Friday, December 19, 2008

Free Agent Fan

In the age of free agency where players in the major sports leagues go from team to team, it is time for the fan to become a free agent.  Players get paid millions while Franchise Owners make billions, and who is left out in the cold wearing laundry that becomes older than out dated political playbook employed in D.C. soon as that once hot free agent is traded to his third team in 4 years.  It is commendable for a player to now play for a team for an extended period of time without wearing out his welcome by not performing on the field of committing an atrocity off of it.  As a fan of sports, I am now committed to becoming a free agent fan.  I am signing no more long terms deals with any teams.  

In the past weeks one of my supposed to be favorite team New York Yankees, have signed the
 CC to a deal well in excess of 100 million.  I thought the country was in a recession.  Lebron my
 good friend is scheduled to cash in with my favorite basketball team of the moment in 201
0. Manny about a decade removed from making the move to Boston is ready to make another power play.  Kevin Garnett made a move that was not for money, but for a title when we all watched him goto Boston last year.  I for one am happy to see guys go from nothing to something using the American way of capitalism as a vehicle for stability.  In the end, I will no longer call you a bandwagon fan if you decide to run with the hot team of the moment.  It is your right to wear the colors of your favorite team or player.  

The age of the free agent fan is here.

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Old v. New Tech


It has been a while since I have written an article.  Well I am back and I have a good one for you. I went around my house looking for some stuff that would remove the writers block from my frontal lobe or my medulla oblongata.  Thats funny haha, not funny fopaux for my commercial lovers. What does one person need 15 thousand remotes for and do the all in one remotes actually work, I was doing some spring cleaning in December and found all these remotes.  Got remote?  Yea, it is over used, but so what.

Well as the article says this is old versus new tech and I found some old stuff including my old Panasonic Pamlcamcorder IQ.  Yes people this one records to mini VHS tapes and it is absolutely huge as the picture that accompanies this paragraph will prove.  I'm not going to bore you with the dull details of how ahead of its time the camera was when it came out, just
 know when I got it, it was all the rage.  Replacing it is my
 SONY Handycam HD which records to the mini DVD and I'm sorry to say is being supplanted by HD cameras recording directly to hard drives located on newer models.  Man technology is moving faster than my bank accounts interest rate.  

Next, in the attic behind some boxes and under a treasure trove of dust and debris, I found my trust SEGA Game Gear, yes folks my Game Gear.  It was my most prize possession back in the day, early 90's.  Did I just say early 90's?  Okay, well it sits next to Americas new baby the SONY PSP.  As you can see, tech has gotten smaller, faster, and more vibrant.  I tell you what though for the sake of bringing back my inner toy r us kid, I'm going to play the Game Gear on the train and see how many people ask me, just what in the world am I doing.  It should make for some interesting discourse. As you can see from many of my posts, I like to get my nerd tech on.  Im on the hunt for my Mini Disc Player now.  When I find it, you guys will be the first to know.