I hope you know better than to open a Ghostaface Killer music video at work.  This is definitely NSFW (Not Safe For Work) due to the fact that we’re talking about Ghostdini The Wizard of Poetry in the Emerald City.  When I first heard this song on the album, I was like WTF?  Ghost is really serious about getting your girl right.  The review for this album is going to be out of control.  I can’t believe that nobody is feeling my contest and that the dearth of responses to the free album giveaway suggests that ya’ll ain’t ready for Ghostface Killah like that.

Okay so the name of this game is to say something that is going to convince me to mail you this Ghostface Killah album: Ghostdini Wizard of Poetry in the Emerald City.  Of course I’m going to have the review for you on this a little later on today so you’ll have to keep checking for me, but in the meantime you should be writing something in the comments section of this thread explaining why you should be the winner.  Naturally the best answer is getting the album. 

I guess it could be any reason at all but I will say that I’m looking for someone that might not have any other means of obtaining the album.  Maybe you live in Iowa and there are no computers there and you can’t order it on Amazon?  Maybe you don’t have index fingers, thus making it impossible for you to peel the money of your bankroll?  I really don’t know what your excuse is, but here is a venue to put it down.  Your answer could be truthful, funny or just stated to get a laugh.  It really doesn’t matter.

I’ll let you know later today who won.  It is a really good album too, so you might want to pull out all the stops.  Of course shipping and handling of the album is completely free.

“Eight million stories nigga… Take ya’ll niggas somewhere man, ya’ll niggas never heard niggas rhyme like this before, man.  This ain’t no Wizard of Oz shit neither, man.  Real man. Ayo…” –Surgical Gloves, Raekwon Only Built for Cuban Linx Part 2

If you weren’t paying attention before, I suggest you go ahead and make that purchase and pick up the Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Part 2 by Chef Raekwon and guest starring Tony Starks AKA Ghostface Killah of the Wu-Tang Clan. Seriously, it already dropped on September 9^th, so you’re already all late and you need to hurry up and make the purchase if you are serious about hip hop. I’m not even kidding about this album because it is that deep.

Write this down: Raekwon is holding the title right now for a brand of lovable thug that New York is known for. But just like most Wu-Tang albums, it is not just what he says, but how he proclaims it that makes the hood music worth listening to. Raekwon is a notorious braggart of larcenous repute and the shit that he spits in the studio is fueled by his own reality of coming up in the “Mean Streets” of Staten Island –also like most of the Wu-Tang Clan.  A great value, the record is a barrage of 18 tracks (What A Bargain !) designed to wake up real street music aficionados from a slumbering haze. 

Raekwon keeps it real with drug references in titles of songs like “Pyrex Vision,” “Baggin Crack,” and “10 Bricks.” (Shout outs to the Original Gangster, New York legend, O.C. who supplied a break beat extended by Marley Marl –lifted straight off another album ahead of its time in, O.C.’s 1997 masterpiece, Jewelz.)  What separates Raekwon is his willingness to continue to embrace a lifestyle of cooking crack cocaine in “Pyrex,” even though he is far removed from the days when he was supposedly forced into the profession of drug dealer as a youth. In that regard, he is not unlike Jay-Z, except when Raekwon puts the shit down on wax he isn’t necessarily trying to make you dance, or impressing you with street credentials.

The Wu-Tang Clan is above that and Raekwon delivers a beautifully crafted product designed to get you into that mind frame of New York ghetto corruptions and destruction. I guess some people need more help than others getting there.  The album unapologetically plunges you into a world that you, most likely, could never survive in.  Now that I think about it, Raekwon never said he didn’t choose the life on his own and I can’t recall any excuse ever being made. Nihilism ain’t really got shit on gangster rap, anyway. Some of the despair in Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 would undoubtedly be wholly intolerable if it were not for the intricate production and slicing lyricism. The production seems to bear a fair share of the weight of urban pessimism by echoing thumping bass lines.

