Nothing satisfies my eBay addiction more than a last second win. Word to buzzer-beaters.
I had to get up and go online about an hour ago to keep tabs on this item I was bidding on. It turned chaotic in the final moments with about 10 bids in the last 10 seconds. Fight to the finish indeed.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
(1)UNC off to a blazing start
Three weeks into the season, number one ranked North Carolina is on a tear. They've racked up six straight blowout victories, the last three in the Maui Invitational to bring home the trophy. With their unmatched depth, the Tar Heels (6-0) are enjoying an excellent start to the season despite missing key players due to injuries.
All-American and reigning National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough has been limited to three games but scored 34 points during the today's Maui championship duel against eighth-ranked Notre Dame. Senior starter Marcus Ginyard is out until December due to a fractured foot. Freshman Center Tyler Zeller broke his wrist trying to break a fall last week versus Kentucky. He is expected to miss the entire season.
All-American and reigning National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough has been limited to three games but scored 34 points during the today's Maui championship duel against eighth-ranked Notre Dame. Senior starter Marcus Ginyard is out until December due to a fractured foot. Freshman Center Tyler Zeller broke his wrist trying to break a fall last week versus Kentucky. He is expected to miss the entire season.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
The inquisition
I'm still annoyed at my CIA-cum-FBI self. I know curiosity killed the pussycat, but I doubt the kitty willed itself to die.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Unwanted ordeal
I had one of them irritating CIA moments earlier. Talk about excruciating mental agony, with torture-like effects. Word to The Rack.
Fit and fun
Save for some cramps at the most inopportune time, my weekend workout was more than satisfying.
My body is aching, my abs are hurting and my legs are flatout fatigued.
I ain't complaining though. It's all G-OO-D good.
My body is aching, my abs are hurting and my legs are flatout fatigued.
I ain't complaining though. It's all G-OO-D good.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
MCBL: Getting ready for the playoffs
On paper, it was a sure W. There's just no way we're losing this game. We were all licking our chops waiting for this fixture cause we know the best way to end the elimination round is with an easy blowout victory.
And we did just that. We got a much needed adrenalin shot before the playoffs start next weekend.
The winless Logica team decided to run with us and off to the races we went. We controlled the game from beginning to end, finishing with a comfortable 88-68 win, yesterday at the Reyes Gym.
It was an uptempo game highlighted by a lot of quick transition plays leading to easy scores. We were able to stamp our dominance from the get-go and it was pretty much over by halftime. We also had the luxury of resting key players in the fourth period while giving the others opportunity to enjoy the lopsided win.
Daryl wound up with a career game notching 27 points on a variety of moves, highlighted by several and-one's. Paul buried five three-pointers en route to 25 points. He also had 13 rebounds and 6 steals. Alf contributed 19 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocked shots.
The semifinal round starts next week and we're facing Accenture. We met them twice in the elims and lost both games. I swear we could've stolen at least one but we were missing several players. I hope to have a complete cast by Sunday because I know we'll give them more than what they bargained for.
Final elimination round record: 3-4 (4th seed)
Next game: vs Accenture - November 30, Sunday, at the Reyes Gym
And we did just that. We got a much needed adrenalin shot before the playoffs start next weekend.
The winless Logica team decided to run with us and off to the races we went. We controlled the game from beginning to end, finishing with a comfortable 88-68 win, yesterday at the Reyes Gym.
It was an uptempo game highlighted by a lot of quick transition plays leading to easy scores. We were able to stamp our dominance from the get-go and it was pretty much over by halftime. We also had the luxury of resting key players in the fourth period while giving the others opportunity to enjoy the lopsided win.
Daryl wound up with a career game notching 27 points on a variety of moves, highlighted by several and-one's. Paul buried five three-pointers en route to 25 points. He also had 13 rebounds and 6 steals. Alf contributed 19 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocked shots.
The semifinal round starts next week and we're facing Accenture. We met them twice in the elims and lost both games. I swear we could've stolen at least one but we were missing several players. I hope to have a complete cast by Sunday because I know we'll give them more than what they bargained for.
