Well the NBA season is winding down. Most teams have only about 6 games to go and there were no games this evening due to the NCAA Men's National Championship game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Tar Heels of North Carolina (Carolina won the game).
The thing is, the NBA playoffs start in a little over a week I believe it is and right now the team that I will be rooting for is limping into these playoffs. The Spurs seem to be having a spot of difficulty right now, which isn't good at this point in the season. This is the time of year that if you are a playoff team you want to be gelling and really hitting your stride as a team, not tweaking the line up to find the best fit.
They call the Spurs a "veteran" team, but really that's just code for old. Look at the team: Tim Duncan is in his 12th year (and has been in the playoffs every single season and won 4 championships) and is dealing with sore knees that tend to keep him from playing on back-to-back nights; Tony Parker is in his 7th season and is only 26, but can he bear all the load in the playoffs?; it was discovered today that Manu Ginobili has a fracture in his right ankle and is out for the rest of the regular season and the playoffs; Michael Finley is still a good player, but he is getting old and playing heavy minutes in his earlier years seems to have extracted some kind of toll on him; Bruce Bowen is a great defender and three point shooter, but the guy can't make a free throw usually for anything. Roger Mason has had a fantastic season, but he has been something of a journeyman in his NBA career, so he is an unknown as far as the playoffs go.
When you add up all the parts what you seem to get is a team that is good and can still compete for a fifth title this summer based on experience alone, and yet they are limping in. They have dropped from the number two seed in the West to the number 3 or possibly worse (depends on how these last 6 games shake out). Teams in the conference are getting younger and adding talent to their rosters. The Spurs, to their credit, don't get to make lottery picks in the draft (consequences of always being in the playoffs). In fact the last time that the Spurs picked in the Lottery, they got Tim Duncan (they haven't picked that high since then). They make it work with foreign players and former lottery picks from other teams. It is amazing that they are able to do what they do. They have never failed to win a Finals series that they reached.
That is why it is so hard to see them more or less limping in to the playoffs this season. I love the Spurs-they are possibly my favorite team of all time regardless of the sport-and I am hoping for them to get it done once again. I will say this for them however: no matter how hard it seems right now, no matter how many bumps there are in the road in to the playoffs, Thank God, that at the very least they are not the Dallas Mavericks. Peace and Love y'all.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Play Time
I went in to play with Boo and Puck and earlier. They were playing "school" and were in need of a teacher, so I was the one who was recruited to fill the role. The only problem that I encountered was the fact that all I was supposed to be doing that I could tell was that I was in the Teachers' Lounge rather than in the classroom doing the job of teaching.
All of this seems pretty normal I guess if you don't know Boo. See I went in to play and spent the whole time I was in there being told the set up of what we were doing. I was in the Teachers' Lounge, but I had gotten there by going over the top of the bunk beds it seems to get there which was, of course, the secret way. Boo on the other hand had discovered the way there and sneaked up and saw me in the lounge talking to the other teachers. Not about anything I guess, just talking. She then went back the other way and told Puck, who had gone to bathroom which allowed for Boo to do this sneaking about. While in the lounge, I couldn't go very far due to the imaginary wall that was there (this is why I had to go over the bunk bed I suppose). Boo was also the only one if the room of pretend students who knew about the secret way to the lounge. She was however going to inform Puck about the secret. Keep in mind that during all of the above, all I was actually doing was laying on the bottom bunk waiting to get to play. That was all that I really got to do as far as this time of playing seeing as how Boo and Puck starting fighting soon after that.
This is not the first time either that I have gone to play with Boo and didn't really get much chance to actually play. It used to be that I would go in to play with her, and we would spend the whole time watching her line up her Little People. This was so they could all go to "the" party" or whatever.
Now maybe it's just me, but I really don't remember playing that way. When my friends and I got together to play something, we didn't spend a lot of time setting it up with all kinds of stories and details...we just grabbed what we were playing with and went to it. We might decide on a couple of things before hand, like what the game was we were playing, but I'm pretty sure that we didn't take all kinds of time laying it all out before we played. That would have taken too long for us.
So maybe it's just Boo that likes to play like that. Maybe it's lots of kids that are that age. Whatever it is, it sure makes play time different for me when it comes to them. Peace and Love y'all.
