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by John Cole|  February 6, 20118:55 am| 36 Comments

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It took some work,but I finally got Charlie Sheen out of my hotel room, so I’m on the road. GO STEELERS.

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  1. 1.

    Nelson

    February 6, 2011 at 9:01 am

    Be scared, be Very SCARED !

  2. 2.

    terraformer

    February 6, 2011 at 9:01 am

    I don’t think so, Cole.

    GO PACK!

  3. 3.

    Phyllis

    February 6, 2011 at 9:01 am

    Charlie makes me kinda sad.

    Braves pitchers and catchers report in eight days. The world is again righting itself.

  4. 4.

    Thoughtful Black Co-Citizen

    February 6, 2011 at 9:05 am

    Too early for ROFLing.

  5. 5.

    Violet

    February 6, 2011 at 9:10 am

    @Phyllis:
    Yeah, agreed. While it’s kind of funny in one way, it’s really sad in another. He needs help and it doesn’t look like he’s getting it. I saw something where he’s getting rehab at home. Rehab at home? How does that even work? “Okay Charlie, now you can’t go into the room with the liquor cabinet, okay?” Huh?

  6. 6.

    Ash Can

    February 6, 2011 at 9:14 am

    @Phyllis: Cubs pitchers and catchers too. And a bunch of teams have theirs reporting in seven days. Winter’s practically over. :)

  7. 7.

    Superluminar

    February 6, 2011 at 9:18 am

    “it took some work” – what’s this a euphamism for then? He wanted to watch while you and one of the hookers mopped the bathroom naked?

  8. 8.

    Brachiator

    February 6, 2011 at 9:25 am

    I just ran across and installed the Super Bowl XLV program and game guide iPad apps. Pretty good for free stuff. Nice spotlight on both teams and some great videos. Since I am not a huge sports fan, I prefer stuff like this to sitting through the endless pre game crap on the teevee. That said,

    Go Packers.

    Re: Charlie Sheen not being able to go into a room with a liquor cabinet. He’ll, he can’t go into a room with a medicine cabinet.

  9. 9.

    Phyllis

    February 6, 2011 at 9:25 am

    @Violet: When all your ‘friends’ and ‘advisors’ are paid employees, your best interests and their best interests aren’t always the same thing.

  10. 10.

    Superluminar

    February 6, 2011 at 9:29 am

    Sounds like some good news from Egypt. Hope it works out for them if true.

  11. 11.

    Garbo

    February 6, 2011 at 9:33 am

    Good news. Keep up the play-by-play, Cole, until you are safely ensconced in your chair.

  12. 12.

    Phyllis

    February 6, 2011 at 9:41 am

    Btw, we watched ‘Who is Harry Nilsson’ last night. Well done, with unvarnished interviews with many colleagues and friends. My takeaway? Harry was a singular talent with an incredible voice. John Lennon? Kind of a sh*t, actually.

  13. 13.

    sal

    February 6, 2011 at 9:47 am

    I finally got Charlie Sheen out of my hotel room

    You could have just locked him in the closet.

  14. 14.

    Gordon, the Big Express Engine

    February 6, 2011 at 9:52 am

    Does that make John Cole the porn star In this story?

  15. 15.

    sherifffruitfly

    February 6, 2011 at 10:05 am

    As long as Sheen left the hookers and blow, it’s all good.

  16. 16.

    jurassicpork

    February 6, 2011 at 10:06 am

    The always dangerous Mike Flannigan of American Zen infamy cruelly weighs in on Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday today in “100 Years of Folksy Fascism.” (Advisory- Not for Republicans, centrists, Reagan Democrats or the other faint of heart.)

  17. 17.

    Blackfrancis

    February 6, 2011 at 10:21 am

    anxiously waiting for the pictures to be posted on the TMZ.

  18. 18.

    2liberal

    February 6, 2011 at 10:22 am

    GO Packers !!

  19. 19.

    Luci

    February 6, 2011 at 10:27 am

    @jurassicpork You know… I guess I’m of the faint of heart in that list you put up, as I am feeling sick from reading that list of crap Reagan did. Not much of it was new to me really, but all together like that…Yuk! I never did like the guy, and I sure did not vote for him, and considering that I think things got even worse after him, well…. NOT good.

