Happy and Smiling

Happy and I'm smiling, walk a mile to drink your water.
You know I'd love to love you and above you there's no other.

This video is hilarious!

Fuck You 

Go Suns!

Suns win game 2 of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs!

Now let's go get some wins up in Rip City!!!

Change At Last...

...I Hope.

39 points? Dang!

It seems that the Finals Trophy has yet again eluded the MVP's team.

I think there is a jinx or something going on.

That MVP award had to be good for a little while at least...then came KG and the Celtics with a big, big win to make sure everyone knows that the best team won!

I have to say, as a Suns fan, that losing a HOUSE and gaining a SHAQ did nothing for the Suns!!!
(look who got the championship...)

Kevin James Gets Smacked Down!

(click the pic for this mans nightmare come true on Hardball)

A big mouth with nothing to back it up...OUCH!

You Will Be Missed Shawn...

Marion, a 6’7”, 228-pound forward, has averaged 18.4 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.89 steals, 1.35 blocked shots and 37.8 minutes in 660 games during his nine-year NBA career played entirely with Phoenix.

The ninth pick of the 1999 NBA Draft, Marion has averaged double figures in scoring in each of his nine seasons while shooting 48.1 percent from the floor, 34.2 percent from three-point range and 82.4 percent from the foul line. Additionally he has connected on at least 80 percent of his free throw attempts in each of his first eight seasons. Since the 2005-06 season, the 29-year old forward has averaged 18.8 points, 10.6 rebounds, 1.98 steals, 1.58 blocks and 38.4 minutes while shooting 52.4 percent from the floor. Marion, who earned Third Team All-NBA honors in 2004-05 and 2005-06, averaged a career-high 21.8 points during the 2005-06 campaign. Additionally, he teamed with Dwyane Wade as a member of the bronze-medal winning U.S. Olympic Team in 2004 and earned NBA All-Rookie Second Team honors in 2000. A six-time NBA Player of the Week and one-time Player of the Month, Marion finished fourth in the voting for the 2007 Defensive Player of the Year Award after leading the NBA in steals (156).

The four-time NBA All-Star (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007) has started each of the 47 games in which he appeared this year for the Suns and has averaged 15.8 points, 9.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 2.02 steals, 1.49 blocks and 36.4 minutes while shooting a career-high 52.6 percent from the floor, 34.7 percent from three-point range and 71.3 percent from the foul line. He has led the Suns in scoring five times this year and topped the squad in rebounds on 27 occasions. Marion was the Suns’ leader this season in minutes played (1,713), defensive rebounds (378), total rebounds (464), steals (95) and starts (47) and ranked second in field goals made (304), field goal percentage, offensive rebounds (86) and blocked shots (70). He joins Kevin Garnett as the only players in the NBA this season that rank in the Top 20 in both rebounds (14th) and steals (8th). Marion currently leads the NBA in steals-to-turnover ratio (1.94) and is also ranked among the league leaders in field goal percentage (17th), blocks (21st) and minutes (39th). Marion, who has recorded at least 30 double-doubles in each of the past seven seasons, has registered 23 double-doubles this season. One of his double-doubles this season was a 17-point, 24-rebound effort against the HEAT on Nov. 9 at Miami. The 24 rebounds were a season-high for Marion and tied as the fifth-highest single-game total against the HEAT in franchise history.

Marion finished his Suns career among Phoenix’s all-time leaders in minutes played (2nd-12,134), three-point field goals made (2nd-652), three-point field goals attempted (2nd-1,905), rebounds (2nd-6,616), steals (2nd-1,245), field goals made (3rd-4,879), field goals attempted (3rd-10,136), blocked shots (3rd-894), points scored (4th-12,134) and games played (5th-660).
In postseason play, Marion has appeared in 65 games and has averaged 17.1 points, 10.9 rebounds, 1.52 blocks, 1.49 steals, 1.4 assists and 40.6 minutes while shooting 46.3 percent from the floor, 34.6 percent from three-point range and 81.1 percent from the foul line. He departs Phoenix as the Suns’ all-time postseason leader in rebounds (706) and among the team’s playoff leaders in blocks (2nd-99), steals (3rd-97), three-point field goals made (3rd-63), three-point field goals attempted (3rd-182), points scored (5th-1,109), games played (5th-65), field goals made (7th-446) and field goals attempted (7th-963).

You will be missed Shawn, good luck in Miami!

My Dad...

I want to introduce you to my dad.

His name was Herman but went by his middle name, Leroy.

He's a fantastic father who always put his family first.

He's been gone for more than a decade but I still feel his presence...daily.

I hope to be as great a father to my kids as he was to his.

I can't imagine it being easy but I know I can do it!

He still loves me!

Thanks Dad!!!

Global Warming is Natural

There have been many ice ages in Earth's history.

Here is a chart that shows average global temperatures over the last 2 billion years. http://www.scotese.com/climate.htm During the Ice House periods the earth's climate could have been described as an ice age. There have been at least 4 major Ice House periods, but even within these there were cycles of colder and warmer climate. There is ample evidence to support these cycles of glaciation. There are a number of factors that affect Earth's climate.

