New Shins? Yes, please

Expect my first "big" post tomorrow, but I just had to get this out.

THE SHINS ARE BACK!

Their last album, "Wincing the Night Away", did not live up to either "Oh, Inverted World" or "Chutes too Narrow" but was still highly underrated.

Enjoy their first single of their new album which is set to be released in March.

Floyd "Money" Mayweather lives up to name

Floyd Mayweather may be scared to get into the ring, but he certainly isn't scared of a sports book.

The WBC welterweight champion won $400,000 on Monday night's NCAA BCS title game, tweeting the following picture.

With payouts like that, no wonder the five-division world champion doesn't want to take on Manny Paquiao in what would be the biggest fight since Tyson v. Holyfield. The fight reported would have a purse of close to $100 million for each fighter.

Now, with a fresh $400,000 and a jail sentence looming, there's no way this fight will ever happen...

@FloydMayweather Manny Pacquiao I'm calling you out let's fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see.

Oops. Maybe I was wrong. Ball's in your court Pacman.

Call it a comeback

After over a two-year hiatus, My Rants returns - now with a new link. We are no longer ms4rants, rather simply macsus.blogspot.com.

Look for more posts in future days, but with this one a few quick thank yous are in order. To my friends Nikhil and Wassel whose top ten songs of 2011 inspired me to blog again - thank you.

Here's to a 2012 full of blog posts.