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LeBron James To Join Dwyane Wade & Chris Bosh In Miami
8 July 2010
ESPN Radio is reporting this morning that LeBron James will in all likelihood join the Miami Heat creating a superstar ensemble of the Cavs’ Lebron, Raptors’ Chris Bosh, and the Heat’s own Dwyane Wade.
I’m already looking at this year’s schedule so Alice, Chance and I can travel down and watch these three in action! Dad has 4 tix in the 13th row right behind the visitors bench aligned with the foul line.
It will be nice to see Riley walking the sidelines again. This is so awesome for Miami sports! If this pans out, how many championships will the Miami Heat win?
Go Heat!
The Indian Rupee To Gain International Symbol
24 June 2010
One of the five symbols to the right will soon be the official symbol denoting the Rupee, India’s currency. Many other currencies have their own symbols – yet only a few gain international recognition like the Euro, Dollar, Yen and Pound. Currently, the Rupee is generally designated with an Rs (rupees) combination.
Will Hunting Was Pretty Darn Close To Being Right
Culture
/ international-studies, movies
23 June 2010
In this monologue, Will Hunting (Matt Damon) paints a worst case scenario of his possible future in the movie Good Will Hunting (1997).
RIP Manute Bol
23 June 2010
Manute Bol held a special place in my heart. He was almost a tragic figure – seen as a joke amongst many basketball fans – a 7′7″ freak of nature. This Dinka tribesman made the impossible journey from war-torn southern Sudan to somehow play basketball in the NBA. What I admired most about Manute however was how he gave back. Like his fellow African counterpart, Dikembe Mutumbo, Manute Bol worked tirelessly to help foment change back home often to the detriment of his own financial security.
RIP Manute – you entertained me and reminded me of how lucky those of us in the U.S. are when compared to the hardships endured by those throughout much of the world.
Oh Yeah, I Bought A House, Moved In, Began Co-Habitating, and Celebrated My First Father’s Day
22 June 2010
Breathe in, breathe out.
Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt From Friendly’s Puts Mere Burgers To Shame
22 June 2010
One of my favorite fast food restaurants, the Wilbraham, MA based Friendly’s, has decided to enter the maximum calorie menu item fray with the Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt.
Packing a whopping 1500 calories, the sandwich places a 1/4lb. patty between two butter soaked grilled cheese sandwiches.
Win At Monopoly In 21 Seconds Flat
Culture
/ games, monopoly, videos
15 June 2010
You’ve been there – the endless game of Monopoly. Things may have started out with a bang, but as the game has progressed, you’re left to mortgaging off your assets and selling your inventory of properties for mere pennies on the dollar – just to stay alive. Sort of how the recently addicted crack-head sells off their electronics and home entertainment system just for a few rocks.
Seems I’m not alone in this.
Some folks over at Scatterplot – a social science blog with a definitive slant on statistical analysis – have created what they believe to be the shortest theoretical game of Monopoly – and have created a short but sweet video to prove their claim of 21 seconds.
The strategy (if it can be called such) is for a player to quickly command the most expensive properties and build on them. The other player must land on one of these properties early in the game so as to force bankruptsy.
The full list of moves can be found over on the Scatterplot website.
Here’s the vid of their exploits:
New Florida Marlins Stadium Will Feature Fish Tank Backstop
Sport
/ architecture, baseball, florida-marlins
11 June 2010
The Florida Marlins have released an artist’s rendering of how the backstop behind homeplate will flanked with salt water fish tanks!
Check out the details over at Fish Bytes, the Miami Herald’s Florida Marlins blog.
Rob lives and works in the town of Jackson, MS where he leads the interactive department at an awesome advertising and branding agency. Life is slower than most places in Mississippi, and Rob tends to like it that way. Some of his favorite life experiences include sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in a 44ft sloop, learning to speak Swahili while living along the lower slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and zipping along the curviest of Mississippi country roads in his VW Rabbit.