Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “But It’s Only Thursday” Edition

Let’s face it. If you’re checking HJE tomorrow, it’s because God, country, and family have forsaken you. Let me just say something right off the bat. Thank you to all of you folks reading this who have served or are currently serving our country in the armed forces. God bless you, particularly HJE regulars Ned Ryerson, JD, Tinker to Evers to Chance, and RockTheIvy (PLEASE let me know if I’m forgetting one of you, as I don’t want to leave any of you out). You guys and gals are doing/have done a job that I can’t even fathom having the courage and patriotism to be able to do myself, and I thank you for it. Anyhow, it’s Roundup time:

Well, that’s it for me, Have a nice, safe, restful long weekend. For God’s sake, don’t blow off any fingers. We need you guys typing comments come Monday.

-Sweet Uncle Lou

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Comments

Twelve arms? Make him our SS; two of them have to be stronger than Theriot’s by now.

I have a no trade clause so no way! I’m gonna be the face of the franchise, dude. Perfect poster boy for the club if you want to fuel the stereotype that Cubs fans are all frat boy douchebags.

I’m offended that Ned Ryerson was listed before me.

This went up too late for the Roundup, but here’s Barrett taking one in the face.

If he wouldn’t have swung at that horrible pitch, none of this would have happened.

What a chodetard.

Grosse Pointe Blank should get a lifetime achievement Oscar.

GPB is excellent… but I’ll also stand up for Being John Malkovich, Pushing Tin and High Fidelity, three pretty good Cusack flicks that were released later. (I know some folks can’t stand “High Fidelity,” but if you’ve read the book, Cusack nails the protagonist perfectly and he also gets to deliver the tremendous line: “Get your patchouli STINK out of my record store!”).

But Cusack has been one whiff after another since 2000…

Who’s Guy Pierce?

Damnit. Guy Ritchie. Fixed. Isn’t Guy Pierce the guy from Memento?

I was thinking of including High Fidelity, but I was going for true top-notch. BJM was okay, and I never saw Pushing Tin.

Pearce, but yes.

And L.A. Confidential.

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