Ten Talking points:
-The Atlanta Hawks are looking good because of defense. Perhaps the influence of Randolph Morris cannot be ignored for too long; even if he has 3 DNP-CDs on the year.
-Aaron Brooks has real talent, and everyday I wish he could just be inserted in to the starting lineup and replace Rafer Alston.
-Puerto Rico has produced many fine NBA players over the years, but none of them have won NBA championships.
-Japan has produced one NBA player, and he was a pretty mediocre third string point guard.
-There was a ridiculous amount of jewery in the NBA back in the day.
-Spain is producing NBA players at an alarming rate; Casual masturbation to Ricky Rubio vids all day it seems.
-Has Eastern Europe hit its peak of NBA ready big men? Mile Ilic, who plays ok for the ACB squad Unicaja, just might miss his time in East Rutherford.
-Stanford produced less douchebag white-stars on the court than Duke has in the last 20 years, but that's not really saying all that much.
-This might just be the year that Amaré Stoudemire drops 60+ in a game.
-Greg Oden is gonna be ooook.
2008/11/07
2008/11/04
WHAT IS THAT YOU SAY!'!??!?
Iverson to Detroit; I feel like this is a trade that was speculated on two years ago when the Nuggets pulled the trigger as well. Imagine, if you will, Billups and Mcdyess in Philly with Brand, Iguadola, Thaddeus Young, and Lou Williams. Damn, Ed Stefanski, you're still doing a good job.
In other news, it turns out there is an election today. So if you haven't voted, then we have a problem. In other news, civil society is due to replace government any day now. If you are all having problems coping with the economy and other crises of self, I suggest you rent the movie King of the Hill; while unrelated to the Mike Judd serial cartoon, it offers an intriguing glimpse at life during the great depression for a middle class family.
I watched the EuroLeague top 10 on ESPN.com and I think that the highlight package was designed to make it seem like the NBA is light years ahead. The number 1 highlight was a guy from Maccabi Tel Aviv dunking uncontested off a decent dime from Carlos Arroyo; I think Matt Bonner has made more exciting plays than this, this worries me greatly.
Are MAcs becoming more vulnerable to online viruses? Let's do some reading!
Thanks about.com!
The teachers here at my school are all excited for the possiblity of an Obama White House. They seem him as being able to facilitate a dialogue between the US and abroad. Can he succeed in the same way with the American people? I think so!
Two takeaway lessons from the election:
-Sound Bytes are a thorn in any aspiring politicians side, but finally great speeches are making a comeback!
-Pick your issue, just make sure to define it.
In other news, it turns out there is an election today. So if you haven't voted, then we have a problem. In other news, civil society is due to replace government any day now. If you are all having problems coping with the economy and other crises of self, I suggest you rent the movie King of the Hill; while unrelated to the Mike Judd serial cartoon, it offers an intriguing glimpse at life during the great depression for a middle class family.
I watched the EuroLeague top 10 on ESPN.com and I think that the highlight package was designed to make it seem like the NBA is light years ahead. The number 1 highlight was a guy from Maccabi Tel Aviv dunking uncontested off a decent dime from Carlos Arroyo; I think Matt Bonner has made more exciting plays than this, this worries me greatly.
Are MAcs becoming more vulnerable to online viruses? Let's do some reading!
Thanks about.com!
The teachers here at my school are all excited for the possiblity of an Obama White House. They seem him as being able to facilitate a dialogue between the US and abroad. Can he succeed in the same way with the American people? I think so!
Two takeaway lessons from the election:
-Sound Bytes are a thorn in any aspiring politicians side, but finally great speeches are making a comeback!
-Pick your issue, just make sure to define it.
2008/11/03
I need one of these.
Here are some things that everyone should know about Huelva:
-Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney came here back in the day and erected dozens of sculptures around the city.
-The East Side is where the action is.
-There is an old man who lives in a shack under a highway overpass named, el portugés, who sells bikes, but it is unclear when he will have a bike for you. He will happily demonstrate with a magnet that he only sells frames made out of quality alloys.
-There is a nightclub called FAma, where I have yet to go, because I cannot bring myself to stay up late listening to music that is popular here.
-We had a party on Halloween, it was a great success.
Here are some things that everyone should know about Huelva:
-Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney came here back in the day and erected dozens of sculptures around the city.
-The East Side is where the action is.
-There is an old man who lives in a shack under a highway overpass named, el portugés, who sells bikes, but it is unclear when he will have a bike for you. He will happily demonstrate with a magnet that he only sells frames made out of quality alloys.
-There is a nightclub called FAma, where I have yet to go, because I cannot bring myself to stay up late listening to music that is popular here.
