It’s been a light week around here with no basketball games. If you’ll let me extend the definition of a light posting week to “nothing since Monday morning.” So, I have a few notes:
- I saw I Am Legend last night. I had fairly high expectations, as I seem to for basically every Will Smith movie (especially since Hitch). It was slightly disappointing for me in a similar way to The Pursuit of Happyness, because it was another great acting job by Smith in a movie that just didn’t have enough substance to really grab hold of me. The story was decent, but the movie ended somewhat abruptly, just as it was starting to get good. Before I spoil the plot, I suppose I’d better stop.
- President Bush wished reporters “Happy Holidays” the other day, and frankly, I was offended. I mean, is he trying to kill Christmas or something? He’s just as bad as the other “secular-progressives” who hate Christians…
…Seriously, I’m not sure if he just wasn’t thinking about what he said, or if it was a conscious effort to distance himself from the wingnuts who made up the ridiculous “War on Christmas” to appeal to the religious right. That’s the right wing, though: libertarian on issues like fighting poverty, but alarmingly ready to legislate frivolous social policies. Now, back to your regular de-politicized notes. - Duke lost its first game of the season last night to a strong Pittsburgh team, but they remained #2 in the Pomeroy ratings. I like this year’s Duke team: even without McRoberts, they’re very athletic and tough defensively, and I think they’re better positioned for a strong ACC run. Pomeroy’s stats still probably don’t mean a whole lot at this point in the season, but I am encouraged that Duke has already beaten #4 (Wisconsin) and #6 (Marquette) in those ratings, despite the loss to #8 Pitt.
- My fantasy season came to an end on Brian Westbrook’s heady play that ended the Eagles’ win over the Cowboys, and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one. It was still a cool play, though, and smart football is always more fun to watch than the alternative. A day or two later, I was nearly the beneficiary of an opponent’s failure to make that decision in an NCAA 08 game, as I scored on the ensuing drive and recovered an onside kick, falling just short at the end.
- Every man needs a name to go by if he makes the Brazilian soccer team. John Wright = “Wrincha.”
Sammy Sosa = “Sosito”
Jed Bartlet = “Bartlinho”
Barack Obama = “Obamiano”
Matt Hall = “Himo Santos”
Mark Teixeira = “Teixeiraldo”
“Barnett brings it down the floor on the fast break, lobs it up there…GOOOOAAAALLLL!!! Himo Santos!!!!” I think I could play with this for hours. - Mark Cuban has too many Facebook friends. I didn’t even know that was possible.
I probably won’t have anything else until after Christmas, although I am planning to update GSC stats over the weekend. Have a great long weekend.
jfwiii.net 
I didn’t even know that Cuban had a blog. And from the looks of it, he actually runs it himself.
For my part, I discovered this week that there is a 60-photo limit on Facebook photo albums!
Hope you guys are well.
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings.
I used to read Cuban’s blog regularly, but his attitude sometimes rubbed me the wrong way, and I removed it from my feed subscriptions. He does write it himself, though, and there’s something to be said for someone with his power embracing that level of communication. He’s certainly an interesting guy with a lot of good ideas.
I haven’t run into the photo max, and I wonder why they set these seemingly arbitrary limits. Do they really lack the space to store photos and limitless friends? Then again, I guess they’re not really trying to compete with Flickr or the other photo sharing sites.
George Allen = “Macaca”