Are u serious: 138 pts in one game

For those who don't know, Jack Taylor of Division III Grinnell College scored 138 points against Faith Baptist Bible College last week. 138 points, in one game. Sportscenter covered it like crazy when it happened. Kobe, LeBron and others praised the accomplishment, etc...FUCK ALL OF THAT. I don't like it, lemme tell you why. Who the fuck takes 108 shots in one game??? I get that their offensive system puts up a lot of shots. I get that the coach and teammates wanted him to get the record. I get that it's impressivfe becuz of difficulty of keeping your shooting stroke going for that many shots. But even so, that's the most selfish game ever. Seriously 108 shots??? I criticize indiscriminate shooters (Kobe, Melo, Monte Ellis, etc) for taking bad shots in route to 25-30 shots a game in 48 minute NBA games, what did you expect me to say about this dude. Kobe looks like John Stockton compared to this guy. The college game's 40 minutes long, dude averaged 2.7 shots per minute of game time. That's bananas; he was shooting like dribbling or passing get counted as turnovers. 71 of his shots taken were 3's. There is no way in hell that you have that many "good looks" from 3 pt land; especially when you're 5'10" and it's a virtual certainty that anyone guarding you is taller than you. Whether he was open, squared up, double teamed, it didn't matter, he was jacking them up. He's the basketball version of that little dude in the club who don't take no for answer; like "If I take enough of these fast enough, I'll end up doing numbers." If I'm not mistaken, none of his teammates made a field goal the second half. What are you teaching his teammates? I've heard of feeding the hot hand, but when you're hot and start attracting the double teams, u're supposed to pass it to the an with the open shot...not at Grinnell apparently. This dude said "Oh shit double team, gotta get this shot up faster." Having 70 pts and "sacrificing" to get some assists just wasn't enough. And what happens next game? He's been all over the TV and has all this attention. So now, what happens? He's still 5'10, 170 lbs. So next game when the opposing coach says "Body his little ass up, he's not going off like that against us" (that's what I'd say), is he gonna be looked at as a fraud if he only scored 35 next game? You better believe the next team he plays will be trying to punish his ass like the Bad Boy Pistons did Jordan in the early years. Will the rest of the team just be able to 'turn it on' next game? They were standing around so long, they probably needed to stretch again next time they touched the ball. What happens if Jack's not red hot again? Hell, he shot less than 50% from the field when he scored 138. I know a great basketball player once said "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" but if I was a teammate I'd beat his ass and tell him "You miss 100% of the shots you prevent your teammates from taking with yo short ballhogging ass." Are u serious?

Are u serious: How Ironic

I don't know if there is a stronger word than irony to convey the same sentiment. But if there is, this would deserve it. He likely woke up with his racist views unaffected.

