Here's a bone..

After a whirlwind weekend since the creation of this blog instead of focusing on one thing I feel it's best to dabble in a little bit of this and a little bit of that, with this the first post from Gray and Beans.

I had originally planned on talking about the fact that our governor, Rod Blagojevich, had been impeached but that blog never got off the ground. So here is my take on that situation: to the members of the Illinois Senate, all 59 of you who ousted the governor, please do not act as if the people of this state are that clueless. Everyone knows how politics and the brokering of deals work, Blago was a fool for getting caught but do not turn your noses up to him and act as if these acts are SO beneath you, we know better.

On to a lighter note, while reading the Chicago Sun-Times this morning I came across an article about Jessica Simpson, who after a performance has had her weight called into question. There have been several celebrities, including her sister, who have spoken on her behalf calling it ridiculous that this is an issue, and frankly I am going to have agree with them. Because Jessica Simpson is still a ridiculously fine specimen, so really tabloids? Really Perez Hilton? Let's get off that. The woman is not fat nor is she big, you want fat talk about Oprah or Rosie O'Donnell, let's keep our accusations within reason and on planet Earth.

Finally, the most annoying part of the weekend came Sunday evening when Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl, defeating the Arizona Cardinals 27-23, in what became a very entertaining game. Being from Chicago and not being a fan of either team, I am not complaining about the game play because I saw a spectacular play to end the first half (although the play only happened because the Cardinals refused to throw to Larry Fitzgerald during the first half of the game) and a very well played second half by both teams.

With that being said, what did annoy me about the game yesterday was the fact that Big Ben won and is today being heralded as one the greats and his performance is grossly being exaggerated. Ben, did make 2 perfect throws to Holmes (the first going through his hands) at the end of the game but was his performance worthy of the MVP? Not at all, which is why he didn't win the award. It went to the right man, Holmes was the difference maker on that final drive, Ben was just living in his world making the right reads.

So ESPN please stop! Just stop! Ben is not the second coming of Jesus Christ and he does not deserve anymore credit for the Steelers winning the Super Bowl this year than the next guy. Please focus on the number 1 defense and the fact that they made the game changing play to end the first half. I will not be watching ESPN for the remainder of the week and I know my colleague Kid Gray will not be either to prevent our heads from exploding due to Big Ben overload.