Local News, too much time on their hands

Normal news cast you see it all the time. They report on cougars, bears, and coyotes all the time. I don't know if this guy had too much time on his hands or tried to win a local emmy of something. Here is the video.




"This is how the bear probably looked, if it was real."
No need to recreate how a bears escaped we know it runs away

Tech Help

If you are wondering why the 29th Ammendment seems to be leaning to the right (physically speaking), I think we have some explaining to do.

I am having trouble with the pictures on the blog. Pat, I am unsure if you are as well, so feel free to interrupt me at any point.

If you'll notice there isn't much real estate to work with on blogger.com. And I love pictures. But the options are limited on the site, so I routinely just try to stow them on the right side because it seems like there are always formatting errors whenever I try something remotely fancy. This is frustrating for me.

And then they are always too big, even if I choose the small format. The first time I put a picture up (see Propaganda posters), I was able to click and drag size it. This is not the case anymore.

So today I tried to put a picture up of Clarence Weatherspoon. It was gigantic and diluted my words, so I tried again. The next time it didn't even show up, and I haven't been able to add a picture since.

This image scandal is number one on my priority list right now. If any closet readers exist out there, this is the time to reveal yourself and offer some advice.

Is this the most professional way I could have gone about this? Probably not, but if 29th has any inclination to get some publicity, I think its better we sort this out now.

My A.P.Y.R.F.S.R.E.T.T.W.G. Team

I think I'm liking this one. Mainly because everybody's is unique, and I don't expect anyone to understand mine. All-Players-You-Remember-For-Some-Reason-Even-Though-They-Weren't-Good Team.

I could go for days on this one, I'm laughing as I keep thinking of more.

G: Clarence Witherspoon
G: Pooh Richardson
F: Benoit Benjamin
F: Laphonso Ellis
C: Will Perdue

I've included a link here for a card one of Clarence's fleers (His personal quote on the card explains why he is on my list quite succinctly):

http://www.checkoutmycards.com/CardImages/Cards/001/738/04b.jpg

But nothing compares to this moster block by Laphonso Ellis, and the Denver fan's fist pump that follows....

My All Anal Team

For some reason i really spent a lot of time researching and trying to think of players that would fit the bill so here is my All Anal NBA Team


G: (Tie) Mike Bibby/ Jose Barea
G: Ricky Davis
F: Shane Battier
F: Udonis Haslem
C: Andrea Bargnani

For me the MVP of this group is Shane Battier. Although Ricky Davis is a close second. To me I feel like he is a very cautious person who keeps his stuff close to him. The touch part was I really couldn't decide between Mike Bibby and Jose Barea because they are just too similar.

Since James got to come up with these rankings of sort i thought i would come up with my own All-Players-You-Remember-For-Some-Reason-Even-Though-They-Weren't-Good Team



G: Mookie Blaylock
G: Erick Barkley
F: Marcus Liberty
F: Benoit Benjamin
C: Ruben Boumje-Boumje

I probably have 100's of Mookie Blaylock cards in my collection. I have no idea why the card companies loved Mookie Blaylock so much. It one of the reasons why he is one of my favorite NBA players of all time. Fun Fact Pearl Jam was going to be called "Mookie Blaylock" but couldn't so they settled for naming one of their albums "10". James if you have any updates on this list it would sure be appreciated cause there are definitely some throw ins in that group.

Unique NBA Honors

I always like to highlight features of the game and its players in ways that often go unnoticed or underappreciated. Patrick, I'm going to want some input on this.

All Anal Team: Top five NBA players who look like they keep a tight ship and aren't fond of other people touching their things.


G: Chris Quinn
G: Francisco Garcia
F: Peja Stojokavic
F: Tim Duncan
C: Nene

(Hon. Mention: Shane Battier, Antonio Daniels, Matt Harpring, Rudy Gay, Hilton Armstrong)

NBA Live '95 Team: You remember playing video games with these guys when you were a kid, yet you remember them being less than great. When you see them still on the court you think, how, of all of the guys from their generation, were these the ones who made it this long? It makes you wonder which mediocre players of today will have an inexorably long tenure (Channing Frye comes to mind).


G: Cuttino Mobley
G: Donyell Marshall
F: Juwan Howard
F: Kurt Thomas
C: Theo Ratliff

I want to see some feedback or amendments to these teams as well as some propositions for new honors.

Greg Oden Mr. Nice Guy

It's sad to think that Greg Oden will never live up to the hype. Even if he is a 5-time all-star who wins a championship. A lot of people looked down on him this year but i didn't think that he had a bad year. I don't think McMillan used him in the right way all the time. He fouled way too much but when he was in he was decent. Enough with that, i saw this picture on the internet and really want it on a shirt.

Kool-Aid, Heed the Advice

There are certain things that I think need to be posted on this blog with no explanation. This is one of those things.