Only Raekwon and Ghostface are willing to delve that deep into their pasts of crack selling, shooting niggers, and generally robbing motherfuckers. “We Will Rob You” even employs Slick Rick, hip hop storytelling icon.  Johnny Blaze, also known as Method Man, slides through on  Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 but even when others from the Wu-Tang Clan make guest appearances they tend not to glorify negative, criminal rants. (This void has been even more pronounced with the passing of Old Dirty Bastard, and he is shouted out on “Ason Jones” produced by the late J Dilla) Enter Raekwon who changes the game by creating another album of murder music made for niggers to do nigger shit.

Well most of my friends aren’t niggers, and they bought Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2, so they could bump it and escape into a fantasy land. Mission accomplished –and not that fake George Bush shit either, because Raekwon gives up the goods on every single track. There is something interesting to hear in just about all of the songs on the album and so I must give it a stellar review. You just can’t play anything from this album in front of your kids because it is so explicit that it is beyond obscene for their bourgeoisie asses.

On the other hand, there are some cuts on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 that are certain to be in the official thug party rotation for decades. (I don’t think that Jay-Z is going to be able to say that about Blueprint 3 when it is all said and done.) The difference between making hip hop and hip pop has never been more apparent as niggers have entered into the over thirty club and double O-G status by even the most conservative ghetto pecking orders. Raekwon lets the kids have their day, but he still raps about what he knows the best.

Case in point, in between Blueprint albums Jay-Z dropped Kingdom Come and got his grown man on and even teamed up with a corporate sponsor in Budweiser. Raekwon basically said “Gihad,” and he clearly wasn’t concerned about selling records to your average rap fan when he put down Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2. Just like the first classic Only Built 4 Cuban Linx album the music was tailor-made for a subculture so small and minute that dare I say that the real niggers that would purchase it are probably already all dead or incarcerated. Raekwon’s debauchery knows no bounds, and Ghostface is right there to back him up together with the Wu-Tang Clan in incremental steps, as the album cover alludes. The second iteration of Raekwon going for self is another classic.

I’m not going to waste time getting into the intricacies of each track and what it could do for you. I will tell you this, though: if you ever need a soundtrack to commit a murder to, or bag up your drugs to, this is it. If you are mature enough to hear the stories and let it end with the fantasy, you’re going to love Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 right along with the gangsters and niggers in the “Penitentiary.” This is that thug music that we speak of. Run out there and tell the world that DannyKnuckles put you on to Raekwon. I bet you hear “Canal Street” at homecoming this year, too.  There are DJ’s probably mixing that with the Jadakiss right now.  Erick Sermon, Dr. Dre, Pete Rock, and the RZA all lent their talents to this excellent example of why we even listen to this nonsense, so get on it.

Oh, and no free music from me on this. You can listen to some of the music on You Tube and all that, but I’m telling you that you’re not getting the full benefit unless you go out there and support it. (I don’t mean that you should get out there and rob someone with Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 playing in the background, although that would be bad-ass.) In the spirit of supporting the artists that supply us with concepts, I’m going to be giving away a copy of the next chapter in the chronicles of Wu-Tang, Ghostface Killah’s new Ghostdini Wizard of Poetry in the Emerald City. Details tomorrow.

I forgot to tell you that my fantasy football team actually won yesterday. I couldn’t believe it, myself. I honestly didn’t think that we had the horses, but we pulled it out in the end. I guess yesterday, was a really good day. If you want to look up my fantasy football team, I play on Yahoo. The name of my team is The Cooperators. Seriously, you should come check us out, because we have no life and we’re big nerds.  So far our record is 2 – 1 and you should root for The Cooperators because I’m in fantasy football league full of lawyers.  Also our mascot is the hippie chick above, although she doesn’t know it.  I like her bright colors though, so she is mesmerizing and soothing to me.

I wish someone would explain to me about sassy girls because I just don’t get it. Who is picking these girls? Why are there so many of them all of a sudden? How can you tell them that you want them to go away without getting into an(other) argument? How am I just now figuring out that they had a title to a movie staring the recent disaster Lindsey Lohan?

I’m getting tired of the mean girl that confuses a nasty attitude with sexiness or intelligence. Do you know the woman that always has something biting to say? They have a tendency to also believe that they can win debates, even without facts to back them up, because of the way that they talk. Most those girls are vapid in my opinion, and probably just acting out what they see in the movies. This is kind of cool, if you think about it. I guess that’s why guys like girls.

