Caption Contest Winner #1

Since the caption contest is off the front page, I've decided to announce the winner. It was close between Greg's original caption and Jimbo's caption. Greg went topical with the keys comment, but James went classic with the food comment. Having experienced so many times the "lemme get some of that" I had to give the edge to the Grebutron. I also LOL'd pretty hard when I read it. Your prize, sir: a pat on the back. Well done. Here is the next caption contest:

Remember, there is no limit on the number of captions you can submit!

Her Name Was Sally, But They All Called Her Sal Mineo

In an attempt to view every Steve McQueen film ever made, I watched "Somebody Up There Likes Me" (1956). McQueen is in the movie for all of two minutes, usually seen with a knife... badass. However, the movie still kicked some unexpected ass. I think it was Paul Newman's second movie and I've decided I like him too. This is primarily because of his performance, but secondarily out of vanity. Apparently my life partner's grandmother thinks I look like Paul Newman. I don't believe it, but I wouldn't mind if it were true.

Newman stars as Rocky Graziano, a middleweight world champ who came from a badass past, but turned his life around through boxing. IMDB tells me, and the Buskus may be able to confirm, that Graziano won the title from Tony Zale, but later, lost it to Zale in another match. He also fought Sugar Robinson, knocked him down, but eventually lost. The movie, however, concludes with Graziano on top.

The Trailer:


For Buskus, Zale vs. Graziano (1948):


The film also features Sal Mineo, perhaps you know him as Plato from Rebel Without A Cause. His role was relatively minor, but it finally explains a Lifter Puller (Finn's band before Hold Steady) reference. Until now, I was pretty sure they were talking about Al Mineo, the once leader of the Gambino family. I must have added an "S" by mistake. Coincidentally, both Al and Sal were murdered.

As Town might describe it, it was a good flick. I gave it 5/5 on Netflix. It also convinced me that the Buskus should pursue his boxing interests in the ring.

Because Wednesdays Suck

Happy Hump Day.

Trader Joe's, Homophobic?

I'm a pretty big fan of Trader Joe's, I can get all sorts of cheap protein from soy and shit. Anyway, I was googling the hell out of it and, well... just check this out: Google Search for Trader Joe's.

Right below "What We Sell". It totally threw me off at first glance.

Like The Smart/Shy Girl At The Bar... Tempe AZ, I've Noticed You

Hey there Tempe, AZ. Not feelin the love? I'd like to change that. I've seen you hangin around, you come here often? My hair, why thank you, it is quite full. Let's get to know you better, let me get you a drink. Welcome to The Buskus Report.

Tempe, loving referred to as Phoenix's smarter, younger sister, is located in beautiful south-central Arizona, 20 minutes away from bustling Phoenix. Tempe boasts the area's smartest residents (40% of those over 25 have a bachelors, 14% have an advanced degree; both higher than the national average) and seems to resemble Madison in it's efforts to be smart, young, trendy, diverse, and green. Brainy industry, light rail, a small population of senior citizens (6% vs. 12% national average) keep Tempe hip and with it.

However, Tempe is not Phoenix's Middleton. Nuhnuhnuhno. Unlike Middleton, Tempe is a suburb with minorities, in fact, there is a sizeable Asian population (6% vs. ~3% for other minorities and 80% white). Also, Tempe isn't a little bitch like Middleton. Tempe is more like Madison, a lovely, educated college town (ASU is Tempe's largest employer). However, like Madison, Tempe takes itself a little too seriously sometimes... that is, we have to talk a lot about how special we are.

See what I mean hear... while also learning a bit more about lovely Tempe:


Or check out the development of their market:


Anyway, Welcome Tempe. Hope you enjoy your time with TBR, sorry you're stuck in Arizona.

EDIT: Also, Tempe trains Teach For America operatives.

TBR Book Club, Books and Booze?

Hey dudes,

I'd like to organize a book club (tentatively titled "Books and Booze") and I'd love your company. Depending on what people want, I was thinking a monthly meeting or so, potentially at the Terrace, probably with booze, to talk about books (fiction or nonfiction) that we chose to read.

The reason this is posted here is because I can't seem to locate Slider or Frogger's email addresses. If you want in, drop a comment here or shoot me an email with two reading suggestions. Even if I'm the only one to join, this is going to happen, so I hope you're down.

Caption Contest

So I'm stealing a page from Funny or Die here, but whatevs. I am considering starting a weekly caption contest featuring pictures of our beloved Buskus. If anonymity was a goal of this site, I apologize, but there are only x number of Buski who look like that guy over in the side bar and 0 < x < 2, so it's kinda silly. Anywho, here is this week's pic. Give it your best caption and winners will be announced at a future date by a completely unbiased panel of qualified judges.

Also, feel free to send pictures of Buskus, or anything for that matter, my way and they will make it up on the site.