The major factor that changes climate over time has been the pattern created by the variation in the Earth's orbit around the sun. The Earth changes in its distance from the sun and in its orientation to the sun as it orbits the sun. The three major variations are called eccentricity, obliquity, and precession. They produce cycles in climate that are on 400,000 years, 100,000 years, 41,000 years, and 19-23,000 year frequencies. As the earth moves further away from the sun, ice ages are initiated and continue until the earth has moved back towards the sun. To see some diagrams of these orbital cycles of Earth check these websites: http://www.uwsp.edu/geO/faculty/lemke/geol370/lecture_notes/16_causes_of_climatic_change.html and http://deschutes.gso.uri.edu/~rutherfo/milankovitch.html

So, even though I agree with taking steps to make the atmosphere a cleaner air to breathe, avoiding the highs and lows that this planet has gone thru and will continue to go thru, is unavoidable.

'nuf said! Have a great day!!!

Quoting a Utah Jazz Fan...

The Spurs championship will only be remembered on paper. It was a farce and a joke. They feel guilty about playing dirty, cheating, and having the help they needed from their coward buddy Stern so they could beat the Suns. Nothing like making a decision that is blatantly unfair and biased and then hiding from the Suns crowd while sucking your thumb like a baby. Way to go Stern. How can you even look another man in the eye??? This is absolutely true no matter what any spurs fan says. It galls you doesn't it. It ticks you off that people see it for what it really was. You live in denial and hatred towards Suns fans because you KNOW in your hearts and brains that the way you won this championship is a joke to the rest of the world. The spurs knew they were going to lose against the Suns by the end of the series so they had to cheat just like 6 year olds on a playground by playing dirty and taking cheap shots to win. You can say that the Suns fans are whiners (this is your defense mechanism so you can live with yourselves) and you can say how you beat Utah and the Cavs but it does not change what everyone already thinks and knows to be true; that the spurs championship is a joke and will not be remembered or ever cared about. The low ratings prove that. No one cared except delusional San Antonio fans. And what may even surprise you more is that I am a Utah fan and can concede that the spurs beat us fairly. But after the spurs beat the Suns the NBA championship was over. The Suns would have rolled over us and the Cavs as well. The true NBA finals started and ended with Phoenix. The spurs knew that. A little help from friends in high places and some dirty play took care of that. Now you spurs fans are all upset that everyone can see you for what you truly are. A joke. Sleep on that. Oh wait, you probably can't sleep at night knowing the truth. Oh well, sucks to be you.

I KNEW IT!!!

The FBI is investigating allegations that veteran NBA referee Tim Donaghy bet on basketball games over the past two seasons, including ones in which he officiated! The probe also involves allegations that he had connections to organized crime associates.

The first picture that comes up on Google's photo search page goes to the laser eye center where he had his eyes worked on. I did them the favor of calling them to let them know they might want to change their representative pictures on the website as a courtesy.

Here's his little ditty on the page...

"My contacts were very uncomfortable and were constantly drying out when I was on the floor. I am much more comfortable and my vision is great. Thanks to Dr. Siepser."
Tim Donaghy

NBA referee

FLIP, FLARN, FILTHY, CHEATING SON of a BEE-ATCH!!! I KNEW IT WAS BULL$HIT THAT KEPT THE SUNS OUT OF CONTENTION THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY!!! NBA IS GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME RECOVERING FROM THIS ONE...I QUIT BEING A FAN WITHOUT EVEN NEEDING ANY PROOF BUT THIS BACKS ME UP 100%!

HMMM...

Off Duty DPS officer slept at home that night...

http://southwestrides.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=35160&postcount=122

(click the pic)

Anyone thinks this sucks should call to Sheriff Joe Arpaio and demand that he not let this idiot off the hook. We need the good cops out there and I am thankful for them but when a dumbass like this does what he did, he needs to be made a BIG EXAMPLE of...

http://www.mcso.org/index.php?a=GetModule&mn=Contact_Us

Here's a link for anyone who cares to speak up for an innocent bystander who's life will never be the same (and against a cop who woke up with a hangover)

Fractal Background

Just a few fractals that I combined into a poster size for background use...

Nothing consistent save change...

Everything comes to pass, nothing comes to stay.

Love yourself and be awake-

Today, tomorrow, always.

First establish yourself in the way,

Then teach others, and so defeat sorrow.

To straighten the crooked you must first do a harder thing-

Straighten yourself.

You are your only master.

Who else?

Subdue yourself, and discover your master.

Forever Learning

Don't cling to your own understanding.

Even if you do understand something,

you should ask yourself if there might be something you have not fully resolved,

or if there may be some higher meaning yet.

-Dogen

A Letter to David Stern

OUCH!!! Cheating is never OK and the REWARD that you gave to Robert Horry and the Spurs is SICK AND WRONG!!!

