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I Still See You Big German

Zac Crain — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:35:09 +0000

Dirk Nowitzki has been less than great this season. But don’t give up on him, guys. I’ve already had to talk my son out of using the word “sucks,” because he’s basically a generic sports-talk radio hack in the body of a 7-year-old. ANYWAY. Here are some highlights of Dirk last season. Drink it in. He’ll be back.

Another Awesome Mavericks Video, Because They Are Awesome At Making Awesome Videos

Zac Crain — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:27:00 +0000

Somehow, I’ve neglected to put this up for, like, 18 days. I regret the error. Oh, what’s my favorite part? I guess I’d have to say: YES.

I Support This Mavs Pre-Game Routine

Zac Crain — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:29:34 +0000

(via The Two Man Game)

Leading Off (1/30/11)

Peter Simek — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:01:48 +0000

DISD Teacher Calls for “Sick Out” Last week the Dallas ISD school board voted to close 11 campuses and extend teachers’ work day by 45 minutes without additional compensation. Now an anonymous teacher is trying to organize a “sick out” protest for February 29.

Mom Will Give Son Kidney: When Jace Glenn was four weeks old, he had both his kidneys removed. He has been on dialysis ever since, awaiting an age when he would be old enough to undergo a kidney transplant operation. Now three, all he needs is a donor. He found one in his mom.

Police Officer Saves Women From Car Sinking In Lake: Saturday night, Ngac Do and Nhi Tran took a wrong turn on Dalrock Rd. off I-30 and drove their Honda Civic into Lake Ray Hubbard. A police dash cam caught the rescue.

Like Button: Dirk Nowitzki For All-Star Game Starter

Zac Crain — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:22:33 +0000

Longtime comment section denizen Ross Carmichael has started the Facebook group Dirk Nowitzki For All-Star Game Starter. You should probably join. And you should definitely vote for the tall baller from the G to start in this year’s All-Star Game in Orlando. Do you know Dirk has never — never! — been voted into the starting lineup? RECTIFY THIS.

From Last Night: “I See You, Big German!”

Zac Crain — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:26:11 +0000

Game, blouses.

Where to Watch the Mavericks Meet President Obama

Zac Crain — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:42:09 +0000

The Mavericks’ visit to the White House will be right here, live, starting at 11 a.m.

(One note: I swear on all things I hold sacred that if you jump into the comments of this post with generic Obama hatred, I will delete every comment you ever post on this blog henceforth. I almost never sleep and always am near a computer or my phone, and I come from a family of world-class grudge holders. This is about the Mavericks getting their due as NBA champions, so see if you can bother holding off for just this once. I’m asking as your pal. I pretty much never delete comments unless they have curse words or something like that, so don’t make me spend my day doing that. Let me enjoy this moment for the Mavericks. OK? OK.)

Things That Make Me Ridiculously Happy, the Dirk Nowitzki Edition

Bethany Anderson — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:08:33 +0000

There are many, many reasons to love Dirk Nowitzki. But this latest one? Quite possibly the best ever.

(via Unfair Park)

Big Boi and Fabolous Talk Words With Friends

Zac Crain — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:05:50 +0000

Get some insight into the two rappers’ strategy in this funny, curse-filled interview at GQ.com. A taste:

Fabolous: One thing they gotta fix is that if someone be taking days to make they move, you should be able to resign motherf—ers. Like, they be taking days to make a move.

Big Boi: Yeah.

Fabolous: And the other thing is that the kid in the studio, when we was playing in the board game, like, you can’t just be trying s—. Like, just plugging in words and letters. I think you should get like three, four tries and that’s it.

I agree 100 percent, by the way. I’ve wanted to be able to resign motherf—ers forever.

Local Nurse Gets Berkus’d (Or Something)

Bethany Anderson — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:53:02 +0000

I have proudly avoided Oprah Winfrey for many, many years, so I wasn’t entirely sure who Nate Berkus was, other than he had some vague affiliation with her and he decorates stuff nicely (although, certainly, taste is subjective). But now he has a show of his own, and has taken to hiding in crates and jumping out and surprising people.

I bring this up because not long ago he did this to Julia Clarke, who is a nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano. She was um, excited. A lot. To the point, in fact, that Berkus said he was a little scared. I don’t want to point fingers, here, but if someone jumped out of a crate at me, I’d probably use pepper spray (unless, like Julia, I was lead in to a room where a bunch of people were cheering and there was a camera crew and the crate said, “NATE” on it. Hello, dead giveaway) . So he’s just lucky it was Julia, and not me. IJS.