Friday, March 25, 2011

Morning Thoughts

1. No more Duke talk. It's over, has been blogged about, and we can move on. I have closure.

2. Archer is a great show, undeniably boosted by the presence of the hottest female ever animated, Lana Kane. Good lord, she puts those Disney princesses to shame. Take that, Jasmine!

3. April on Parks and Recreation gets more and more hateable each episode. April, we get it, you don't care. Now shut up and stop being such a b*tch and wasting screen time. You are taking away valuable Tom and Ron minutes, as far as I am concerned.

4. My brother-in-law is a total snob. He's complaining that his coffeemaker smells of French Vanilla coffee and that it's nauseating. Seriously? If only the rest of the world suffered like he did.

5. Mother Nature officially sent out a huge F You to its Northeastern residents last week, blessing us with a 75 and sunny Friday afternoon. I busted out the flip flops, donned shorts and walked around the yard, happy that spring had arrived. Wednesday, it snowed 3 inches. The highest temperature we'll see in the next 7 days is 48 degrees. Meanwhile, back home in Louisiana, it's a balmy 84 today. Winter sucks.

6. It was about two years ago that I happened upon Ben Howland at the Westwood BrewCo in Los Angeles. It was probably midnight on a Wednesday and Howland was double-fisting Buds--my kind of man. Excited to see UCLA's basketball coach five feet away, I drunkenly and loudly mentioned to my buddy, "There's Coach Howland!" Because I am loud and obnoxious, Howland heard me. Surprisingly, he approached us and engaged us in conversation. We talked over a couple of drinks about his recent Final Four runs, Duke basketball, UCLA basketball, and the like. Finally, Howland let us in on the occasion for his Bud-swilling: Jrue Holliday had just decided to bolt UCLA for the NBA, a decision that would leave UCLA bankrupt at PG after recruits had all been locked up for the next year. Howland clearly had no idea what he was going to do, so he drank. The last two years have shown just why Howland was so devastated by Holliday's move. Going from perennial title contender to a team battling to make the NCAAs is tough. But looking at UCLA's 2010-11 season and what's to come, I bet he has a lot to look forward to from here. Here's to you, Coach Howland--let's hope 2011-12 brings good things to UCLA!


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