Happy Thanksgiving...

you know, I hate it when people haven't updated their xanga in a long time and then their all like, "Man, I haven't updated in SOOOO long!" I'm like, 'DUH' we can all tell that you've been away from the site - so, I won't do that. But sorry that I haven't updated in a while... haha.

Anyway - Tuesday is here, nothing substantial is happening. Unless you count that the entire state of Arkansas is under a Tornado Warning. Yeah, that's not too cool.

My last post I had several basketball photos and talked about the possible captions for them. I thought it would be cool to hold an official contest along that idea. SO - here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to post a picture and the best caption gets a prize... to be determined. Yeah, I like that.

Here's the first photo... good luck.

^^(What in the world could they be thinking??)^^

Ok, so it's Thursday... sorry I didn't post yesterday.

Glad that's behind us - now then, let's get caught up...

HUGE Shout out to the SouthWest Church of Christ in Omaha, NE! I was supposed to visit them for a youth rally (Akastasia) but I got the dates wrong and ended up there a whole weekend early. Yeah, not so cool. What was cool was the youth group all coming out to dinner with me on Saturday. So - Props.

Contrary to popular belief, that was NOT my baby in the previous post.

NBA Season is among us, so I thought I would include some pictures from the first couple of weeks... I thought that it might be cool to get some captions for them. SO - comment with what you think might be going through the players heads... if it's good enough, it might win you something.

^^(We pay them the big bucks cause they can do it with their eyes closed)^^

^^(Please, please, please, give me the ball!!)^^

^^(Ah, the infamous "goose neck".)^^

^^(Only a mother could love...)^^

NEW ENTRIES COMING SOON!! TUNE IN ON WEDNESDAY FOR A WHOLE SLEW OF HAPPENINGS!

^^(man... I can't wait until Wednesday...)^^

What really chaps me...

I love basketball. I love the NBA. I love the competition, the skill, the speed, the entertainment. It's great. What I do not love is the stealing of teams. Now until this point, I have not used my blog to talk about issues that get me or that I should have a view on... but last night I witnessed something that really, well... got me.

The start of the NBA season was a good one. But when watching the games something caught my eye. The New Orleans Hornets. 

Hurricane Katrina is no joke. I know that the city of New Orleans is currently concerned with more than basketball or football. I know that the rebuilding of lives is the most important thing that needs to happen right now. I support that. I know that it may be a necessity for the Saints and Hornets to be relocated for the season. I know that they are businesses and need to do their best to make money so that they can stay afloat. With both of those issues in mind, I completely understand moving the two teams to other cities for this season. What gets me is that the cities that these teams have "moved" to are now doing their best to claim (I perfer the word 'Steal') these teams away from New Orleans.

Last night I saw footage from the Hornets game and was a little upset. I saw fans wearing Oklahoma City Hornets shirts. The floor read, "Oklahoma City Hornets." And to boot, when the team was introduced, it was "YOUR Oklahoma City Hornets!" 

^(I was sure that it was New Orleans...)^

WHAT? Last time I checked that team was the New Orleans Hornets. I know that there are more important things happening in New Orleans right now, I am not so naive to think that sports is life. But people look to sports for comfort. If these teams cannot play in their home town, the least you could do is give credit to their home town! We should remember the victims of Katrina with every single Hornets and Saints game... if by nothing else, by their name. Oklahoma City should not be able to capatalize on one of the worst natural disasters our country has seen.

They Are.... and that really chaps me.