Randy Moss Lowers The Cone Of Silence

I'm going to try to be as objective about this as possible.  Randy Moss is done with press conferences this year and seems content with being fined $25,000 a week.  This comes after the Minnesota Vikings lost to the New England Patriots today 28-18.

The video above is Moss' press conference after the game.  Here is a link to the complete transcript.

Update 11/1/2010:  Randy Moss has been waived by the Vikings, according to ESPN.

Here's what I think about Moss' situation:

The Train Wreck Known As The Dallas Cowboys

Let's give credit to where credit is due first.  Wade Phillips has a 34-20 regular season record as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.  To put that in perspective, five of those losses came this year including Monday's 41-35 loss to the New York Giants at home on national television.  Bill Parcells, one of the greatest head coaches in NFL history, had a 34-30 regular season record as the Cowboys head coach in four seasons with an 0-2 playoff record.  The big knock against Phillips is his 1-2 record in the postseason with the Cowboys.  But now, Dallas could be looking at a season similar to the Dave Campo era (three 5-11 seasons) after beginning the 2010 season at 1-5.

Phillips has always been criticized as being soft and a "yes" man but his teams have always performed during the regular season.  Not this year.  And to add insult to injury (or should I say, "injury to insult?"), All-Pro Quarterback Tony Romo is out 6-8 weeks because of a broken collarbone.

So how does the rest of the season look for the Cowboys?

Star Wars Is Alive And Well

I saw an interesting headline on the Gizmodo website today:  "George Lucas reportedly creating Star Wars sequel trilogy (that's not about the Skywalkers)"

That's cool.  I'll take that with a grain of salt.  But, I'm surprised that after six movies, numerous merchandise licensing over the years since 1977 and cries of blasphemy from the fanboys, Star Wars rumors still hold interest.  I have to admit that the prequel trilogy was not as good as the original trilogy and I really haven't been following the current "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" animated cartoon series.  The last Star Wars product I bought was the "Clone Wars" animated movie on DVD (in a really nice steelbook case, by the way).

In a couple of days, "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II" is coming out as a video game.  I like this trailer for the game.



There also is a live-action Star Wars series being made sometime in the next several years in addition to releasing a 3-D version of all six movies. 

So, I guess Star Wars will continue to be in the pop culture collective for a while.  I hope George Lucas is healthy enough to see all of these projects through.

New URL

My personal blog is now at a new internet address.

Bookmark http://www.claytonwakida.com/.

I just bought a domain based on my name and had it redirected to my personal blog on Blogger.  I bought my domain name at Hover.  Thanks goes out to Leo Laporte and Sarah Lane at the iPad Today podcast for giving me this great idea.

Bieber Strikes Back At Brady's Hairdo

This is all over the sports talk radio shows today.  I don't normally get into this side of the pop culture but this was too funny to ignore.

Teen pop star Justin Bieber has a message for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady: he wants his hairdo back.

Since training camp, Brady has sported a mop top 'do with mixed reactions.  But, Brady is a good-looking guy and he get away with horrific trends like this one.  I suppose somewhere down the line someone made the comparison between Bieber's trademark hairstyle with Brady's new look.

All of this came to a head with a YouTube video made by Bieber that calls out Brady:

This video has been copied so many times on YouTube that it's hard to find the original source.  It isn't on Justin Bieber's VEVO account.  If anyone knows the original source of the video, let me know in the comments. I can't wait until Sunday when a reporter asks Brady about this video after the Ravens game.

My Final Blog (For Now)

I have a blog about my iPhone & iPad.  I have a blog about the television show "Lost."  I even have a Champions Online MMORPG blog page.  Instead of doing a blog for each of my interests, I'm going to put the remainder of my thoughts here.

Believe it or not, I do have a lot more to say about other subjects other than the iPhone, the iPad, "Lost" and Champions Online.

Who knows?  This blog page could be the one that really takes off.  Stay tuned.