Bag of Randomness

  • The Rangers still haven’t made me a believer, this organization has let me down way too many times, but I still have my hopes.
  • I wanted to pick up a pizza on the way home from work and watch the Rangers game and when I called the restaurant they put me on hold and I after seven minutes I hung up and redialed.  I was asked to hold again, but told them that’s what I was told last time and no one picked up.  I was assured this wasn’t going to happen again, and thankfully it didn’t.  A manager apologized and included a free dessert for my troubles.
  • I got BabyGeeding to stand up with the help of me holding her hands for balance, it was a cute moment.
  • I’d enjoy going to more sports bars in my city if there was a smoking ban.   I think Lewisville is one of only a few cities without a smoking ban in the area.
  • I’m ready for the midterm elections to be over, all the political commercials are driving me nuts.
  • A beam from the World Trade Center is now in Cleburne to be part of a memorial.  Why, I don’t see the connection?  Sure it was a tragic and emotional event for the entire nation, heck the world, but I don’t understand why small town Cleburne has NY memorial.  Roadside attraction maybe?
  • I’m not sure what to think about the 20-year-old female criminology college student who became police chief because no one else wanted to in her town in Mexico.
  • Steve Jobs is a bit of a hypocrite.
  • While watching “How I Met Your Mother” there was a guest star that I just couldn’t recognize, and even when I saw her name in the credits it still didn’t ring a bell.  Turns out it was Jennifer Morrison who played Cameron on “House,” which is one of my favorite shows.
  • What’s so wrong with Comic Sans? – Answer . . . everything that is good in this world.
  • The local news reported that the founder of Hustler magazine died at a local hospital.  I always thought Larry Flight was the founder, and I wondered why the Englishman lived in the area.
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NBA bans shoes for the first time ever

For the first time in its 64-year history, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has banned a new line of shoes based on the league’s rule against an “unfair competitive advantage” that increases a player’s vertical leap. The league’s ban on Athletic Propulsion Labs’ Concept 1 confirms the company’s claims that the shoe, with its Load ‘N Launch (TM) Technology, performs as advertised. No professional player will be allowed to wear the product in games for the upcoming 2010-2011 NBA season.

This action comes on the 25th anniversary of the NBA’s ban on Nike’s Air Jordan shoes, albeit for reasons of their colorful appearance rather than any performance advantage.

Athletic Propulsion Labs (APL) was notified by a senior NBA official who stated, “League rules regulate the footwear that players may wear during an NBA game. Under league rules, players may not wear any shoe during a game ‘that creates an undue competitive advantage (e.g., to increase a player’s vertical leap).’ In light of that rule…players will not be permitted to wear the APL shoes during NBA games.”

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