Final elimination round record: 3-4 (4th seed)
Next game: vs Accenture - November 30, Sunday, at the Reyes Gym
Saturday, November 22, 2008
PP on FB
You have got to love it. Only in Facebook.
Not only am I a fan, I'm a booster as well.
PekPek Shorts FTMFW!
Friday, November 21, 2008
Being LuLi and MIA
Lulubog, lilitaw
Ang buwan at araw
Patuloy pang lalakad ang panahon
Word to Ka Freddie.
Ang buwan at araw
Patuloy pang lalakad ang panahon
Word to Ka Freddie.
Monday, November 17, 2008
The Rihanna and Chris Brown aftermath
- I've never seen such a horrible traffic mess on a fuckin' Sunday. It was hell going to and from the Fort area last night.
- If you didn't know that there was an event going on, you'd be stuck wondering what the fuss is about seeing 70,000 people from all corners of the Fort converging into the open field area.
- I think that the people enjoyed the Chris Brown part more primarily because he performed all his popular hits. Rihanna, on the other hand, sang some relatively unknown cuts drawing a bit of silence and lull from the crowd.
- It was wicked seeing them do "Cinderella" for their encore.
- I would've enjoyed the show more save for a nasty migraine and some annoying, chinky teenage fag encroaching our personal space. He was jumping like crazy as if he was in a mosh pit. I swear I was gonna clock him hard if he bumped me again.
- If you didn't know that there was an event going on, you'd be stuck wondering what the fuss is about seeing 70,000 people from all corners of the Fort converging into the open field area.
- I think that the people enjoyed the Chris Brown part more primarily because he performed all his popular hits. Rihanna, on the other hand, sang some relatively unknown cuts drawing a bit of silence and lull from the crowd.
- It was wicked seeing them do "Cinderella" for their encore.
- I would've enjoyed the show more save for a nasty migraine and some annoying, chinky teenage fag encroaching our personal space. He was jumping like crazy as if he was in a mosh pit. I swear I was gonna clock him hard if he bumped me again.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
A satiated Sunday slate
It'll be a packed Sunday for me tomorrow. I've a big corporate league game to play after lunch and the Rihanna and Chris Brown show to attend to at night.
It should be fun.
It should be fun.
Top-ranked UNC reloads for 2009
The North Carolina Tar Heels enter the 2008-09 basketball season as the unanimous preseason number one team. They will enter the 2009-10 season with the consensus top-ranked recruiting class with all future rooks belonging to the top 70 high school seniors in America.
Five recruits will don the Carolina Blue colors next season led by five-star power forward John Henson from Florida. He will be joined by a pair of talented backcourt players in New Jersey five-star shooting guard Dexter Strickland and Tennessee four-star wing Leslie McDonald. California twins, four-star power forwards Travis and David Wear round up the class.
Five recruits will don the Carolina Blue colors next season led by five-star power forward John Henson from Florida. He will be joined by a pair of talented backcourt players in New Jersey five-star shooting guard Dexter Strickland and Tennessee four-star wing Leslie McDonald. California twins, four-star power forwards Travis and David Wear round up the class.
UNC is preseason #1 again
Last year, North Carolina started the season as the top-ranked team in college basketball. They're at it again for 2008-09 but this time it's unanimous.
Both the ESPN/Coaches and Associated Press polls have UNC atop their rankings gathering all possible number one votes.
With the Heels returning all five starters of their 2008 Final Four team plus three McDonald's All-American freshmen additions, it's dumb not to pick them as the preseason favorites. They will, however, be in for a bumpy start as they will be missing senior starters Marcus Ginyard and All-American Tyler Hansbrough, who by the way, is the reigning national player of the year.
North Carolina opens its season at home against Pennsylvania this weekend.
Both the ESPN/Coaches and Associated Press polls have UNC atop their rankings gathering all possible number one votes.
