Power and the Money, Money and the Power

There was an episode of "The Office" last year where Michael informed Jan that no one at the Scranton office was disgruntled, but to the contrary, everyone was extremely "gruntled".

Well, as has been written about here and here, it seems that William "LaBill" Simmons, a.ka. The Sports Guy, is less than, shall we say, "gruntled", with the World-Wide Leader in sports at the current moment.

As improbable as it seems, he is apparently writing for the moment at...wait for it, wait for it, wait....this site. Yes, that's correct. The most famous blogger/internet-centric sportswriter this side of Grantland Rice is using a Blogger-platform to, in the words of Whitman,"Sound his barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world."

This, my friends, is why I am fascinated by the internet. The playing field has completely been leveled. I have the same method of communicating with the masses as one of the most well-compensated/promoted/connected sportswriters of the current era. Someone could stumble from the Sports Guy Unplugged to Osler's Razor to No Genuine Issue of Material Fact to the Jig and Twig without even knowing which was written by the law professor, which was written by the student, and which was written by a de facto internet mogul.

Well, I Feel So Broke Up, I Wanna Go Home

Congratulations to Mr. Joseph Halbert and Mr. Jeremy Masten for correctly naming "Champagne Supernova" from the Oasis album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? as the Wednesday Song of the Day.

There is an episode in Season 3 of The Office where Michael happily informs Jan that no one at the Scranton branch of Dunder-Mifflin is disgruntled with the company, but much to the contrary, everyone at the Scranton branch is extremely "gruntled".

Well, it seems that a group of Liverpool supporters is not quite "gruntled" with the fact that Tom Hicks and George Gillette still own the club:

Liverpool's American owners are facing a new takeover bid -- from frustrated fans. The longshot member-share scheme, set to be launched Thursday, aims to raise an estimated $1 billion to oust Tom Hicks of Dallas and George Gillett Jr. of Vail, Colo., and fund a new stadium. Inspired by the FC Barcelona model, the group -- Share Liverpool FC -- will appeal for 100,000 fans to each contribute up to $10,000.

"Liverpool Fans Trying to Buy Out American Owners" from the Associated Press.

I realize I engaged in a little panhandling last year to acquire the "Jesus Hates the Yankees" t-shirt, but is there any chance that someone has $10,000 just lying around that they wouldn't mind sending in my general direction?

Anyone?

Bueller?

Anyone?