1. Mark Cuban isn’t happy about Monday’s loss to the Thunder. Yesterday he said, “The ball won’t always bounce the way we want it to, but every player can control their level of effort. … I don’t care what their contract is. I would rather turn over the roster 100 percent than subject fans to another game like last night.” Two things about that: 1) We now have a second opinion on the behavior of the basketball. Cuban concurs with Josh Howard, who was the first to tell us that “you can’t control what the ball do.” It is, indeed, crazy, man. 2) I’m not a sports fan, as Eric has pointed out. So maybe I don’t understand how this works. But it would be impossible to fire an entire NBA team, wouldn’t it?
2. Lake Cliff Park has always intrigued me. It seems like the real estate around that lake ought to be more prized. Dallas just doesn’t have that many urban lakes. This particular lake does have some cars parked in it, but whatever. That’s easily fixed.
3. We’ve taken some guff on FrontBurner for paying too much attention lately to Belo’s falling stock prices. So I’d like to mention that Blockbuster’s stock yesterday plunged 77 percent, to 22 cents, on rumors that it was preparing to file for bankruptcy. Trading had to be halted. If you jumped in when trading resumed, congratulations. At the open this morning, BBI was up 140 percent.
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Man I wish I had shorted that stock.
Trading had to be halted? Trading was halted?
C’mon guys. Tim was obviously channeling Josh Howard in his “trading had to halted” statement.
You can’t control what the trading do. (Thanks, Grammar and Whisky. It takes a village.)
Took a look at my IRA yesterday and cried like a baby.
Honestly, I’ll get used to being poor…
I thought this was appropriate for the subject:
“Dallas just don’t have that many urban lakes.”
All your urban lakes belong to us, even though we just don’t have that many of them.
GP:
That would be “All your urban lake are belong to us.”
Thanks, IJS. It’s difficult for us to communicate incorrectly.
1. Going to the game tonight, please Mr. Cuban, don’t let the Spurs embarass the Mavs like the Thunder did.
2. Good training for the Search and Rescue divers!
3. Mo’ money, mo’ money, mo’ money!!! I love playing the market! If you are in Section 108, Row H tonight, I will buy you a beer with my Blockbuster cash!
Today is National Grammar Day. Grammar Nazis rejoice!!! Created by The Society for the Promotiion of Good Grammar and MSN Encarta.
Not sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Good Spelling…
Now, now, there is absolutely nothing wrong with expressing oneself in the colloquial.
In fact, I believe it to be art to command Ebonics, Spanglish and Bubbaese.
May we refer to Faulkner and Twain.
It’s like deliberately singing off-key. Try it: Saawwngs that made the hit! parade … Not so easy.
And Puddin’, that should read, “I believe it be art to be commanding Ebonics.”
I’ve fired the Mavs as my favorite team.
Go Spurs!
Ok – completely off topic, but I have to know.
Has anyone else had issues getting the HD version of WFAA to come in when using a tuner and an antenna?
And don’t call me a cheap bastard. I’m waiting for a Uverse install.
@ Mike
It sucks being a fair weather fan. It seems you bought a Tim Duncan jersey for nothing…