These days if I detect more attitude than substance in what it is that you’re saying I’m less likely to pay attention. I look at it as a defense mechanism by which I get to preserve my testicles and prevent myself from ending up married to one of those Kate Goselin’s. I can just imagine the hell that is hearing a snide mouth all day, but if you’re one of the guys that can take it –more power to you. Even Jon Goselin eventually had to go on record and say he “despised” Kate for emasculating him on national television.

I can’t do it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for powerful women. My family is full of them. They make for great relatives, decent friends, and they are great for society. Sometimes is pays to be mean, and women have perhaps learned from other areas in life that they can advance their personal issues with extra attitude. To be certain, there is a place for them, and the right person for them, but it is not me. I’m trying to do something a little different.

I like the women that can turn it on and off. Some women have become masters at it. I genuinely applaud the intelligent women that understand the advantages of approaching career decisions aggressively or when they can employ sarcasm in order to illustrate a point. The problems arise with me, when some women attempt to engage the same skill set impudently in order to gain attention from the opposite sex.  I keep thinking to myself, that a sandwich would work so much better.

I hate the types that think that they are feisty because they always take the counterpoint –not because they believe in it, but to be contrary. They seem to think that bickering is an endearing quality. Usually these are the women that illicit the non-response from me because I’ll be damned if I’m going to begin a relationship by quarrelling all the time.  It just doesn’t make any sense.

Today is the start of another really good day.  I can feel it.  Today, I’m finally going to put up a review of some of the latest and greatest hip hop that has been making noise on the scene.  (I think that I’m going to wear green today, too.)  Only Built for Cuban Links Part Two is out there.  The Blueprint 3 is out there, etc…

People have actually been writing in like I’m some sort of official reviewer.  They want to know why it has taken me so long to get my act together with the Raekwon post.  The only thing I can tell you is that I don’t want to rush a masterpiece, but if you think that any of these posts qualifies as great then you should really get out there and read more. 

The New York Metropolitans play the Washington Nationals tonight. Again, I keep getting emails from folks around the world asking me if I’m going to provide coverage of certain things. I don’t know if you could call what I do “full coverage,” but I’ll do my best to do what it is that I do. I will probably give updates via Twitter if you’re interested in overseas baseball all that much.

Right now I’m trying to think of who would want to go to a baseball game with me tonight. I don’t know if I want to go alone because I have two tickets. If anybody out there wants to go to the game, I wouldn’t mind giving them a ticket to go. Of course, the ticket would be totally free so all you need to do is contact me and it’s yours. While we’re at it, that goes for tomorrow and the day after that, as well. I pretty much always had an extra ticket or two for all the games because I don’t have a girlfriend.  I’m okay with it though, because I’m saving money.

These are the last Washington Nationals games that will be played in Nationals stadium this year, and I’ve pretty much given up on taking women on baseball dates. Neither the Mets nor the Nats are doing particularly well anyway, although I still plan on going for the sake of seeing baseball. I damn near had a football overdose this weekend and it is one of the last times that I will get to enjoy such a change of pace. By now, you should know that I’m going to the game with the explicit intention to root for the New York Mets.

Washingtonians will have to understand because I am still a son of Long Island. Brooklyn is on Long Island. (It is also the official home of the Notorious B.I.G. –the greatest rapper to ever live.) Queens is on Long Island. I’m not from either of those places, specifically, but I can still claim the larger land mass. New York is a terrifically big place, after all. I’m proud to rock my Mets hat like Nasir Jones, also known as the rapper Nas (pictured above). Just like Jay-Z of Marcy Housing Projects are in Brooklyn –clearly the Long Islanders have a way with words.

We’re at that time of the year now when the weather starts changing and pretty soon there will be hoary frost on the grass.  What is it that I see there through the mist at dawn?  The Stag in this picture looks alone, but rest assured that he is not. 

Good morning everybody!  Today, everyone should make it a point to do some sort of physical exercise or training because the rut will soon be here.  Stags will be competing for does and that requires a great deal of strength, not just impressive antlers.

A special shout out goes to my friend that just finished her neurosurgery final in medical school: good show!  I’m still praying for you over here!

