Random Thoughts, Con't.

No rhyme or reason for making a second post, I just know that as a personal rule I tend to read more thoroughly if the posts are broken up and spaced out.

Moving on, props still go out to my brother. I'll be missing him big time over the next two years and can't wait to hear all the awesome things he'll be doing. What a stud.

No real sports news to delve into. The Rockies are absolutely atrocious and I find myself secretly hoping they unload Helton. The guy is the ultimate work-horse, a class act wasting away his best years stuck in the middle of a terribly managed franchise that is going nowhere (maybe in three-five years, but nowhere until at least then). Helton is one of the few players I'll follow and cheer for no matter WHERE he goes (even if it is to the hated Yankees, the overrated Cubs, or the annoyingly over-played Red Sox). I'm a fan of Barmes, but his groceries/deer meat/ATV accident/incident has kind of simmered any positive vibe he had going.

I'll be intrigued to see (or hear rather, I'll have no idea firsthand) what the Nuggets do next week, and also to see where the big names (if that's possible in this year's draft) end up. Oh, and quite possibly the most hilarious early-entry since (and there's no irony here) William Avery has to be one Shavlik Randolph (click here for the story). I mean, I guess I can see why he did it, he averaged over 6 points a game in his 36 career starts. Nothing like a little Duke-ness to remind me why I love college basketball.

One final parting shot for the night. While at school, my comptuer was almost a part of me. I lived on it, I breathed on it, I even ate on it. Now I'm at home, and it's not just the fact that my notebook is no more. I stay away from it. It's like kryptonite. I come to check ESPN.com, email, a blog or two, and any AIM-ness that awaits, but then I quickly retreat and get away as fast as possible. Even ESPN.com's Bill Simmons has been replaced by Jim Rome as my favorite all-time sports journalist (if you could call either one that). Rome is amazingly witty, smart, funny, sarcastic, and downright logical. Plus, it's easier to listen to him at work then to try to come home and sift through Simmons and his 80's movie/song mentions.

Until tomorrow....