A bit backwards

Halle Berry was awarded with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame yesterday.  Great achievement for her and definitely deserved.

Here's the backwards part....Ryan Seacrest has had a star for nearly a year now.  Hmm, Halle Berry a year behind Seacrest out?  This is why I'm not a fan of Hollywood....Seacrest has to his achievement....American Idol host....no skill really required there...and a top 40 radio show....for this he is immortalized with Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Halle Berry, Clint Eastwood....

Alimony Schmalimony

Man Doesn't want to pay alimony to man who was woman when they divorced

So in a nutshell, this news article is about a man who doesn't feel he should have to continue alimony payments to his ex-wife who has become a man via a sex change after their divorce. 

In another nutshell, I agree.  But wait you gay rights vultures, I agree because I don't think alimony should be a legal institution any longer.  In these times it's a shame that the same women that claim to be independent, self sufficient, and 'don't need a man' still want alimony. 

This man is expected to pay his ex-manwife $1250 a month so she can maintain the standard of living that she was accustomed to during the marriage. Sex change operation isn't a standard standard of living cost but she managed to afford that.  Not only are most alimony payments above and beyond what's needed to maintain a standard of living (by the way the standard of living changes when you are no longer a couple....less income, less standards), they are a form of punishment to the husband. 

It's high time for this ridiculousness to cease.  If alimony must be kept on the legal stacks, at the maximum, at the very maximum, the length of time that alimony payments should be required should be limited to one year....not until the wife dies or remarries. 



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Shammond Williams

I wonder why Shammond Williams hasn't gotten more playing time throughout the season.  Smush Parker has, in my opinion (and yes I know this is a complete 180 from the beginning of last season), overstayed his time in L.A. 

A point guard averaging 2 assists a game and being 4th on the team in assists is a bit troubling, unless he's a scorer.  Alas, his streaky shooting also leaves him in 4th in the scoring category.

Now, don't get me wrong, Shammond's numbers aren't gaudy by any stretch.  But let's look at it like this:  Smush shoots 44%, Shammond 47%.  Smush is 37.4% from 3pt land, Shammond is 45.5%.  Smush is a 64% free throw shooter, Shammond is at 75%.  Granted, Smush has put in way more minutes than Shammond and it is possible that Shammond's numbers would come down a bit with some extended playing time.  But given the fact that Kobe, Lamar, and Luke will get the ball spread around, wouldn't it be worth the chance to see if we actually have a point guard on the team who can knock down shots with consistency???

Condoleeza Pleeza

Asked on CBS's "The Early Show" to say what the
administration could have done better, she said that, early on,
officials "might have looked to a more localized, more decentralized
approach to reconstruction.

Okay, let's do some basic vocab here....localized, defined, would be -> To confine or restrict to a particular locality.   Decentralized, defined, would be ->
To undergo redistribution or dispersal away from a central location or authority.

So unless I'm reading it wrong, which is quite possible, not likely, but possible, Condoleeza is using what could arguably be antonyms in succession.  General rule of thumb, if you're more of one word,  then you should be less of previous word's antonym.  It's kind of the basis behind opposites.....

Heartstrings

Son, today was the first day that you looked like you were sad to see me go.  I set you down at the daycare and grabbed your finger.  You gave me that half smile of yours.  I started to walk away and your eyes never left me.  So I turned around to give you some more love and you smiled again!  But I had to leave, had to get to work, and your face changed when you realized I wasn't coming back.  You were strong, though.  You didn't cry, just a look of disappointment that pulled my heartstrings......

Devin's Rollin'

Last night Devin rolled over from his stomach to his back.  Very excited were the proud parents....then I thought 'Wait, now we have to watch him even closer'.  Ah geez  ;)

Why my people???

Technorati Tags: Dekalb Teachers, Sex with student, Black People, Weed Kids

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Teachers charged with student sex | ajc.com

For the past few weeks, I find myself saying the same thing when the news is broadcast

Please just this once, don't let them be black!