All of this seems pretty normal I guess if you don't know Boo. See I went in to play and spent the whole time I was in there being told the set up of what we were doing. I was in the Teachers' Lounge, but I had gotten there by going over the top of the bunk beds it seems to get there which was, of course, the secret way. Boo on the other hand had discovered the way there and sneaked up and saw me in the lounge talking to the other teachers. Not about anything I guess, just talking. She then went back the other way and told Puck, who had gone to bathroom which allowed for Boo to do this sneaking about. While in the lounge, I couldn't go very far due to the imaginary wall that was there (this is why I had to go over the bunk bed I suppose). Boo was also the only one if the room of pretend students who knew about the secret way to the lounge. She was however going to inform Puck about the secret. Keep in mind that during all of the above, all I was actually doing was laying on the bottom bunk waiting to get to play. That was all that I really got to do as far as this time of playing seeing as how Boo and Puck starting fighting soon after that.
This is not the first time either that I have gone to play with Boo and didn't really get much chance to actually play. It used to be that I would go in to play with her, and we would spend the whole time watching her line up her Little People. This was so they could all go to "the" party" or whatever.
Now maybe it's just me, but I really don't remember playing that way. When my friends and I got together to play something, we didn't spend a lot of time setting it up with all kinds of stories and details...we just grabbed what we were playing with and went to it. We might decide on a couple of things before hand, like what the game was we were playing, but I'm pretty sure that we didn't take all kinds of time laying it all out before we played. That would have taken too long for us.
So maybe it's just Boo that likes to play like that. Maybe it's lots of kids that are that age. Whatever it is, it sure makes play time different for me when it comes to them. Peace and Love y'all.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
How He Loves
This past summer at church camp we did this song called How He Loves. It was an awesome song. You know how it is when you are in worship and there is one particular song that just really stirs you? That is what this song was like for me. Every time we would sing this song, there was something that would just resonate deep in my being.
I have looked for this song ever since then but I'd had no real luck in finding it. Until last week, a young lady that I know had a line of it as her status on Facebook so she was able to hook me up with the name of the artist as well as the name of the song and from there I was able to find it. Now I would like to share the words with you.
How He Loves
John Mark McMillan
He is jealous for me, Love's a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of His wind and Mercy.
When all of the sudden I'm unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
and I realize just how beautiful You are, and great Your affections are for me.
Oh how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us so.
Yea He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
So we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to Redemption by the Grace in His eyes,
If Grace is an ocean we're all sinking.
So Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest.
I don't have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way...
He Loves us,
Oh how He Loves us,
Oh how He Loves us,
Oh, how He Loves.
He Loves us,
Oh how He Loves us,
Oh how He Loves us,
He Loves us.
I also wanted to post the video of the song as well. I will admit that it is a little bit long, but the first part of it is John Mark McMillan explaining why he wrote the song and what it is all about for him. I hope that if you watch it and listen to the song that it will move you like it has moved so many others. Peace and Love y'all.
I have looked for this song ever since then but I'd had no real luck in finding it. Until last week, a young lady that I know had a line of it as her status on Facebook so she was able to hook me up with the name of the artist as well as the name of the song and from there I was able to find it. Now I would like to share the words with you.
How He Loves
John Mark McMillan
He is jealous for me, Love's a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of His wind and Mercy.
When all of the sudden I'm unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
and I realize just how beautiful You are, and great Your affections are for me.
Oh how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us so.
Yea He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
So we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to Redemption by the Grace in His eyes,
If Grace is an ocean we're all sinking.
So Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest.
I don't have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way...
He Loves us,
Oh how He Loves us,
Oh how He Loves us,
Oh, how He Loves.
He Loves us,
Oh how He Loves us,
Oh how He Loves us,
He Loves us.
I also wanted to post the video of the song as well. I will admit that it is a little bit long, but the first part of it is John Mark McMillan explaining why he wrote the song and what it is all about for him. I hope that if you watch it and listen to the song that it will move you like it has moved so many others. Peace and Love y'all.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Where the Action Is
As long as I can recall, action figures have been a staple of the toy industry for boys. These have been G.I. Joe, Masters of the Universe, Star Wars, and so on. These figures allowed little boys (and sometimes bigger boys as well) to create and live out adventures in their imaginations. One of the best parts was always the little stickers and such on the packages that would proclaim what the special "action" was the figures could perform. "Kung Fu chopping Action!!" "Weapons actually fire!!" These were the things that would, at times, draw me to the figures that I wanted to play with. These were the things that were so cool about the toys.
