Free Ballin’

Why embed one of my all-time favorite SNL skits?  Does it have anything to do with basketball?  Yes, clearly.  I am basketball, and I have occasionally made the reference, “Hey, I’m just a caveman,” and I think only Kevin got it.  Since understanding my every word is the best way to connect to NBA basketball [...]

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It’s really awfully nice that you folks have taken the time to come to my site and read my blog posts, but it really complicates the writing of said posts. I think the best way to write is as though your work will never be read by another living soul, with a sense of utter [...]

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I’m in a foul mood.  Starbuck’s woman did it.  Well, it’s been building up the past few days, but the jackass Starbuck’s woman got me there, today. I was at the Atlanta Something or Other Medical Center in the Who the Hell Knows district, and I was looking for a wifi connection.  Actually, I was [...]

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I just got back from Georgia Tech, where I played pick-up games for the first time in…  Well, it’s the first game I’ve played since the last game of the Bard ’00 – ’01 season.  Eight fucking years.  Wow. I knew I was going to suck, so it wasn’t a huge ego hit when I [...]

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It was in my head when I woke up this morning.  You know, “My boyfriend’s back and you’re gonna be in trouble/hey la, hey la, my boyfriend’s back.”  I don’t know, sometimes I wake up in funny ways.  Speaking of which, there were a few strands of hair on the shirt I slept in, that [...]

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This is easy and that’s bullsh*t. A year-and-a-half ago I left NYC on a train to Montana, without a clue where I would sleep when I got there.  I had bought a tent and pitched it for the first time the night before I left.  I had never used the little camp stove I’d purchased.  [...]

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This is long as hell, and I don’t feel like editing it; transcribing is enough to put me to sleep, anyway.  So yeah, typos and whatever.  Instead, I’m going to back through and just putting asterisks in between sections, for your convenience.  How’s that? *** Nobody wants to take the 1:25 AM Greyhound from Orlando [...]

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I’ve had a nice and productive little stay in Orlando, but it’s 9:34PM and I’m hoping to be in Atlanta in 20 hours or so, and I have no plans.  Rides didn’t come through on couchsurfing.com or craigslist.  I’ve checked and posted on craigslist in Orlando, Miami, Gainesville, Tampa, and Atlanta.  No luck. I’m not [...]

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When John Hollinger joined ESPN, I was delighted to have an analytically minded basketball writer.  Ironically, as time goes on, I appreciate his scouting more and more and find his analytical abilities wanting.  I previously touched on the gaping flaws in his PER, and he just keeps disappointing me, writing: “2. Welcome to the box [...]

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If the Orlando Magic weren’t hooking me up—media/concourse tickets for Friday’s Magic/Hawks game—I’d let forth some bile about Florida, from the utter indifference of Miami Heat non-fans, to the outrageous prices of Ferrari rentals in Miami Beach.  $3,000 a day?  What do they think I’m made of money?  (Yes, I checked.  Figured, you know, maybe [...]

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