Recently I threw down the gauntlet on behalf of Chicago baseball fans as to who would take the low road more often with the Cubs and the White Sox respectively featuring two of the game’s most volatile managers.

Right now my money is going on the White Sox. From the owner and the general manager, down to the skipper and the players, this is a team that has issues on every level.

Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like Time Warner is doing a dandy job fucking up Wonder Woman. The ongoing series is an ongoing train wreck, and plenty of readers agree. It’s a miracle that new readers exist.

I don’t know if we’re EVER gonna get a decent motion picture.

Seems like the only one done right by Time Warner in 2007 so far is Lynda Carter, everyone’s favorite Amazon, appearing in Smallville.
Chicago baseball prevented me from seeing it, but I heard it was pretty sweet.

Hopefully 2008 shapes up better than 2007.

Here I was ready to keep score on the inevitable douchebaggery to take place this year between the Chicago Cubs’ Lou Piniella and the White Sox’ Ozzie Guillen, and they are both beaten to the punch, and then some, by Don Imus??
That’s like shooting fish in a barrel!!
I guess I’m torn in that I CLEARLY DISAGREE with the God-awful comments Imus made at the expense of Rutgers University women’s basketball team, but I keep wondering if Don Imus matters. I guess he does because he attracts a lot of listeners/viewers – it’s just he seems very irrelevant to me and those I consider my peers.

Much like this one guy who frequents Newsarama who goes by the handle “Graeme.”
No charge. ;-)

All things considered, though, Imus should thank his lucky stars that he’s not employed by the NFL.

Lord knows I have blogs in the public arena as well as more personal. So I thought I’d do something fun here.

In light of the Windy City now featuring two of Major League Baseball’s most volatile personalities, I will use my space here to track how the White Sox’s Ozzie Guillen and the Cubs’ Lou Piniella perform when things are good and when they’re bad.

I’m dying to see if Ozzie can blabbermouth his way out of one of the premier gigs in baseball, and if Sweet Lou can make it in Cubdom without having a coronary.

Play ball!!!

With the inundation of penguins we’ve gotten over the last year or two, I’m surprised Warner Bros. didn’t scuttle their plans with The Dark Knight in favor of a movie focusing on Oswald Cobblepot.

Speaking of The Penguin, I don’t think it gets much more funny than Jon Stewart’s coverage of our vice president.

Also, a Happy Birthday wish to one of my all-time favorite guitarists, David Gilmour.

Greetings and welcome to the new ShotgunReviews.com. Since 1999, we’ve done our best to give you worthwhile (and often funny) reviews and columns, and it’s time to shake off the rust and do it a little differently. We’ve kicked around a few ideas regarding how we’d do this new thing, and we hope you like what you see.

The new design comes to us from Barb Hallock, a student of mine with the appropriate attitude for this place (that is, bad). The more bloggish format puts us more on par with the current landscape. After all, we’ve been doing this almost eight full years. It was time for a big change. I think that you’ll agree that the new format, with a huge list of categories and easy searching, is a good one.

As part of that big change, we’ve brought in an influx of new talent from a variety of places. The entirety of our Best Shots team, responsible for the Best Shots column that runs every Monday at Newsarama.com, is now operating here in several capacities. You’ll also meet several talented young writers, including Barb herself, who will be tackling a variety of topics.

However, if you’re one of the rare folks that has read us since 1999, don’t get too worried. Shawn Delaney will still grace us with terrific music reviews, as will Jonathan Birdsong and the Lyrical Lounge crew. The Russ is back on wrestling coverage in full force. L.I. Rapkin’s already kicking in some culture. Eric Barker’s already opened the film vaults. And they aren’t the only familiar faces lurking around.

In the next few days and weeks, you’ll see the roster expand a little more and you’ll see some new recurring columns and features that we hope will become favorites. If you want to check out the old stuff, the old site currently still exists in its full glory under the archive button. If you want to talk about any of the stuff, old or new, visit our newly established forums.

So there’s my big speech. Enjoy yourselves, express yourselves, and invite friends. ShotgunReviews.com never went away, but we are most certainly back. Thanks for your time.

Today, for the first time in years, methinks, a monthly title drawn by George Perez is hitting the stores.
Happy day, HAPPY DAY!!!