niners receiver josh morgan has offered to be benched in sunday’s game against the rams so that isaac bruce can get the start, maybe his final start of his career, against his old team [mercury news].

it’s a noble gesture for one of the best WR to ever play. in the above mercury news story, they also showed where isaac bruce sits behind the best WR ever, jerry rice (above) and it reminds you of how good jerry rice really was. anyway, stop crying and check out the stats:

complete with nasty christmas sweater!

how do christmas sweaters get out of fashion so quickly, compared to other types of clothing?

what better to eat your processed meats (spam, corned beef, vienna sausages, etc) than with a SPLAYD?

another great oatmeal comic about getting tapped for family tech support [oatmeal.com]

great story about darren lin from palo alto on espn.com. how can the runaway player of the year for california high school basketball not be offered a D1 scholarship anywhere? ridiculous.

i like how his dad taught himself basketball from watching kareem, larry bird and dr j on tv and he passed down the knowledge to his sons [espn.com]

admittedly, the most satisfying part of the espn story was the picture of darren blocking a brutha. SIT DOWN CLOWN.

(story stolen from alex’s fb)

why do they keep advertising the nasty blue snuggies for people, dogs and babies-strapped-to-their-mothers-somehow? if they really want to sell, they need to make a cool brown one like obi-wan wears.

the blue ones need to be banished from existence:

i did manage to clear the gutters this weekend before the big rain hits but did not put up our holiday christmas lights yet. check out what one guy did to his house:

while there’s many opinions of what constitutes sin, i think a full-length corduroy skirt is a violation of fashion codes worldwide.

imagine a non-stop flight to tampa next to this beast? forget beverage service to the front of the plane since you can’t get the cart through!

…at least for the one day. the team is strong this year with steve nash, dwayne wade, gerald wallace, and carlos boozer with marc gasol and chris kaman platooning at the center spot.