So I did the only thing I could and copped me two of them bad boys...
attack of the LINKS
a smattering of links, a few new, but mostly some old favorites that i'd like to revisit:
1. OLD: "oklahoma oklahoma oklahoma." (and for good measure)
2. NEW: the artist formely known as the big hurt misses a prime opportunity to refer to himself in the third person: "Just Frank Thomas' presence alone can help." doesn't that sound much better? apparently his presence will be enough to lift the A's into the playoffs, despite having only 0.6% chance to win the wild card race.
3. OLD: we are taught from an early age about the value of teamwork. it's working (almost). apparently time out isn't taken kindly 'round those parts.
4. NEW: "GIVE ME MY SAUCE."
5. OLD: "Well, you know I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it." -tim hardaway
it's been only a year (i forgot it actually happened relatively recently), and i completely forgot about this incident and the john amaechi bullshit. who fucking cares that he's gay. being gay does not affect your athletic performance or your will or your heart, only the size of your butthole.
on a related note: this doesn't surprise me at all, considering who it is.
6. NEW (kind of): if it wasn't already apparent, steroids will make you fucking nuts. also noteworthy because it happened in plano, where nothing really happens. the initial story, if you care at all.
7. OLD: more food related terrorism. i was looking for history on an old domino's mascot, bad andy, and came across this gem. all the man wanted was a pizza.
8. OLD: hilarious anecdote by dallasbasketball.com writer mike fisher (superb dallas beat writer, btw) on his talk with devin "milkface" harris. not so funny if devin turns into everything avery hoped him to be. (yeah, i kinda miss him too)
9. OLD: "The "Real Deal" appears real broke." as cool as his house sounds, what the fuck do you do with 109 rooms? a map is seriously necessary.
10. FUN: hilarious compilation of tv anchor O-faces. seriously, it's funnier the dirtier your mind is...so let's get filthy.
Michael Jordan is an Asshole
Inflation finally hits the D's (McDonalds)
Rising gas prices... and now this??
Check out this article from the Wall Street Journal.
Quick hits on the article:
"...Don Thompson, president of McDonald's U.S. business, said the company has tested ways to make the burger less expensive to make."
-Is this even possible? It might not matter for you, but for people like me where about 60% of my sustenance intake is from the D's, this just makes it a whole lot worse.
"Some are selling the traditional double cheeseburger at prices ranging from $1.09 to $1.19."
-Is this the demise of the DCB, double cheeseburger, on the dollar menu? I hope not. I should hedge my loss and start buying some DCB futures.
"Mr. Thompson said if McDonald's moves the double cheeseburger off that menu, there would still be some type of $1 burger."
-Like... just a regular cheeseburger? Damn, this is so lame.
On the bright side... I had a good weekend. Gotta love those Galveston beaches!
Justin's addendum:
The Economist's Big Mac index. Please notice Hong Kong at the very bottom beaten only by Malaysia in terms of the most D's for your buck. Although it might have something to do with the fact that the HKD is tied to the USD. Still cheap though.
international ball part 1: let's get stank-y
game 1: angola vs. russia
those pointy chin motherfuckers brought their junior team, aka no AK47. once i found that out, there was no doubt these men in need of some sunlight were gonna get burned by the olympic, and very black, angolan nationals (real comment from some mainlanders behind me: "how do you see these people at night?"). size, speed, and strength (though they are lacking in the height department) overcame 1 huge guy and a bunch of perimeter players (though i guess that's what you need in international play). angola relied on about 3 scorers for the heavy hitting, but they played some great, incredibly active defense (think crazy hands + spirit fingers) all around. they just kept reminding me of pshs star abdullah lawal (except without henry writing school papers for them).
second row action:
89-70, angola
game 2: china vs. serbia
another junior team brought to compete against an olympic team. still fun to watch and get to familiarize myself with the chinese team before they get demolished by the big names in group play (USA, angola, germany, spain, greece). your leading scorer? yao? NO. yi? NO. that's right, wang zhizhi led the way with 18 points and a surprising arsenal of post-up moves and (mostly) three-pointers.
your chinese nationals and their respective hos (cheerleaders).
in yao's first (i think) public game back from injury, he had limited time, playing about 1 and half quarters (kind of disappointing). national hero that he was, of course he got the most cheering during intro's (they were introduced to...THE FINAL COUNTDOWN. no joke.), and just about every time the crowd thought he might have the rock coming his way. it actually got pretty loud in an overwhelmingly small stadium (which also meant better seats though).
halftime: went to go get some popcorn...and jesus what is this dense fog in the hallways? my mistake, it's literally about half the stadium taking a smoke break. it was hilarious:
notice all the hands raised to faces, and the guy in black on the left covering his mouth. the smoke was that thick.
fine, it was against a junior team, but i saw some encouraging things. this team is actually pretty well-balanced, and though they will still most-likely be yao oriented, they can switch him out with outside shooting with wang, or let yi do his "i will eventually be better than pau gasol" thing (saw a few flashes of nba-style brilliance during the game, but he's still got quite a few rough patches), or go with incredibly speedy and quick chen jianghua (he's got nba written all over...his legs), or even the lesser known swingman zhu fangyu who at times reminded me of a late mavs/pre-spurs michael finley (except you know, not as good). again, i'm gonna try to not get too high on this team cause they're gonna have a tough time getting out of group play, even if 4 out of 6 make it out.
96-72, china
china ends up losing to angola by one point the next day, and finishes second at the stankovic cup.
part 2 after the weekend: team USA vs. the real Russia in Shanghai. pretty pumped for this one.
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