We swear we're not lazy, we've actually been busy.

We apologize for the scarcity of posts recently, but we’ve been swamped at our real gig (and as much as we like this one, those Goggle AdSense dollars don’t pay the rent) and unable to blog beneath our boss’s nose. You understand, right? We’re sure the six of you still with us do. At any rate, to catch up we’re going all out with a hot ass August edition of Things We Know.

1.) The Colts should absolutely NOT sign Tank Johnson.
- Sure, Lovie Smith has talked him up to Tony Dungy and he’s a quality DT, but this is not the solution to the Colts defensive problems. He can’t even play for the first eight regular season games. By all means Bill Polian, take a long look at Gerard Warren and Warren Sapp, just keep away from Tank.

2.) Superbad is going to be the shit.
- We’ll be seeing it tonight or tomorrow, but some friends in the industry have seen test screenings and say it may be the best yet from Apatow and Co. “Better than Virgin?” we asked. “Yep, better than Virgin,” they responded. So there’s that.

3.) Michael Vick is headed for the concrete floor hotel.
- All indications point to a plea deal being struck sometime today. In other news, our Vick dog chew toy is on backorder and should be here by the season opener.

4.) You should NOT go see The Ten.
- We know it’s tempting, because Paul Rudd is in it, but you’ll thank us later.

5.) Monday Night Football is tolerable again.
- We’ve always had a soft spot for Ron Jaworski and his Ivy League-style breakdown of film, but we never imagined how wonderful he’d be in the Monday Night booth. He even makes Kornheiser funny again.

6.) If you’re not psyched for this weekend’s Cards/Cubs series, get fucked.
- Both teams are within 2 ½ games of first place in the NL Central, and they get it on four times at Wrigley. This is as good as baseball gets, people, even if it’s two mediocre teams from a shitty division.

7.) The new Madden is – pardon our cliché – the balls!
- We have yet to take the Xbox 360 plunge (though the price drop has us wavering), but we’ve been playing it at work all week and it’s great. Not late 90’s/early 00’s great, but as great as it gets with an exclusive NFL license.

8.) Did anyone else know that The Invasion comes out this weekend?
- Here’s another lesson kids: stop remaking classic films that were just fine to begin with.

9.) Mercifully, John From Cincinnati was killed in its sleep.
- We watched one episode and gave up. Others were more lenient, patient and forgiving, but what did they ultimately gain?

10.) David Beckham still doesn’t have our attention.
- Even though we live in Los Angeles (Santa Monica, really), we couldn’t care less. And, apparently, so could the rest of you.

Big Love, and other HBO endeavors

The girlfriend's family was in town over the weekend, so last night was our "HBO Night," where we caught up on Entourage, Flight of the Conchords and Big Love. We enjoyed all three, in general, and - through the magic of DVR - managed to sidestep John From Cincinnati completely. We wonder what Nick Lachey thinks about such an awful show kicking mud in his hometown's eye. Probably not much. We doubt he's ever pressed to think about much, and for that we'll envy him until the grave. Anyway...

Entourage
- We loved the idea of staging the entire episode as one of those "making of" specials. And the deliberately horrible Pablo Escobar makeup on Vince was the best - maybe the only? - sight gag we've ever seen on the show. But there was one element this episode was lacking in, and we all know what it was: Ari and Lloyd. Ari and Lloyd's back and forth has become the spine of this show, and without it the rest of the cast are just limbs flailing about.

Flight of the Conchords
- The pilot episode of this "fish out of water" comedy has been viewable online for a few weeks now, but we waited until last night to check it out. We liked it. Flight of the Conchords is no Extras, and we're not sure how the humor will resonate with the audience left over from its lead-in, yet we're intrigued enough to extend its grace period.

Big Love
- The second episode of this young series' second season may have been the best written in the show's short history. Bill's Homeplus billboard defacement was hilarious, Barb and Nicki's power struggle remains bubbling beneath the surface, and - in our minds - Ginnifer Goodwin became Big Love's most watchable performer last night. Her scene with the state police - complete with Joey's nutbar wife screaming in the background - was a masterclass in understated comedy. She played it completely serious, which is what made the absurdity of the situation even more resonant. This show gets better each week, something not many shows on TV can claim, let alone prove.

Horseshit, HBO has a Barbaro documentary

Finally, something that splices sports and entertainment together perfectly! How we missed this is beyond us, but Deadspin just pointed out that HBO has a Barbaro documentary premiering tonight.

HBO Sports does some fine work, including Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel and Costas Now (the latter's initial interview with Vince McMahon is worth the $12 monthly fee alone). Yet, doesn't HBO think it'd be more prudent for the network to focus its sports energies into more reality show stunts like De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7? That five-part series resulted in the most watched non-heavyweight fight ever. Something tells me this Barbaro doc isn't going to do the same for the Belmont Stakes.

Watch, hoof, watch! [Deadspin]

Barbaro: HBO Sports [HBO.com]