Did you know that Arnold Schwarzenegger was still the governor of California?  Just checking because that is the only thing that is remotely helping to relate this picture to this post.  The Howard Bison won a football game yesterday folks.  Howard University bested the Georgetown Hoyas on the gridiron in the second annual DC Cup, 14 – 11.  Seriously, straight up, this was a major win for the Bison because we had previously lost nine in a row, going back to last year.

I’m not ready to say that the Bison are going to win another game this year, though.  College football yesterday was awesome.  It was sad to see Penn State go down against Iowa though.  It’s only going to get worse for Head Coach Joe Paterno when The Long Ranger is running the ball for the Hawks.  I guess I really don’t have an affiliation to Penn State Nittany Lions other than the fact that I like Coach Joe Pa’, anyway.  I like how he seems to be just rambling on and on about football all the time because he like 87 years old.

(I like to ramble too.)  We had a great weekend all the way around despite the fact that some of my favorite teams lost.  The New York Football Giants stayed perfect today with a win over Tampa Bay on the road.  Even the New York Jets tried to act like they have some game and beat the Tennessee Titans.  That’s real in the field right there.  My fantasy football team is acting like its about to lose this week though.  Oh well, everything isn’t perfect all the time.  See, I’m not so happy that I don’t feel pain.  I just recover quicker from disappointment, now.

There, I just got over it.  The Washington Redskins lost to the worst football team in the entire league and that put a smile on my face.  Detroit Lions had lost nineteen games in a row dating back to 2007 and the NFC east team went into Motown and lost.  I get to laugh at Redskins fan tomorrow, and for a Giants fan, their failures put an extra pep in my step.  On another note, what is it about teams named after lions recently?  Now that I think about it, big cats all seem to be pretty whack this year.

Yeah, well uhh, that Arnold would have been a good football player too.  You think about the fact that you could come to this country with nothing but a loose command of some action verbs in the English language and bulging biceps and the American people will make you a rich movie star and a powerful politician.  Governor Schwarzenegger is from Austria.  Did you know that when he came to the United States he could be seen lifting weights on Venice Beach next to hardened gangsters?

True story made short: Arnold put the leader of the Crips gang to death as Governor.  Could you imagine spotting someone lifting weights and then years later you are the Governor of the state and your old acquaintance is on death row and you have to sign the execution order?  Wow.  That’s a foreigner coming here and showing the Crips what gangster really meant people.  Arnold went hard on that right there.  I’m mean him and Stanley Williams had pictures together and everything, but if you’ve ever seen the damage that a common thug, street murderer inflicts you will know he had it coming to him.

None of this is news, though.  We’ve been debating the death penalty for years in this country.  I want to go out there on a moral crusade and say that killing is wrong and embrace bunny rabbits and feed them marshmallows while walking through wheat fields.  But then I saw David Patterson, the Governor of the state of New York on Meet the Press this morning and I realized that a man can equivocate out of just about any conceivable position, no matter how unfavorable, except for war and killing.  Who can say that they did not understand the absolute nature of their punishment?

Is weightlifting a sport?  Is bodybuilding?  I just know that they weren’t steroid testing in Austria in the 1960’s and 70’s.  I am not trying to bring up all old stuff and say it is news, but I’m just saying.  Seriously why don’t one of you people out there put me in pictures so I can be the governor?  Okay, I might not have the Mr. Universe body and all that, but if you give me enough money to get to Iceland with a solid film crew just watch me make the magic happen.

Something about the change in venue seems to do wonders for human success.  Maybe I need to take it to Japan in order to get my full pop-off on? 

Folks that come here seem to make it pop-off just fine.

Nope, they don’t really make them like this anymore.  Nothing to see here.  Move along.  Peace. 

