I love this song. For obvious reasons. (Note, this video does acknowledge the existence of sex and may not be appropriate for people who should not know that sex exists.)
YouTube – American Boy – Estelle Feat. Kanye West
I guess the finals are over? I'm happy for Garnett, it's too bad the whole thing was a conspiracy. I'm still happy for him though.
NBA.com
Because the UBC Unions, and the Directors and Managers of the RED (Real Estate Divsion) are cool, My colleagues and I get the option to work an extra .75 hours every day and then have one day every other week off.
It's called "Flex" day. Today is my "Flex" day. It came at just the perfect time. It's a blessing today, especially since I might get to catch the back 9 of the U.S. Open with Phil. ]]>
I like this video best because it shows all the reactions of the family watching and Mediate's reaction as well.
"did you expect anything different"
Jeesh… The man is amazing.
I called this. Although that's not saying much, considering this year's "coincidental" NBA finals.
NBA's perception problem keeps growing – Phil Taylor – SI.com
]]>Kobe Bryant – ESPN Sunday Conversation (NBA Finals 2008)
Hmm…
]]>I was having a nice coversation with some colleagues when all of a sudden one of them threw out that phrase. I don't know who Masrapstalnik is or why he would be being trade, when it dawns on me…
...Oh yeah, I'm in Canada. I sometimes forget, but then I'll be in a conversation where three office workers, one who is a manger and a male, and two who are in completely different departments and are female start a conversation about somebody with some strange foreign sounding last name and they all know who they are talking about. This is not my experience of all things sports.
For instance, I'm quite certain that had I gone to Sheryl Kerner, my former manager at another company I used to fork for in the U.S., and asked her, "Hey do you think Cal Ripken Jr. will retire?" Her response would be, "Who's that?"
For those of you who don't know, Cal Ripken Jr.. is probably one of the top 10 most significant baseball players of the last 20 years, if not all time. Most american sports fans remember vividly the moment that he broke the record for consecutive games played in 1995, the event which some think saved baseball after the 1994 players strike. You get the point. There isn't an American sports fan alive that doesn't know who Cal Ripken Jr is.
Even in light of that, I wouldn't be surprised that Sheryl didn't know who he was. Neither would I be surprised if a number of men and women in the office didn't know who he was. Some Americans just aren't interested in Sports. Likewise, a lot of Canadians aren't interested in sports, but that has nothing to do with hockey. In Canada, knowing about hockey is as central a daily concern as what one will eat, whether one will have a good day, or just the weather in general (which is a BIG daily concern here). Anyway you get the point. Somehow everyone who's Canadian is clued in. And I honestly don't know where they get their information. Maybe it's in the water. And maybe they drink special water that I don't drink. Either way, Canadians (even Canadians in "sunny" Vancouver) are crazy about hockey like…
...well like Canadians are crazy about hockey.
That was supposed to be my Monday Morning Update. Um. I also went on a retreat this weekend. That was pretty fun. You can get info on that here. The baby post is done, but since I put it off, new babies are being born every day (Congrats Kyle & Sarah). I need to get two more picures and hopefully it's up tomorrow.
DK
For whatever it's worth, the hockey player in question was named Trevor Linden
]]>LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) — South African ace batsman Jacques Kallis revealed his team's most desperate desire—to beat rivals Australia in a Test series.
South Africa are riding high after drawing with Pakistan here last week to clinch their first Test series on the subcontinent since 2000. They won the first Test by 160 runs in Karachi in the two-match series.
But Kallis, man-of-the-series after making 421 runs in four innings, said South Africa's ultimate goal was to defeat Australia when they tour Down Under next year.
"They are the best in the world at the moment and you want to test yourself against them, and beating them would be sort of equivalent to winning a World Cup," Kallis told reporters.
Since their readmission to international cricket in 1992, South Africa have yet to win a World Cup or beat Australia in a Test series.
Ahhh… it's not baseball, it's cricket. That's why everything sounds so weird. Those crazy South Africans. My favorite part is how one guy was "man-of-the-series" and he batted 460 runs or something. Man the Yankees sure could have used him this year.
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That's right, the Suburban Refugee is back, but now he's the World Wide Refugee or something. Just like Randy Johnson at the bottom of the 8th, right when I was about to space out and stop blogging forever, SBR is back to finish the day. Whohoo. But I guess all that R.I.P. stuff and the enless tears and the shrieking and the counselling were a waste of time. Dude sure knows how to play with a guy's emotions.
Anyway, Now you don't have to be bored anymore. I'll throw up a feed for the right column as soon as I have time.
]]>Yeah. I'll say that again, It's an Online ETCH-A-SKETCH.
Here's what I drawed:
Maybe you can do better? Probably not.