With the Heels returning all five starters of their 2008 Final Four team plus three McDonald's All-American freshmen additions, it's dumb not to pick them as the preseason favorites. They will, however, be in for a bumpy start as they will be missing senior starters Marcus Ginyard and All-American Tyler Hansbrough, who by the way, is the reigning national player of the year.
North Carolina opens its season at home against Pennsylvania this weekend.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Elmew the IBMew
I've an officemate who, simply put, strikingly resembles this Looney Tunes character.
Seen him at wowk wecently?Thursday, November 13, 2008
Fancy puck-handling skills
It's all too common seeing between-the-legs moves in hoops. But in hockey? You have got to be kidding.
Or so I thought.
Check out Dallas Stars winger Mike Ribeiro unleash some trickery in a penalty shootout.
Wow.
Or so I thought.
Check out Dallas Stars winger Mike Ribeiro unleash some trickery in a penalty shootout.
Wow.
America's post-election arms race
Picked this up from the CNN website. The Americans know what's up. There's a reason why firearms are flying of the shelves like never before.
---------------
Gun sales surge after Obama election
From Kevin Bohn
CNN Senior Producer
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Bernie Conatser has never seen business this good.
Bernie Conatser, owner of Virginia Arms Company, displays one of his rifles.
The owner of a gun shop in the Washington suburb of Manassas, Virginia, Conatser said sales have doubled or tripled since this time last year.
On Saturday, he said, he did as much business as he would normally do in a week.
"I have been in business for 12 years, and I was here for Y2K, September 11, Katrina," Conatser said, as a steady stream of customers browsed what remained of his stock. "And all of those were big events, and we did notice a spike in business, but nothing on the order of what we are seeing right now."
Weapons dealers in much of the United States are reporting sharply higher sales since Barack Obama won the presidency a week ago.
Buyers and sellers attribute the surge to worries that Obama and a Democratic-controlled Congress will move to restrict firearm ownership, despite the insistence of campaign aides that the president-elect supports gun rights and considers the issue a low priority.
According to FBI figures for the week of November 3 to 9, the bureau received more than 374,000 requests for background checks on gun purchasers -- a nearly 49 percent increase over the same period in 2007. Conatser said his store, Virginia Arms Company, has run out of some models -- such as the AR-15 rifle, the civilian version of the military's M-16 -- and is running low on others.
Such assault weapons are among the firearms that gun dealers and customers say they fear Obama will hit with new restrictions, or even take off the market.
Virginia gun owner Kyle Lewandowski said he was buying a .45-caliber pistol to "hedge my bets."
"Every election year, you have to worry about your rights being eroded a little bit at a time," he said. "I also knew, because of the Democrat majority and because of the election, everybody would have the same reaction I did," he added.
But Peter Hamm, a spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, called the buying spree "goofy." He said widespread talk of banning guns is a "sales pitch."
"With the glacial speed that we make progress on sensible gun laws, savvy gun consumers should know better than to think they have to rush out and buy guns," Hamm said. Similar surges accompanied the election of Bill Clinton, the last Democratic president, he added.
Dealers in Colorado, Ohio, Connecticut and New Hampshire also reported seeing major increases.
"It's a fact that the liberal Democrats that now control all three branches of our government do not like guns. They want us out of business," Connecticut resident Scott Hoffman said. "They don't want the average American to have a right to defend themselves."
And New Hampshire gun owner Lloyd Clement said, "I think there's going to be an attack to some degree on the gun owners."
The Clinton administration imposed a ban on several types of military-style semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines in 1994, but that ban was allowed to lapse in 2004. Obama has proposed restoring the ban, requiring background checks for buyers at gun shows, and other "common-sense measures."
He has said he supports the rights of local governments to set their own gun laws, but believes the Second Amendment to the Constitution protects individual gun rights.
"I believe the Second Amendment means something. I do think it speaks to an individual right," Obama said in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in February.
With the U.S. economy in a tailspin, however, the president-elect's advisers say gun legislation is not a high priority.
