A month or so ago, I first saw The Big Lebowski 10th Anniversary Edition packaging. I was excited. I mean, it looks awesome. It’s a freaking bowling ball. I love bowling. And I love The Big Lebowski.

However, I’ve never owned a copy of the film, despite the fact that it’s one of my all-time favorites. My roommate since freshman year always owned a copy, but he recently moved out, taking Lebowski with him. Finally, about two weeks ago, I decided I hadn’t seen the movie in way-too-long and was ready to finally own this cinematic masterpiece. So, I grabbed the girlfriend and went out in search of the 10th Anniversary Edition.

The first stop was Best Buy. I love Best Buy. So many DVD’s. They have everything. But they didn’t have Lewbowski. I asked the associate and they said they didn’t have any on hand, but they were getting a shipment tomorrow. There could be a copy on that truck. I weighed my options and decided not to sit at Best Buy for the next 15 hours.

Then we checked FYI, which is horrendously overpriced, but usually has a good selection. I again couldn’t find what I was looking for, but I was intrigued by the idea of getting a complete season of Everybody Loves Raymond at half-price when I bought another complete season fo Everybody Loves Raymond at full-price.

At this point I was starting to get annoyed. “Is this not the Capital of New York state?” “I know Albany isn’t a big city, but they should have at least 1 fucking copy of The Big Lebowski.” Lauren, just ignored me. I get like that sometimes.

The next stop was Target, which was also a no-go.

Then we went to the brand new Colonie Center – the Capital Region’s most upscale shopping destination. Home of the Cheesecake factory, a gorgeous new movie theater with seats like pillows and such upstanding eateries as PF Chang’s, The Cheesecake Factory and Friendly’s. (Not to mention a completely kick-ass food court which features a Mr. Subb.) Surely, this mecca of consumerism would house the DVD that would really tie my room together.

Fuckin’ A.

I went into Barnes & Noble and headed for their DVD section. (B&N: Books are for queers! Check out our electronics department!) Again, I couldn’t find it. I was exasperated. “What the shit, man. How can there not be one copy of the brand new special edition of a film that is widely considered to be a classic? This makes no fucking sense.”

Enter the salesman who volunteered to look it up on the computer. As he walked behind the counter and started to type in the search criteria, I noticed that behind him, written in chalk, was “The Big Lebowski” next to the date 9/9. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. I have to say, I felt like a real Hef.

Did I mention there’s nothing to click here?

Miami Dade County cites “rampant steroid use” as they take Jose Canseco’s name off a street sign. I stole this story from my Inbox, as it will also appear in the PM Roundup over at The Big Lead dot Com.

Baseball Musings tells us that there could be a 5-way tie at the end of the baseball season. We do still talk about baseball here. Right?

From the MTV Move Blog:

Three of my favorite things in this entire world are movies, baseball (Go Red Sox!) and the “Twilight” universe. So needless to say, I’m really friggin’ excited about the one scene in November’s movie that will combine all three.

Seriously, is there anything associated with MTV that isn’t completely fucking stupid?

“Personally, I’m hoping the vampire baseball scene will be really fun to watch,” the actor insisted, saying that all those fastballs and leaping catches should jump off the page and onto the big screen. “I mean, you can only do so much with your imagination, when you’re thinking about vampire baseball [and reading 'Twilight']. But actually seeing that and hearing the cracking of the bat? The super-vampire speed? That should be fun to watch.”

That does sound like fun!

Finally, will somebody please buy AI’s freaking house? Anybody? Come on.

And finally-ier, it’s opening night for my bowling league tonight. It was originally supposed to be Saturday, but it doesn’t matter to me. That’s bush league psych out stuff.

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8-year-olds, Dude.

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