Bill Simmons is back in the fold.
How could he not?
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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Dreamland
Gambling. It can be a disease.
Las Vegas. There is a big dark side.
Here is a very powerful film called “Dreamland”.
Watch it. Be fore warned.
Lucky charms.
Sad.
The house always wins.
New Look! Mystics Win First Game
Some Random Free Agency Perspective
I remember the summer frenzy of 2007. I was in China with my family on vacation and premiering a film.
Free agency opened. I was online checking on what was happening. I was jet lagged to the max.
Conventional wisdom said that we needed a center.
The bidding started.
The New York Rangers went to bat. Bam. They signed Scott Gomez. Bam. They signed Chris Drury.
Bam. The Flyers signed Daniel Briere.
All three were signed to really long term deals. The experts opined on how well these teams did with their signings. I started to get inundated with emails about how we could never improve our team because we were never big players in free agency.
These signings set off a frenzy as we weren’t even close to hitting the bids on these deals.
We eventually signed Michael Nylander to a four year deal as our free agent center. The experts continued to praise. Or critique.
It is now many years later.
It is amazing to me how these deals turned out for all of the teams. Some good and some not-so-good. Free agency is a crap shoot, isn’t it?
It is probably better to opine on the signings after the contract ends to see how the player performed during his tenure.
Right to Housing
On C-Span.
Powerful testimony. Honest. Emotional.
We can and must do better.
A very honest panel featuring our friend Scott who was once homeless and is now off the streets working and healthy. Safely ensconced in an apartment.
Scott is on at the 32 minute mark or so. Tough to take but everyone deserves a break and a second chance.
Watch if you have time. Do something to help. Thank you.
Scares Me a Bit
THIS is the kind of data and charts I saw in 1996 that started to drive the first Internet bubble! Doesn’t it look familiar? I think WorldCom back in the day published these kinds of charts.
Internet traffic as proxy for success.
Three billion users.
Smaller and smaller stuff to use.
I am a believer. These numbers might even be conservative but I am hopeful I don’t see them again and again and again as justification of an investment thesis or as a starting point in presentations at conferences. Stated as truth and fact!
Today I heard from someone I respect very much that he thought there would be 5 billion literate human beings on the planet and that 1 billion of them would learn how to read their first words on a tablet a la the iPad in less than 10 years! Mind numbing…
Beam Me Up Out Here
On Native Soil
A film that sheds to light new info on the 9/11 attacks on our country.
Almost ten years after the fact.
Credible people. Credible reporters.
Post a month or so since we found and killed Bin Laden. See interviews with him in this film. Narrated by Kevin Costner.
A terrific film worthy of your time. On SnagFilms.com. “On Native Soil”.
A Good One On Motley Fool
Defy conventional wisdom.
Invest a little. Get back a lot. Be patient.
$450 into $1 million.
Smart. Crisp. On the money! Click here.
I Agree with This One
The original “Big 3″ was here.
This was a great team.
It was 33 years ago.
A championship came to DC. An NBA championship.
We have a great tradition but big shoes to fill indeed.