Are u serious: Dumbest Money Management I've Ever Heard

I often use the phrase "the dumbest shit I've ever heard" usually for emphasis rather than truly believing it's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. But (**turns on Katt Williams voice**) "this shit here nigga" actually may be the dumbest thought process about managing money that I've ever heard. My brother works with two young women, one about 24 and the other 22 I think. Each is said to have the same problem, frivolous spending...or in my analytic point of view, the lack of proper self control that an adult needs to stop themselves from spending frivolously. I don't know their names, so even though they are both young Black women, they will be referred to by names I believe Dumb Blondes would have for the purpose of this blog entry. So the first, Cindy Lou, is 24 years old and despite having a decent paying job with career possibility, she didn't feel she was getting paid enough. So she takes it upon herself to get another job as a waitress at a bar. Young lady, sees a problem takes action, sounds like a cool chick, I like her at this point...until the story goes sideways. Well, once she gets the side job, she finds that she is spending too frivolously on clothes and shoes...despite that fact that between her two jobs she never has time to go anywhere. So what would I do at this cross roads I wonder? I'd likely try to increase the amount of money I'm actively saving (extra savings account, start an IRA, high yield, or something) or make a list of meaningful items that I need to buy and make a plan to use the extra money to get those. Everyone doesn't think like me, so maybe the better answer for her is something like dropping the side job (which eliminates some of the extra cash while giving her back some of her social life), right? Wrong. Blonde Cindy decides that she needs another LARGE BILL to eat up her extra expendable cash. So she buys a new car....WTF??? Let's analyze this. She has now in effect locked herself into having two jobs (negating her social life and ensuring her erratic sleep schedule) because it's the only way she can afford her bills and newly acquired car. If she does want to shop for shoes/clothes or take a trip or anything else that may require a large amount of cash at one time, she probably can't because she consciously decided that she is going to swallow up all of her expendable cash. She is likely one of those women who is attractive, has a good job, now drives a nice car, and can't figure out why she doesn't have a quality man; she may claim there aren't any (and I know that there are a lot of "ain't shit" dudes around). As a quality man myself, I'd like to sit her down, put my hand on her shoulder and say "Baby, although u seem like a great catch, ur though process is ridiculous, I'd guess that it's not just limited to money management. This may make you seem toxic and/or too unstable/unpredictable to be true wifey material." It's a lot more polite than what ran through my mind when I first heard this story. So, what? If we were serious and we're taking trips and stuff, I just have to pay for everything for "us" because you've decided that every penny you make will be dedicated to "you"? You working two jobs to not have any extra spending money for anything? And for this reason, I only get to see you once a week or something because your schedule is crazy? I don't play that shit. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, take a moment and try to think of what could make less logical sense that Cindy Lou's idea of managing her spending. Over here behind door #2, Tammy Lynn takes that train of thought to a new level. Tammy Lynn has the same spending issue as Cindy did. It was never explained to me if these two formulated the plans together or what. She decides that not only does she need a new car, but she's going to lease a luxury vehicle, something that should cost her about $700-800 a month to help 'relieve her' of this extra cash that tends to be spent on clubbing, shopping, etc. Here's the kicker, Tammy Lynn (who is about 22) still lives with her parents. Let that marinate a moment...***Elevator music***...Yeah. No wonder she has all this expendable cash, she has a career path job living at home with her parents. So instead of getting her own spot, she's determined to make herself strapped for cash in her parents house. How the hell are you ever gonna make it out of your parents house if you've consciously decided not to save any money? You expect some dude to date you for a little big and then turn Captain Save-A-Hoe like "Don't Worry, Keep ur luxury car, I'll pay for everything"? It baffles me how a fully functioning mind can come to this conclusion as the best solution to a problem. Face the truth, the problem is not that you have this extra money, the problem is that you have no self-control and dont' bother planning and doing something constructive with that money. Get yourselves together ladies. You're making your gender, your race, your family, and everyone else look bad right now. SMH.

