You Know Its Bad When...

Posted May 12, 2008 at 11:12 PM

Analog gas pumps are crashing because of the obscenely high gas prices these days.

Pinball Wizards

Posted May 04, 2008 at 9:04 AM

Yesterday I drove out to Allentown, PA with my brother-in-law to go to the Pinball Wizards convention. This was heaven for gamers young and old, as for $15, you could walk into the convention hall and play any pinball game, any video game, for as long as you wanted. They had some amazing old pinball games, as well as some modern sleek versions. They also had classic stand up games like Ms. Pac Man, Frogger, and Galaga. Not only was it a place to play games, but people in the pinball trade were actually there selling parts like the lights, the bumpers, old pinball boxes that needed restoration, and everything else related to pinball games. Overall, a cool day and I'm looking forward to going again next year.

Manny Being Manny

Posted May 02, 2008 at 4:59 PM

As the Red Sox' Manny Ramirez approaches the 500 HR plateau, the Boston Globe has a really interesting graphic demonstration of where Manny has hit all of his homeruns over the course of his career. When I look at this, the thing that impresses me the most and illustrates just what an amazing hitter he is, is the stunningly even distribution of his homeruns to the different parts of the field. It appears that there is a slight skew of his homers to left field, (which is logical being that he's a right handed hitter) but it is only slight. Its just Manny being Manny.

Free Sofabed Couch and Loveseat

Posted April 25, 2008 at 11:19 AM

If you live in New Jersey, I have a sofabed couch and loveseat set posted on craigslist that I need to get rid of. All details are on the craigslist posting. Respond to the email on the craigslist posting if you are interested. Need to get rid of them by next weekend (May 3, 2008)

The Curse of Big Papi

Posted April 13, 2008 at 3:29 PM

He almost got away with it. A construction worker on the new Yankee Stadium, who is a Red Sox fan, was snagged trying to bury a David "Big Papi" Ortiz Red Sox jersey under a service corridor within the new stadium. Somehow the jersey was found Saturday by two construction supervisors. No word yet if the body of Jimmy Hoffa was also found.

I'm Not Dead Yet

Posted April 07, 2008 at 12:36 PM

I just read the Fast Company article Dead Man Walking, depicting AOL's recent troubles and missteps. With a tip of the cap to Monty Python, I wonder if a king, queen, or pauper will be riding in to pick up the dead as speculated in the article? Not a pretty picture.

Steve Nash's "Training Day"

Posted March 24, 2008 at 11:25 PM

Agency Spy and several other websites have noted how Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash has created, and produced his own spot for Nike depicting a day in his life during the off season from his regular job as a guard for the Phoenix Suns and a former NBA MVP.

This past summer I was walking to work in TriBeCa and happened to see Nash cruising on his skateboard down Chambers Street, in a very similar fashion to what is depicted in his video, and just days after an article in the NY Times talked about how he spends summers in NYC playing soccer in various leagues in the city.

The Dunk

Posted February 22, 2008 at 10:07 PM

I recently read a great article in this week's Sports Illustrated about the art of "The Dunk", how it has its own vernacular and culture and is still one of the most revered shots and experiences in sport. To praphrase the article, do we know another move in all of sports that can be collectively described as "boomshakalaka", "dipsy doo dunakroo", "windmill", "throw down", "360" and, the mother of all dunk descriptions, the "Chocolate-Thunder-Flying, Robinzine-Crying, Teeth-Shaking, Glass-Breaking, Rump Roasting, Bun-Toasting, Wham-Bam-Glass-Breaker-I-Am-Jam". And everyone would know what you are talking about!

Through the article, there are several seminal dunks that are described so in honor of them, here they are in all their glory:

Baron Davis dunking over Andrei Kirilenko

John Starks over Horace Grant and the Bulls

Tom Chambers over Mark Jackson

Dominique Wilkins

Henry Bekkering

Vince Carter over Fredric Weis

Dwight Howard Superman Dunk

Chocolate Thunder