Arnold Schwarzenegger's best movies

I was flicking through the channels the other day waiting for the early NBA games to start while avoiding hopping on the treadmill when I stumped onto one of my favorite childhood movies from the 80s: Commando.

It was really the first movie that I remember recording on television and watching 50 to 75 times. It had action and “Who's the Boss” star Alyssa Milano, but most of all it had Arnold Schwarzenegger kicking ass and taking names.

I threw out to my follwers on Twitter if the flick deserved to be mentioned among the best of the decade. I was of course laughed at but it got me thinking - maybe Commando, as awesome as it was for me from age 7 to 10, might not even make my all-time Arnold Top 5 movie list.

I must not be the only one watching classic Schwarzenegger films because TMZ is leading me to believe Maria Shriver isn't ready to say "hasta la vista, baby" to her hubby even though he plowed and impregnated that ugly nanny.

OK, back on topic. Here are my Top 5 favorite Arnold movies:

No. 1 - Predator

There's no questioning this flick's place in history. It's the perfect combination of sci-fi and action jammed into 107 minutes.

It's wonderfully cast with Carl Weathers, Bill Duke and Jesse "The Body" Ventura playing strong supporting roles behind Schwarz’s lead character Dutch.

The movie's success spawned a series of disappointing sequels and branch offs, the worst of which was the sequel starring Danny Glover - who a... [More]

When rooting against the team you bet makes sense

Like the idiot that I am, I took the Jets late in the week which meant I got Gang Green at +7.5 instead of +9.5. The Patriots were up 27-21 late in the fourth quarter and picking up first downs at will on the ground.

New England was already in comfortable field goal range (ball inside the 20) when it came down to a 3rd and 2 with under two minutes to play. The Jets only had one timeout left so if the Pats picked up the 1st down they could just run out the clock.

But New York stuffed BenJarvis-Green Ellis’ run up the gut – the only time it did all second half – called a timeout and New England kicked a field goal to make it 30-21.

Well, I sure-as shit knew Dirty Sanchez wasn’t going to take the Jets down the field for a score with no clock stoppages and less than 1:30 left. My cover was gone and it was all because the team I bet on did something good.

I thought this was an abnormal situation, rooting against your underdog bet from fighting it out until the very end, when just laying down and accepting defeat would cover the spread.

Help me mourn my loss by sharing some similar spots you’ve found yourselves in, in the past.

What’s a fair tip to give a blackjack dealer?

Movie star Vince Vaughn seems like a likeable guy. He’s funny, kind of chunky and likes sports. He’s even going to be in a movie about sports betting (Lay The Favorite).

So it’s easy for an average Joe like me to get duped into seeing a movie like Couples Retreat. Fail.

Well, I’ve got some ammunition next time the Mrs. Grewal wants to take me to some Vaughn-led, rom-com disaster.

The Las Vegas Review Journal’s Norm Clarke reports that Vaughn won $30,000 at the Mandalay Bay on blackjack this past weekend, and tipped the dealer…wait for it.... $25.

Yikes. For those of you breaking out the calculator app on your phones, I’ll save you the trouble. That’s 0.08 percent of his $30,000 winnings.   

Is that insulating or do we need to know more facts? Like did Vaughn just put down $10,000 and tripled it in two hands? Does that warrant a big tip for the dealer… two hands?

I’m not a big tipper. I’m a cheap guy, but I don’t want people to spit in my food or piss in my drinks so I succumb to the social norm and tip 15 percent whether my service was good or bad. I shouldn’t say that, sometimes I’ll tip 20 percent but that’s only if someone gets me a couple refills without me asking.

But 15 percent of $30,000… that’s $4,500. It might be hard for me to part with that many chips but then again, my net w... [More]

How do you deal with the slowest day of the sports betting year?

This is the worst day of the year on the sports calendar. What the hell am I supposed to bet on, office coin flips?
 
Did you see the Covers.com contests section today? It’s a perfectly illustrates how bare the cupboard is compulsive sports gamblers like myself today.

I feel a mean panic attack coming, like Bill Paxton in the movie Aliens. Game over man! Game over!


I guess I could get a jump start on my three-ball bets for the British Open, or I could take a look at what’s going on in the WNBA. But I need some help. I need survivor bettors. You know like Jedi degenerates who lived through more All-Star breaks than me.

Tell me what you plan on doing today. Are you betting your balls off today or sitting on the sidelines?