Made in China

Yao Ming's NBA career may be over. At least that is what many reporters are supposing after the Chinese 7-footer's CT scan has shown that the hairline fracture in his foot has not healed quite as expected. As a victim of a navicular fracture as well, I am sympathetic but not surprised.

The bone he has broken is notorious for its difficulty to heal. To think that his joints could sustain a 7 foot frame for 82-game seasons is bit quixotic. David Stern, shorten the NBA schedule already! If Yao in fact is done playing basketball professionally, it will be detrimental to the game.

Tough break for the Rockets, who were in championship contention this year as much as any other team as they definitely gave the Lakers their toughest challenge. Yao brings a lot to this league. Alas, the Houston Rockets have realized something the average American consumer inherently knows: never rely on a product Made in China.

Dream of the Fortnight

Dream of the Fortnight is a segment in which Bullock and I will submit our most vivid or most noteworthy dreams each fortnight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnight).

In this inaugural submission of Dream of the Fortnight, I am bringing to the surface a dream that occured to me 3 and a half days ago in which my colleague Patrick booked an amphitheatre in Damascus, Oregon. I suggest you go to Damascus. This has been one of many noteworthy dreams I have been having lately.

Anyway, he performed this song, I'm serious.

Propaganda Posters

I've been getting really into propaganda lately; I scoured
the web for some examples of what I'm talking about.

This one above was released in during the early 70's during the first major global oil crisis.



This conveys a relatively strong anti-American message from WWII by some Germans.

I don't really know what to think of this one.

Tiny cut off guy

These are the guys you see working out in the gym or on the basketball court. They wear the tiniest cut off they can because they can't take their shirt off. The cut off is barely there mostly strings holding it up. There are rules in the gym to limit the sweat on the equipment but these guys just don't care. These are the same guys out on the basketball court when your playing shirts and skins. Anything they can do to keep the skin to cloth ratio low. They are closely related to the guys who always take their shirt off.

The People you meet in College or in College Classes

Jimmy and I didn't know what our first post should be. An idea came up that we have always talked about and that is the people you meet at college or in college classes.