You have lost a NBA fan for life over this BULL-LONEY...I also will blog it into the dirt and tell everyone that I meet what my feelings are. I may never watch another NBA game on tv. I'll NEVER spend another dollar on NBA merchandise. I'll NEVER attend another NBA game in person. If you add all these up over the last 25 years of being a fan, a hardcore fan, it would amount to a lot of dollars and you have lost them forever!!!

I am raising my children to be honest people and when my kids asked how this could be allowed, I had to tell them that I honestly believe that there is CORRUPTION in the NBA leadership, they were AMAZED. How could this happen they asked me again. I had to say that Stern cares more about money than he cares about the game.

I SEE DAVID STERN ON A GREASED RAIL STRAIGHT TO HELL AND ROBERT HORRY WILL BE THERE WITH A HANDFUL OF SAND FILLED VASELINE TO GREET HIM!!! hahaha

Had to get one rip in. You all are just fools to think that America will stand for this BULL-LONEY! GOOD BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH yeah, it's not the first time that the fans have been bent over by Stern.
Check out this link... http://members.aol.com/phatknicks/ and then this one relating to another Spurs incident this season... http://thestartingfive.wordpress.com/2007/04/19/another-view-of-the-tim-duncan-joe-crawford-incident/

Now, this last link is the BRANDING IRON of the DEVIL HIMSELF stamped on Sterns posterior. Las Vegas wants an NBA franchise! Whoo Hoo! This can only be good for the NBA. NOT!!! http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=6333516

Alright. Have fun. Take it easy and don't take this personally, whoever reads this. I have lost all respect for the NBA, which is the ONLY SPORT I FOLLOW, and will have to follow a new sport from here on out because NBA basketball is CORRUPT and WORTHLESS form of entertainment because of said corruption.

*click the title for a BULL-LONEY link to STERNS NBA PAGE. Cheating bastard needs to be replaced, IMHO!!!

Road to Nowhere - by Flea

Road To Nowhere
Posted by Flea on April 9, 2007, 7:09 a.m. ET

I have nothing to write about the lakers

nothing at all

they have gotten worse and worse all season long

never seen anything like it before

very strange

they do not believe in themselves

as the season has gone on they have lost more and more of their identity and sense of teamitude

it is impossible to win if you dont believe in yourself

if they play suns or mavs in the first round

unless they have a profound awakening of some kind

they will be swept

swept away like the early season hopes we all had in los angeles

they cant win with kobe doing all the scoring.....can not...no chance.....no way

so forget about that plan

might be entertaining but aint gonna win no playoff games against a good team

i have nothing to say about it

i'll just hang out with with my little kernel of hope for divine intervention

and say nothing

- Flea on his Laker blog

*!*!*!*

HE WAS RIGHT!

SUNS WIN GAME 1 OF THE SERIES AGAINST THE LAKERS 87-95

Nice Point...

I was just watching the intro to Saturday Night Live and Chris Rock was talking about the next election. "I think that not only will Barack Obama be the next Democratic nominee but will be the next President of the United States. And for you doubters out there who ask, 'are we ready for a black president?' I say Why not? We've just had a retarded one!"

De-volution*

OK, that damn ass backwards group of religious zealots is in the news again. (Islamic Taliban)

I do not like to get down on any one religion but believe that anyone who takes any religion to the extent that he thinks it is ok to kill for it, he is ASS BACKWARDS.

If all the religious right could just calm their worshipping selves a little bit, we might be able to learn to get along. Unfortunately, each one 0f them feels the need to be the only right religion so God's beautiful earth will continue down a troubled path until we can begin to see the light...here is a story that illustrates just that.

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In the tribal areas of Pakistan, a shave may cost your life.

"The government is unable to protect us so we will abide by what the Taliban tells us to do and stop shaving beards," said Niamat, a barber in Khar, the headquarters of the Bajaur tribal agency along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

And the Taliban mean business, On Sunday night, bombs destroyed two barber shops and three others suffered partial damage after the owners refused to follow the orders.

"I am a Muslim and I know that no one can force me to shave or not to shave. This should be my decision," said Nasir, a regular customer, wearing a green turtleneck sweater and jeans. "But I was threatened. They asked if I will obey the new laws; I will obey because I am afraid."
A barber shop in the tribal region where the Taliban have banned shaves.

A couple of weeks earlier, in the middle of the night, someone slipped leaflets under barbershop doors throughout the Bajaur Tribal Agency. The warning was hand-written in Pashto, the language of the Pashtun tribes who inhabit the border regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The leaflets read: "SHAVING BEARDS AND TRIMMING BEARDS IS UN-ISLAMIC AND IS FORBIDDEN. VIOLATORS WILL BE KILLED."

The customers panicked and the barbers panicked too. In almost every barber shop the owners put up signs begging their customers not to force them to give a shave.

A shave costs less than 2 cents -- but the Taliban edict forbidding barbers to shave or even trim beards will cause severe economic hardship, and put many of the 200 barbers in Bajaur out of business.

"Barbers are poor people, they have no other business," said Ikram, another regular customer. "If they can’t give shaves, they will not be able to feed their children."

*this was originally presented at MSNBC. Click the title to go to the original page.