"What people do is their own business, and if they decide to go out and buy guns they'll go out and buy guns, assuming that they are eligible to buy guns," John Podesta, the co-chairman of Obama's transition team, told reporters Sunday. "But I think that President-elect Obama has been clear in his campaign that what he wants to focus on is the economy, trying to get jobs growing again, dealing with the health care crisis, and dealing with our dependence on foreign oil."
Some customers are stocking up specifically on ammunition and point to concerns raised by the National Rifle Association, which ran anti-Obama ads during the campaign.
The NRA said Obama would support a "huge new tax on my guns and ammo," referencing a 1999 article in a Chicago newspaper saying the then-Illinois state senator promoted a plan to increase federal taxes by 500 percent on the sales of firearms and ammunition.
But as a state legislator, Obama would not have had any control over federal taxes. And as a U.S. senator and presidential candidate, he has not introduced or promoted such a proposal.
"I don't really believe it is fear. It is more there is just uncertainty," said Virginia customer David Reynolds, who was buying ammunition in the store as well as ordering more online.
"You know, we don't really know what is going on," he said. "There really hasn't been a lot of clear direction on where he supports it, although he says he supports the Second Amendment. But it just remains to be seen. I think some people are just uncomfortable with what his policy may be."
---------------
---------------
Gun sales surge after Obama election
From Kevin Bohn
CNN Senior Producer
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Bernie Conatser has never seen business this good.
Bernie Conatser, owner of Virginia Arms Company, displays one of his rifles.
The owner of a gun shop in the Washington suburb of Manassas, Virginia, Conatser said sales have doubled or tripled since this time last year.
On Saturday, he said, he did as much business as he would normally do in a week.
"I have been in business for 12 years, and I was here for Y2K, September 11, Katrina," Conatser said, as a steady stream of customers browsed what remained of his stock. "And all of those were big events, and we did notice a spike in business, but nothing on the order of what we are seeing right now."
Weapons dealers in much of the United States are reporting sharply higher sales since Barack Obama won the presidency a week ago.
Buyers and sellers attribute the surge to worries that Obama and a Democratic-controlled Congress will move to restrict firearm ownership, despite the insistence of campaign aides that the president-elect supports gun rights and considers the issue a low priority.
According to FBI figures for the week of November 3 to 9, the bureau received more than 374,000 requests for background checks on gun purchasers -- a nearly 49 percent increase over the same period in 2007. Conatser said his store, Virginia Arms Company, has run out of some models -- such as the AR-15 rifle, the civilian version of the military's M-16 -- and is running low on others.
Such assault weapons are among the firearms that gun dealers and customers say they fear Obama will hit with new restrictions, or even take off the market.
Virginia gun owner Kyle Lewandowski said he was buying a .45-caliber pistol to "hedge my bets."
"Every election year, you have to worry about your rights being eroded a little bit at a time," he said. "I also knew, because of the Democrat majority and because of the election, everybody would have the same reaction I did," he added.
But Peter Hamm, a spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, called the buying spree "goofy." He said widespread talk of banning guns is a "sales pitch."
"With the glacial speed that we make progress on sensible gun laws, savvy gun consumers should know better than to think they have to rush out and buy guns," Hamm said. Similar surges accompanied the election of Bill Clinton, the last Democratic president, he added.
Dealers in Colorado, Ohio, Connecticut and New Hampshire also reported seeing major increases.
"It's a fact that the liberal Democrats that now control all three branches of our government do not like guns. They want us out of business," Connecticut resident Scott Hoffman said. "They don't want the average American to have a right to defend themselves."
And New Hampshire gun owner Lloyd Clement said, "I think there's going to be an attack to some degree on the gun owners."
The Clinton administration imposed a ban on several types of military-style semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines in 1994, but that ban was allowed to lapse in 2004. Obama has proposed restoring the ban, requiring background checks for buyers at gun shows, and other "common-sense measures."
He has said he supports the rights of local governments to set their own gun laws, but believes the Second Amendment to the Constitution protects individual gun rights.
