Schrute Favors Hoyas Tonight! plus: Koizumi-time!

OK so maybe Dwight Schrute doesn't actually say that he prefers the Hoyas, you have to read between the lines on his blog. Oops - I mean on his web log.

Hoyas face Vanderbilt tonight from the Meadowlands, 4:27PM PDT, 7:37 EDT, favored by 7.5, according to Vegas odds. I'm cautiously optimistic--we'll see.

I'm expecting UNC to lose to USC tonight - we'll see about that too.

Here are a couple pics of former Japanese Premier Koizumi during his trip to Memphis with W last year. I've been trying to find an excuse to post them but can't think of a good one so here they are anyway.


How cool is he? and it gets even better after a few cocktails:

OK - last one - what the hell happened to Priscilla's face??!!!!
Frank Drebin would have dumped her for sure

ELVIS UPDATE

UPDATE to yesterday's Elvis Birthday post: I was looking for a better image of the Nixon/Elvis photo and found this site from GW University, which shows every(!) photo from the roll that was taken from, including a few where EP is clearly showing off the cufflinks he received as a gift from Spiro Agnew:22 photos, all in vintage, glorious Black&White (makes me think the muddy looking one I posted yesterday has been colorized). This once again proves how great the internets can be!

HAPPY 72nd, ELVIS!

Yep, today would have been The King's 72nd birthday. Check out this article about the meeting that gave us this iconic photo (one of the most requested documents from the National Archives), and the story of how the King got his Federal Agent badge that day:

The chain of events that led to the meeting began when a stretch limousine carrying Elvis pulled up outside the White House. One of his guards handed over a letter from Elvis addressed to Nixon requesting a meeting to discuss how the rock star could help Nixon fight drugs — including getting credentials as a "federal agent at large."

"I will be here as long as it takes to get the credentials of a Federal Agent," Elvis wrote. "I have done an in-depth study of drug abuse and Communist brainwashing techniques and I am right in the middle of the whole thing where I can and will do the most good."

I wish I could add something to that last paragraph to make it funnier but that would be impossible.

Elvis Note #1: I have a black & white postcard with that same photo on the wall of my cube at work. I bought it at Graceland when Irene and I went for my friend Morty's wedding in 2003, intending to send it to my dad, but liked it too much so I kept it. Sorry, Dad.

Elvis Note #2: I am now the same age Elvis was when he died. Kind of scary to think of that. I was going to make a dying on the throne joke here but I think I'll hold off on that for now, maybe even until I turn 43, just to be safe.