I am thankful for ...

I am thankful for ...
A lot.  Right now I am watching college basketball on a big screen HD TV.  Very thankful.  Yet, I am doing homework on my laptop.  Very not thankful.  I am thankful for Mom's cooking.  Tonight I had awesome lettuce wraps and fruit salad.  Yummy.  But I am not thankful for the bursting waistline.  I am thankful for my family.  But I am not thankful for the numerous interruptions while I'm trying to get work done (my Mom just started to rub my arm while I was typing).  I am thankful for the medicines I am taking to ease my cold.  Yet I am not thankful for the cold that causes me to take the pills and tablets.  I am very thankful for the upcoming Turkey Bowl.  Football is thanksgiving.  However, I am not thankful for the bruises and hurt feeling after the customary neighborhood game.  Yes, I have much to be thankful about right now.  Now back to the UConn Kentucky game ...

Library Modifications

The HBLL is pretty good.  Harold would be proud, but would he be happy?  I think that the Library could undergo some major changes to increase happiness inside its walls.  First, the uncomfortable chairs have to go.  I don't care where.  Just look at what people own at home for a good idea of what people prefer.  The wooden chairs with no cushion are lame and painful.  I am sitting in one right now.  My lower back is tingling.  If only I had a cushions or a chair that adjusts to the sitter.  Second, watching people take naps at desks is gross.  Reminiscent of downtown Portland with a park bench full of bums.  People need to get sleep during the day.  Let's get real.  Provide something that is more appropriate and still sanitary.  Beds would be perfect but not practical.  I think bean bag chairs or cots would do the trick.  Also a room with dim lights and sound proof walls would be fantastic.  Third, students want to eat and study.  The main floor area is not enough.  Some people want to eat and use a computer.  Others want to eat in a quiet zone.  There needs to be some sort of place for those activities.  Lastly, new funding will be required to make all these changes.  Bam, put a snack shop in the Library.  This will allow students to get snacks/sandwiches and even encourage students to use the Library due to the food.  Cecil, if you really are my homeboy you would approve these changes.
Your Fav Student,
Nate

The Big 3

Synergy, synergy, it's all about the synergy - D Wizzo

Miami could take a lesson from this Provo rapper.  Their talent level far surpasses any other team.  3 perennial All-Stars in their prime on the same team?  That is crazy good.  Imagine the Celtics but 10 years younger with no Rondo.  That is scary good.  However, Miami still finds a way to lose despite superior talent.  In order for a team to succeed they need to come together and become a team.  A team can beat a group of individuals any day.  For example, New Orleans whooped the Heat last week with only 1 superstar.  They were able to do that due to their teamwork.  My favorite NBA champions of all time are the 2004-2005 Detroit Pistons.  They won with a solid roster of borderline All-Stars against 4 Hall of Famers.  Yes, the Pistons beat the Hall of Fame LA Lakers roster of Shaq, Kobe, Karl Malone, and Gary Payton.  Talent does not mean everything in a team sport.

The Entrance

Entrances are important.  The whole red carpet scene is a big deal.  The dresses, who's hot and not, worst and best dressed, pre-award ceremony fights, you gotta love it.  The entrance even goes beyond actors or musicians.  The WWE loves the big entrance.  The music and fireworks engage the crowd immediately.  Who can forget Hulk Hogan and "I Am the Real American"?  Classic.  Before the wrestler even enters the mat everyone knows who is coming.  LeBron has a pretty good entrance.  C'mon you know the whole throw the chalk in the air routine.  It is so well known that other companies parody it.  Tonight I saw John Wall's entrance.  It was his first game in D.C., the number one pick and face of the franchise, and he does the dougie.  Yeah, the dougie for like 30 seconds.  Why would you choose a dance craze for your entrance?  Pretty soon that song is going to be dumb.  And there is a rule that you can't have more than one entrance.  It is a one shot kind of thing.