Week in Review...Jan 29, 2010

The "it's about time he was gone category winner is"...Gilbert Arenas...

Gilbert Arenas' nickname is a good fit...

What a complete waste of talent this guy is turning out to be, he's just joining the long list of athletes who have no damn clue how to act like human beings...this just proves me theory that people who are great at one thing, are terrible at a lot of other things...for example, Tiger Woods, Kurt Cobain, Michael Jordan...and so on...

The "looks pretty darn cool, but will it take of winner goes to"...the iPad...

APPLE RELEASES NEW IPAD...STOCK PRICES UP, THEN DOWN ON LESS THAN EXPECTED EXCITEMENT...

I think the thing looks pretty cool I will say. However I worry that it is too much like the iphone that people won't jump on it...and I love Apple as an innovator so I am sure they will find ways to make this a must have and I hope they do! I think they need to invent something like a crazy multi media device that is like a tv and half ipad and half cooking my supper or something...just some thoughts...

The "I know it wasn't a great year, but life goes on winner is"...El Presidente Obama

What the heck is the state of this nation anyways?....

I saw the Daily Show review of this state of the nation address, and I will say it was hilarious and there was a lot of F You attitude in it which I totally support. Obama is a great speech deliverer and I hope it makes some stuff happen this year, or tanks it more so our money will be on PAR again...

Side notes...

-Raptors Win, Raptors Win, Raptors Win

-Superbow coming up...Saint vs Colts (so I was wrong in my predictions, but the Saints are gonna win this GREAT MATCHUP!)

-It's cold, but snowboarding is wicked and I only fell about 15 times

That's it, if you don't like it, well too darn bad...

JLS aka the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be...

When are you moving home?...

I will say this question is not foreign to me in any way...it is only slightly more popular than other great questions such as..."when are you getting married?"...and "when are you going to start a family?"... Strangely enough the answer for all of these questions is very similar. Not any time soon...when pigs fly up to a take out window and order a coffee at Tim Horton's wearing their sweet flannel jacket, which seems to be and NB issued one.

In case you are not aware, I, along with Jana and Mike, just returned from God's Country, aka, Nouveau-Brunswick. I will say that I had not been back since last December, so it was great to see some new scenery. Every once in awhile you do need  a break from watching people eat random yummies from off of the floor of the the lovely Toronto subway car...so on that front it was great!

I also very much enjoyed seeing friends and family and my beauty new niece. I missed some people due to time constraints, but that is bound to happen when you consider how awesome and I am and how rarely I am home...lol ;), so I will see you all when I am back, or when you realize that it costs the same for me to go to NB as it would for you all to come here!! :) But I am sorry if you were missed, it's never my intention, but family takes over.

It was also great to have some good work meetings and look to generate some revenue, so overall it was very productive...

With all that lovefest stuff being said, I have to say that I didn't find the magical moment/thing/gust of wind/great meal/anything you can think of that made me think..."Man this is sweet, I should really move back here and find a job"...let us dissect that thought for a moment: 1. it is fun in short doses, but I wouldn't say it's sweet, 2. Moving back there would mean many things, not the least of which would mean that I would likely have to do that drive again (which is like volunteering for a lobotomy), 3. What would my skills allow me to do there? I have experience selling sports, and technology, so my options are inherently limited (however I could grow a mullet and sell for Hafford motors or something...)

So to sum it up, NB was an awesome time for  a change of pace, but I will take Toronto any day so I can kick it up a notch and have more than one pace as an option. So if anyone wants to visit, you know how to find me!!

JLS aka the NB lovin Toronto livin bad mutha

Random Thought: I wonder if I could afford to hire a driver for the next time I want to go to NB, because that 1400 km's is not something I would wish on anyone, but would pay someone to do...

COME AGAIN
You are now entering the longest covered bridge in the world 1282 feet:

When I was 13...I wasn't good at anything...