"I believe the Second Amendment means something. I do think it speaks to an individual right," Obama said in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in February.
With the U.S. economy in a tailspin, however, the president-elect's advisers say gun legislation is not a high priority.
"What people do is their own business, and if they decide to go out and buy guns they'll go out and buy guns, assuming that they are eligible to buy guns," John Podesta, the co-chairman of Obama's transition team, told reporters Sunday. "But I think that President-elect Obama has been clear in his campaign that what he wants to focus on is the economy, trying to get jobs growing again, dealing with the health care crisis, and dealing with our dependence on foreign oil."
Some customers are stocking up specifically on ammunition and point to concerns raised by the National Rifle Association, which ran anti-Obama ads during the campaign.
The NRA said Obama would support a "huge new tax on my guns and ammo," referencing a 1999 article in a Chicago newspaper saying the then-Illinois state senator promoted a plan to increase federal taxes by 500 percent on the sales of firearms and ammunition.
But as a state legislator, Obama would not have had any control over federal taxes. And as a U.S. senator and presidential candidate, he has not introduced or promoted such a proposal.
"I don't really believe it is fear. It is more there is just uncertainty," said Virginia customer David Reynolds, who was buying ammunition in the store as well as ordering more online.
"You know, we don't really know what is going on," he said. "There really hasn't been a lot of clear direction on where he supports it, although he says he supports the Second Amendment. But it just remains to be seen. I think some people are just uncomfortable with what his policy may be."
---------------
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
MCBL: Must win situation
Prior to this conference, we've never experienced losing consecutive games. Finally, after three straight L's, we're back to our winning ways.
We routed Thomson Reuters, 61-38, on a rainy Sunday afternoon at the Northeast Greenhills gym. The game was neck-and-neck during the first quarter but we picked up the pace by the second period and it was pretty much over by halftime. Thomson tried to employ the running game against us bit it quickly backfired and we were able to trample them on the transition and secondary breaks.
Paul led the charge with 21 points and 10 rebounds while Alfie added 15 points and 3 blocks.
Record: 2-3
Next game: vs. Metrobank - November 16, Sunday, at the Northeast Greenhills gym
We routed Thomson Reuters, 61-38, on a rainy Sunday afternoon at the Northeast Greenhills gym. The game was neck-and-neck during the first quarter but we picked up the pace by the second period and it was pretty much over by halftime. Thomson tried to employ the running game against us bit it quickly backfired and we were able to trample them on the transition and secondary breaks.
Paul led the charge with 21 points and 10 rebounds while Alfie added 15 points and 3 blocks.
Record: 2-3
Next game: vs. Metrobank - November 16, Sunday, at the Northeast Greenhills gym
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Staying connected
I've never fully appreciated YM, MMS, Gmail and global roaming until this past week.
Technology FTMFW!
Technology FTMFW!
Friday, November 07, 2008
Blindsided
I'm all weirded out and I just have a blank expression on my face. I totally did not see this coming.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Hancock'd at Halloween
Another one of them awesome costume ideas for Halloween.
That's R&B singer Usher as Will Smith's Hancock.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Wild N' Out
I just felt like being hit with a defibrillator. Talk about shock therapy. Under other circumstances, it would've been sexy can I. But this one got me rather speechless.
I ain't conservative but a little part of me remains old school.
I ain't conservative but a little part of me remains old school.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Minority report
I despise how Illinois Senator Barack Obama is leveraging on his race and skin color to get himself elected to the White House.
Behind the elaborate social, economic and political campaign, it's really just a "Let's make history, please vote for me because I'm black" strategy.
Sympathy propaganda at its finest.
Behind the elaborate social, economic and political campaign, it's really just a "Let's make history, please vote for me because I'm black" strategy.
Sympathy propaganda at its finest.
Monday, November 03, 2008
Glock guns down F1-FIA-Ferrari triad
Panasonic Toyota's F1 driver Timo Glock has never been involved in this much fanfare. Thanks to his assist (intentional or otherwise) to McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton in the Brazilian Grand Prix, his popularity has risen to exponential proportions. His Facebook page more than doubled its fan base within hours after the race. Talk about instant global appeal and recognition.
