-like in appearance.  Perhaps I should explore whether to take a part-time job at the Del Mar Racetrack.  That or become a Los Angeles Sparks season ticket holder... 


I'm currently holding steady at nine confirmed readers and a whopping 33% are women.  Ladies, this one is for you.  Check out "Little Children" when you have a chance.  The movie is badly in need of an editor, but the scenes with Patrick Wilson likely won't disappoint.  Jackie Earle Haley he's not...


Congrats to Colin Cowherd for winning the inaugural My Shit Doesn't Stink award (to be known as MSDS on a go forward basis in case there are any junior readers out there) for becoming a blowhard.  Like Jim Rome, another popular sports radio host, Cowherd has talent.  The problem is he knows it, has fallen in love with the sound of his own voice, and repeats himself over and over and over and over again.  While driving to work in the morning I often have to turn to another station because Cowherd constantly repeats the same thing or says the same thing four different ways in a thirty second span of time...       


I've listened to Rome on and off going back to the days when he was doing live remotes from SDSU and hourly sports updates on the weekends.  His rants about Softball Guy never get old and he's still one of the best interviewers around.  However, the fact that he repeats himself so much over the course of a three hour show is just too hard to take...   


Titillating has to be the best word in the English language.  If you can come up with a better word, please let me know...    


With an assist going to my friend Rosey:  So the English Premier League Championship game between Manchester United and Chelsea the other night was decided by penalty kicks.  Just imagine Brian Scalabrine and Walter Herrmann going out on the court in their street clothes to decide game 7 of the Eastern Conference Championship by shooting free throws.   Too far fetched?  What about DJ Mbenga and Fabricio Oberto doing the same thing in the final game of the Western Conference Championship?  And what about the referee arbitrarily adding minutes to a game for injury time?   I don't want to be xenophobic but these are just a couple of the myriad reasons why soccer won't ever be a top sport in the U.S... 


One of my nine readers has asked about what authors and writers I like.  I'd say that I enjoy reading some of the stuff written by Malcolm Gladwell, Chuck Klosterman, and David Sedaris.  However, after recently finding out that Klosterman looks like Arnold from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and sounds like Corey Feldman, he's lost some of his luster in my estimation.  I'm not quite sure why this is so.  I hardly look like Tom Brady.  Hell, I'm a far cry from Matt Cassell on his worst day.  Yet, somehow a writer's appearance and the sound of his voice has adversely affected my opinion of him.  Some would say that this makes me a superficial person.  Perhaps that's an accurate assessment.  It's likely just human nature though.   There's a reason guys who look and sound like the aforementioned Larry King aren't on TV.  Okay, maybe that's a bad example...    


Keep e-mailing your questions and comments to drew@sandiegosportsguy.com.  In the coming weeks I'll try to address each and every one of them...