And for the past few weeks, I have not been granted that wish.  Oh wait, I take that back, there were the Barbie Bandits last week...oops, their teller accomplice was black..dammit!

Along with the link above, we have the 2 and 5 year old potheads.  The scary part about that video is that they don't cough after hitting the blunt.  They don't hit their chest or anything.  In fact, it appears that they blew the smoke out of their nose....indication that maybe they weren't weed virgins....why do my people have to be this way?

I know it's not all of us...but it is a reflection on all of us.  These incidents help build stereotypes and help build images that will one day go into someone's first impression of me, or your black friend, relative, whomever. 

A bigger question has to be asked as well in regards to the two teachers in the link above:  why the hell is a man awaiting trial for possession of Marijuana with intent to distribute teaching our children?  Perhaps, we need to run biannual background checks on our teachers and public servants in general to ensure that we aren't leaving our children with folks we wouldn't let in our house.

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Some Straight Clarification

Technorati tags: Gay Amaechi, NBA, Locker Rooms, Straight Men, Gay Men

As we are all painfully aware, John Amaechi came out recently.  Anyone with a negative thought about this is considered a barbaric homophobe.  In fact, if you say anything to the effect of possible locker room situations, the gay community will crucify you and claim that you have some homo-erotic fantasies about locker room freak sessions.

As a straight guy (something I don't feel the need to shout to the world every chance I get....but that's another story), I want to try to clarify the locker room hesitations some straight athletes may have with a gay teammate.  Despite Amaechi's and other gay folks' claims that straight men are so vain in regards to thinking every gay man will hit on them, I think there's a misunderstanding.  A straight man will notice a female, regardless of attraction, or intent to solicit further communications.  I look at, with at least a cursory glance, most women that cross my path, with no regard to their sexuality.  I don't lust after them.  I don't want to date them.  Hell, most of them I don't even want to talk to but I look because my preference is women. 

Now, without ever having been gay, I would imagine that the same goes for a gay man.  He will look at a man simply because that is his preference.  No intention of hitting on, or trying to establish a relationship.  Just looking because that's what we as humans do when encountering our sexually preferred gender.

Locker rooms are genderistically (<-I like that word) segregated.  So, before homosexuality was 'out', the locker room was a place where despite possibly being homophobic, you could still dress and undress under the assumption that you weren't being looked at sexually (again, I'm not saying a gay man will see any naked man and pine for them....but as a straight man, I have looked at all kinds of naked woman --regardless of attraction levels -- and rarely turned down the opportunity to see them...).  Woman, whom were assumed to prefer men, were not sharing lockers next to a man and vice versa. 

In the situation of a gay athlete, things change.  If I have an openly gay teammate, will I feel as comfortable taking a shower with him after the game?  I would not.  Not because I feel that he wants me, or that I'm so damn sexy (although I am), rather it's just a simple situation of I don't want to be looked at by a dude while I'm butt arse naked.

Better yet, let's say a woman decides to fight the common battle of joining some all-male institution...say a gym.  Would she feel comfortable showering in the men's locker room?  And vice versa, after all, not all straight men are comfortable showering in front of women.  Does that make them chauvinistic?

Some Straight Clarification

Technorati tags: Gay Amaechi, NBA, Locker Rooms, Straight Men, Gay Men

As we are all painfully aware, John Amaechi came out recently.  Anyone with a negative thought about this is considered a barbaric homophobe.  In fact, if you say anything to the effect of possible locker room situations, the gay community will crucify you and claim that you have some homo-erotic fantasies about locker room freak sessions.

As a straight guy (something I don't feel the need to shout to the world every chance I get....but that's another story), I want to try to clarify the locker room hesitations some straight athletes may have with a gay teammate.  Despite Amaechi's and other gay folks' claims that straight men are so vain in regards to thinking every gay man will hit on them, I think there's a misunderstanding.  A straight man will notice a female, regardless of attraction, or intent to solicit further communications.  I look at, with at least a cursory glance, most women that cross my path, with no regard to their sexuality.  I don't lust after them.  I don't want to date them.  Hell, most of them I don't even want to talk to but I look because my preference is women. 

