July 26, 2007

The Fun From Today

Well, it’s Thursday.  My Saturday.  Spent most of it hanging with the fiancee, but I eventually had to get out of here to go eat.  Decided to get some BBQ, but I wanted to get some Turtles on the way.

The gas station on the way to the barbecue joint I hit for lunch didn’t have Turtles, so I went to the one down the road.  That’s the one I don’t go to at night because there’s a chain link fence to one side of it that’s never locked, and once some dude scared the shit out of me popping up from back there, with a hood over his head, asking if I wanted to buy some DVDs.

But I went in today because, as anyone that knows me would tell you, I love Turtles.  Got there and realized that they didn’t sell Turtles.  Super disappointing, man.  I was really looking forward to those Turtles.

Got some gum instead.  Got in line, and I was behind someone buying a loosie.  Now, that should tell you I’m in the hood now.  Loosies, baby.

So he gets the loosies on top of something else, and I notice something on the cash register–it rang up $0.35 and “NPRTS.”

It hit me.  These dudes have a button on the cash register for loosies.  Couldn’t make that up if I tried.

July 25, 2007

Funny Times!

So I noticed this morning and had a high level of traffic.  Checked the referrals to see why, and it turns out a slew of people came by Googling “Beyonce falling down stairs.”  Figured something was up, so I put that in Google News.

And this came back.

July 25, 2007

Chat With Your Homeboy at Noon

Business…here’s today’s Jump.  I do it Monday and Wednesday now.

And please come chat with me at noon ET.

July 24, 2007

I Should Also Mention…

…that Dusty Rhodes was on there, too.  Seriously, my mother knows who Dusty Rhodes is.  That’s because my brother watched Dusty Rhodes.  My brother turns 40 later this year.  And he watched the Dream as a kid.

July 23, 2007

I Can’t Believe What I Just Saw

Hacksaw Jim Duggan is still wrasslin’.  This can’t be real.

July 21, 2007

Maybe the Funniest Thing I’ve Ever Seen

Thanks, Kirk.

July 20, 2007

Quick hit

Business…crooked refs are bad news for the NBA.

I ain’t doin nothin this weekend.  I’ll probably come on and rant about something.

July 18, 2007

My Problem with the Tip Record

So I’ve been disappointed by TI vs. TIP.  Haven’t listened to it for a while, even though there’s heat on it (including blackout verses from Jigga and Busta).  It’s not a bad record.  It’s just a disappointing one.

Here’s why…I can’t tell the difference between TI and TIP.

More importantly–I can’t tell the difference between this record and any of the others, save for Trap Muzik.

See, Trap Muzik is the real TI vs. TIP.  It’s the record with the song “TI vs. TIP,” after all.  But it’s also the record that clearly documents the transition he appears to want to make from the young hard head he was and the businessman he is now.  Cuts like “Doin’ My Job,” “TI vs. TIP” and “Be Better Than Me” did the job.  That album was smart, fresh and interesting.  It wasn’t as though pointing out the conflicts that cats like him have was groundbreaking stuff.  It was the way he did it, the way he made it seem so easy.

Well, now there’s this record.  When I put it on my computer, I changed all the artist tags on the files to “TI.”  They were tagged as “TI,” “TIP” and “TI vs. TIP.”  I wish I hadn’t done that, though.  I can’t tell from listening to this record which songs are the TI songs, the TIP songs, and I sure as hell can’t tell when they’re in conflict.

And you know why?  Because Tip didn’t give the concept record I thought I’d get.  I just got another TI record.  That’s not a bad thing.  I’ve liked every record he’s done.  I’ve loved three of them.

This one?  Not so much.  I’d love to give you more specifics, but I don’t feel like listening to the record.  Been like that for a couple weeks now.
But you know what’s interesting?  If he’d just called the record “5,” “Happy to be Trappy” or anything else, I’d probably be just fine with it.  Instead, I tricked myself again.  I expected an artistic breakthrough.  I’ve been expecting another Trap Muzik

Maybe that's the game.  He's got the formula that works, and I can't knock him for running with it.  UGK makes formulaic music, and I've always dug it.  There are lots of guys like that.  I get it.

But I thought this was the time that Tip would blow me away again.  He didn't.  Now, I wonder if he ever will.

BTW, I find it necessary to mention that I'm not writing this because he owes me $25.  But don’t get it twisted…he owes me $25.

July 16, 2007

CATCH BOMANI ON ESPNEWS

You know what time it is…SSP!!!

Check me out on ESPNEWS “The Hot List” at 5:10 ET this afternoon.  I’ll be talking about this Sheffield/Torre stuff.

July 13, 2007

TV Will Get You Hurt

Business…here’s a look at players that have other team’s numbers.

So I decided to kinda take a day off today. Usually, I try to make Thursday the off day, but that didn’t totally work out this week. Anyway, I’m on my couch being as useless as possible.

Friend of mine just mentions that she’s watching a classic episode of A Different World–Whitley’s wedding.

You may recall this one. After breaking off her previous engagement to Dwayne, Whitley is set to marry Byron Douglas III. In real life, he’s Joe Morton–AKA Brother From Another Planet.

Long of the short…the wedding comes, Whitley’s at the altar, and Dwayne decides he wants to marry her and it must be done and he comes charging down the aisle to claim his wife.

Byron asks him what the hell he’s doing–I believe that’s a quote–and Dwayne apologizes for his clear, obvious violation of the Code. Guess you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes. Plus, I’m sure he was playing on the fact that Whitley kept thinking, “didn’t you take your eye out once?” Not sexy.
Well, lemme tell you–yeah, you, you, you, you and especially you–what the deal is.
(ahem)

If anybody tries any monkeyshit like that at my wedding, you will be dealt with. Dudes that might wanna do that will get nicely acquainted with the groom’s party and my brother. Trust me on this one–you want no parts of any of them. I’m the only skinny one, but I ain’t the tallest.

And ladies…well, that’s not the best way to meet my future mother-in-law. Pleasebeleedat.

It’s funny how I found this scene to be so romantic and things when it happened. Thought it was beautiful that these two characters we’d followed for years made it work, even if it went down to the 11th hour.

But there’s one big problem–Dwayne showed absolutely no regard for the Code. None. That’s the most flagrant disrespect for the governing dynamics of a G’s life there could possibly be. You had your chance, pimp. You blew it. It beez like that sometimes. Take it to the side and look for some other chick that has nothing “going for her” other than being light-skinned.

Don’t matter that she was with it. You got the woman, but you lost the Code. And while having a woman love you forever is a spectacular thing, you’re gonna need the Code at some point. And the Code will scoff at you, you fairweather G you.

Ain’t gotta worry about that at mine, though. Along with holy matrimony, my wedding will take place in the spirit of the Code. And if you don’t give the Code its respect, it will be taken.

So come. Sit. Cry. Smile. Eat afterwards. See what’s up with the bridesmaids. I believe they’ll all be single. Couple of the groomsmen, too. Have a ball.
But stay in your lane. Whether it’s my freeway orsomeone else’s, stay in your lane. Show some respect.

And don’t let watching too much TV get you made an example of.