He passed away earlier today, and in honor of this terrific actor, here’s a quick NSFW clip:

So, was Larry & the Blacks a dream or reality? My favorite part of that ending sequence was when they showed the family making a ruckus in the movie theater.

A few weeks ago I had a dream that I was at an American football game, but the game was being played in an English Soccer stadium. I was in the front row and the action was at eye level. An errant pass was thrown into the stands right in my direction. I dove for it and hit the dividing wall. The reason that I bring this up is that during my dream, I actually dove out of bed and slammed into my bedroom wall. Needless to say, I scared the hell out of my wife and myself. My shoulder was sore the next day, but at least I now have my imaginary souvenir football.

Bad news from the world of wrestling. Todd, I hope you wear some sort of tribute outfit to work tomorrow.

1. Mike Lum (Braves)

2. Ed Olwine (Braves)

3. Scott Hastings (Hawks)

4. Dave Boisvert (GT Hoops)

5. Jim Nystrom (GT Hoops)

I saw my first Pro Volleyball Tournament today. The AVP tour is having a Tournament this weekend at Atlantic Station for the second year in a row. Today was a free day (I guess because it was a Qualification day for the Bracketed Tournament which begins on Friday), so the whole family made our way over to watch a little bit of the competition. There were three different courts with action on them and we caught a little of all of them. The main venue was set up sort of like Arthur Ashe Stadium at the US Open Tennis Tournament- seats that seem to steeply rise over the playing surface (sand) on all four sides. I imagine that this creates a real intense atmosphere, however, with only a handful of people there today, it was pretty calm. The other venues were nothing special and had just a couple of benches.

The play itself was pretty interesting- all matches were Doubles and we saw two girls matches and one men’s match. Although I know very little about the game, it was easy to see that the men’s game is much more power-based and the women’s game is more placement-oriented. I didn’t see any real dominant spikes in the Women’s games, but plenty in the Men’s. I wonder if the better Women’s players that didn’t have to qualify have more power and speed than the ones that I saw playing today. If this is also the case for the men’s game, then the more dominant players must be amazing to watch. I might try and head on down to the matches on Saturday and Sunday to see if this is true, although the tickets are fairly steep for a minor sport like volleyball- 20 dollars per session. However, there is a side street that overlooks the main venue that I think I might be able to watch the matches for free.

Still hot or not?

She seems to have hit the weight room.

Happy New Year’s Eve to all, for starters.  2006 has been great to my family and I, but, more importantly, a handful of shit to the Hawks and GT.  So, here’s to hoping to a much more suckcessful 2007 for all our teams.  I also hope for my posts to be more prolific in 2007, since I am the most talented pure writer here with a log-in. 

Enough of resolutions in this post - also on my agenda is the Hawks. Not even sure how the Spurs game went (well, wait a minute… I would bet they embarrassed this city again, looking listless and lost by double digits), but in any case my frustration with the franchise is really high.  It isn’t even with how bad they look on the floor of late - I keep reflecting on Billy Knight, his moves and what I perceive as his arrogance about it.  I see other franchises dismantle and rebuild (Jazz, Chicago off the top of my head) while we still rot away in last place year after year, with diminishing hopes for the future.  If only Lenny hadn’t traded Dominique when we were in first place for that homo Danny Manning…  I truly believe (and this is some vodka tonic talking) the only real positives with the franchise are big beers in the food court and the wheel in the fan plaza at Philips.  I like Joe Johnson, Za Za and Josh Smith, but I don’t think they are nearly enough to get us into the playoffs anytime soon.  Anyone else have near term hope?

Last on the agenda, and I’ll abbreviate it because I need to go prepare New Year’s Eve dinner, is GT.  Tomorrow the program plays WVU in the Gator Bowl.  While I am excited about seeing us play, I am nervous for what the outcome bodes for us fans.  If we win, will we contine to doubt Gailey for not turning to Bennett sooner (and sticking with Ball), rather than enjoy the victory?  In other words, what could have been this year, and for 5 more years with this poor judge of talent?  If we lose, will we lose recruiting momentum and face dark prospects for next season?  I fear it is a no-win game for us, but am hopeful something good cums out of it. 

Happy New Year everyone!

This post is acting screwy, so I posted it on SLAMonline, too because it works there…

http://slamonline.com/online/2006/12/barack-obama-and-the-rock/

But isn’t Alabama losing to Mississippi State worse than Georgia losing to Vandy. Or is losing to Kentucky worse than losing to Vandy? Or is losing to Kentucky worse than losing to Mississippi State? Or what about Duke?

Now I’m all confused…