Ronan seems a bit like

Sena, that legendary car racer. Face seems a bit similar..lol.

3 good movies on GM

The Damn United

Sheen always delivers. And another nice movie by Hooper.

Moneyball

Numbers don't lie.

Draft Day

GM is not an easy job! And character counts.
By the by, did Garner have an 'eye job'? Lol.

Allegiance to the flag and sports

I've never understood why they do it before the start of the match.

I do know that USA is a very 'patriotic' country, so it's maybe their 'program' to instill the love of ones' country, who knows. Effective propaganda, maybe.

Surprising splash of Michael Carter-Williams

I heard from an acquaintance that Philadelphia 76ers rookie PG

1 Michael Carter-Williams G 6-6 185 10/10/1991 Syracuse/USA R

is creating a sensation,and that it is a quite surprise, his doing SO well.

A pure PG that has a potential to be the Next Penny Hardaway, should check him out.
Funny, for a sport that's pretty much decided by physical talent, there are quite a lot of surprises concerning new players, always has been. Even more so than Tennis, for example.

It's pretty rare for a relatively unknown junior player to achieve star status in college tennis.

For example Sabrina Santamaria, Pre-season(this year) #1 and recent NIIC semi finalist(her first), wasn't even the top dog in California in her senior year, that honor goes probably to Monica Turewicz, Ojai winner and IW PQ finalist(even defeated Schnack, if I remember correctly, then lost to Hardebeck in the final). That year, the #1 was Trice Capra or Robin Anderson. Granted both of these super stars have done well, but the upsurge of Sabrina is surprising and uplifting; it's also probably the triumph of USC tennis program.

Two gashes: me and my car

On the 10th, I went to the gym to play basketball, to relieve some stress.

I was the only one, so borrowed the ball and was practicing.

In comes 3 guys, asking to play 2 on 2; I refused, not wanting to die again lol but they said there was no extra ball at the front desk.

So what can I do...we played.

I was again naturally the shortest guy, and my partner wasn't tall either and we both wore glasses: the opponents were definitely taller and better built lol. The outcome was already preordained.

So they naturally dominated the board with their height and athleticism, yet the match was surprisingly close because of...me lol.

After some misses my jump shot at last began to go in(4 or 5 pts?), made some steals, and made some drive in baskets as well.

And of course, relentlessly passed inside.

My partner surprisingly was a decent mover, so made quite a lot of  A passes lol.
The problem was that his finish wasn't so good..lol. Anyway, it was a nice match, of course I was half dead later in the match lol.
It felt weird when I received a thumbs up when I'm usually the one to give one lol.
And I got a cut on the face.

Later, another car made a deep gash on mine at the parking lot lol..so had to leave it at the service center on the day of CIF SS Team Final.

That's the story of me and my car, receiving gashes lol.