I enjoyed posting about circumlocution so much yesterday that I've decided to address it again today.  Like most politicians (including the loquacious Barry Obama and Joe Biden), a lot of radio talk show hosts use far too many words to make a point.  While I respect a national radio show host's ability to talk into a microphone for three or four hours a day, a lot of the popular ones have become very difficult to stomach for more than very short doses.  One host that immediately comes to mind is Colin Cowherd.  Making fun of Cowherd is kind of like shooting fish in a barrel...or wolves from a helicopter.  The degree of difficulty really isn't that great.   

When Cowherd first came to the San Diego airwaves about two years ago, I actually enjoyed listening to his show.  There were strong opinions, top name guests, local beat writers offering unique perspectives and also some dialogue about non-sports topics from time to time.  However, over the past six to nine months, I've found it nearly impossible to listen to an entire segment of the show without switching the station.  Cowherd has become so full of himself that he truly believes it when he says he's the smartest and most entertaining personality on the radio.  He has also developed a serious case of Jim Romeitis.  This is a particularly vexing condition in which a person repeats the same thing three or more times within a twenty second span of time.  Sure, both Rome and Cowherd can be very funny, but these occurrences seem to have become few and far between lately.   

The notoriety, money and fame have clearly gone to The Herd's head.  At this point I can still listen to Cowherd for about six minutes at a time and that is about five minutes longer than these jokers who come on before him.  Seriously ESPN, if one of your hosts has almost nothing to say and the other one is constantly regurgitating the name of the show, then why even bother?  A few months back Cowherd was given the MSDS Award and I think I'm going to bestow the Bloviating Buffoon Award on him today.  Congrats Colin!








This picture was taken back in April.  Say it ain't so D...






Fast forward to present day.  Much better, DWade.  Kind of like going from a 95' Civic to a 2006 Lexus...








In about 72 hours the original Carvel in New Jersey will be closing its doors.  For decades, Fudgie the Whale has been the face of Carvel and I can't help but think there should have been a name change at some point in time.  The connotation of Fudgie is rather negative and I have to believe this lovable whale would have preferred a nickname or moniker like Smiley instead...  







Last but not least, I was playing a round of golf at a links course down in Chula Vista earlier today and all hell broke loose on the 8th green.  The video was taken with a camera phone so it's a little grainy, but Rosey is the one in the red shirt...