Brain Potpourri

I got a lot of thoughts going through my head. I'm not sure I could iterate any of them into an entertaining blog post, so I thought I would post a Potpourri. No, this is not a blog about brain scented potpourri for zombies. It's a conglomeration of all of the little pieces in my head at this moment.

David Stern, the NBA commissioner, made me (and lots of other people) angry when he ceased a trade that the Lakers were working on to make them a better team than last year. But, since the NBA owns the Hornets (which is a total conflict of interest) and David Stern is essentially their owner (another HUGE conflict of interest), he stopped the trade "for basketball reasons". As a result, the Lakers lost the chance to acquire Chris Paul, a quick point guard that they desperately need. Also, we lost momentum on possibly acquiring Dwight Howard, which would have been awesome. Then the Lakers, for some reason that is beyond me, traded Lamar Odom for draft picks. To make matter worse, they traded him to the Mavericks. Yes, the ones that won the Championship last year. What? Has Kupjack lost his mind? Odom was the 6th man of the year, last year. Get rid of Bynum who is injury ridden, a poor sport (remember when he clothes-lined that little dude from the Mavs last year when it was apparent they were going to get swept), and who is more bark than bite. Keep Gasol. Yes, he had a bad run last year, but he had a couple great runs before that and a man gets tired playing that deep into the season. He'll be a great player again. So, the Lakers look pretty bad this year. They were destroyed by the new, improved Clippers last night. Ron "Metta World Peace" Artest couldn't make a shot. Matt Barnes went scoreless. The rest were mediocre. So, why are the Clippers better? Oh yeah, they got Chris Paul in the next deal. Thanks a lot, David Stern. You get coal in your stocking from me this year.


Do you ever wonder if you are creating the Christmas magic for your kids that you remember when you were a child?

It's quiet at work this week. The students are on Christmas break. Sometimes it's like a ghost town and it doesn't feel right. Other times I love it.

It snowed again yesterday and there seems to be another storm for Wednesday/Thursday. Plus, the snow never completely melted away from the big storms we had a couple of weeks ago. So, while it won't be snowing on Christmas day, it will definitely be a White Christmas.


The Mayan region of Mexico stands to make a lot of money this year as we head into the 2012 "end of the world". Tourism is expected to explode in those regions. I wonder if those people will get a refund when we are all here on December 22nd, 2012?

Who in the world is going to be the last republican candidate standing? I'm waiting for there to be just one so that I can decide if he/she is worthy of my support or not. There are so many candidates and none of them seem to have a huge lead over the other. I'm waiting for a few more to drop off so that I can start researching them and see if they stand for the things that I stand for.

One other huge thing is going on in our lives right now, but I can't post it here. Just know that we're cautiously excited about it and praying that it all works out. If it does, it will be very cool. If it doesn't work out, no biggie. We're in no hurry.

Does anyone know how to fix an inaccurate posting on your credit report? If so, post in the comments. Thanks!