Now there are "alternative" action figures for sell at select Wal-Mart stores. These are figures that I'm sure some would call "the original action heroes" and they are, but I just wonder what kinds of adventures and actions people will be able to come up with that will be all that different from the other action figures they have. Starting soon, in the Wal-Mart stores that sell the most Bibles, they will also offer Bible Action Figures. So far there are three that I know of. With that in mind, here is my list of who would be good "Bible action figures" and what their special action could be.
10) Noah- With super hammering action (Ark and animals not included)
9) King David- With spinning sling arm action (Bathsheba and Goliath sold separately)
8) Samson- With donkey jawbone swinging action (Philistines soldiers sold separately)
7) Daniel- With super praying action and lion with non-working jaws
6) Aaron- With staff and miniature golden calf statue
5) Moses- With 10 Commandments and burning bush (Israelites sold separately)
4) Balaam- With talking donkey (batteries not included)
3) Elijah- Alter & sacrifice included (Prophets of Baal sold separately)
2) Paul- Comes with scraps of cloth for healing, and a viper (snake, not car)
1) Jesus- With rising hand (squeeze his knees) "miracle" action (Apostles sold separately)
What do you think? Peace and Love y'all.
Now there are "alternative" action figures for sell at select Wal-Mart stores. These are figures that I'm sure some would call "the original action heroes" and they are, but I just wonder what kinds of adventures and actions people will be able to come up with that will be all that different from the other action figures they have. Starting soon, in the Wal-Mart stores that sell the most Bibles, they will also offer Bible Action Figures. So far there are three that I know of. With that in mind, here is my list of who would be good "Bible action figures" and what their special action could be.
10) Noah- With super hammering action (Ark and animals not included)
9) King David- With spinning sling arm action (Bathsheba and Goliath sold separately)
8) Samson- With donkey jawbone swinging action (Philistines soldiers sold separately)
7) Daniel- With super praying action and lion with non-working jaws
6) Aaron- With staff and miniature golden calf statue
5) Moses- With 10 Commandments and burning bush (Israelites sold separately)
4) Balaam- With talking donkey (batteries not included)
3) Elijah- Alter & sacrifice included (Prophets of Baal sold separately)
2) Paul- Comes with scraps of cloth for healing, and a viper (snake, not car)
1) Jesus- With rising hand (squeeze his knees) "miracle" action (Apostles sold separately)
What do you think? Peace and Love y'all.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
And In This Corner...
I think that the MMA is getting a little carried away. I understand the draw of it, but come on. I just read that there are allegations that South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas made some students settle their differences by squaring off in some bare knuckled cage fights.
That's right, the teachers encouraged the students to settle their disputes by locking them in a cage there at the school and letting them fight. No word on if they were hardcore matches or just strait pin falls. Perhaps they had a few tag team matches as well, I'm not sure.
Regardless it is said that the principal knew what was going on. Whether or not he was there for any of the fights I don't know. He could have been a guest referee I suppose. I know that this is really not a good thing, but imagine for a few moments what this could all look like.
In the hallways between classes fighters are giving interviews and calling out their opponents. If one guy was just getting pounded there is a run in by some of his buddies to help. Go all WWE for it.
Maybe the people got wise to what was going on when the big octogon was ordered for the field house. Or maybe they started announcing the matches during the morning announcements. The Hell in a Cell match tipped them off. Regardless of what your view is of punishment in schools and how that should be handled, THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA!!! There has to be a better way. Peace and Love y'all.
That's right, the teachers encouraged the students to settle their disputes by locking them in a cage there at the school and letting them fight. No word on if they were hardcore matches or just strait pin falls. Perhaps they had a few tag team matches as well, I'm not sure.
Regardless it is said that the principal knew what was going on. Whether or not he was there for any of the fights I don't know. He could have been a guest referee I suppose. I know that this is really not a good thing, but imagine for a few moments what this could all look like.
In the hallways between classes fighters are giving interviews and calling out their opponents. If one guy was just getting pounded there is a run in by some of his buddies to help. Go all WWE for it.
Maybe the people got wise to what was going on when the big octogon was ordered for the field house. Or maybe they started announcing the matches during the morning announcements. The Hell in a Cell match tipped them off. Regardless of what your view is of punishment in schools and how that should be handled, THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA!!! There has to be a better way. Peace and Love y'all.
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