Thoughts.....on a Friday....

I had ........

An emergency meeting this afternoon.....with my company.....at 6pm....in Atlanta, Georgia.

Was the company closing our office? Was I being fired? Was there to be a realignment?

No.......to all of the above.

Just .....a meeting.

Whew! And.........mind you........this is Friday the 13th..........

But driving down to Atlanta..........driving in the fast lane........every car I passed.......the driver was on a cell phone.............And I'm thinking, "Who is.... he or she........talking to.......and what's so damned important about their conversation."

The meeting lasted one hour and thirty minutes..........We all still have jobs. We were told that the standards are constantly being raised........so..........don't get complacent....

Still........I'm thinking about all those vehicles..........with the drivers on cell phones........and I thank my lucky stars every time I make it back home.

Well.....at least I didn't see anybody texting...........

Overtime.......In ....Overdrive.....

In case you missed it.....

Last night in a Big East conference quarter final game in Madison Square Garden, Syracuse beat Connecticut, 127-117........

But that is only 1/6 ........of the story.

This game had .......six........6.......VI..........overtimes!!!!!!!!!!!

From the New York Daily News:

Long night is absolute Madness

Daily News writer, Sean Brennan, had some interesting numbers....

Check this out:

•Four players from each team fouled out.

•The game took 3:46 to play. (It started at 9:36 p.m. Thursday and ended at 1:22 a.m. Friday).

•There were 244 points scored in the game.

•Nine players scored in double figures.

•Six players logged double-doubles, including:

Syracuse's Jonny Flynn (34 points, 11 assists).

Syracuse's Paul Harris (29 points, 22 rebounds)

UConn's A.J. Price (33 points, 10 assists)

UConn's Hasheem Thabeet (19 points, 14 rebounds)

UConn's Stanley Robinson (28 points, 14 rebounds)

UConn's Jeff Adrien (12 points, 14 rebounds)

•The Huskies outrebounded the Orange, 76-67 (that's a game score on most nights)

•UConn logged 27 turnovers (Usually a months' worth for the Huskies).

•UConn blocked 16 shots, including six by Thabeet.

•Flynn knocked down an amazing 16-of-16 from the free throw line.

•Syracuse's Andy Rautins hit 6-of-12 on his threes.

•Flynn played 67 minutes of the game's 70 minutes.

•And, most disturbing of all, the media room ran out of food and beverages. (Heads should roll for that one).

Wow.....it must be March.......for this is maddening!!!!!!!

Lebron James' BLOCK on Jason Richardson's 360 dunk attempt.

Have you ever wanted to see someone get embarrassed in the middle of their hot dogging?
Well, here is your chance... The block of the year!!!

Lebron James' BLOCK on Jason Richardson's 360 dunk attempt.



Enough Said...

Hump Day News & Views

On this Wednesday afternoon..........

In this .......southern, college town.....the temperature has reached 80 degrees.....and .....it's March.

Only ten days ago......we were buried under a freak snow storm with 7 inches of the "pretty white stuff".

And .......we were without power..........satellite.........internet........and cell phone service.

But thanks to size D batteries.......transistor radios........blankets.......kerosene heaters.......we were able to make due.

Now it's time to get that garden ready......Will Mother Nature be kind.......this year?

The rotor-tiller is primed and ready........but .......am I?.....We will see.


In the news........things we're following:

No.......not again....... Another football league is going to try to challenge the NFL.....Have they not learned? The new one is the United Football League.....(UFL)..........

Green, Fassel, Haslett to coach in UFL (AP)

Former NFL coaches.......who could not cut it in the NFL........will now be coaches in this new league.

We give it six months........until it folds.


T. O. has a job.......

Boy that was quick.....No sooner than Terrell Owens was unceremoniously fired by the Dallas Cowboys.......the "I love me some me" man.....was hired .....by the Buffalo Bills.....A 1 year contract..........for a reported 6 million dollars.

Talk about a fish out of water? Buffalo? T. O.? It's like a Cadillac parked in an Alabama trailer park. Or better yet.....Paris Hilton........shopping in a Walmart....It just .......doesn't fit.

The "Diamond Dawgs" rock........

Yes.....I'm talking about those baseball bulldogs.....off to their best start ever........12-0.....and ranked number one in at least 2 polls. You all know........I have not been a fan of the "ping league".......(colleges use those annoying sounding aluminum bats).....but......these guys can really play some baseball. It's still early...........but .......I'm on that bandwagon.....

Are you ready for..........March Madness???????

I am...........We are..........get your brackets ready.......the time is a coming..........


Things.....I think ........I think.......


Daylight savings time ..........is here.....deal with it...(I'm trying to convince myself)....

When..........is the last time.......you..........or I.....have actually watched a movie...in a theater?

Someone..........real soon........will get up and slap.......Judge Judy........and we will all applaud.

The AJC (Atlanta Journal Constitution) is getting as thin as the ABH (Athens Banner-Herald)

Until Rush Limbaugh .....ever runs....or is ever elected to a governmental position.......he remains .... totally.......irrelevant ......

Things........I'm thinking........

Have a great.........Hump Day.