Friday, February 02, 2007

What's With The Weather?

Once again, I woke up to a surprise this morning. A couple of inches of snow. As I was praying earlier, I thanked God for its beauty. I'm waiting for our youth minister to get in so we can have a snowball fight. Right now, I just keep glancing out my office window -- enjoying the scene.
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The reserves for the NBA all-star game were announced yesterday. Dirk Nowitzki was named (how could he not have been voted on?) But Josh Howard was overlooked. Three Phoenix Suns were named to the reserves. I personally think the league is punishing the Mavericks for their owner's past brashness. He has toned down the rhetoric this year. Oh, well -- the all-star games are ridiculous anyway. Fans should be allowed one vote -- period. How can you judge who is an all-star when people can stuff the ballot? (I feel the same about American Idol). What reallly matters is that the Mavs maintain their NBA-best record.
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I think I'll go build a snowman.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

I agree that the democracy is a bit skewed when anyone can vote as many times as he or she wants to. Maybe we need to form an electoral college for the all-star games and American Idol.:) Yeah... that's it: no American Idols until the contestant has secured 270 electoral votes. Works for the presidency...most of the time. Al Gore would probably disagree.

You have to wait on Jacob for a snowball fight? Just challenge Joy or Shirley.:)

Anonymous said...

Yes the snow is lovely, but trying to get to work is not. In the 3 bad wether days we have had (counting today) I have clocked in 9 hours of drive time to get to my office in Dallas. Thank you God for testing my patience as it will help me in future endeavors. I write this with cramps in my fingers as result of my earlier grip on the steering wheel.

As it relates to all-star games, what a waste of time. Just get on with the season and onto the playoffs - which start in May and end in September as I recall. Anthing to milk out another dollar. I will sign off - now that I have run out of cynicism. Mark Short

Jeff said...

Josh should have been on the team. Of course, the biggest mistake is not having Carmelo there. What's an All-Star game without the all-star fighters.