…As I look around this evening, I see a lot of young people in the audience today.  And, uh, there are many young people who believe that there is no God.  Don’t let nobody fool you: I know there is a God somewhere. The reason I know its a God is one Thursday evening, something got a hold of me.  You know nowadays the church dresses have gotten too modern.  Dear God.  Baptized in the back of the church, but when I found Jesus it wasn’t like that. Oh Lord, we didn’t have the fine robes that they have nowadays.  Let me tell you what they did when they was preparing me to be baptized: They took a old white sheet and made me a robe. They tied and old white rag around my head.  Hmm’hmm. The baptizing place was in the back of the church, they lead me around a little old brown road, they ducked me down in an old muddy creek.  I came up with holy water.  I’ve been BORN AGAIN!!!  I never will forget they were singing a song back then.  Some old man got up in the AMEN corner and began to sing a song. And said these words, “Heavy load, heavy load.  I got rid of my heavy load…”  Say it again! “Heavy load, heavy load.  I got rid of my heavy load…”

Somebody don’t know what we’re talking about when we saying “heavy load?”  We’re talking about the heavy load of sin.  Somewhere this song I might call the day that you got rid of your heavy load.  If I call the day that you got rid of your heavy load I want you to stand up and be a witness.

Happy Sunday, everybody!  My nieces are getting bigger by the moment, and I’m really missing them right now.  Shout outs to Lily & Violet!  Uncle Daniel is going to come out to Los Angeles and see you soon.  We’re going to go to the park and run around with Sugar Ray.  And we’re also going to read.  Yay!

This is just a quick update on our fearless leader who was last heard from before getting on a plane to go to the submission fighting World Championships in Barcelona.  The good news is that Joel won his first no-gi fight at the prestigious Abu Dhabi tournament against the European Jiu Jitsu champion, Renier via submission.  The bad news is that Joel lost his second fight via submission to Rubens Charles who also defeated Nakamura from Japan. 

Nobody said it was going to be easy, but the mere fact that Joel actually won a fight on the world stage of submission fighting says a whole lot about him.  Let us not forget that this is a sport that he picked up no more than a decade ago. Joel gets some serious props for getting on a plane to fight against World Class athletes when you could very well lose your life in the process.

Kookbox

So I’m heavy off in the college game while also spying on the Redsox versus the Yankees. The reality of the situation is that the WCAC just wrapped up and there are some things that I want to touch on.  One, the Stags are still looking like number one.  DeMatha beat Paul VI 42 – 0 and The Long Ranger ran for 246 yards and three touchdowns on just fifteen carries.  (That means that 20% of the time the run resulted in Coker scoring with an average 16.4 yards for every carry.)  If Marcus Coker has a big game against a nationally ranked defense like Good Counsel on October 9, then I think that is would be safe to say that he is the best running back in the entire country.  Yes, you just read that.

Before the Stags can get ahead of themselves they have a date with Gonzaga for homecoming on October 2.  The Purple Eagles are coming off another loss to Bishop McNamara as they were unable to keep pace with the offensive machine that Bryce Bevill has put together over there. McNamara prevailed on the road in a hostile Gonzaga home field 28 – 14, so it goes without saying that DeMatha probably has a lot of confidence looking forward to a Stag homecoming party.  The failure of the Purple Eagles to defend their home turf has been the reason for their recent departure from the upper echelon of WCAC football.  In any case McNamara proved that they have the mettle of WCAC championship contenders with their Week 5, Game of the Week win.

Good Counsel took care of Bishop O’Connell 35 – 8 but at least the Knights scored in their first loss of the season.  The final numbers actually indicated to me that even though, the Falcons probably had Bishop O’Connell severely outmatched at the skill positions the Knights weren’t total pushovers.  In a league as tough as the WCAC, 42 points is the respected blowout score.  That means that it is generally considered poor form for a team that is winning to pile on numbers and run up the score on an opponent, provided the outcome isn’t in any doubt.  I guess you could say that the gentlemen’s rule is not to score more than three times in any given half of play, and with that being said Good Counsel failed to do that.  Of course the defensive back (DB Louis Young) over there that has everybody talking is playing excellent football but the news of this game is that Bishop O’Connell is a better football program today than it was four years ago.  They are going to shock somebody.

