The REAL Josh Anderson

If you haven't already, click here to see the latest trailer for "The Dark Knight". They certainly are capturing everything that is cool about Batman and his evil counterpart Joker. Any trailer that uses the classic imagery of Batman glaring over Gotham City from high atop a tower instantly has me hooked. Throw in some cool cape action, and I melt like a seventh grade school-girl at a Justin Timberlake concert.

Almost more importantly, Heath Ledger looks like he captured the true nature of Joker. Ominous, menacing, and just plain creepy. No more pudgy Jack dancing around in an art gallery. After all, Jack did nother more than played Jack with a little makup on in the first Batman movie (yeah, yeah, I know it wasn't hte "first" Batman movie, but you know what I am talking about).

Heath appears to be the maniacle killer that is our hero's foil. Every other villain in the comics serves as no more than a stand-in to occupy Batman's idle-time until Joker returns from some sentence, vacation, etc. I hope this isn't a one-and-done movie for Joker. Let's treat it like the comics, without each other, neither of them exist in their truest/coolest form.

They way I figure it, if Heath pulled off "Brokeback Mountain", Joker should be a breeze...

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Trailer debuts Sunday. Check back then for my impressions, if you care... :)

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John Folmer, the football committee chairman for the Sun Bowl, said Monday night that the Sun Bowl had decided to invite South Florida ahead of UC, even though the Bearcats beat the Bulls during the regular season.

"They may have lost to Cincinnati, but at the end of the day we thought USF would do a better job," he said.

I don't exacly understand his reasoning. The Bearcats certainly play a more "exciting" brand of football with our spread offense and the nations leading turnover-creating defense.

Here are some other "reasons" why we aren't going to the Sun Bowl:
The Sun Bowl expects to get Oregon State as the representative from the Pac-10. UC has already beaten Oregon State this season and bowl officials do not like to have rematches. - I can buy this one.

Folmer said the decision was based on USF being the higher-ranked team in the BCS standings. Both teams finished 9-3, but the Bulls are No. 21 with UC at No. 23 in the BCS standings. UC was ranked No. 20 in the Associated Press poll, USF No. 25. - How they are ranked higher in the BCS, I don't know. Is it the win over Auburn?

Regardless of all of the politics involved, I love Brian Kelly's response: "We'll be happy to play anywhere, anytime, anyplace." Please don't leave us Coach Kelly!!!

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At the tail end of ESPN.com's current headline article there is a nice mention of UC and the Holy Grail of pizza sauce:

"When hungry in Cincinnati, The Dash recommends a slice of LaRosa's Pizza (40). The local favorite can be found about everywhere, and Cincinnatians will rhapsodize about the sauce. You won't find a leafy idyllic look on campus at the University of Cincinnati, but The Dash is impressed by the modernization efforts around the school's very cool, middle-of-campus football facility, Nippert Stadium."

Granted, I am a little biased, but having played in quite a few stadiums across country, Nippert truly is a one-of-a-kind experience. No other stadium that I have been to is dropped smack-dab in the middle of campus (literally 50 feet away from the student union, the College of Engineering, and other Univerisity buildings) like The Nipp.

As for LaRosa's Pizza comment, I totally agree. We now buy the sauce in six pound bags every time we go down to Cincy to use on our homemade pizzas. No store-bought sauce compares and we are too lazy to try making our own. But, really, could we come up with a sauce better than LaRosa's? I can't imagine it possible.

Speaking of pizza, can anyone name the pizza chain that this post's title came from?

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Obligatory Fanboy Declaration: Amazon is staple in my household. Almost all gift purchases, especially Christmas gifts, are purchased there. The prices rock, delivery is usually free, and they have everything. If you ask me, and some have, Amazon.com represents the Mecca of modern commerce.

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