This is a good friend of mine Sandra and her new husband Louie from Canada. They just got married on October the 8th and I wish them the best.
May you two recieve all the happiness in the world.
Much love Sandra
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Congrats Sandra!!!!
This is a good friend of mine Sandra and her new husband Louie from Canada. They just got married on October the 8th and I wish them the best.
May you two recieve all the happiness in the world.
Much love Sandra
Friday, October 21, 2005
Barkley supports the NBA dress code
It appears that Charles Barkley, one of my favorite opinionated people, supports the NBA’s new dress code. The dress code has not fallen into favor with many NBA players, including Marcus Camby, Stephen Jackson, and Allen Iverson. Iverson even went as far to say, “If you put a suit on a murderer, he’s still a murderer.”
While A.I. may have a point on that matter, Barkley had some even better points on Wednesday’s “Tonight Show with Jay Leno”.
"Young black kids dress like NBA players," he said. "Unfortunately, they don't get paid like NBA players. So when they go out in the real world, what they wear is held against them.
"See, these players make $10 to $15 million a year, so nobody cares how they dress. But regular black kids go out into the real world and how they dress is held against them.
"If a well-dressed white kid and a black kid wearing a do-rag and throwback jersey came to me in a job interview, I'd hire the white kid," he said. "That's reality. That's the No. 1 reason I support the dress code.
"From the NBA perspective, they've got a product to sell. They've got to make it as attractive as possible to fans, viewers and corporate sponsors.
"Dr. J [Julius Erving] told me years ago that we, the players, are the caretakers of the game. I think too many players today have lost sight of that."
He hears that Marcus Camby of the Denver Nuggets wants a stipend to buy clothes to adhere to the dress code, and Barkley cringes.
"Guys like that have lost perspective," he said. "What's he make, $8 million a year? It's like when Latrell Sprewell said he needed more than $14 million a year so that he could feed his family. Give me a break."
I personally agree with everything Barkley has to say on this matter. Years ago, Barkley had a commercial where he declared that he is not a role model. Obviously, he has seen the light on this issue. While he was right in saying that parents should be role models, kids do look up to athletes and celebrities and will often imitate what they do. Therefore, they hold the responsibility to not only dress right, but also act right off the court.
When I look at the incidents with Kobe Bryant, Jayson Williams, and Ron Artest, I often wonder what the public thinks of NBA players. I love the NBA, I love the game, and I know that 99% of these guys are not looking for trouble and are all around good guys. Still, people do judge. They see a young black man in a do-rag, a t-shit, jeans, and a few chains and the instant thought on most people’s brains is “thug”.
Allen Iverson has made his money off that image. If he wants to, he can still make his commercials in that image if he likes. But here’s a thought: I work in a grocery store, make $7.25 an hour, and I have to wear a shirt and tie to work. Why shouldn’t a professional athlete who makes millions a year have to? Either way, we’re both showing up to work.
B.E.Z.
While A.I. may have a point on that matter, Barkley had some even better points on Wednesday’s “Tonight Show with Jay Leno”.
"Young black kids dress like NBA players," he said. "Unfortunately, they don't get paid like NBA players. So when they go out in the real world, what they wear is held against them.
"See, these players make $10 to $15 million a year, so nobody cares how they dress. But regular black kids go out into the real world and how they dress is held against them.
"If a well-dressed white kid and a black kid wearing a do-rag and throwback jersey came to me in a job interview, I'd hire the white kid," he said. "That's reality. That's the No. 1 reason I support the dress code.
"From the NBA perspective, they've got a product to sell. They've got to make it as attractive as possible to fans, viewers and corporate sponsors.
"Dr. J [Julius Erving] told me years ago that we, the players, are the caretakers of the game. I think too many players today have lost sight of that."
He hears that Marcus Camby of the Denver Nuggets wants a stipend to buy clothes to adhere to the dress code, and Barkley cringes.
"Guys like that have lost perspective," he said. "What's he make, $8 million a year? It's like when Latrell Sprewell said he needed more than $14 million a year so that he could feed his family. Give me a break."
I personally agree with everything Barkley has to say on this matter. Years ago, Barkley had a commercial where he declared that he is not a role model. Obviously, he has seen the light on this issue. While he was right in saying that parents should be role models, kids do look up to athletes and celebrities and will often imitate what they do. Therefore, they hold the responsibility to not only dress right, but also act right off the court.
When I look at the incidents with Kobe Bryant, Jayson Williams, and Ron Artest, I often wonder what the public thinks of NBA players. I love the NBA, I love the game, and I know that 99% of these guys are not looking for trouble and are all around good guys. Still, people do judge. They see a young black man in a do-rag, a t-shit, jeans, and a few chains and the instant thought on most people’s brains is “thug”.
