the earth quake that shook my concience

sorry people no witty cynicism today.  i have not posted on this until now because still in the back of my mind i have just been able to talk about the horrors that have occurred in china. for those who dont know a week ago a record setting earth quake hit china and caused the death of tens of thousands of people.  including the aftershocks it has a body count of 96,000 people and reporters say that that number could double in the next few days.  it is over 10 times the number of people that died in new orleans in hurricane katrina and 48 times more than those who died in 9/11.

the worst part is, the part that has kept me in a sullen unpleasant mood for the last few days, the part that has rocked me so much it took me this long to talk about it was the response. i hear people worrying about the olympics and i say, hell to the olympics, as much as i would love to see them i say any money being spent on that should be diverted to rescue squads.

or i hear, the chinese goverment needs to learn their lesson. who are these animals who believe that any higher power would kill 100,000 people to teach someone a lesson. i dont care if it was nazi germany no god of mine is killing 100.000 people to teach a lesson.

and finally and mabye the most shocking, yahoo news, front page news story,
See Ellen’s emotional wedding announcement. then in the side bar “chinese rescue workers uncover bodies”… a talk show hosts wedding, then 100,000 deaths.

the feeling of helplessness and hopelessness is overwhelming, i just wish it would end

McCain and Global Warming

Sen. McCain gave a speech the other day on global warming. He said that for the next (long) eight years it would be terrible if nothing was done about global warming. I have one comment:
Good man.
Finally someone is caring about one of the biggest problems facing the world today. However, I can not help but wonder if this is just another thing said to win votes, and nothing will actually happen if he is elected. All I can say is that politics have become pretty pathetic today here in the US of A.
-GYA

The Pistons Again

The Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic last night to advance to the eastern confrence finals for the sixth year straight. There is no doubt this is an incredable feat, but considering they’ve only won the championship once, let me compare this feat to a couple previous ones in sports:

In the early 90’s the Buffalo Bills went to the Super Bowl 4 straight times–they won none of them.

The Atlanta Braves won their division for more than a decade straight–they won one title.

The point I’m trying to make is that it does not matter how many times you get close, to be remembered as great you need to win it all. What’s the common saying, “winner write history”? No one remembers losers, it’s human nature. What the Pistons have done is great, but if they want to be remembered with the Jordan’s and Magic’s and Bird’s, they need to win the title, not almost get there.

-GYA

ethical dilemas

this that and the other guy would like to pose a question to the general public (gya and the bold feel free to answer)

today in my track championships i did three events, the 110 meter high hurtles, the 300 meter hurtles, and the triple jump ( insert joke about how lame triple jump is). now the 110 hurtles i amazed myself, though i came in 10th place out of 18 or so, i set a personal record for myself by 1 second (for those who dont know one second in a 110 race is like 1 minute in a 2 mile pretty darn good). same thing in the triple jump i stepped up to the line and jumped a full foot farther than i had ever jumped before, the only problem came in the 300 hurtles, in that race not only did i finish 4th to last and last in my heat, on the last hurtle i messed up my jump fell skinned my knee and pulled a groin muscle. it was mortifying, now i have to ask…

is that a good season? in terms of school would 2 A+ and a C be good or even passable?

ttatog out

In a statistical sense, two 100%’s and a 70% would give you a 90% overall.

However, I see this as getting an A in math/science, and a C in history.

My point? They are independent variables, not dependant, meaning one has not bearing on the other. I recommend taking how you did overall in the three events individually, making a grade from them, and then almost mentally writing a report card for yourself in track. From this I would say you are doing extremely well in two events, but have to work on one. I think giving yourself an overall grade would be downgrading your accomplishments and hiding what you must work to achieve.

(psychologist) GYA

Oh, and I fully agree with your point on my last post.

Top Three Fantasy Series Ever

Following up last night’s list is the all-timer:

3) “The Chronicles of Narnia” (C.S. Lewis)–There is never a feeling quite like first stepping into the wardrobe . . .

2) The “Harry Potter” Series (J.K. Rowling)–The relativly new phenomonon has made the author richer than the queen of England. ‘Nuff said.

1) “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” (J.R.R. Tolkein)–Probably not a suprise to many. The multiple distinct characters and lovably dense story has already captivated the minds-and hearts-of many. Be sure to check out other stories from Middle Earth including “The Book of Lost Tales,” (Vol. 1 and 2) “The Silmarillion,” “The Children of Hurin,” and many more.

-GYA

this that and the other guy would like to say that though i agree with this i wouldnt say that these are the best officialy rather that the most legendary and successful sorry no drawn out cynicism today

1st real post from the 3rd guy

i was watching the red sox game tonight and i was appalled  by the way wakefield pitched. I love him to death, but when he throws 1/3 fastballs he’s not doing his job. I dont care if he doesn’t throw a strike for 4 innings, his job is to throw a knuckle ball! and when he doesn’t throw them for strikes that’s the risk of throwing a knuckler! he had to resort to throwing a 61 mph CURVEBALL! Coming off an 8 inning 0 run performance vs. Detroit i am immensely disappointed with Wakefield tonight.

