(This might interest) Maybe Just Me…

abc kept showing stats about how this game was the lowest scoring in the shot clock era for a game 7. but watching the game, seriously, didn’t feel like a badly played, slowed down, defensive game.

how great was the CRAZY mulleted pic of manu when abc had the chiron (i think that’s the right word) of manu’s basketball accomplishments.

the refs called this game VERY tightly! i really think it is better to call it tight than to let them play all kinds of hard.

in the mid-3rd quarter, spurs down 5, manu made a wild drive and turned it over. that was the moment detroit could’ve taken over. but then duncan became a beast.

hubie brown came up with the best alternative nickname for robert horry, intangible man. he made SO many plays, hustle rebounds, defense, taking charges.

you know how great the spurs played if you notice little things. during the final stretch, starting in the late 3rd (esp those kick out 3s from duncan or the manu drive and kick out to duncan), you noticed that the spurs got the shot they wanted, but more importantly, if you noticed all the shots left the shooters hands in rhythm but the shot clock was ALWAYS at like 1.

sheed played great. but fouls hurt him.

i hope larry brown can come back and coach. and i hope that if he can’t and he DOES take the cleveland job that people lay off him because his participation in the league is a good thing.

i think duncan complained more to the refs during this series than i’ve ever seen. usually he’s arm around the refs, talking, etc.

it was great to see as soon as the game was over, you saw popovich come over to larry brown to comiserate, etc. but the greatness was to see bruce bowen run over too.

you saw this year, like last year, how much the teams played for the guys on the floor. how happy everyone was, how many hugs were going around. and not the cursory hugs, but extended hugs. hugs of joy, relief, whatever.

i can’t stand the espn commentators. talking a lot of smack on air, online before the game, and now let’s see what they say singing in praise of all things spurs.

i was beyond glad to see the manu of old re-emerge in the second half. what a head’s up play at the very end to not take the layup and run off some time (though i think with the time remaining left it’d be fine to take the layup).

i’ll say it again, not high shooting percentages, low scoring, etc, but it was a well played game.

i want to see sheed hand over his belt to duncan. i demand this.

did eva longoria make abc promise not to video her? you saw one shot of her running off camera after obviously hugging tony parker. other than not wanting to piss off one of the stars of one of their breakout shows, you know abc must’ve been pissed about this because nothing networks like more than having their “stars” in stands at sporting events, and you know, being able to show them. but whatevs, eva probably not sitting in abc seats, but tony parker provided seats.

oh man, the rest of the summer will be interminable. at least there’s no hockey. only a few more weeks until football starts.

A Dizzying Array of Options for Using the Web on Cellphones - New York Times

not a particularly interesting article, but posting it anyways because it quoted peter rojas, editor of my favorite blog (and dream job, well i’d like to think my dream job, but who knows how much money they make over there in the WIN network) ENGADGET. if you have any interest in tech/electronics news, that’s the place to go.

CNN.com - House approves flag-burning amendment - Jun 22, 2005

“Ask the men and women who stood on top of the [World] Trade Center,” said Rep. Randy [Duke] Cunningham, R-California. “Ask them and they will tell you: pass this amendment.”

it is so fucking wrong to invoke the memory of the 9/11 victims and dishonor them by using them as a cheap political ploy. for all anyone knows, and it’s a good likelihood, that some of the people who died that day would be against this amendment.

next thing you know they’ll try to pass an amendment saying you can’t burn the constitution or something even though you can go to any law school and find free pocket copies that no student keeps for more than a week because you can always get another. it’s so stupid.

CNN.com - Utah Scout feeling ‘good’ after ordeal - Jun 22, 2005

“We’ve also told him don’t talk to strangers. … When an ATV or horse came by, he got off the trail. … When they left, he got back on the trail.”

“His biggest fear, he told me, was someone would steal him,” she said.

Brennan’s uncle, Bob Hawkins, said his nephew may have been afraid to contact the strangers because they weren’t using the password his family had adopted.

The family explained that Brennan was born prematurely and he is socially immature as a result.

i seriously don’t know what to think about this. let’s go in order. umm, if you are lost for more than a DAY out in the “wilderness” why the hell would you hide from people passing on the trail? why would you think that they want to “steal” you? and if they do steal you, at least there’s a higher chance you’d get water and food than if you stayed just wandering in the wild.

second, the boy isn’t immature because he was a premie directly. he’s immature because his parents are too overprotective. he hid from strangers because he thought they’d steal him? he didn’t talk to people on the trail (mind you he’s been wandering and alone for 3-4 days) because they didn’t know the fucking password?

the article also says during a press conference at his house the kids “sat at his mother’s feet behind the microphones until the end of the news conference.” yeah, this is a socially awkward kid and now nothing will change that because his parents will not coddle him even more.

HoustonChronicle.com - Bike couriers risk necks in pursuit of fun, profit

i have to be honest, i’ve lived in houston for 3 years now and only this past year did i really see bike couriers regularly. and i live downtown.