Wine Woot, part of the Woot! empire, is selling an interesting 4 bottle set of sake from Sake One.  The set includes the follow bottles of premium sake:

• 1 Momokawa Silver by SakéOne
• 1 Momokawa Ruby by SakéOne
• 1 Moonstone Asian Pear by SakéOne
• 1 Moonstone Coconut Lemongrass by SakéOne

I’m not too sure about the flavored varieties…they seem a bit too fusion-y for my taste.  But all an all, this is a decent deal - possibly good for a sushi party.  And it’s nice to see Wine Woot release a sake set.

Threadless, maker of plus-sized limited edition T-shirts is having a back to school sale with everything on sale from $10 until Monday, September 3rd.

Now I’m still not sure i’m buying the whole ‘limited edition t’ thing, but if you’re into that kind of stuff, seems like a good deal.

I think it was a good speech.  Sincere, heartfelt…and I give him props for doing the whole thing without notes.

I’m not so sure about the apologies to the kids tho, I think it’s really the dogs that deserve an apology - although it would be a bit odd for him to apologize to his dogs…like, “Killer, I’m sorry for drowning you.  BANE, I’m sorry for shooting you in the head, Fido, I’m sorry for putting you on the rape stick.”

And if I was Jesus I’d be smacking my head thinking, “why do they always involve me in this shit?”

Where the fuck is Al Sharpton when you need him? 

As expected, Michael Vick pled guilty to dog fighting charges today, finally brining this whole ordeal close to an end.  Vick will be sentenced in December, and faces up to five years in prison.  More likely however, he’ll get just a year due to his guilty plea.

Blah blah blah, this story is quickly losing it’s legs.  And not a minute too soon.

But I was thinking today, David Stern and the NBA really got lucky with the timing of Vick’s indictment.  I mean, Vick pretty much dominated the sports headlines for the past two months - overshadowing not only the NFL preseason but probably one of the biggest scandals in sports history.

I’m talking about former NBA referee Tim Donaghy of course.  Donaghy has already pled guilty to several gambling allegations.  But the real impact on the NBA is accusations that Donaghy actually changed the course of games for the sake of bookies.

If this whole Vick thing never happened, who knows where the NBA would be now.  I mean, this is a case that undermines the league itself.

And Donaghy looks like he’s ready to roll on a bunch of others - so this story is far from over.  Who knows how many other refs he will implicate in coming months.

In any case, the NBA really dodged a huge PR bullet here.  Daniel Stern really owes his job to Vick in a weird, perverted kind of way.