    On the brighter side though, I am ROFling over the picture in my mind of John Cole getting Charlie Sheen out of the room. Way to go! I’m sure it took courage to do that.

  20. 20.

    13th Generation

    February 6, 2011 at 10:49 am

    Love ya Cole, but I hope this day ends terribly for steelers fans everywhere.

  21. 21.

    MsSkwEsq

    February 6, 2011 at 10:51 am

    I just finished watching CBS Sunday Morning. It had a segment on Ronald Reagan. Made me scream at the TV “are you kidding” and “bullshit” several times. I am just appalled at the lies and omissions of the coverage of dear ole Ronnie. He was the original racist, sexist, classist and Corporatist nasty Republican President of modern America. I hate how the media allows/promotes this sainting of Ronald Reagan. He is directly responsible for much of the pain and problems the US and the world face today. Ugh.

  22. 22.

    SiubhanDuinne

    February 6, 2011 at 11:31 am

    Can I just say? Peggy Noonan looks like dehydrated reconstituted microwaved shit these days.

  23. 23.

    New Yorker

    February 6, 2011 at 11:38 am

    Go Packers!

  24. 24.

    maya

    February 6, 2011 at 11:48 am

    In honor of his 100th B’day, the House Appropriations Committee will now attempt to squeeze a few extra $$$ out of, what will be called, the Cadillacs for Blacks Mothers on Welfare™ budget so that we can enjoy the real thing .

  25. 25.

    burnspbesq

    February 6, 2011 at 11:53 am

    Nil-nil at the half, but it absolutely should be 1-0 Liverpool. Inexcusable miss by Maxi Rodriguez.

  26. 26.

    Tim

    February 6, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    Cole, you hooked up with Charlie Sheen? Whoa…

    Who bottomed?

  27. 27.

    Anya

    February 6, 2011 at 12:12 pm

    Anyone with a twitter account, Ayman Mohyeldin, a US citizen and a Middle East-based correspondent for Al Jazeera English has been detained by the Egyptian Army. Please retweet #FreeAyman!

  28. 28.

    Comrade Coffin

    February 6, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    Why is a match between two mid-table teams (4th and 7th place) still considered a “Big Four clash”?

  29. 29.

    burnspbesq

    February 6, 2011 at 12:29 pm

    Raul Mireles scores for Liverpool! Takes advantage of sloppy defending.

  30. 30.

    Mnemosyne (iPod Touch)

    February 6, 2011 at 12:57 pm

    G and I just got back from a lovely tramp through the snowpocalypse. I am very glad I spent the last 6 weeks buying things like snow boots and ski jackets. Shoulda put on the long underwear I brought — my legs are frickin’ freezing. Now we’re just waiting for his brother to come pick us up for brunch.

  31. 31.

    burnspbesq

    February 6, 2011 at 12:58 pm

    FT: Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool

    Very solid defensive performance by Liverpool. They leapfrog Sunderland into sixth place. Chelsea’s championship hopes probably gone.

  32. 32.

    Moses2317

    February 6, 2011 at 12:58 pm

    Go Stillers! My prediction is Pittsburgh wins the 7th ring 31-27.

  33. 33.

    burnspbesq

    February 6, 2011 at 1:20 pm

    @Comrade Coffin:

    The big four are ManU, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool. Spurs are interlopers, and ManCity are nouveau riche neighbors who are wrecking the neighborhood by building a McMansion and racing their Lamborghinis up and down the street after nidnight.

  34. 34.

    Sixers

    February 6, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    Steelers 28

    Packers 24

  35. 35.

    Polar Bear Squares

    February 6, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    Good luck today, John. Steeler fans. And Packer fans.

    I’m pulling for the Pack because I do NOT want the Steelers winning a Super Bowl in Dallas. Yes, I am bitter. So very very bitter.

  36. 36.

    Batocchio

    February 6, 2011 at 6:22 pm

    I like the Steelers, but go Packers!

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