Let Your Love Flow

Whoa! How cool is it that there are only 2 degrees of separation between me and Warnato? There's no way anyone can deny the charisma and the amazing way he rocks not only the song but the straw Dallas Cowboy's hat. Let your love flow!

With the 4th pick of the 2008 Draft, the Sonics take...

UCLA's Russell Westbrook.

So he can play defense (Pac-10 Defensive POY) and he can definitely dunk (whoa!). Here's hoping he figures out how to pass and shoot.

New games from Foundation 9 Entertainment

Link to Article: Capcom Launches Street Fighter II HD Remix Beta (XB360)

The 2 games referenced in this post were developed by one of my company's studios (Backbone Entertainment). I'd be excited about the Street Fighter with the ridiculously long name even if I didn't work for Foundation 9 Entertainment. The Super NES version was the sole reason I bought the console in the first place.

HADOKEN!

The Millennials Are Coming (60 minutes)

Whoa! The implications for how we "do" life (work, church, community orgs, etc.) are a bit daunting. As I look back on my own experiences with Millenials in those contexts, I find myself in near-complete agreement. Suddenly, I feel like an out-of-touch old fart.

[NOTE: Be sure to watch Part 2 if you find this at all interesting.]

My Heart Will Go On...

This is the perfect example of what can happen when a bunch of geeks combine 2 of my favorite things: karaoke and team deathmatch. Absolutely brilliant!

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Woo-hoo! August 15th, 2008 cannot come quickly enough.

NFC West Analysis

Link to Video: NFL Live Breaks Down the NFC West

Nice to see the 'Hawks get some love from the national media. I'm tired of those knuckleheads pimpin' Arizona every stinking year.

Los Angeles Lakers - Ridiculous

39 points. And that's ALL I have to say about that.

"You ever go to school," he said, finding the perfect words, "and you had a bully mess with you every day? I know everybody ain't no tough guy here. It's like that bully that you go to school every day [with] and you know when you get out of your mom's or dad's car, you know you're going to see him as soon as you walk through the doors, he's sitting there waiting to pat your pockets and mess with you. Then one day you say, 'This is going to stop today!' You walk in and as soon as the bully pats your pocketss you lay his ass out and you see the expression on his face. You're sorta shook because you know what, you just knocked the bully out and you don't know how he's going to come back. The next morning when you come in and he's not there, it's like a sigh of relief. It's like getting rid of the bully. It's like I knocked the bully's ass out! I knocked his ass clean out. That's what it feels like. For all y'all who ain't been bullied, y'all got no idea what I'm talking about. But for y'all who have, you understand my story." - Kevin Garnett

Tiger Woods - Ridiculous

Link to Article: Tiger won US Open with torn ligament, 2 fractures
Link to Video: Woods likely won't return until February 2009

For the past few years, one of the more interesting debates in sports has been whether or not a golfer could be considered a "real" athlete. Count me as one of those who lands in the "abso-friggin-lutely" camp.

I try imagning myself with a torn ligament AND 2 stress fractures IN THE SAME LEG and I'm left with victory dances over being able to simply get from my front door to my car. This week's PGA Championship was truly the stuff of legends.

The (Bleeping) Mariners Really Suck

Check out what Mariners Manager, John McLaren, after the 5-4 loss to the Angels on 6/4.

For the record, the loss put the M's 18 games under 0.500 and leave them with virtually no shot at the playoffs (it's only June for goodness sake!)--all despite a $120M payroll.

Somebody needs a hug.

Center of the Universe

Link to Article: Fast Times at Punahou

Already known for it's academics, Punahou was recently named SI's #1 high school athletic program.

Link to Article: Punahou School - Wikipedia

Check out the section on notable students and faculty.

Just think...Only $15-16K/year to send your kid to my alma mater in Honolulu (day only; no boarding). Wow, I feel like such an underachiever. *grin*

Isis - Click - It's a Wonderful Life

Link to Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtTnCrQ_1lc

Props to Fish for pointing out this vid as well as a few other old-school Marvel characters. I can't believe that I actually used to watch this junk as a kid (OK, maybe I can).

Anyway, it just dawned on me that we may have stumbled upon at least 50% of the inspiration for the recent Adam Sandler movie, "Click." Think about it: put George Bailey in today's world and give him a remote control that lets him do Isis-like things with time. What you end up with is a much better movie than one would typically expect out of good ol' Mr. Sandler.

FWIW, while I'm glad they didn't try to put Sandler in a gold tunic and costume jewelry, I wouldn't have minded it if they'd put Kate Beckinsale in that outfit. I'm just saying...

Mmm, Boobies.

Link to Article: Funcom apologises for Age of Conan breast reduction

For those of you who don't already know, I currently work in the video games industry. Since a significant part of my job is recruiting artists and animators, I look at more than a fair share of portfolios during the course of my week. Inevitably, boobies com up in one form or another (no pun intended).

As far as this article is concerned, I can't decide what's funnier: the fact that a company had to publicly apologize for their boob errors or that there had to be enough weirdos out there who actually complained about the "adjustments" in first place.