Now, without ever having been gay, I would imagine that the same goes for a gay man.  He will look at a man simply because that is his preference.  No intention of hitting on, or trying to establish a relationship.  Just looking because that's what we as humans do when encountering our sexually preferred gender.

Locker rooms are genderistically (<-I like that word) segregated.  So, before homosexuality was 'out', the locker room was a place where despite possibly being homophobic, you could still dress and undress under the assumption that you weren't being looked at sexually (again, I'm not saying a gay man will see any naked man and pine for them....but as a straight man, I have looked at all kinds of naked woman --regardless of attraction levels -- and rarely turned down the opportunity to see them...).  Woman, whom were assumed to prefer men, were not sharing lockers next to a man and vice versa. 

In the situation of a gay athlete, things change.  If I have an openly gay teammate, will I feel as comfortable taking a shower with him after the game?  I would not.  Not because I feel that he wants me, or that I'm so damn sexy (although I am), rather it's just a simple situation of I don't want to be looked at by a dude while I'm butt arse naked.

Better yet, let's say a woman decides to fight the common battle of joining some all-male institution...say a gym.  Would she feel comfortable showering in the men's locker room?  And vice versa, after all, not all straight men are comfortable showering in front of women.  Does that make them chauvinistic?

Arrington's Journey

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Lavar Arrington was released today from the Giants after a short injury plagued season.

It' kind of funny, this past summer a Giants friend of mine was thanking me and the 'Skins for providing them with such a talent.  Oddly enough, I was thanking him and the Giants for taking such an overrated headache off of our hands.  I even went as far as to predict to him that Arrington would not finish the season, which he did not.  I can't wait to see this friend now....

Not a good feeling

I just got a feeling.....and it ain't a good feeling.  I feel like we're slowly collapsing.  I don't know why, and I don't know how to stop it.  But the feeling of optimism from the first two and one half months of the season has slowly begun to fade into fret. 

We survived the Lamar Odom injury but it just seems that the high level that our role players were performing at has disappeared.  Andrew Bynum seems to have plateaued recently and Radmonovic hasn't produced consistently enough to be that third option. 

And I don't even want to talk about the road performances....I welcome the all star break.

Great Moments in Playboy Radio

Technorati tags: Playboy, Naughty Melissa, trivia, radio, Mexico, roaches

Channel flipping on my way to work today, I decided to flip to Sirius and see what the Satellite radio provider had to offer up.  I find trusty Playboy radio and stop for a second to hear what debauchery is going on.  To my surprise, they are playing a little trivia game with Naughty Melissa.  The hosts, Kevin Kline and Cort McCown, are going tete a tete against Melissa in trivia.  Below is what happened, not word for word, but good enough:

Host1: What insect staged its first attack on humans in McCallum (sp?), Texas in 1991?

Naughty Melissa:  Human Insects?

Host2:  Yes, attack of the roachmen!  No...what insects staged their first attack on humans in McCallum, Tx in 1991?

Naughty Melissa:  Well, McCallum is on the border of Mexico, or right near it anyway, so I'm gonna say roaches.

Host1:  Can we give her a hint? 

Host2:  You can tell her that it has wings.

Host1:  Can I give her the initials?  Melissa, it is not roaches

Naughty Melissa:  Roaches have wings.

Host2:  He just told you it's not roaches!

Host1:  The initial could be a K or a B

Naughty Melissa:  Katydids?  Or maybe it's ladybugs...I remember ladybugs being everywhere around that time

At this point, I got out of the car.  Of course, the answer was Killer Bees.  And I have to imagine every Mexican in Playboy's listening public is offended at how easily Naughty Melissa made the connection between the Mexican border and roaches......

Sign of Growth

The Lakers ended their two game skid last night with a win over the Warriors de Golden State.  Interestingly enough, the Lakers have limited their losing streaks this season to no more than two games.  four times this season they have lost two in a row and bounced back.  That is a definite sign of growth.