-We had a party on Halloween, it was a great success.
lo cobro
If you've got time, learn to play tell me why by Neil Young.
Huelva has shitty nightlife, but pending a small excursion tonight, I may have found my bar of choice. STay tuned!
Huelva has shitty nightlife, but pending a small excursion tonight, I may have found my bar of choice. STay tuned!
2008/11/01
Dead Eye
JJ Reddick 0-8 from the field on the season.
Adam Morrison can rest a little easier at night.
Gerald Wallace, like Kevin Garnett before him, seems like an old man inside of an incredibly athletic young man's body.
Walter Hermman: Doesn't eat empanadas stateside, but prefers the NBA to the ACB one-hundo percent.
Hilton Armstrong dunked the ball several times today; the hill people of New Orleans embraced their back-up center's gall. I envision the Hornets trying to get Chandler as much rest as possible so that they can make and sustain a big push at the end of the season.
Greg Oden should smoke some weed like Bill Walton still probably does.
Rodney Harrison's career RIP; journalists can't take away the championships, try as they may with their creepy elfish hands.
Adam Morrison can rest a little easier at night.
Gerald Wallace, like Kevin Garnett before him, seems like an old man inside of an incredibly athletic young man's body.
Walter Hermman: Doesn't eat empanadas stateside, but prefers the NBA to the ACB one-hundo percent.
Hilton Armstrong dunked the ball several times today; the hill people of New Orleans embraced their back-up center's gall. I envision the Hornets trying to get Chandler as much rest as possible so that they can make and sustain a big push at the end of the season.
Greg Oden should smoke some weed like Bill Walton still probably does.
Rodney Harrison's career RIP; journalists can't take away the championships, try as they may with their creepy elfish hands.
2008/10/31
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Halloween
Halloween was conceived in the womb of The Mexican Día de los muertes with the seed of American consumerism. As the zygote took shape in the latter part of the 20th century, it became imperative that all children, and their parent's money, created some type of costume for parades, and the much hallybalooed trick-or-treat.
The night before Halloween is often referred to in circles of 13 year old boys as "mischief night"; an opportunity to TP your least favorite Spanish teacher's house, or perhaps to smoke crack in the back alleway of the old bowling alley.
Gay people love Halloween. So do old people. Coincidence? I think not.
Twenty-Somethings and their elder/younger ilk often get intoxicated to the point of public costume removal at various parties with various themes by which costumes are composed.
Spain loves halloween for all the same reasons America does, except that instead of Candy, people hand out anti-communist pamphlets, since that's all the old folks got left in this place!
Someone chug a jaeger bomb for me and my brethren...
The night before Halloween is often referred to in circles of 13 year old boys as "mischief night"; an opportunity to TP your least favorite Spanish teacher's house, or perhaps to smoke crack in the back alleway of the old bowling alley.
Gay people love Halloween. So do old people. Coincidence? I think not.
Twenty-Somethings and their elder/younger ilk often get intoxicated to the point of public costume removal at various parties with various themes by which costumes are composed.
Spain loves halloween for all the same reasons America does, except that instead of Candy, people hand out anti-communist pamphlets, since that's all the old folks got left in this place!
Someone chug a jaeger bomb for me and my brethren...
2008/10/30
NBA SEASON HAS BEGUN!
I will probably not catch a single game the entire season, since I don't have a TV and live in a booty ass part of Spain, but let me say these 5 things and then go teach kids English or something to that effect;
-J. O'neal says he 'feels good', and it shows. That drive where he threw down left handed was thought to be a thing of the past. Also, Bosh is my darkhorse all-nba first team pick.
-The Nets have a better record than the Sixers, for now.
-Damn...D'antoni is a genius. I expect Crawford to return to form before we know it.
-N.O. will win a butt-ton of games.
-Baby Bulls survived the terrible twos; this is going to be a great NBA year.
-J. O'neal says he 'feels good', and it shows. That drive where he threw down left handed was thought to be a thing of the past. Also, Bosh is my darkhorse all-nba first team pick.
-The Nets have a better record than the Sixers, for now.
-Damn...D'antoni is a genius. I expect Crawford to return to form before we know it.
-N.O. will win a butt-ton of games.
-Baby Bulls survived the terrible twos; this is going to be a great NBA year.