Saint Johns College put a hurting on Archbishop Carroll to open their season of WCAC play 49 – 14.  The Lions finally scored but they aren’t looking much better than Paul VI.  This is only significant in WCAC play because the Lions will once again play the Panthers next week to determine who is the worst in the league.  I don’t know what Cadets’ running back Charles Brown did over there but the story in this score is once again the defense.  Namely how was it even possible for Archbishop Carroll to score on Saint Johns?  Now through the years we have seen a pattern with the Cadets that includes a myriad of offensive stars on offense and none on defense.  The Cadets are just a little short of beating a team like Good Counsel again, but in order to do that they are going to have to play better, top to bottom, when they aren’t in possession of the ball.

Dandini’s Week 5 WCAC Rankings*

*After the first week of play it is pretty redundant to put up each team’s record.  The top four in the league have a perfect conference record and the bottom half are all 0 – 1 in conference play. 

Go STAGS!

Yeah, you see the thing about it is that DeMatha football Head Coach Bill McGregor is sort of a big deal.

“What you see? I’m looking good.” –I’m Good, The Clipse

The DeMatha Stags won big in football yesterday.  There is more high school football today, but I’m really just waiting for college football to come and sweep me away.  There are some excellent games on today and I’m all geeked up for it.

Joel Tudor got a favorable draw out there at Abu Dhabi submission fighting World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.  He fights the French, and European national champion Nicholas Renier.  I’ll be rooting for him over here.  Joel’s Jiu-Jitsu skills are never in question, but we will see how he is able to deal with the myriad of styles in an international showcase tournament sponsored by a sheik.  Is it just me, or does this whole thing say “movie,” or what?

I celebrated with the McGann’s last night and had a miniature homecoming.  I’m almost ready to announce some really good news that I have going on with Natalie, but I want to make sure that I get all of my facts straight first.  Let’s just say that it involves bourgeoisie black folks and grassroots communities.  “…Yeah it’s on me.  Don’t it tell you I’m good?  What that tell you? I’m good. What they tell you?  I’m good.  What she tell you?  I’m good…”  Sorry I just had a moment there.  One of my favorite things to do, ever, is party with friends.  We’re headed for some really good times with the latest and greatest.

Ay buddy, keep checking for me.

The Long Ranger isn’t the only solid Stag on the DeMatha football team this year.  Here is a peep at some of the underrated underclassmen at the school with the most players in the NFL.  I’m not trying to imply that our players are the best, and at the very least they could play for somebody’s college on Saturdays.  I’m going to just, flat out say it: if you’re a college recruiter here are 6 kids you should want playing for your college team.

(K/P) #8 Michael Branthover, Class of 2011.  I shouldn’t have to say anything else about this kid because he has proven time and time again that his services are invaluable.  Despite being an all around great kicker with numbers that indicate that he is already playing on the next level, the DeMatha star still isn’t even in consideration for All Metropolitan honors in the Washington Post as of this writing.

(WR/CB) #3 Jordan Lomax, Class of 2011.  The wide receiver and cornerback can play exceptionally well on the defensive side of the ball.  At times, he can be a shut-out corner.  The DeMatha games against Good Counsel and Bishop McNamara should tell more of the story, but early on he’s looking like a stud.

(TE/DE) #80 Michael Moore, Class of 2012.  First thing you need to know about Michael is that he is about 6’4” and 240 pounds.  The next thing that you should note is that he gets significant playing time as an underclassman on a team that is pretty darn good.  Finally, even if all of those red flags escaped you, you would still probably notice that the young man has a knack for making big plays.

(WR/S) #17 Ryan Burbrink, Class of 2011.  DeMatha quarterback Daniel Tapscott has found a favorite target and his name is Ryan Burbrink.  There is already speculation that Burbrink is the one receiver to pay attention to on the Stags’ offense because he has big game capabilities and excellent route-running skills.  This early recognition might not be cause for concern against better defenses in the league, but so far, nobody has put a stop to the broken record that has become “Tapscott to Burbrink.” 

(OT/DE) #65 Cyrus Kouandjie, Class of 2011.  Cyrus is a load to handle, just like his brother Arie who also starts for the Stags at offensive tackle.  Cyrus is listed as 6’6” and 284 pounds and he is partly responsible for making the holes that The Long Ranger runs through.  To be honest, DeMatha isn’t really a passing team, but there aren’t going to be a lot of kids at the high school level that are going to be able to get past him in the passing game either.  Cyrus’ overall athleticism is very apparent every time that the Stags take the field.

