Basketball Nostalgia

As an NBA fan, I increasingly feel that the NBA is just not what it used to be. The 1990s/VERY EARLY 2000s was the decade of the NBA at its best. The Lakers won, Spurs won, and the players were.... well... different. There is no one like Charles Barkley and how he used to simply back players down until he could dunk it. Or like how Barkley pulled the chair so many times.

The stars aren't what they used to be. Back in the day, players could literally carry their teams without much help at all. Who could forget Shaquille O'Neal's grinning face against the Blazers in the playoffs? Or Reggie Miller's consecutive three pointers to erase a six point deficit?

Allen Iverson used to be amazing but now he's not much. The game 1 of the 2000 NBA finals where Iverson scored over 40 points, giving Philly the early 1-0 lead at Staples Center.

Basketball is just boring now. The stars don't try as much and there isn't the excitement that you got from watching the NBA on NBC. Brandon Roy scored two points today in addition to his disappointing season start. Oh yeah, he's got an $80 million contract. Shaq's more of a figurehead now. He's no longer double teamed or intimidating. Really, the only player left to watch is Kobe. The guy gives it 110% every game and is rarely ever tired. He is the only 1990s player left worth watching.

The Most Unfortunate Product Names

I stumbled upon this while doing a search for a specific ice cream flavor for a Facebook quiz. Isn't it strange how producers are so oblivious to the implicit meanings of the names of these products?

Golden Gaytime (ice-cream)- People feel happy after eating it...?

Pee Cola (soft drink)

Ayds (diet candy) (pronounced "AIDS")

Shitto (sauce)- The name says it all.

SARS (drink)

Barf Detergent

Funny Photos- Indian Style

This guy is great! He's screwing in an imaginary light bulb!

Try it yourself! Next time someone talks nonsense, retort by saying: "Vhat are you tawking?" ("vhat" rhymes with "what", stress the aww in tawking). Don't forget the Indian accent!

Heres another. Note: this isn't to be tried.

Funny Headlines!

In their efforts to make their articles appealing, journalists often go overboard in spicing up their headlines. Here are some funny headlines gone wrong.

1. New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group- The previous group wasn't fat enough.
2. Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft- Yeah, passing gas in a spacecraft would be disturbing.
3. Never Withhold Herpes Infection from Loved One- Infect as many as possible!
4. Iraqi Head Seeks Arms- Now that I have a head, I need some arms...
5. Tiger Woods plays with own balls, Nike says- Nike knows everything about Tiger, doesn't it?
6. Blind woman gets new kidney from dad she hasn't seen in years- Was she blind from birth or did she just recently become blind?
7. Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead- Yeah I would assume hundreds are dead in a place of burial.

Can't improve your grades? Try THIS! (actually don't)

Some teacher in New Jersey actually took money from students who were trying to improve their grades! But even so, she only got around $1400 for all her trouble. In the end, she got fired for her trouble...

And speaking of students failing... Maybe the teachers encourage it!

Haha and this one shows how the teachers make a difference!

Back with a Blast...?

Well it has been a while but I'm going to start blogging again. I have decided to write about topics other than just the NBA in order to add some variety to this blog. Summer's getting boring now that school's about to start. The past few days have been very trite; they haven't been of much interest. A few unusual things did happen though.

I volunteered at the Oregon International Airshow yesterday (it wasn't that great) and experienced a day of boredom, apart from two events. It was really hot yesterday with scorching sunlight so I decided to take a break from trash duty (my volunteer position). I went over to the volunteer tent for some shade and noticed a plastic container containing around 20 empty beer bottles. I asked a guy why the bottles were there and he told me free beer was being given to volunteers. At the same time, an old lady who looked 90 years old walked by and excitedly interjected, asking about the beer bottles. When she found out about the free beer, she stopped in her tracks and ecstatically started towards the guy giving free beer, claiming the beer would do her some good. Honestly, I couldn't see how she would even be able to handle the beer...

The weather at the airshow was queer. I bought a popsicle to escape the heat and in five minutes time, it started raining. It felt like the temperature dropped 20 degrees in those five minutes. Then, after I was all wet, the sun came back. Being wet in sunlight does NOT feel good...

I met a 60 year old yesterday who was a total baller. This guy was so outgoing and cool, especially for an Asian. He comes up to me and talks like a gangster while making a flashy entrance. Then he goes away and jumps into a crowd. He was HIP man...

I love Call of Duty 4 and you should too. A funny thing happened today. I was playing at Ambush and decided to just openly attack the densely populated enemy base by myself. I tried to chuck a grenade as far as possible but instead, it hit a pole above me. Simultaneously, an enemy soldier shot and killed me. Expediently, the grenade I had chucked ricocheted back at me and avenged my death (by killing my assailant). I wish I had video taped the kill cam for that moment 'cause it was hilarious!

Hopefully when the school year starts, I'll have something more interesting to talk about but keep checking in! Oh yeah- the Blazers are going to win it all this season. Brandon Roy will uphold his claim to the title!

Cavs No More

Ok so we just saw yesterday that the Magic are movin' on.  The Cavs are going to have a long summer, as everyone is saying.  How did it happen?  The Cavaliers, who had the best regular season record, who swept their previous two opponents without any trouble.  The Cavaliers were awarded two big awards this season- Mike Brown was the Coach of the Year and LeBron James the MVP.  Yet they still lost.  If Brown is such a good coach, then why does everybody disapprove of his coaching (scroll down and Vote on this Yahoo! poll).  The problem was that the Cleveland bench collapsed.  Big Z Ilgauskas didn't play very big, even though he's over 7 feet tall.  And how could Z, Ben Wallace, or Anderson Varajeo not stop Dwight Howard?  Howard scored 40 points in the final game of the series.  And you can't say it wasn't called right.  Cleveland was the favorite to win- anybody would have picked the Cavs to win the championship at the start of the play-offs.  If they hadn't won game 2 on a miraculous shot by James, the Cavs would have been swept, and thus would have gotten a taste of their own medicine.  Oh and it really sucks for Nike.  Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic lost in the French Open and LeBron James loses in the Conference finals.  Too bad the Nike puppet ads showing LeBron and Kobe will have to be postponed, perhaps for next season.  It's also too bad that Dwight is with Adidas...