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This guy is giving up blogging soon and I'd highly suggest you go read his stuff now before he does. . . 8:31:36 PM  What do you think? [] trackback []
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So I've found my niche in the Internet. . .it would seem that my daily hit average has gone from about 8 to 21 because lots of people out there want to see pictures of Joumana Kidd, the wife of Jason Kidd of NBA fame. . .I'm getting about 30 hits a day for "Joumana Kidd pictures". . .all because I wrote a little blurb about the riduculosity of her being on the sidelines of Monday Night Football, replacing the lovely Melissa Stark. . .heh. . .so for all you people out there looking for Joumana's picture, sorry to disappoint you. . .but stick around, I'm funny, witty, and pretty cool to hang out with. . . 8:15:56 PM What do you think? [] trackback []
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The smoking bans continue. . .I bet the people of south Austin are going crazy right now. . .the problem is, none of them vote. . .heh. . .(requires free registration) 8:11:55 PM What do you think? [] trackback []
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Heh. . .some nobody on the PGA tour wants to play Annika for one million dollars. . .
This quote:
And I don't think "the general public has a misconception of how hard it is to finish in the top 125". . .I think they don't give a flying fuck. . .Annika walks all over the competition on her tour. . .it's obvious she's too good to play there. . .based on the Colonial, it's obvious she's not quite good enough to play on the big boy tour. . .but I bet she could kick the shit out of some guy who has only played in 4 events this year. . .I'll keep you posted on this hulabaloo. . . |
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At what point do athletes come to think that the city they play in owe them a new stadium/arena/blow job? Mario Lemieux, who I used to have a lot of respect for for overcoming cancer and playing again in the NHL, is making noise about taking the Pittsburgh Penguins to another city if the city doesn't build a new arena. . .
Granted the Pittsburgh arena is pretty sad by NHL standards but the people of Pittsburgh pay for the players' salaries. . .NHL ticket prices are ridiculously high and yet Mario seems to think he's owed a new arena and even goes so far as to feel "betrayed". . .what the fuck, that's all I have to say. . .athletes'egos are so fucking out of whack that I can't even begin to explain what's wrong with situations like this one. . .do the Penguins really bring that much to the table for the city of Pittsburgh? I highly doubt it. . .I say let them take their happy ass on out of town and see how they fair in some other city. . .but somebody will take them in, build them the arena they want, and adopt them as their own. . .happens all the time. . .and it makes me sick. . . |
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Timothy Noah has a short article dealing with the US military's restriction of gun ownership in Iraq and two responses from anti-gun control groups in the US. Obviously, it's Slate so it's far enough left to make most people in the middle cringe but a couple of things he writes strikes me as interesting. . .
First of all, this statement:
seems silly since that's he's stating opinion and whether it's his or Marbut's, it doesn't matter. I would argue that Marbut is on to exactly what he thinks, which is the fact that gun-control is bad, whether it's in America or Iraq. . .Noah argues that he's wrong, we should have gun control everywhere, and I would argue that he's wrong, we should have gun control in Iraq until they have a stable government. . .to avoid this:
Of course, I think Noah greatly exaggerates when he talks of "rampant criminality" (do the citizens of Iraq actually have laws to break? I don't think so right now) and actually confuses the point when he talks of "murder of U.S. servicemen". . .Iraq is clearly still in military situation and the servicemen there are in constant danger. . .their job is to perform a military service and while losing just one is sickening, it's not murder. . .he's using terminology to evoke a particular response when the terminology is incorrect. . .
The last thing I notice is this statement:
This just seems to me like Noah is saying that the goverment of Saddam was far better than the "anarchy" of the current situation. . .and that's ridiculous. . .I can't imagine any rational person assuming that we would oust Saddam and then democracy would take hold overnight, solving all of Iraq's problems. . .but that seems to be the notion Noah is supporting. . . |
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Ok so it's taken me a little longer than I thought to get this stuff down but oh well. . .the race was really amazing, at least I say that now looking back in retrospect. . .at the time, it was the most pain I'd ever been in. . .I was pretty solid for the first 18 miles, in fact I was running 8:30 miles or under up until that point. . .however at about 20, I realized things were going to get real ugly, real soon. . .miles 22-25 were excruciating and even though I ran the last mile in about 8 minutes in order to break 3:50, 25-26.2 was all mental. . .I'm not sure how my legs handled it. . .if I had been given the chance to hacksaw my legs off at the finish, I would have. . . All of my training miles were at 9 minute/mile so I was hoping to run a little bit faster in the race but I'm pretty happy with the result. . .it's scary, but I'm already thinking about doing another one of these. . .I don't really think I like running that much but the feeling of accomplishing that goal was pretty cool. . .I'm seriously thinking about trying to qualify for Boston. . . San Diego was awesome, I really loved the town and everything in it that I saw. . .the zoo was just like everyone says it is and more. . .played golf at Torrey Pines on really shaky legs Tuesday and that was fun, a truly beautiful course running along the ocean that, for a professional tour level course, is relatively affordable. . .I highly recommend it. . . Overall, I'd say this has been a very satisfying experience, one that I'll treasure for a long time to come. . .
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