Top Five Current Fantsay Series

As an avid fantasy reader, this is my list of the top five current fantasy series in which the final book has not been published, and their websites.

#5) “The Keys to the Kingdom” by Garth Nix www.scholastic.com/titles/keys/index (no official website known)

#4) The “Artemis Fowl” series by Eoin Colfer www.artemisfowl.com

#3) The “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” Series By Rick Riordan www.rickriordan.com

#2) “The Inheritance Cycle” By Christopher Paolini www.alagaesia.com

#1) The “Pendragon” Series by DJ MacHale www.thependragonadventure.com

Stay tuned for the best fantasy series of all time.

-GYA

this that and the other guy courteously disagrees with these statements posted so boldly by the overly smart gya. fantasy series do not stop until people stop reading them so u cannot possibly exclude series like harry potter, and lord of the rings (thats a joke though no offensive statement). also im still holding my breath with pendragon, the books have been in a steady decline since about half way through book 6, so far there have been: less action, more useless monologues, less insight into the inner workings of the territories (actually only in the 8th) no comic relief, no underlying metaphors, and finally the thing ive hated from the beginning of the series… what can saint dane not do?! seriously he has the lamest powers that apear out of no where, its like ok we are gonna win. oh wait, the bad guy found a loophole that allowed him to gain a power that directly negates our master plan. o well now a 3 page metaphor and back to square one

ttatog

Officiating

The officiating in the NBA has been utterly atrocious. Every time a star so much as enters the key they are fouled, even if they’re not even touched. It’s pathetic how the other night LeBron scored more on free throws than field goals, and more than half of those free throws he should have never taken in the first place. All I can say is thank God there’s college basketball to quench my basketball hunger, and there the refs are eqaul to all (other than maybe UCLA . . . but that’s another story).

Hi im the 3rd guy

Hi I’m “The Bold” (as my friends call me) and I’m the third guy. I was in on it from almost the beginning and I’ve finally gotten the time to log on. Baseball is my thing, or as my friends and I like to say my “ness” (as in cool-ness w/o the prefix) is baseball. However I love sports in general and I can also talk football and basketball plus any of the above for college.

See you guys around the site!

The Bold

hehe the bold, we just call him that so he shuts up. hows it going guys this that and the other guy again. once again i dont have any interesting ideas of my own to post so instead ive decided to cynically comment on the post of my fellow lowlives. any way yah there may or may not be a fourth guy jumping on our “bandwagon of success” with our rocking 12 hits a day if so ive saved him the trouble of introducing himself by saying that his name is either the quitter, the lesser, the looser, the lowly, and in cases of him showing some value to mankind as a species “the ski cap”.

ttatog out

Spygate

ESPN reported today that the “spygate” scandal people just won’t let go may have included the taping of offensive signals as well as defensive ones. Here’s my view, as a die-hard NEW YORK GIANTS fan on spygate:

EVERYONE DOES IT!!!!

Ron Jaworsky admitted that he did it as a player. In fact, the Pats accused the Dolphins of taping them in a game in 2005, but since the Patriots won the league ignored it.

Hello people! The Patriots are an amazing football team. FYI you can be good without cheating. People have taken this spygate crud way too far because they hate the Pats, Belichick, or both. Let me counter some of your criticisms.

1) Belichick wears a hoodie, he’s not formal enough. The reason Belichick wears a hoodie is because he asked the league if he could wear a suit, and they said no since at the time there were no suits made by Reebok, who pay millions a year so that everything worn in-game is made by them.

2) Belichick is inhumane to the media. Let me tell you something: The Patriots went 16-0 in the regular season, and who got the most attention from the media?–The coach! By acting how he does to the media, he takes the spotlight off his players and puts it on himself, helping the players focus on football, and the upcoming game they gonna win.

3) The Patriots just get lucky. They landed Moss who no one knew would be good. They took Brady in the 6th round for God sakes! Let me tell you about a man named Scott Pioli, the GM of the Pats. Did you know that the Patriots have more players that they drafted on their team than anyone else in the league? Also, the Pats have the highest average score of all their players on the Wonderlic test, the test all rookies take when entering the NFL that is supposed to test their learning ability. They also have the smartest offensive line in the game, arguably the best in the league this year.

4) The Patriots run up the score. This is pure BS. First of all, the NFL is a professional league! This is not college where some teams have the ability to recruit better than others, the NFL is arguably the most equal league in the world. Wait, here’s an idea: if you don’t want the Pats to run up the score on you stop them! Don’t whine and complain. Players: you are paid to stop offences, do your job! Running up the score is a term that should never be used in professional sports period. Also, a quick note: When the Colts “ran up the score” in ‘05 when Manning set the touchdown record, everyone rooted for him to break it. When he played in the fourth quarter when the game was over and threw two touchdowns, people cheered, not criticized.

All in all, I know you hate the Pats, I’m not so fond of them either, but to go on and on about how they’re cheaters just makes you look like an uneducated whiner.