ATP Match of the Week: Roddick vs. Federer

A big semi in Basel on Saturday with Roddick and Federer.  With Federer leading 19-2 in head-to-head matches, can this be called a rivalry?

I think so, every time they two meet you have to throw out that record.  Even though Roger has 19 in the win column, these two will forever be linked.  They are close in age, turned pro about the same time and have played some great matches including the 2009 Wimbledon final that we all know Fed won 16-14 in the 5th.

Believe it or not, but these two haven't met since that final at SW19.  In Roddick's favor on Saturday is he appears fresh and in good form.  They also have gone the distance in their last 5 encounters whether it be 3 or 5 sets.  Andy's last win was in 2008 at Miami.

Federer is playing at home in Switzerland and has eased into the semis.

With the recent news that Roddick's IQ is 133 ( The Wechsler Intelligence Scale classifies an IQ Score of 133 as very superior intelligence. If you scored 133 on an IQ test, congratulations, you scored better than 98.6% of the general population) I like him to pull out a 3-setter tomorrow. 

So it will end up to be a good weekend for the #1 ranked American.  He'll notch his 3rd career win over the greatest player of all-time, and we now know he's smarter than 98.6% of the population.

Go Andy.  And notice I didn't mention your wife has an IQ 3 points higher than you at 136.

Another Qantas Jet with Engine Trouble

A Qantas Boeing 747 with 431 people on board landed safely in Singapore late Friday after an engine caught fire minutes after it took off from the city-state, the airline and a passenger said.

Just one day earlier a Qantas Airbus A380 superjumbo jet made an emergency landing at the same airport due to an engine blowout.

Qantas said in a statement later that flight QF6 from Singapore to Sydney had an issue with its number 1 engine — one of four engines.

Qantas said the captain of the jumbo jet sought priority clearance to return to Singapore as a precaution. There are 412 passengers, three flight crew and 16 cabin crew.

After the aircraft returned to Singapore, the passengers were taken in a bus to a hotel for an overnight stay. They are expected to leave Saturday.

According to the Qantas website, Flight QF6 is a Boeing 747-400, which is fitted with four Rolls-Royce RB211-524G-T engines. The daily flight operates between Frankfurt and Sydney with a stopover in Singapore.

Edison Pena on 'Letterman'

This continues to be a great story.  

Edison Pena, one of the trapped Chilean miners was on "The Late Show" with David Letterman Thursday night.

Letterman, who was really into this interview asked Pena what it was like to be a miner.

"The first time I went into a mine, I wanted to turn around and get out," Pena said through a translator. "That wasn't really an option."

Letterman informed him, "a lot of people feel the same way about appearing on this show."

Pena spoke about the difficulties of using the bathroom while trapped, whether he will run the New York City Marathon, and even does a decent Elvis impression.

Indonesian Volcano Erupts Again

Mount Merupi erupted again on Friday, killing at least 12 people, latest deaths bring the total toll to more than 100 since the country's most active volcano started erupting on October 26.

Over 50 other people were admitted to hospital with burns and other injuries.

Many of the dead were children from Argomulyo village, 11 miles from the crater of the volcano, according to witnesses and emergency response officials.

Men with ash-covered faces streamed down Mount Merapi on motorcycles followed by truckloads of women and crying children, following the massive eruption.

Almost 70,000 villagers have been evacuated from a six-mile radius around the volatile volcano, which has been spewing lava and clouds of ash almost continuously. The powerful blasts have hampered efforts to bring aid to those who fled their homes and are now living in makeshift camps.

Tonight's 'Big Bang Theory' Quotes from "The Apology Insufficiency"

Eliza Dushku guest stars tonight as Howard and Sheldon are at odds, and the guys get interviewed by the FBI.

Leonard: I'm going to assume the mantle of self assurance.

Sheldon: A rodent the size of a baby hippo.

Raj: I'm brown and I talk funny.

Special Agent Page: How long have you known Mr. Wolowitz?

Raj: Don't send me back to India. It's like the whole country is one big Comic-Con.

Leonard: Confidence not exuding.

Special Agent Page: Can my 6'2" Navy Seal husband come with us?

Sheldon: And here's my Justice League membership card.

Sheldon: 18 years ago I sent the FBI crime lab a bag of excrement that was burned on my front lawn.

Sheldon: You heard me say Blu-ray, right?

Sheldon: Sheldor to Smeldor.

Sheldon: I was afraid you were going to fixate on that Mars rover incident.

Sheldon: Sleep eludes me, Leonard.

Leonard: Maybe sleep has met you.

Sheldon: No Gorn no, that's where I sit.

Sheldon: When I first met Leonard he was on the verge of giving rocket secrets to a North Korean spy.

Sheldon: Chinese, six fingers, red hair, good bye.

Sheldon: I will offer you a one time only high-five.

Sheldon: I don't like the Olive Garden, they treat me like family.

Sheldon: Blame James "Jimmy" Carter.

Sheldon: I'll have a Rosewater Rickey.

Sheldon: To the Metric System!

Sheldon: Penny, you face failure on a daily basis, how do you cope?

Penny: You can't go back and unhump a girl's boyfriend.

Penny: Kirk cheated.

Sheldon: I'll reprogram Howard. To James Tiberius Kirk!

Raj: I haven't cried like this since Toy Story 3.

Penny: How long?

Leonard: 94 seconds.