Randomly checked my gmail spam and noticed the following subject
You've received a greeting card from a Worshipper!
Uh, worshipper huh? What kind of worshipper would that be? A Catholic, or a Satanist? Perhaps it's a gold digger from the Monetary faith. I didn't open the email because . . . well because it was spam! Geez, you didn't think I was scared to open it did you?
Unnecessary punctuation in proper names. 34a Multiple capital letters in a proper name (last name is ok...I guess).
Both of these attempts at differentiation or uniqueness are annoying. There is never a need for a dash or apostrophe in a name. Is your name a contraction? Perhaps a compound word? No....then how about you drop the unnecessaries...plus those names are more difficult to type as they are not intuitive in any way. La'Shawnda? Really? I am a decent typist and despise having to slow down because a name has extras.....ok this post is running out of st'Eam.
I am a surburbanite. I know, I know. This isn't really news. But it all came to me full force yesterday evening.
I was picking my Pops up from the bus station which, as are most bus stations, is not in a revitalized area of downtown. People just kind of milling around my car (and you know how I feel about my car), all of them kind of waiting to make eye contact. It's like once the eye contact is made, that is an opening to start a conversation that will 98% of the time lead to a monetary request.
So I call Pops from inside the car as a couple of dudes wander on either side of Magdeline. Pops is inside the station and is coming out, though we have to wait for his bags which are on a separate bus. Pops is completely comfortable in this environment and for a short time in my early days in Atlanta, so was I. Yeah, notsomuchnow.
I get out of the car so Pops can find me and we decide that I should put some money in the meter. Stupid me drops a dollar that I quickly pick up and put back in my pocket. But now, I'm exposed as having an extra dollar which means I cannot lie to one of the fellows who has noticeably migrated with us from a distance. As soon as we are out of earshot of the ambassadors (Atlanta has city ambassadors waiting to help tourists and discourage panhandlers), one guy comes up and asks for a dollar. I've learned the best way is a quick dismissal; otherwise you're in for a long drawn out story which will make you give up the funds just so you can be left alone. But in my head, I'm thinking I can't say my usual 'I don't have any cash on my' cuz I dropped that dollar 30 seconds ago. I had to use my less reliable 'I can't help ya' which sometimes doesn't discourage enough.
In any case, it worked. But now I'm thinking as we walk to the other side of the station to wait for the other bus, 'Dude's gonna do something to Magdeline...he knows I have a buck, probably figures I can spare the dollar, but that I just don't want to.' Add to that, the very defensive tension that begets large groups of strangers in bad parts of town, and I was internally a bag of nerves. What did I do? I did what I always do when I get nervous....I went quiet.
The 60-61 Lakers have defeated the 54-55 squad 2 games to 1. Elgin Baylor and Rudy Larusso combined for 51 points to help the 60 -61 Lakers steal the third and deciding game 129-126.
Match 1 54/55 Lakers 120, 60/61 Lakers 129
Match 2 54/55 Lakers 106, 60/61 Lakers 100
Match 3 60/61 Lakers 129, 54/55 Lakers 126
The 69-70 Lakers easily defeated the 91-92 Lakers in a sweep, 2-0. Jerry West led the way in an easy 27 point win in game 2.
Match 1 91/92 Lakers 115, 69-70 Lakers 118
Match 2 91/92 Lakers 104, 69-70 Lakers 131
In the first upset of the LPG tournament, the 46th seeded 95-96 Lakers upended the 68-69 Lakers 2 -1. Cedric Ceballos was the story as the 95-96 Lakers built a 22 point lead before holding on in game three 128-119.
Match 1 95/96 Lakers 103, 68/69 Lakers 128
Match 2 95/96 Lakers 110, 68/69 Lakers 109
Match 3 68/69 Lakers 119, 95/96 Lakers 128
Derek Fisher has asked to be released from the Jazz in order to be closer to specialized medical facilities for his daughter. I'm not sure which condition affects his daughter, but I think it's highly likely that such facilities exist in Los Angeles.
Now not to downplay or minimalize Fisher's family situation, but the Lakers need a point guard in the worse way. Fisher has played for Phil, is a pass first player, and a veteran with rings, and gobs of pressure time experience. I don't know the contract that Fish would be looking for but I'm sure the city of Angels would welcome Fish back.
I miss Fish. I think he's a huge improvement over Smush. And I personally wouldn't mind giving him the mid-level exception.
Unfortunately, it's not up to me....it's up to Kupchak and I can't say my faith in him runs long. Hell, it is barely a brisk walk.....
