Monthly Archives: September 2008

September 28, 2008 · 1 comment

NFL week 4 picks

Buffalo -8, Atlanta +7, Cincinnati -3.5, Dallas -11, Kansas City +9.5, Houston +7, San Francisco +5, NY Jets -1.5, Philadelphia -3, San Diego -7.5, Green Bay +1, Tennessee -3, Baltimore +5.5 Last week (6-10): Atlanta -5.5, Cleveland +2.5, Oakland +9.5, … Continue reading

September 26, 2008 · 0 comments

Footbawful.  From the minds responsible for Basketbawful.  Entertaining perspective focused mostly on the professional leagues.  While IǃÙm linking to sports blogs, SLAM started a pretty good Truth or Myth series: Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Amare Stoudemire, and Chris Bosh.  And, … Continue reading

September 25, 2008 · 0 comments

Starcraft units in Spore. Looks awesome, and I’m sure it’d be more interesting if I actually played Spore and had some idea of what it took to make these things.

September 25, 2008 · 0 comments

I live in Seattle again

We drove on Monday.  The drive was long.  And didnǃÙt have the same feel as driving to, say, Vegas, but it was still  good knowing that I was hours away form sleeping on a mattress that wasnǃÙt on the floor.  … Continue reading

September 21, 2008 · 1 comment

NFL week 3 picks

Atlanta -5.5, Cleveland +2.5, Oakland +9.5, Chicago -3, Green Bay +3, Denver -5.5, Indianapolis -5, Carolina +3.5, New England -12.5, Cincinnati +13, Philadelphia -3.5, San Francisco -4, St. Louis +9.5, Tennessee -4.5, Arizona +3, NY Jets +8.5 Last week (7-8): … Continue reading

September 17, 2008 · 0 comments

Going to a 49ers game

Dan’s coming down this weekend to join me as I say goodbye to the bay area and drive back up to Seattle. He also picked up some tickets for the 49ers game on Sunday against Detroit. Bill Simmons’ weekly lines … Continue reading

September 17, 2008 · 1 comment

Royce Da 5’9″ – The Bar Exam 2

It finally came out this week. The problem is that probably about five of the tracks were released before the rest of the mixtape, so I’ve more than played those out. And another five tracks involve a vocoder. It appears … Continue reading

September 14, 2008 · 0 comments

NFL week 2 picks

Arizona -6.5, Chicago +3, Tennessee +1.5, Green Bay -3, Minnesota +1.5, Buffalo +5.5, Kansas City -3.5, New England +1.5, St. Louis +8.5, Pittsburgh -6, San Diego -1, San Francisco +7, Atlanta +7, New Orleans PK, Philadelphia +7 Last week (9-7): … Continue reading

September 9, 2008 · 0 comments

Five videos

For easier viewing, all of the videos are embedded after the jump. Eminem and Proof freestyle. It has 3,000,000+ views, but it’s new to me. Looks like this was on MTV some time ago. Bittersweet. Obviously, for one, because Proof’s … Continue reading

September 9, 2008 · 1 comment

Bill Simmons had an all-Brady mailbag today. This question reflects the sentiments of a lot of friends, some more vested in the home teams than others, but all of us feeling the pain. Q: Brady’s out. That really sucks. But … Continue reading

September 8, 2008 · 2 comments

I read an article on Sum Ish (“Disappearing Acts”) that reminded me of how much me, Dan, and our friends used to love Canibus. Here’s a small tribute. “Desperados” (opening verse). Off The Firm album. One of the few verses … Continue reading

September 7, 2008 · 0 comments

NFL week 1 picks

NY Giants -4.5, Seattle +1.5, New Orleans -3, NY Jets -3, Pittsburgh -6.5, Jacksonville -3, Atlanta +3, New England -16, Baltimore +2, Philadelphia -9, San Francisco +2.5, San Diego -9, Dallas -6, Indianapolis -10.5, Minnesota +2.5, Denver -3

Stray shots
September 6, 2008 · 2 comments

Stray shots

Random pictures from this summer.

  • PBL
  • Rock the Bells
  • Bowling
  • Some good ass cheese
  • DDR
September 5, 2008 · 0 comments

Labor Day Weekend in San Diego

I was putting this off until I had time to write something long, but it seemed like I’d probably never get around to it, so I’m going to write something short. I texted myself an e-mail to remember all the … Continue reading

September 4, 2008 · 0 comments

Red band trailer for Zack and Miri make a Porno. Seth Rogen’s playing himself. Appearances by actors from Kevin Smith’s universe. And Craig Robinson looks like he has a big part. (His scene as the doorman in Knocked Up never … Continue reading

September 4, 2008 · 0 comments

Born to use Mics: Reading Nas’s Illmatic. Michael Eric Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai have brought together the brightest minds to reflect upon and engage one of the most incisive sets of songs ever laid down on wax. I’m trying to … Continue reading

September 3, 2008 · 0 comments

Me, the bad luck charm. I live in Seattle, and the basketball team gets stolen. I move to the bay area for a while, and their mascot gets stolen. On a related note, the OKC logo looks awful. And I … Continue reading

September 3, 2008 · 2 comments

Killer Crossover Basketball Drill. Gets good at 1:15. Gets really good at 2:00.

September 3, 2008 · 0 comments

Google Chrome. Google’s browser. First impressions: It loads pages really fast. Facebook is a good site to check out to see the speed for yourself. Wired has a really interesting article about the development of Chrome. The speed difference will … Continue reading