Monthly Archives: April 2009

April 30, 2009 · 0 comments

Cheering through The Star-Spangled Banner. Tradition for Chicago Blackhawks games is to cheer through the national anthem. I think it’s one of the cooler sports traditions and I don’t find it disrespectful at all since it’s obviously celebrating our country. … Continue reading

April 27, 2009 · 0 comments

Who were the last four USC QBs drafted in the first round?¨Ü Mark Sanchez, Matt Leinart, Carson Palmer, and… Todd Marinovich: The Man Who Never Was.¨Ü Sorry for the cheesy intro, but I finally finished reading the Esquire article and … Continue reading

April 27, 2009 · 0 comments

More Star Trek reviews are trickling out.¨Ü Words that come up: exhilirating, revitalizing, triumph, fresh.¨Ü Count me in for excited.

April 26, 2009 · 0 comments

Goodfellas

Last week I caught The Departed on TV in the middle and ended up watching until the end even though we have the DVD.¨Ü (I’m sure it’s a common thing for people to do, and Last Samurai is the first … Continue reading

April 21, 2009 · 1 comment

Ricky Rubio will declare for the 2009 NBA Draft.

April 19, 2009 · 1 comment

Mike Tyson was on Adam Carolla’s podcast today.¨Ü Let’s get it on.

April 18, 2009 · 1 comment

2009 NBA Playoff Picks: First Round

Ultimate study ruiner. Western Conference Lakers over Utah (6 games) New Orleans over Denver (7 games) San Antonio over Dallas (5 games) Portland over Houston (6 games) Eastern Conference Cleveland over Detroit (5 games) Boston over Chicago (7 games) Orlando … Continue reading

April 15, 2009 · 0 comments

NBA Playoffs 2009 commercial.¨Ü Set to Kanye West’s “Amazing”.

Garsh’s wedding: one
April 15, 2009 · 1 comment

Garsh’s wedding: one

Congratulations! Glad I brought my camera along. These are the groomsmen and a few extras. More to come, but probably this weekend because I’m swamped.

April 15, 2009 · 0 comments

Free Darko has a new Kevin Durant shirt.¨Ü Bittersweet.

April 9, 2009 · 0 comments

Nate Robinson, Little King. As much as I liked him in college, I never imagined Nate would be as popular as he is now. In Robinson’s three years at UW, he became the “most exciting player in our conference,” says … Continue reading

Las Vegas Spring 2009
April 9, 2009 · 2 comments

Las Vegas Spring 2009

Note to self: you’ll probably regret not taking pictures a lot more than you’ll regret having to take your camera around. These pictures are basically from the first and last six hours that we were in Vegas. Which makes me wonder–was I more tired 1.) immediately after staying up all night for an early flight and getting a couple of hours of sleep in a cramped airplane seat or 2.) after three days and three nights in Vegas (and a false-alarm heart attack AKA heartburn).

April 1, 2009 · 0 comments

Google’s annual April 1st announcement: CADIE (Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity). On January 12th 2009, the STT run (Standard Turing Test) confirmed behavior indistinguishable from that of a reasonable human being with above-average intelligence and 3.8 GPA (we’re still struggling to … Continue reading