Again, Timo Glock is that dude. I hope McLaren Mercedes sends something his way. Dude saved their asses big time while punking the pro-Ferrari duo of FIA President Max Mosley and Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone.
Again, Timo Glock is that dude. I hope McLaren Mercedes sends something his way. Dude saved their asses big time while punking the pro-Ferrari duo of FIA President Max Mosley and Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone.
Lewis Hamilton is the King of F1
With the F1 and FIA organizations trying to cheat and rig their way into giving Ferrari (and Felipe Massa) the World Drivers' Championship, they got a taste of their own medicine at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.
If you remember, not too long ago, the FIA ruled in favor of Ferrari's Felipe Massa twice. First at the Belgian Grand Prix, where race officials handed Lewis Hamilton a post-race, drive-through penalty which dropped him from 1st to 3rd. Felipe Massa was promoted to 1st from 2nd. This whole fracas negated 6 points off Lewis Hamilton's championship points lead. Then at the Japanese Grand Prix, where race stewards handed another post-race, drive-through penalty to Torro Rosso's Sebastien Bouedais stemming from a pitlane incident with Massa that was clearly the Ferrari driver's fault. This moved him up one spot, from 8th to 7th, gaining an extra championship point in the process.
Coming into this race, Hamilton had to finish at least 5th to capture the drivers' championship. Meantime, Massa had to win the race while praying Hamilton finishes at most 6th.
Felipe Massa did win the race but Toyota's Timo Glock, whose car had slick tires on despite the rain on the last few laps, had slowed down just in time to hand Hamilton 5th place and more importantly, the World Championship.
Payback's truly a bitch. Ferrari, Massa and the FIA just got fucked up and I'm loving it.
Timo Glock is that dude. McLaren Mercedes ought to tip him with at least an SL65 for the assist.
If you remember, not too long ago, the FIA ruled in favor of Ferrari's Felipe Massa twice. First at the Belgian Grand Prix, where race officials handed Lewis Hamilton a post-race, drive-through penalty which dropped him from 1st to 3rd. Felipe Massa was promoted to 1st from 2nd. This whole fracas negated 6 points off Lewis Hamilton's championship points lead. Then at the Japanese Grand Prix, where race stewards handed another post-race, drive-through penalty to Torro Rosso's Sebastien Bouedais stemming from a pitlane incident with Massa that was clearly the Ferrari driver's fault. This moved him up one spot, from 8th to 7th, gaining an extra championship point in the process.
Coming into this race, Hamilton had to finish at least 5th to capture the drivers' championship. Meantime, Massa had to win the race while praying Hamilton finishes at most 6th.
Felipe Massa did win the race but Toyota's Timo Glock, whose car had slick tires on despite the rain on the last few laps, had slowed down just in time to hand Hamilton 5th place and more importantly, the World Championship.
Payback's truly a bitch. Ferrari, Massa and the FIA just got fucked up and I'm loving it.
Timo Glock is that dude. McLaren Mercedes ought to tip him with at least an SL65 for the assist.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton celebrates with girlfriend, Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger
Photo via Gettyimages.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Cobra does Halloween
With Halloween just about wrapped up, this is arguably the best costume I've seen online.
Cobra Commander FTW!
Photo via NT.
America decides
With the US Presidential Elections just a few days away, let me share my thoughts.
Some Americans will vote for Obama because he is black.
Some Americans will not vote for Obama because he is black.
Some Americans say they will vote for Obama but in reality they will not, because he is black.
If you think these elections are not racially-charged, you have no idea. Don't let the surveys fool you. Americans are old school.
Some Americans will vote for Obama because he is black.
Some Americans will not vote for Obama because he is black.
Some Americans say they will vote for Obama but in reality they will not, because he is black.
If you think these elections are not racially-charged, you have no idea. Don't let the surveys fool you. Americans are old school.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
