The Good, the Bad and the...Brilliant?...

Well just when you start to really think that nothing good come out of athletics these days, there is an athlete like Myron Rolle. He's a football player, a really good football player and he's also a Rhodes Scholar (look it up, it's good)! Now I know you are sitting on your chair all leaned back in a comfy sort of way...and you're saying to yourself, where is he going with this, sounds like a positive guy to have in the world of sports. 


Well this is where it all goes wrong...our new friend Myron is apparently too smart and this will likely hurt his NFL DRAFT STATUS!! Check this out...I hope for all of our sake that they are wrong...The thinking, according to ESPN, is that NFL teams want to draft guys who need to play football and want to study nothing more than a playbook -- not guys like Rolle, who wants to become a doctor and enjoys studying the latest developments in stem cell research. 


What has the world come to when a guy is too smart for the NFL. Maybe if they drafted more guys who are multi dimensional, they wouldn't have so many DUI and domestic violence cases floating in the news. Now don't get me wrong, I love the NFL and all of the troubled talent that plays in it, but there also has to be room for guys like Myron. If not, then why do we even tell our kids to try, because it doesn't even matter. (Not that I have or expect to have a kid any time within the decade). 


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3713931




AI: The Answer is the Right Question

Allen Iverson's time may be coming to an end. Anyone who follows basketball knows that he's one of the best small men ever to grace the hard court, but they also know that his reputation has often been blemished. 


This time however, nobody can hold his leaving the team against him...His daughter is apparently very sick and he is taking time off to be with her. For a guy that has had a selfish rep (which I don't personally agree with, but that's for another time), I commend him for taking care of the ones that matter. He's made his money, he's been an MVP and he may get released by the 76ers. But he likely doesn't care about that anymore at all.  


Good on Ya AI and I hope to see you on the court again. 

Vancouver 2010...well this is a topic that could easily do an entire blog...I will say this. Cancada had a great program called 'Own the Podium' which was and will be a great program for years to come. Have we owned the podium? NO, have we rented the podium out to the USA, IT APPEARS SO...I hope for a hefty sum as we are allowing them to win 90% of the events . 


We have 27 or so top 4 finishes and 9 medals, the USA has 31 or so top 4's, but in the range of 25 medals...that just means they close better and maybe that USA attitude really does help their athletes have blind faith in their abilities. I say that's not a bad thing. 


Women's hockey is a great sport, but right now it's a complete joke, anyone who wants to argue that...please check the box scores...Mens hockey is very even and competitive...There are 4 or 5 teams that have a legit shot at the Gold, it remains to be seen if the Canadian men are one of em :)!!!! I hope so, but Russia is tough. 


PS...what the heck is up with the mascots? Looks like they got a blind drunk guy to draw em...


JLS aka the Canadian Podium keeper, I'm bored....

Welcome to Crazyland...week in review (busy week)...

Hey folks, what's happening, well this is gonna be a good week in review, even though I am sure I won't be able to do it justice. Here we go...

1. Apparently someone jumped off the bridge in Fredericton today...have a look at the linked Blog, all I have to say about this one is...having lived in Fredericton myself for 5 or 6 years...I can understand why...

2. The Obligatory GOOGLE story (because there seems to be a new one everyday)...I won't say too much about this one, only this...people who are not in-tuned with Tech news may not know this, but Google really is making the world go round right now, and for better or worse, they are here to stay!!!

If you search Google for 'world domination', all that happens is their site re-loads...TRY IT!!!

3. Ok, so I have apparently been all over some cool things online this week, but none of them has been cooler than this. If you have the time to watch this and you like to learn new things, I HIGHLY Recommend this link...NORTH KOREA... For those of you who may have been living under a rock, or in an isolation chamber for the last few decades, North Korea is a communist country controlled by one man. That man is the star of Team America, World Police...Kim Jong Il...

North Korea has long been locked down and nobody is really allowed in or out, so the fact that this guy was able to get in is amazing and the fact that he got a camera in, is even more so. The DMZ part of the video is nuts and I recommend that you watch this and enlighten yourself!!!

4. New images of 9/11 were released this week...I don't have any jokes for this one, there videos and pics are still the craziest thing I have ever seen...I still remember driving home from class at UNB and hearing on the radio that a plane hit a building, this didn't register on the severity level for me until I saw the video...

Ok, so this is Valentine's day currently as I sit with a Stella, watching the 2010 Games and writing this not so amazing blog...so I know you are asking yourself, what is Joe doing for his Significant other (aka Jana) on this V Day...well let the answer be heard loud and clear...NOTHING!!!

Deal with it, she is fine with it. This day is complete garbage and anyone who takes it seriously and would be angry at their significant other for not wasting money on Feb 14th needs to have the marbles in their head checked...yeah I said it...

JLS...aka quite possibly the greatest beer in the world...

PS, THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS STARTED IN VANCOUVER...MORE ON THAT TO COME...BUT I WILL SAY THE PROTESTERS WHO ARE SMASHING STORE WINDOWS FOR NO REASON, DESERVE WHATEVER THE COPS GIVE EM!!...

The BUZZ came Quickly...odd

Just a follow up to yesterday...Google Launched BUZZ...it wasn't expected this fast. Not sure how it works, looks like it may just be a way to drive people to GMAIL, which I happen to be a fan of.

Does anyone think that BUZZ will catch on? I am skeptical but Google has a way of proving people wrong (and a history of it as well)...

Don't let companies fool you into thinking they are trying to help, it's all about Market Share...

JLS

The Google Squirrel is coming for you!!

FACEBOOK Getting Stale

Well it looks like internet behemoth GOOGLE wants a shot at the Social networking Title...if you ask me it's about time someone got in on the action. I have been on Facebook for about 4 years and have seen it's luster wear off lately. Just look at your news feed now, there is nothing social about it. Everyone is playing Mafia Wars, and Retard Farm or whatever that game is called...how the hell is that social at all?¿

Sitting at a PC writing an email or having a live chat with a long lost friend = SOCIAL...sitting there and accumulating fake money or growing fat cows = LOSER...Let's work to put the SOCIAL back into Networking...

That's my rant...peace

JLS aka wear the Grudge Like a Crown...