Food for thought: Only once in the past 40 years has the NBA championship series in a leap year not included the Lakers or Phil Jackson or both. It's a random and obscure detail, but it gives me hope. I've been missing the playoff games so far, due to overlapping court obligations, but I now have no trials for two months, and it is time for some recreation.
The Nuggets were the only team to have lost a playoff series to the Clippers. They were the perfect candidate to become the first 50 win team to get swept in the opening round.
I would have giggled like a little girl if the Hawks had won game seven. But deep down, I want the Celtics in the finals. That means that, in a sense, I need to root for them to win eight more games. But I can't do that. All I can do is hope to get pissed off eight times before the end of the eastern conference finals.
Would you believe that USC has never had a basketball player drafted higher than number 10? USC has a fairly proud basketball tradition. The Trojans have made the Final Four twice. They've had several first rounders. USC is where triangle guru Tex Winter coached and learned the triangle offense that has won more NBA championships in the last 20 years than any other coaching method. But we've never had a player drafted in the single digits. That won't be true after the next draft.
Would you believe that there will be more football teams playing in bowls than basketball teams playing in the NCAA tournament next year? Last season, 64 of 71 bowl-eligible teams played a bowl game. Next year, there will be 68.
If more people worked at home, there would be less traffic, using less gas, leaving more gas in the supply chain. Politicians should find a way to subsidize telecommuting.
I sometimes feel like I have sunglasses on my head, even though I do not.
Vacations are not a luxury. They are a health need and a business productivity tool.
Cleaning out my office this week, I tossed out my old Polaroid. I once took a Polaroid camera to a nude beach, not knowing it was a nude beach. Until the first buck-naked old dude rode by on a beachcruiser, I had no idea why people were laughing at me.
I overheard a judge talking about a friend's case the other day. He didn't say anything that would have caused me to want to call my friend and warn him. It made for some interesting ethical hypotheticals, though. Do I have a duty to tell the judge I know who he's talking about? Or does the judge have the duty to STFU away from the courthouse?
What in the hell does a senior vice president do, and why must he or she do it?
Among Harvard law school professors who donated to political candidates 91% gave at least 85% of their donations to Democrats. At Yale: 92%; at Stanford: 94%. Perhaps the adage should be changed to "those who can't do, donate to the Democrats."
Jesus doesn't look Jewish. He looks French.
There is a City of California City, California. When I saw that, it made me laugh and wonder if City Hall had a department of redundancy department. For some reason, the city of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma doesn't strike me as being so funny, even though it's pretty much the same deal.
What struck me as most funny today was slowing down to approach a cop car sitting at a red light, lights ablaze, waiting to turn left against no traffic but me, paying no attention to all the people slowing to a stop around her. As I got closer, I could see the cop. Chick on a cell phone. Enough said.
The conservatives (Tories) in the U.K. are winning big in this election cycle. The liberals (Labour) are getting clobbered. Conservatives in my circle see this as good news for their boy McCain in November. Conservatism is gaining influence, say they.
But in the U.K., the war in Iraq is a big issue. And it is opposed by the conservatives, who are not in power. In the U.S., the war is opposed by the liberals, also not in power. The liberals see this as good news for their boy (or girl) in November. People want change, and they want a leader who will change the course in Iraq.
We'll know soon enough.
I live in California, which is a dark blue state. My vote, therefore, doesn't make a bit of difference. I will be voting for my college buddy Mike Flory in a local judicial race, however.
Go Lakers!
Oops. Did I post this before spellchecking? Oh well, I can cheek it later.
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