Are u Serious: Modern Savage Middle East Sexism

This medieval style punishment that is still allowed in the Middle East towards women must stop. I remember a few years back, Obama and other prominent world figures had to step in and stop one country from putting a lady accused of cheating (with no evidence of course) to death by stoning; that's right, the members of her community were going to bury her up to her shoulders in the ground, line up and pelt her with stones until she was dead...in the 21st century. Furthermore, I saw a documentary years ago where if a woman in her village is accused of cheating, a red hot pot is used to judge if she is lying or not. Basically, once the cast iron pot is red hot, they will touch it to her tongue 3 times. If her tongue burns, she's a lying cheater and will be stoned. If the tongue doesn't burn, she told the truth and will be permitted to live. Fuck the evidence, fuck trying to figure out if there was a time where both ppl were unaccounted for or anything like that. It's like in pick-up basketball, when there is an argument on a call and someone says "Shoot for it, the ball never lies." Whether or not you fouled me, if I'm a lights out shooter, I'm gonna make the shot; if I can't shoot, I probably won't. Now you're applying the same concept with a burning hot object and a human life at stake. I don't used such words lightly: but it's barbaric. By the way, I don't think anything more than a fine would have been asked of the other man even if she was deemed guilty and stoned. More recently, the past few days on Al Jazeera Online (the most respected of the Middle Eastern international news sources), there has been a lot of coverage on what gone on both positively and negatively for women in Saudi Arabia. They are on the cusp of gaining the right to vote and run for public office for the first time in the history of the country. But at the same time, a woman was in court facing indictment for driving, which women have been banned from doing in the country. What was her punishment for such an offense? 10 lashes with a whip. R u fucking seriuous??? They used to do that shit to slaves trying to escape. I haven't seen that shit since Will Turner was getting whipped on the 2nd "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. This is Saudi Arabia, the world's largest and most profitable supplier of petroleum and crude oil; they should be a role model for the rest of the region. But instead they have a situation where women can now possibly be elected to Parliament but are forbidden from driving themselves to work at the country's most powerful governing body. If they break the rules, even an elected female official will be forced to remove their burqa (be reminded, the average women there has everything except their eyes covered due to the men's fear that even uncovering the rest of her face will garner unnecessary attention from other men; which they will blame on her and not the other men) and receive 10 lashes by the whip to getting behind the wheel of a car; which teenage females are permitted to do in most of the world. This isn't just some form of vigilante justice, a judge - most likely, a man who went to law school and did time as a lawyer before being elected as judge - made this ruling in a formal court hearing. As much as they like to blame Islam, I live in a Muslim country right now and it is not like that. Just because something is tradition and has been for hundreds of years, doesn't mean it is right. The world is changing and evolving, their behavior towards the mothers and daughter of our future should be doing the same.

Are They Serious: Outta Control Call of Duty Commercial

The TV version is about the funniest commercial I'd seen in a while. This is the extended and even wilder version with a different old man. I kinda felt dirty even laughin at the sexual innuendo of this one cuz he goes over the top a couple of times. "Some people do it for too long and their hands cramp up." LOL had I been a young child or elderly person, I may have lost control and pissed myself laughing. Reminds me of that dirty old man from the movie "Road Trip" that was knockin over his wife's figurines with his ragin Viagara boner. Thoroughly outta control. Am I sick? It's possible, but I've Been Called Worse. U still can't deny the hilarity...

A Garmin Phone, Are They Serious???

I understand that if you make a product that is very hot and u can get it added to a phone, it can be very profitable because people do almost everything with their phones these days. Apple, primarily a computer and then a super mp3-player maker, broke into the phone business (with a partnership with AT&T) with the iPhone. This made plenty of sense because it eliminates the need to have both an iPod and a phone at the same time. Plus, the brain trust at Mac cooked up the concept of an all touch screen interface, a web browser that looks just like the Web on a computer, and an ever growing list of useful Applications unmatched at the time. They came up with a concept that all other phones have been trying to match or better ever since it hit the market. However, Garmin's specialty is GPS navigation systems. The way phones are made now, they have a lot more similarity to computers than GPS systems. Close ur eyes and try to imagine someone who would want the best part of their phone to be its GPS system. I guess Garmin thinks that the market for old men who don't like talking on the phone or texting but get lost all the time is bigger than I'd estimate that it is. My phone has a Navigation application built in that I could use while driving or walking if I cared to. I'd imagine most new smart phones do. Furthermore, I'd imagine the iPhone (and more me, my iPod touch) network probably has dozens of navigation apps that could do the job when I need it; which I'd estimate to only be a small percent of the time. Much less than I'd use the phone, texting and other messaging, Internet, or music listening features of the phone. With this being said, I could imagine being more interested in an Skype or even AOL phone than a Garmin phone. For those with an iPod or iTouch, I believe the Garmin could make an application that would blow all of the other navigation/GPS apps out of the water, but that's where it should end. I think the Nuvi phone will and should flop and they should talk to all the phone companies about putting their GPS application in new superphones that are coming out. Otherwise, they're overstepping their boundaries and should stick to what they know. I could be wrong. And someone who cooked up this idea to pitch to his boss at Garmin could call me an idiot who has no idea how the market works in these areas. But it's how I feel every time I've seen the commercial. But hey, I've Been Called Worse...