(OL/DL) #58 James Banks, Class of 2011.  The keep saying his name over the loud speaker on the defense.  I must have heard it personally at least two times just against Friendship Collegiate, alone.  That was enough evidence for me.  James appears to be a little undersized but he just might be out of position at the next level.  Anyway, check him out to see for yourself.  The DeMatha Stags have quite a football team over there, you know?

You probably haven’t even figured it out yet but I’m the goat in this picture.  I’m not the goat standing in the background either.

I’m spending almost all of my waking moments just trying to do what it is that I do best, in the face of a very easy task. All I have to do is not fall off and I’m a winner. I know that it sounds easy, but truthfully, I’ve fallen off in the past. This time I don’t think that I will fall off though.   

I don’t think that the tortoise will be able to buck off that goat either. A lot of people have been trying to figure out why I’m so happy and all I can do is refer you to the picture. Look at that goat. Doesn’t that goat totally look like he could ride that tortoise all day? I mean even little baby goats have no problems climbing soon after birth. Goats usually don’t fall down, either. That is just how I’m feeling these days.

I might have mentioned that there was a certain type of eagle that was known for pushing mountain goats off of cliffs in order to make a meal out of them, but it is probably a rare occurrence. Also I think that it was a different type of goat than in the picture. Anyway, you should be getting the point now that I’m not the sort of goat that is going to be carried away by some eagle and I am certainly not going to be falling off anytime soon.  And that other goat in the background needs to stay on chill.

This post is a blatant shout out. Peace, I hope that everything is well with you. I’m going to continue to hold it down over here but I’m sending the good vibes your way.

A couple of points to ponder going into the weekend. 

DeMatha Catholic High School for Boys, officially has more players in the National Football League than any other high school in the United States.  DeMatha football plays this evening at 1900 Eastern Standard Time.  I’ll probably listen to the game on the internet because we’re playing Paul VI.

There have also been a lot of basketball commitments at DeMatha recently but there will be more on that later.  I had an article all ready to go and then some details completely changed so I’m looking for another angle to make it have the same pop.  Bear with me.

This guy is a DeMatha alumnus and he actually spoke at my graduation from the same school many years later because he is a distinguished television and radio personality.  James Brown has a new book out so I’m giving him a little shout out right now.  I don’t really know why I threw that tidbit of information out there, but there it is.

Also don’t forget to check out Joel Tudor in Abu Dhabi Combat Club because the bracket says he fights tomorrow night.  I believe that you can order the fight and watch it live on the internet.  I think that is going to be my only option, too.  I’ve been telling everybody that I know that if Joel even comes close to winning a match it would be huge news in the sport of Submission Fighting and Mixed Martial Arts.

As soon as I get more information, I’ll be sure to let you all know.

Keep checking for me.

Howard University versus Georgetown University in Washington DC’s newest rivalry is tomorrow at 1400 EST on the campus of the Hoyas. Talk about two schools that are totally keeping it real, neither one of the bourgeoisie, exclusive schools has a player on its roster from a secondary school within the District. This is the second year in a row, and second meeting ever, that the two schools will play football in what has been billed as “The DC Cup.” Howard University lost last year, and my guess is that they will likely do it again. I haven’t decided if I want to go to the game, though. It could be fun because it is at Georgetown. There will probably be a lot to see because it is also Georgetown’s homecoming game.

This is actually reminding me that we should probably change the name of this DC Cup thing to the Bourgeoisie Bowl.  Both of these universities have more in common than they care to admit.  Both schools are insanely snobbish and completely full of themselves.  Both schools are bona fide institutions existing within the confines of the District of Columbia for what seems like forever.  Howard University was founded in 1867 and Georgetown was established in 1789.  The Hoyas have been playing football since 1887, and the Bison have been balling on the gridiron since 1893.  I think that the two schools are a great mix right now in 2009.  Neither school is that impressive at football, although at least Georgetown can brag about their basketball program.  Howard brags about the fact that they have a unique social atmosphere.

I’ll keep you posted on this.  The ideas are supercharged in my head but I still don’t know how it will play out.  Check me…