on tuesday he wrote an Anti-Michael Vick story that has been shared over 71,000 times on Facebook.

today he wrote an eye-opening column on Big Joe McDonnell who despite consistently getting sports exclusives hasnt had a radio host gig in years and has sadly been relegated to quickie news updates on KNX newsradio.

he’s lost hundreds of pounds and, unfortunately, his momentum.

Plaschke frames Big Joe’s weight thusly:

Joe McDonnell weighed 740 pounds. That is not a misprint. Visiting players would gasp. Insensitive fans would jeer. Everywhere he lumbered, somebody would stare.

He was so big, local teams gave him a special chair without arms so he could sit at their press tables and eat in their press rooms. He was so big, his size eventually became part of his name.

Big Joe. The Big Nasty. For nearly two decades beginning in the early 1980s, the radio personality eclipsed the Los Angeles sports-talk radio scene with his information, insight and indomitable presence.

hard to believe he cant find any love at ESPNLA or Sat radio.

video from 2008

“life is too short to get all serious and not have fun”

in todays paper August Brown reluctantly grants Usher Michael Jackson’s crown.

“For better or worse, Usher is the last man standing in the field of nimble, pop-theater R&B. And he’s making the most of this unique lack of competition.”

not so fast, Mr. Brown, perhaps you’ve overlooked Sean Stephenson who dances better in a wheelchair than ive ever hoped to dance atop two legs.

but you can probably guess what was twisting my arm.

i cant say that ive ever liked gweneth, and when someone said that she was at UCSB when i was there, i said sorry but pretty much 2,000 girls looked like her when i was there.

which might be why she dropped out pretty quickly,

but maybe she knew she was going to be the star of stage and screen in a matter of years.

the college let her in, rumor has it, because a very good friend of the family, michael douglas, a ucsb alumn put in a good word for her.

all i know is she surprised me the other night, her singing wasnt bad, her dancing was cute, and her outfits were perfect.

she didnt show a wide range of acting prowess in the hour long episode but i dont think thats really the point of glee.

i was entertained, and for all of you out there dreading turning 38 one day, ms paltrow has met it head on and appears to be handling it pretty well.

even surrounded by a bunch of 20somethings in cheerleader outfits.

this is so beautiful.

canada rules times infinity

for starters id probably be a dick.

then id have tattoos for days.

id probably also be sadder and directionless. not that i have all that amazing of a direction now, but at least i know what i want to be when im dead: in heaven.

im sure i would have dabbled in a life of crime.

and i probably would have been a Sox fan.

and id have a gun.

and id probably have an ulcer.

and i would eat even worse than i eat now.

who knows, i might be dead.

its funny though because often i hear about people in jail who see The Light, like the author of Pimp, Iceberg Slim, who became a believer once he get locked up.

so maybe all roads would have led me to believe in Jesus.

who knows. all i know is im happy about it, but im sad i dont have a sweet tattoo like our server at Maggiano’s who sported this nice one to honor Ron Santo.

you can win a car from the LA Times

no not a fancy race car or a luxury import, but a vehicle thats easy to park

and one that wont suck up a lot of gas.

if you go to the Auto Show and see this Smart Car filled with LA Times newspapers

and if you successfully guess how many newspapers are in the car, then you win it.

just that simple.

just that difficult.

for those of you who arent anywhere near LA, who just happen to read this humble blog, if you want to put your guesstimation in the comments below, i will tell you how close you were once the number is released.

bon chance!

saw a lot of autos

even saw Adam Carolla

asked him if he thought Howard would go the way of Podcasts like he did, he said he didnt know