Tour de Fours

• Fact: The top minor league team in Atlanta used to be the Atlanta Crackers, which played from 1901 to 1965. For twenty years of this time the team played at Spiller Field, notable for having a magnolia tree in the outfield; balls stuck in the tree remained in play until they were removed. Interestingly, the Atlanta Negro League team was known as the Black Crackers. Huh.
• Opinion: I’ve probably laughed more in the last two nights than I have in three months, and it’s all been at the stupidest stuff. For example, last night all I did was play Halo and watch Mortal Kombat with the guys, and it was off the hook, chain even. For any of you who have lost all respect with the film medium, I highly recommend both movies in the Kombat series. The first one sucks, and the second one sucks even harder. But that’s not the reason you watch them. No, the true value in watching Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation lies in the little things. The lightning god inexplicibly bursting into nervous laughter and apologizing for it. Unnecessary somersaults. A network of steam-activated subterranean tunnels, navigated by gladiator ball. A cgi battle between a dragon and a hydra. Perfection. Or should I say, FLAWLESS VICTORY!!1
• Song: “When the Last Time”, by the Clipse, on the album “Lord Willin’”. Yes, this was a huge hit when it came out in 2002, but in all honesty, it’s the only Clipse song you need. Actually, you can make do with just the instrumental, because this might be the best Neptunes track ever.
• Link: Sometimes when I’m feeling blue I just click the random button on this page until I feel happy again.

Fourth Down

• Fact: Humans can remember smells more easily than they can remember visual or auditory stimuli. This is because scent is not processed through the Hippocampus, the part of the brain which encodes memory; it takes a sort of “shortcut” into stored memory.
• Opinion: I think I have more lunch dates than I have lunches remaining.
• Song: “Grammy Family”, by Kanye West feat. John Legend and Consequence, on “DJ Khaled Presents… Listennn”. As someone who thought this summer’s “Holla at Me” was a turd, I wasn’t expecting much from DJ Khaled’s mixtapeish album, but after listening to the beat on this track, I was pleasantly surprised. Granted, Consequence’s verse is only so-so, but Kanye is in top form, poking fun at his ego by rapping “even I hate us”. Unfortunately, John Legend’s contribution is pretty much him wailing now and then. Still, definitely download this song.
• Link: If you like a little servitude before supper, you might enjoy this cluckin’ awesome piece of viral advertising. Before they sold four dollar Xbox 360 games, Burger King made a website to advertise their new chicken sandwhich where you could send commands to a man in a chicken suit (try “dance”, “trash room”, “break tv”, etc.) . A little disturbing, but then again, these are the people who built that creepy King character.