Monthly Archives: October 2008

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Ladies and Gentlemen, your sporting moment of the year

Everybody agrees that Greg Popovich is one of the best coaches in the league. Now he can lay claim to the league’s — if not the entire universe’s — best sense of humor. To briefly set the stage, The Big Nickname has gone on record of late being incredibly chappassed about the Spurs playing “hack-a-shaq”, [...]

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As it happens, the NBA season opener isn’t the most important thing going on today

Happy anniversary, Stephanie! What an amazing two years. I love you!

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NBA Preview 2008-2009

2008-2009 NBA Preview It’s that time again. The glorious fall marking the end of the dark, sportsless time between the tour and the NBA season. Sure, there’s baseball and American football to watch, but I don’t. Last year Briefly, let’s review what I guessed last year: Individual Awards I guessed KG for MVP, which was [...]

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I’m sorry, ladies and gentlemen, there’s no reason to do this song here

Hola, Amigos! Here’s a couple of old SNL videos that I find rather amusing. Please enjoy. And then a more modern remake: I am very much hoping that Elvis and Sarah Palin team up for yet another “Radio Radio” this weekend.

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15% more Roguish than Pat

William Powell You scored 7% Tough, 48% Roguish, 10% Friendly, and 38% Charming! You are the classic rogue, a stylish rake with the devil of a wit and a flair for mischief, and you shake your martinis to waltz time. You are charming and debonair, but slightly untrustworthy, and women should be on their guard. [...]

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Blogmeme: Page 56 of the book nearest to you

This time from Erich The rules: Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your journal along with these instructions. Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST. And my [...]

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