Now I know that is a pretty pessimistic view of my pubescent years...but for good reason when you have a look at this VIDEO. I mean come on, this kid is 13 years old, stands a towering 6 feet 6 inches tall and dunks the ball with ease. Compared to my current stats of 28 years young, 6 feet flat and can barely touch the backboard anymore, I think I have a right to be jealous. Andy got dealt a pretty good hand, let's just hope he does something with it. He does have one good thing going for him, HE IS A CANADIAN CITIZEN! (Father played in the NBA...surprise...and mother was an Olympic Track Star...this is a lethal concoction of DNA goodness if you ask me).

I just have one more thing to say about this...LEAVE THE KID ALONE UNTIL HE IS DONE HIGH SCHOOL...HE'S A KID AND NEEDS TO DEVELOP AS A PLAYER AND MORE IMPORTANTLY AS A PERSON! (Perfect example of why would be Stephon Marbury eating vaseline)...

As our talking head Dicky V would say..."HE'S A DIAPER DANDY!!" and in time he could be "A REAL PTPer"!!











Next...

Well I don't know what next is...but I can tell you a few things...the sun will rise tomorrow, the weather will happen, and the Toronto Maple Leafs will still suck...

Well that's all, short and sweet, just like me it seems...

JLS (aka the best there is, the best the was and the best there ever will be)

You thought what??...You're kidding right?!?!

OK folks, I have been extremely slack in writing for all of my fans...all 2 of you...so I wanted to discuss something that is getting way more tv air time than it ever deserved. So I am giving the final word on this topic and then putting it to rest...

 Now I want you to take a look at this VIDEO and tell me one thing...how in the hell did anyone in their right mind look at that and say (and actually mean it) that a 6 year old boy is inside it ?!?!

Now I am certainly no genius, even though I have likely professed to being one many times in my life...but when I saw that video, my first thought was..."oh someone let their hot air balloon go in the air, no big deal". Then I realized that this was actually a story that every news outlet was covering, so I decided to try and understand why they would cover a piece of garbage flying through the air...I mean I know Colorado isn't the most happening place, but come on!!

So then I hear that the authorities think there is a 6 year old boy floating around in this glorified paper airplane...and that's when they lost me. I took one look at that thing and I said "no chance there is a kid in there, turn the channel!!" I am sure that I am not the only person who had that reaction, but by the sounds of it, there were WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T HAVE THAT REACTION! You know who you are...

Now I want you to have a look at this picture (courtesy of my friend Wolfman Blitzer @ CNN) and tell me how the kid would have kept his balance in that thing with it flying all willy nilly over the beautiful Colorado countryside ...quite frankly I am surprised that this thing could carry itself let alone anything that weighed more than a pound...what shotty craftsmanship...

I mean really if you are going to take the time to build a hoax machine that flies, at least have some damn pride in your work!!! By the wat, the kids name is Falcon, with that name he should learn how to fly on his own....

Ah the Hoax...no I will admit that I didn't see this part coming. I mean I knew the kid...as nerdy as he is...wasn't in the balloon, we have established this. I did not however think that the family and some friends helped build the entire scenario...I still am not sure what their plan was. Did they not think that they would get in some actual trouble from a stunt that caused the military and national media to get involved? Those are some seriously stupid genius' ( I say genius because they made something that flew quite a ways across a state, pretty impressive...), I say stupid, well I think you know that one...but really, what more could we expect from people brilliant enough to be on the TV 'Reality' Show Wife SWAP 2 times...

My questions to you my loyal readers is this: Who is less intelligent...the cops, military, media, and media watchers, for thinking the kid was really, 100% in the floating hoax...or the brilliant people who thought this hoax was a good idea?

I THINK IT'S A TOSS UP, YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST....

This just in:

He claimed Heene's taste of "stardom" from twice being on TV reality show 'Wife Swap', gave him a sense of seniority in scientific conversation. (Is this guy serious, way to win the parents of the year award, morons...)

Heene wanted nothing more than to get on another reality TV series, said Thomas.

Still, Thomas says never imagined that Heene would involve his six-year-old son in what he is certain was a "global media hoax" to further Richard Heene's own celebrity. Read the entire article here.

JLS (aka the only source of news you will ever need...)