Thoughts and ramblings on the NBA season prior to the All-Star Break.

  Yogurt, yoghurt or whatever ‘foreigners’ want to call it - was originally invented in Turkey and named Yoğurt (after the word Yoğun, meaning dense). Of course this makes sense when you realize that yogurt is strictly milk undergoing chemical change through bacteria and becoming a more dense substance. Anyways, you might be wondering why in the world I am [...]

Innovation is a word that is used today in every imaginable way possible (no pun intended). It’s been a while since our world spent all of its resources and manpower on building up its militaries, engaging in war, and trying to suppress its colonies and own citizens. Yes, for the last several decades our brains have had a chance to focus on other areas such as entertainment, business, science, and technology. But as we have all too hastily discovered, innovation is fast running dry.

On a slightly cold Sunday afternoon after a brief errand in the city, I happened to take a subway back home instead of the usual taxi ride I am accustomed to. As I was happily escaping the organized chaos that is the Shanghai subway, a huge poster was hung near the exit begging to catch my attention. I paused and looked at it for a second:

  Anyone seen Rocky Balboa, the (hopefully) final movie in the classic Rocky story played by Sylvester Stallone?It’s the one where the current generation boxing champion is pitted in a virtual match against longtime retired Rocky Balboa using a sophisticated program designed by ESPN (got to be Hollinger) to determine who is the best of all time. Well [...]

Some genius devised a test to determine the question that has been the source of many late-night drunken debates:

Major announcement: the Predictions section got discontinued indefinitely for ‘undisclosable reasons’. Let’s just say that my rivalry with Reignman over at djod.co.uk got out of hand and the quality of my predictions suffered as a result. Perhaps one day I will find it in myself to resume my quest to beat Vegas.In its place will [...]