In even better news, there is a good chance of a Lamar Odom Friday night against Charlotte.  Though the team has held the ship without him, the two in our one two punch has been missed. 

The Idol is Back

Say what you want about American Idol, but tryouts are one of the best things going on TV.  Tonite's gems: 

• Randy says "You don't have to be a singer", and Simon follows with "And now you know you never will".  After a bit of crying, the contestant goes outside to converse with the camera saying "I keep waiting for them to come out here and say psych".  Wow, she said psych.  I guess they still say that in Minnesota?
• Paula Abdul:  "Oh my god that's a note I've never heard"
• Jewel: "So are you serious when you're doing this?"
• Contestant: "Do you guys want the poster" (She had a Wizard of Oz poster as she had done a ditty as the lion from the movie.  Randy's reply?  "No"
• Randy: "Man, Prince'll never be on this show again"

Chinese got it right!

The Chinese are my new favorite people!!!  To commemorate the year of the pig, the Chinese Postal Service will be releasing a pork inspired scratch and sniff stamp which upon lickification reveals a sweet and sour pork flavour!

Oh hell yah!  I would write fewer emails and write more letters if I could get a collared green inspired stamp.  Or maybe, just maybe, a garlic (I'm a garlic junkie) flavored envelope with an italian bread inspired stamp!!! DAMN BE MY DIET, FEED ME MY MAIL!

CRANKY.COM

This website is not targeted to me.  But I do find it hilarious that the search engine for those 50 and up is called Cranky.com.  That's just funny...

Mejia's idiocy continues

The L.A. Lakers did the rest of the NBA a huge disservice by snapping Dallas' 13-game winning streak on Sunday night.

Tony Mejia has long been on my list of 'Paid Idiots with a Keyboard'.  His 'opinion' pieces are based on little more than his like/dislike of a player, team, or coach.  Naturally, his dislike of the Lakers franchise has made us archrivals though I'm unsure if he's hip to me as his adversary.

Anyway, his latest piece basically states that the Lakers should have intentionally lost a January game in order to allow the Mavericks to continue winning until they get complacent.  Yes, he is suggesting they should have thrown the game.  Now when Dallas' previous double digit win streak was broken, there was no suggestion of throwing the game.  Why would a so-called expert ever suggest a team throw a game for the sake of the league?  Idiot.

With that said, great game Sunday night.  No Kwame, No Lamar, and a 9 point deficit headed into the fourth quarter made for another confidence builder a la the Houston game a few weeks back.  These Lakers are showing the league a lot about heart.  They are showing me a lot about teammates.

How 'bout dem Hokies?

 Maybe the basketball team can teach the football team about heart?  Va Tech 69, #5 Duke 67.

Bitchilistic Bell Back At It

Technorati tags: Raja Bell, Kobe Bryant, Andrea Bargnani

Raja Bitchilistic Bell is back at it.  He was suspended for one game without pay for kicking Andrea Bargnani.  Let's see, last year in the playoffs he intentionally closelined Kobe Bryant citing Kobe's arrogance etc as the driving factor.  What now will he say in regards to Bargnani....after all the dude's first name is Andrea so he can't be all that instigative. 

Perhaps Bitchilistic Bell has a maturity and a temper problem...maybe a complex derived from his pure sucktitude...

Ugly WeekEND

VT's quarterback throws the game, Redskins lose again.  Combined on Saturday evening, my teams gave up 52 unanswered points.  The Redskins game doesn't hurt, expected to lose....they are a losing team.

But I am starting to believe that VT QB Sean Glennon is getting some kind of payback from UGA alumni.  It would be different if his throws were accurate and the interceptions were a result of phenomenal effort from the DB's.   Alas, twas not the case.  Balls batted at the line of scrimmage, nearly every pass thrown short.  Embarrassing, simply embarassing and I wouldn't be surprised to find out 20 years from now that somebody *cough*Glennon*cough* was paid to throw this game.

To top it off, I lost the Super Bowl in Madden 20 - 17 last night....football sucks....