fake empire

the heat beat the bulls last night to set up a rematch against the dallas mavericks. i don't really care about basketball until it gets to the finals. but what's interesting is that since 1984, only a select number of teams have won the nba championship.

1) the lakers (8)
2) the celtics (3)
3) the bulls (6)
4) the pistons (3)
5) the rockets (2)
6) the spurs (4)
7) the heat (1)

that adds up to 27. so in 27 years, we've had seven different champs. that's it. maybe the mavericks will make 8. but if you notice, those teams have come and gone and come back again, well mostly the lakers, pistons and celtics. who knows about the rest. maybe it's time for another 27 years of a different set of eight champs. maybe it's time for the warriors, the hawks, the bucks and the thunder. probably not.

Scenes from the Suburbs - trailer

fore!

yes, that is a huey lewis reference. and if i'm lucky, it won't be the last one. most of my life, i've been pretty good at sports. baseball, football, basketball, tennis. i wasn't great, but i wasn't horrible. i was never the last kid picked. well, if we were playing golf, i would be the last person picked. on earth. and earth is pretty big. with a lot of people that's how terrible i am. i couldn't even hit the ball down the fairway. i hit it left. i hit it right. i hit it on the ground. most of the time, the ball never even went in the air. sad. but i don't really enjoy the game. i don't think i'll be playing again any time soon. apparently, the nine minute video i watched last night did not do the trick. maybe i should have watched the ten minute video.

we don't need no education pt. 2

two weeks ago i was an amateur fourth grade teacher for charity. tomorrow, i will be an amateur golfer for charity. sounds fun? can anyone guess how many times i've played golf in my life? the answer after the break....

well, we're back. the answer is: zero. zero times. i have gone to a driving range once. when i was seventeen. or sixteen. i can't remember because that's how long ago it was. i think the golf outing will be more terrifying than teaching fourth graders for me.

stay tuned for the outcome.