Allen Iverson has made his money off that image. If he wants to, he can still make his commercials in that image if he likes. But here’s a thought: I work in a grocery store, make $7.25 an hour, and I have to wear a shirt and tie to work. Why shouldn’t a professional athlete who makes millions a year have to? Either way, we’re both showing up to work.
B.E.Z.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
I can't even predict myself sometimes
OK, here I am, I'm this big Cowboys fan like I was as a kid, and I'm rootin' hard for the Cowboys as they play the Eagles... a game the 'Boys won in blowout fashion. Only a few days later, I happen to catch Real Training Camp: Seattle Sonics on NBA TV and suddenly I'm back into my old Northwest mode, like the teams I rooted for when I lived in Florida no longer existed.
Sometimes, I wish I didn't live all over the country so that I could settle down on one set of teams. Not that it's that big of a deal, but, it would save me a lot of money on apparel.
This time, like other times, I say I'll stick with my teams. I even wore my Washington Huskies hat this past Saturday... the Huskies came in to Saturday at 1-4 and were 16 point underdogs to Oregon. Oregon eventually kicked the Huskies ass to send them to 1-5 going into their meeting with the almost invincible USC Trojans. YAAAAYE!!! But, this is an example of the dedication I have for this at this point in time.
All this from the same person that committed to stop smoking cold turkey when he was 17 that sent him into a week long bout with shakes and migranes. I guess if I can make it through that, then a third consecutive dismal Huskies football season is nothing right? Of course, since the Seahawks are whoopin ass.
B.E.Z.
Sometimes, I wish I didn't live all over the country so that I could settle down on one set of teams. Not that it's that big of a deal, but, it would save me a lot of money on apparel.
This time, like other times, I say I'll stick with my teams. I even wore my Washington Huskies hat this past Saturday... the Huskies came in to Saturday at 1-4 and were 16 point underdogs to Oregon. Oregon eventually kicked the Huskies ass to send them to 1-5 going into their meeting with the almost invincible USC Trojans. YAAAAYE!!! But, this is an example of the dedication I have for this at this point in time.
All this from the same person that committed to stop smoking cold turkey when he was 17 that sent him into a week long bout with shakes and migranes. I guess if I can make it through that, then a third consecutive dismal Huskies football season is nothing right? Of course, since the Seahawks are whoopin ass.
B.E.Z.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Just some notes
Thought I would drop a line since I didn’t have much to say yesterday.
Again, I’ve gone back to basics with the page again. I’m in the process of learning Flash and from that process I’m hoping to build a Flash page. It’s one of those things where I felt like because of what I’m doing in the meantime that I didn’t really want to try to update another page at the same time. I’m also looking into how to imbed this blog into a Flash application, since this is a big part of my page.
There’s also a slight possibility that I could end up getting my own domain since I’ll need something that gives me a lot of space to work with and that lets me play around with PHP. There’s basically no way to not pay for anything like that.
Other than all of that stuff, I’ve been working a little and watching basically every sport on the planet. I watched a good chunk of the Braves 18-inning affair with the Astros the other day. Once it got to the point of being flat out redundant, I changed channels over and watched what I really wanted to see anyway, the Cowboys/Eagles game. The later of the two games was far more enjoyable as the Cowboys rolled over the Eagles 33-10, while the Braves eventually lost on an 18th inning walk off homerun to end their season.
Other than that, there’s not a whole lot more going on. Stay tuned…
B.E.Z.
Again, I’ve gone back to basics with the page again. I’m in the process of learning Flash and from that process I’m hoping to build a Flash page. It’s one of those things where I felt like because of what I’m doing in the meantime that I didn’t really want to try to update another page at the same time. I’m also looking into how to imbed this blog into a Flash application, since this is a big part of my page.
There’s also a slight possibility that I could end up getting my own domain since I’ll need something that gives me a lot of space to work with and that lets me play around with PHP. There’s basically no way to not pay for anything like that.
Other than all of that stuff, I’ve been working a little and watching basically every sport on the planet. I watched a good chunk of the Braves 18-inning affair with the Astros the other day. Once it got to the point of being flat out redundant, I changed channels over and watched what I really wanted to see anyway, the Cowboys/Eagles game. The later of the two games was far more enjoyable as the Cowboys rolled over the Eagles 33-10, while the Braves eventually lost on an 18th inning walk off homerun to end their season.
Other than that, there’s not a whole lot more going on. Stay tuned…
B.E.Z.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Back to Basics
I figured since I’m starting the process of building my page in Flash, I’d go back to something basic for the time being. So, I’m back to one of the better templates that Blogger offers.
There’s nothing else to report right now. I’m tired, so, I think I’m going back to bed.
B.E.Z.
There’s nothing else to report right now. I’m tired, so, I think I’m going back to bed.
B.E.Z.
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