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The bit o' news today is the annual BANK HOLIDAY CHEESE ROLLING CONTEST. Take a look. The goods start around the half way mark. Soooo whenever we get goodies like these on the air they mention other craziness like the running of the bulls, the gorilla get up 5k, and of course Tomatina tomato throwing festival. Of course all of these things I want to partake in, and if there is a God, I will. A little bit of news you may not know is Meg, my younger sister, just graduated from Ithaca College and is going to be teaching in Spain this coming fall. I guess I don't know what she is teaching... probably english but you know I'm not postive. Anywho, this will be the best opportunity to get over to Spain and partake of Tomatina. I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to do this. Probably more than any other crazy activity. The bad part is Meg's job is only set for September to May and the 2008 Tomatina is August 27 (before she gets there) and the 2009 is August 26 (after her job ends...) W...

So after moving about 95% of our junk about 10 miles north this Saturday, I figured out that I have moved 11 times in the last seven years. 11 times sound impossible? Well lets not forget summer sublet apartments. You know the crazy part? I actually in enjoy moving. Almost all of those moves I moved everything on my own, and the ones where I had help, I moved the heavy stuff. Couches, furniture, desks, TVs, boxes, it seems like it wear me down and make me want to scream... but it doesn't. I don't know how to explain it. I guess its some sort of personal competition. I want to see if every year I can lift the same heavy crap I lifted the year before without getting absolutely worn down. I gotta say, I'm holding up pretty well. My family came up to help us with this move. It was interesting, had to take a couch over a balcony, manuever it gently through doorways, and run up and down 3 flights of stairs countless times. I didn't even realize that I accumulated a great deal...

Last night Marieta argued with me to change the channel during the lottery because we had to pack after eating dinner and wanted to watch something we would both enjoy. I said as soon as I find out the Bulls pick (figuring 7, 8, or 9). You should have seen me light up with the move up, followed by the number one pick in the draft. Now, after reading a lot of conjecture about who Chicago should pick (a lot of system fitting, paint scoring, and trade talk) I have come to my conclusion about why the bulls need to take Derrick Rose. When someone asks you for all time greats who comes to mind? Jordan, Magic, Bird, Kareem, Bill Russell, Walt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, and possibly Shaq. They are the only sure fire all-timers. Now you may disagree but look at the transcendies of these players. Jordan is the only guard to lead a team with no post threat to a championship - let alone two threepeats! Magic is a 6-9 all in one player who killed Dr. J in his rookie year finals debut series. He...

THE BULLS HAVE THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK!!!!! THE SECOND GREATEST DAY IN BULLS HISTORY!!!! First thoughts? 1)Saddly, Michael Beasley should be our choice (sad because we NEED paint points, and I LOVE Derrick Rose) 2)Mike D'antoni is searching through his knicks contract for an exit clause! 3)We can have any coach we want! 4)Playoffs here we come.

With the Draft Lottery tonight I thought I would take a peak at the top earners in the league as reported by hoops hype.com . Salaries are close to reseting and payrolls will be refreshed come July, but come around the Finals its nice to laugh at dumb GMs. Only three of the Top 10 (or 11 since there's a tie at 10) highest paid players in the league deserve their paycheck. Look at the fiscal foolishness in the league Pre-"Spurs Copy-Cat Mania" or Before the "C.B.A. Got Its Act Together": Stephon Marbury, 2003, Phoenix gives him a 4 year $76.8 million extension (signed through 08-10) Michael Finley, 2001, Mavericks sign him with a 7 year $102.2 Million contract (they buy him out 5 years later) Allen Iverson, 2003, the 76ers extend four years $76.7 Million (The Iverson experiment has failed) Now Shaq is a dinosaur, and KG will be falling apart when his contract ends, but how can you say those teams were in the wrong? KG made the Celtics relevant and Shaq brought a ...

I am not trying to dog a cancer survivor/world series winner/no hitting pitcher Jon Lester, but you know that locker room is gonna be full of Royals jokes. Come on, how could they not... Now, I don't want to talk about this, but I have must. Byron Scott lost that game last night. If you watched that game last night than you know the Hornets lost to the Spurs. To know why, check out the box score . Explain to me why Peja played 44 minutes when he was shooting garbage? Morris Peterson played 24 minutes with 2 for 7 shooting. Please. Byron obviously got a case of Veteran Fever. Julian Wright, hard nosed D-centric rookie, was an energetic piece that kept the team moving and stuck like glue to his opponent. It was obvious from the first quarter that Manu was gonna hit some series shots. Why leave Morris Peterson in when Bonzi Wells would distrupt his shot so much more. Why let Peja over help when you know Julian Wright would cover Bruce hardcore and those open 3s would dry-up. These Pla...

Did you see that Celtics-Cavs game 7? I loved the refs in the 4th quarter. They just let them play, possibly to a fault. Missed calls on both ends, but no ball whistles. God I loved it, and it was nice to see Lebron cry in his beer at the post game press conference. Now, let me just say. The FOOLS who will tell you the Pistons are poised to beat the Celtics are getting a little head of themselves. The Pistons fell apart vs. Lebron and his cast of garbage last year. The Celtics kept Lebron down until Game 7 where nothing was gonna keep him caged. Lebron needs no great sidekicks. He could use B and B+ players but with his highly flawed teammates, coach, and personal defense he carried that team to the brink of defeating a monster of a team. The Pistons on the other hand got reversed swept last year when Lebrons third and fourth options last year were Donyell Marshall and Drew Gooden. ESPN has been saying he has no sidekicks on that team but lets list the shooters: Daniel Gibson, Sasha Pa...