who's tougher - mpd or the nba commissioner?

the big story around here is gilbert arenas and his guns. not his bicep "guns" but the unregistered firearms that he brought to work. unregistered firearms are illegal in the district of columbia and any other schmo would have caught a charge if they had been so brazen as to bring their guns to work to mess with a colleague. but not gilbert - our stellar police department gave him a pass. yep, they invited him down to the federal attorney's office to "talk" about the situation. instead of landing on "do not pass go do not collect $200," gilbert was only required to apologize! now that's top notch enforcement!

and the federal attorney were probably still giddy from meeting a real-life professional athlete and celebrity, the unfortunately, it seems as if the apology was a fake because, not long after, he was observed mocking the decision and pretending to "shoot" his teammates before the beginning of a game. i would love to say that it was THAT that pissed off mpd and they arrested him, but that would not be true. it was however that action that finally got someone to take a stand. while the mpdnba commissioner took a stand and hit gilbert where it hurts - indefinite suspension without pay.

and yet nothing beats the original

yeah, chandler parsons hit from half court this weekend, but the original had to be the buzzer beating, game winning half court shot made by early "pearl" washington in 1984. syracuse, after a back and forth game, was about to lose to boston college until pearl got the ball. that's when -



i was 13 when that happened and sitting at half court. made growing up in the land of the concrete sky totally worth it!

pretty fly for a white guy

check out this buzzer beating, game winner from yesterday's florida nc state game -

why kids hate efficient and effective snow removal

what's the difference between snow removal in the district and snow removal in places where they know what to do? a kid's biggest nightmare - no snow days. over the weekend, more than 44 inches fell around the town in which i grew up - most in less than 24 hours. and while the dc area still has piles of snow on corners more than two weeks after the only 15 inches fell, kids in these towns were on their way back to school this morning - not even a delay to be had!

was the copy editor in the bathroom or something?

check out this headline from cnn.com. something tells me that the editorial board conversation went something like this - "no f***ing way! they say a colony might fit in that moon hole. what a set up! we've totally got to smash this softball out-of-the-park."

through the eyes of a child

tonight we're hanging out with the little girls who previously lived next door. (they've only moved up the street and around the corner, but it seems a world away.) they made cookies and quesadillas and now they're playing with the wii. i'm truly amazed by their innocence and the joy they have for the simplest things.

THIS is how to enjoy life!

i would LOVE to have a t-shirt from this bowl game!

looking at a list of the 2009 football bowl games and came across the -

st. petersburg bowl presented by beef 'o' brady's

i probably would have turned down that invitation because it's one that may never be lived down.