Looks like someone has a case of the Ingdays!

-Quincy Ledbetter, my good friend and yours, now writes a blog, in addition to 500 myspace bulletins per day. He recently wrote a blog about the origin of Friday. Everything he said was completely made up. He tried to make that clear with every sentence. However, dozens of people have responded to him, saying, "That's really interesting." This is his blog:

Did you know that the word Friday was given its name by Duke Earl of Fry, IV in London back in the Dark Ages? There were, indeed, seven days in the week (all with their meanings), but what we now know as "Friday" used to be called "Ingday".


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Ingday
Saturday
Sunday


NOTE: As I'm sure you all know, since there are seven days in the week and seven continents, each continent was given their own day to name.

Duke Earl of Fry, IV found religion in his mid to late 40's and thus, embarked on a spiritual journey to Jerusalem. While he was gone, London began to fall apart, for as everyone knows, the land will fall to pieces without its Duke to hold order. Upon returning from his 1.3 year trek, Duke Earl of Fry, IV restored London back to its flourishing economy. He went on to reign as Duke of London for many decades to come.

The people of London wanted to dedicate a day in the week to The Duke, but they dare not strip any of the other days of their already respectable meanings, so not to start a war among the continents. The leaders of the Kingdom met with other leaders of the continent and decided to change the name from "Ingday" to "Friday" in honor of The Duke Earl of Fry, IV!

NOTE: They used to spell it "Fryday", but as word spread to the world that the day's name had changed, miscommunication led to the misspelling. This can also be seen in the words 'color' (actually spelled colour) and 'town' (actually spelled towne).

After they changed the name of Ingday to Friday the continent broke into a celebration so joyful that lasted for two days: Saturday and Sunday. Hello, WEEKEND!!!!

Duke Earl of Fry IV, taken shortly after his return from Jerusalem.

How did people think that was serious? "Hello, WEEKEND!!!!" should give it away if the rest of it wasn't obvious.

Quincy's blog can be found at http://www.qledbetter.blogspot.com/

-My friend, Al, wants to conduct a basketball practice. He doesn't want to play. He doesn't want to coach a team. He's never participated in a basketball practice at any time in his life. But for some reason, he wants to round up all of our friends (I think I'm the only one who plays basketball), and run a practice. I asked if he knew what a practice entails. He said he didn't really know, but would figure it out.

"I just like the idea of walking around with a clipboard, and saying, 'Okay, let's do some lay-up drills, guys,'" he said. "Glen, you missed again, let's see some sprints," he continued.

The more I think about it, the more fun I think this practice would be. I'm picturing Al making us do drills that he made up. None of which have anything to do with actually playing basketball. Al, let's make it happen.

"Line up on the baseline. It's time for jumping jacks."

-Last night, I went to a deli to get a bagel and noticed that there are non-Menthol Newports. Who knew? I can't even find a picture of the box online. This must be an underground operation.

-Go to joerobinsoncomedy.com and read his blog. It's really funny.

-Has anyone else noticed the music in the T-Mobile commercial with Charles Barkley and Dwayne Wade in the limo? It's clearly 70s porn music. Next time it comes on, pay attention. It makes the exchange about Wade's hat go from goofy to flirtatious. Thanks to this commercial, I now like to think that whenever they hang out, they talk really slow and quietly, while listening to porn music. I'm guessing Wade and Barkley had no say in this.

-I told Danny Rouhier that Greg Oden is the next Michael Olowokandi, because he's going to be a number one pick and under perform for a decade. He said he will be the next Adonal Foyle, because he's awful. Then we agreed that he's a combination of the two, and Bill Russell. Not because of skill, but because they look like they're the same age.

A 19-year-old Greg Oden.

An unusually spry Bill Russell.

-American Gladiators is now on ESPN Classic every day at 7pm. That is incredible. It has to be the first time any show has moved from the USA Network to ESPN Classic.

-Old guys need to stop standing at urinals with their hands on their hips.

1. It looks awkward. 2. It is awkward.

I had to go really bad this week and the only urinal available was next to one of these guys. When his elbow bumped my chest, he took his hands off his hips, and rested them on top of the urinal. That's even more awkward. What was going on in the 40s and 50s that led to people peeing like this? What changed and made everyone realize how ridiculous it is to pee like that. They're only one-step away from going little boy/Glen Quesenberry style, and dropping their pants to the floor.