Man walk on road. Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk down middle, sooner or later, get squished

Today is a sad, sad day. Actor Pat Morita, whose best known as Mr. Miyagi in "The Karate Kid" films, has died. He was 73. Morita died Thursday at his home in Las Vegas of natural causes. Of course it was back In 1984, that Morita appeared in his most famous role and the one the one he would forever be remembered for. As Kesuke Miyagi, the mentor to the feverishly talented, Ralph Macchio's "Daniel-san," he taught karate while trying to catch flies with chopsticks, painting his house, and waxing his car. The words "wax on, wax off" will never take the same meaning again. It should be noted he was an accomplished actor having appeared in countless movies and tv shows, including Happy Days, as Arnold and Honeymoon in Vegas.

I don't know if anyone has seen this Giants Online show on the Yes Network. But it's fantastic. Hosted by Bob Papa and Giants VP of Communications Pat Hanlon, the show's a weekly half-hour roundtable discussion of the Giants and the NFL with Giants’ beat reporters. A bunch of guys obviously from New York and New Jersey, screaming their heads off about the Giants chances this week at winning against Seattle and their chances against Dallas Cowboys in winning the NFC East. Priceless stuff.

If anyone saw John Mayer on Letterman last night, I think you'll agree, that man needs to be castrated. He shall spawn no more "Dave Matthews want to be" children in his lifetime. Apparently tired of being an acoustic pop icon, Mayer moves to Blues, Funk and Soul. Yes, no longer the days of his gay frat party, singing his old poptart hits, he's trying to be Hendrix or Buddy Guy now. Just great! Apparently, he thinks he can expose the blues to the masses, saying "But I have the ability to bring this music across to people with a certain flavor that is more digestible to people," he also says. "So yes, I'm more watered down than B.B. King, but maybe that's what sometimes people want to take in, to be able to take it in." I say we call for his balls! Oh yeah, and I think I saw on the Post the other day, Britney wants to be on Broadway. I'm guessing she thinks she can save that too!

On the way home from Thanksgiving dinner last night, I was listening to the new Sigur Ros album, Takk. Another brilliant album from these Scandanvians. Beautiful and expansive soundscapes, with washy guitars, lush arrangements, lots of pretty orchestration, and ethereal vocals. This album provides a little more punch, with lots of swirling guitars, and some additional percussion. "Glosoli" with it's deep bass groove and stomp like percussion are a perfect example of this. Or "Saeglopor" with it's pretty piano and chime beginning and then it's an explosion of percussion and guitar feedback. I'd be hard pressed to find a more cinematic and imaginitive album this year. Good news too, is they are coming back for another tour, playing bigger venues as well. I loved them at the Beacon Theater, and would be very interested in seeing them at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. And while we're at it, you need to check out their video for "Hoppípolla" (which translates to “jumping into puddles”), beautiflly shot in reykjavík, it depicts a bunch of youthful kids playing around, well sort of. also, keep your eyes open for “cameos” by each of the band members.

Enjoy your Black Friday, and please, please remember to shop carefully. Or you can always observe Buy Nothing Day and, well, just buy nothing. Speaking of which, do you think iTunes would stop the pending price hike that major labels are calling for if everyone protested and didn't buy any songs for an entire day? I wonder. It would be great to finally stick it to the man.