Good press, Bad Press, All Press

Recently, it came to my attention via a local new broadcast that a young man, 6 years old to be exact missed his school bus. Now, the next part of this story may shock some of you, others may think I am telling a tall tale that was meant for novel in the fiction section of your favorite book store. The young man returned home after missed his bus and commandeered his parents vehicle and proceeded to drive towards school. Now, we can make jokes that the child was trying to do the right thing by going to school, but what does this say about the parents of this enterprising young man? I am not yet fortunate to have the joy of raising a young man or woman, but I think I would have the ability to keep my children from getting behind the driver seat of my car without my permission.

The young man while en rout to school actually had a accident that did not leave him badly injured, but I am sure was enough to shake him up. When asked how he learned to drive, our young friend indicated that his many hours of playing a well know popular video game Grand Theft Auto helped him acquire the skills he used on our public road ways. There are age restrictions on many video games and this is precisely a reason. I am not trying to say a child should not be allowed to play a game with cars as the subject matter, but a game with the subject matter put forth by Grand Theft Auto should not be in the hands of a 6 year old young man. Our children will one day take care of us. Let's all take the time when they are young to take care of them.

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.

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.  

Starbury Suspended

When the new Knicks coah, Mike "my system doesn't work in the playoffs which is why I am not in Phoenix anymore" D'Antoni benched Stephon Marbury in the first game of the season. ESPN ran a spot saying Knick fans would have no problem with it as long as the Knick team won games. Well we knew that would be short lived. Now it is very odd that when you trade away Crawford and† acquire Harrington, Mobley and Thomas that makes him part of your rotation. I find it very odd that a kid from Coney Island would say he doesn't want his 200,000 dollar game check no matter how much money he has made. The fact of the matter is, the Knick organization has mismanaged players for the past 20 years. As a coach, you do not put a franchise player on the bench and say he is not in our plans. D'antoni did not do that in Phoenix, why did he do that in New York. It was obvious to me that the Knick organization hired D'antoni to placate fans for two years with a fun brand of basketball to watch until they had the ability to go after a big name in Free Agency in 2010 assuming James, Bosh or Wade are available or that they want to play for the worst run franchise in the league. Whether Stephon has a bad attitude or not, Terrell Owens, Chad Johnson, Randy Moss, and even Allen Iverson have been said to have bad attitudes. Players of his caliber are afforded the latitude to have diva moments. Why? They put people in the seats of the arenas and stadiums. D'antoni is a not a disciplinarian, never has he been compared to Larry Brown or Tom Coughlin. The whole story behind this has not come out yet and we may never know everything, but there is something not being said.