2008/10/29
Banking on a Myth
The word crisis is getting tossed around like an old Wilson Football in the parking lot of a Eagles game these days; it's not pretty. So, where the hell do we go from here? I can't help but think that we've all got to get up off our asses and do something, but what about the fearful 'pussies' that populate such a decidedly large portion of the population (myself included by writing these very words)? Is the army really such a bad thing? Yes. I heard from a friend recently that his older sister, armed with a Master's from Harvard's Divinity school, is looking for work as a secretary, and even then she's struggling to get hired. Qualifications don't really seem to mean shit, and all I see on the horizon is red, red, red. So are we in a crisis, or is it just that, for the youth of today, that we haven't been mobilized for a cause?
As the speed of information increases, over saturation will naturally follow. I'm not sure if this is a viable source of apathy among young people; our parent's generation may beg to differ, but if they can't figure out how to turn the fucking TV on, then they can't talk shit. There will always be insecure, egocentric fucks running around talking about as many things as they can fit inside their petty minds. To make things worse, there is no universal way of labeling someone as any of these things; one man's apathy is another man's herculean struggle. This is why we gotta drop the bullshit, and start making some real shit, all of us.
What this entails, as far as my hypocritical, narcissistic self is concerned, is not feeling so sorry for ourselves; historically we've got it really good, oh and don't we know it. Op-Eds have been flying hot off the presses for a good while now about America's chance to save the world through innovation. I think that is on point, and I recommend anyone to brush up on some Thomas Friedman, David Brooks, Bob Herbert, and a certain Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman if they have the chance; that shit's free anyways.
So innovation can come in any shape or form imaginable (or perhaps not previously conceived). How about the sex toy industry? How about the need for a cigarette that has vitamins and minerals? How about films about the sex lives of insects? What's that, Isabella Rosselini has already innovated?
And now for something completely different:
Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. Do it because I'm a Phillies fan.
As the speed of information increases, over saturation will naturally follow. I'm not sure if this is a viable source of apathy among young people; our parent's generation may beg to differ, but if they can't figure out how to turn the fucking TV on, then they can't talk shit. There will always be insecure, egocentric fucks running around talking about as many things as they can fit inside their petty minds. To make things worse, there is no universal way of labeling someone as any of these things; one man's apathy is another man's herculean struggle. This is why we gotta drop the bullshit, and start making some real shit, all of us.
What this entails, as far as my hypocritical, narcissistic self is concerned, is not feeling so sorry for ourselves; historically we've got it really good, oh and don't we know it. Op-Eds have been flying hot off the presses for a good while now about America's chance to save the world through innovation. I think that is on point, and I recommend anyone to brush up on some Thomas Friedman, David Brooks, Bob Herbert, and a certain Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman if they have the chance; that shit's free anyways.
So innovation can come in any shape or form imaginable (or perhaps not previously conceived). How about the sex toy industry? How about the need for a cigarette that has vitamins and minerals? How about films about the sex lives of insects? What's that, Isabella Rosselini has already innovated?
And now for something completely different:
Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. Do it because I'm a Phillies fan.
2008/10/28
2008/10/27
Churros Con Chocolate
Fried Dough: a Photo Essay
Caveat: Breakfast doesn't exist in Spain; at least as I have known it my whole life. Instead of a hearty meal from which one can find the energy to function, at least until lunch time has been usurped by fried dough, a coffee, or a piece of toast, sometimes with jam. You will be hard pressed to find anyone selling a dish like bacon and eggs, let alone a breakfast sandwich. Even icons of American fast-food dining like McDonald's and Burger King cater their menus to that of the native customs. Maybe I miss the burrito bar more and more every day, maybe the food here is also really good. But if the great war heroes of the golden age have taught me anything, it's that complaining about everything is the best way to stay alive, keeps the mind active.
Real World Update!: US has missiles aplenty.
Aside: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is a great read, but don't sleep on the screen adaptation that stars Tim Roth (under appreciated), Gary Oldman (Masterful) and Richard Dreyfuss (closet genius)
I miss everybody.
Caveat: Breakfast doesn't exist in Spain; at least as I have known it my whole life. Instead of a hearty meal from which one can find the energy to function, at least until lunch time has been usurped by fried dough, a coffee, or a piece of toast, sometimes with jam. You will be hard pressed to find anyone selling a dish like bacon and eggs, let alone a breakfast sandwich. Even icons of American fast-food dining like McDonald's and Burger King cater their menus to that of the native customs. Maybe I miss the burrito bar more and more every day, maybe the food here is also really good. But if the great war heroes of the golden age have taught me anything, it's that complaining about everything is the best way to stay alive, keeps the mind active.
Real World Update!: US has missiles aplenty.
Aside: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is a great read, but don't sleep on the screen adaptation that stars Tim Roth (under appreciated), Gary Oldman (Masterful) and Richard Dreyfuss (closet genius)
I miss everybody.
2008/10/22
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