NBA All-Decade Team

PG - Jason Kidd
SG - Kobe Bryant
SF - Lebron James
PF - Tim Duncan
C - Shaquille O'Neal

Bench:
Kevin Garnett
Allen Iverson
Dirk Nowitzki
Dewayne Wade
Steve Nash
Paul Pierce
Ben Wallace

NFL All-Decade Team

OFFENSE
QB Peyton Manning - 40,000 yards passing just this decade is enough for me to put him on this list
RB LaDanian Tomlinson - Consistently among the top RBs each year throughout the decade
FB Lorenzo Neal - Blocking back for Jamal Lewis when he went over 2000 yards and LT in San Diego
WR Randy Moss
WR Terrell Owens
WR Marvin Harrison (Throughout the decade these three wide receivers put up hall of fame numbers)
TE Tony Gonzalez - Headed to the hall of fame when it's all said and done.
OT  Jonathan Ogden
OT Walter Jones (Could've pick Orlando Pace to pick on of these two but injuries kept him off)
OG Steve Hutchinson - Opened up lanes for Shaun Alexander during MVP season and AP in Minnesota
OG Will Shields - Opened up lanes for Priest Holmes and Larry Johnson in Kansas City
C - Kevin Mawae - Consistently one of the top lineman each year for the past ten years.

DEFENSE
DE Michael Strahan - Not too many players through the history of the game has as many sacks
DE Richard Seymour - Hard to pick another DE opposite Strahan but he has dominated in NE for years
DT Warren Sapp - Put up great career stats and will most likely be in the hall of fame shortly after he's eligible
DT Casey Hampton - Year after year has kept blockers of Steelers LB to allow them to make plays
LB Ray Lewis - Leader of one of the most dominant defenses in the NFL for years
LB Derrick Brooks - Made many big plays on a dominant Bucs defense throughout the decade
LB Keith Bulluck - Underrated LB throughout the decade but has always delivered triple digit tackles
CB Ty Law - Has frustrated the Colts passing game throughout the decade
CB Champ Bailey - Been shutting down the elite receivers throughout the decade
FS Ed Reed - Big time playmaker has change the courses of many games throughout the decade
SS Troy Polamalu - Been making plays for the Steelers since he's been in the league

Returners
Devin Hester - Made it acceptable to kick the ball out of bounds
Joshua Cribbs - The only reason the Browns were relevant this decade

Honorable Mention
QB - Tom Brady
RB - Jamal Lewis, Adrian Peterson (Will definitely be on next decade's team)
WR - Reggie Wayne, Torry Holt, Steve Smith
TE - Antonio Gates
OT - William Roaf, Orlando Pace
DE - Julius Peppers, Jared Allen
DT - Vince Wilfork, Albert Haynesworth
LB - Brian Urlacher, James Farrior
FS - Darren Sharper
SS - Adrian Wilson

Christmas songs that need to be on your playlist

Donnie Hathaway - This Christmas
The Jackson 5 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
The Temptations - Silent Night
The Jackson 5 - Give Love On Christmas Day
Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me
Stevie Wonder - One Little Christmas Tree
Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas
Louis Armstrong - White Christmas
Boys II Men & Brian McKnight - Let It Snow
The Temptations - Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer
The Jackson 5 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
The Jackson 5 - The Christmas Song
Luther Vandross - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Charles Brown - Bells Will Be Ringing

Best Looking Sports Reporters, Sideline Reporters

In no particular order.

Erin Andrews


Jenn Brown


Sage Steele


Lisa Salters


Bonnie Bernstein


Rachel Nichols


Suzy Kolber


Pam Oliver

Must Have Make Em Moist Songs For Your Collection

R Kelly - Seems Like You Ready
112 - Now That We're Done
The Isley Brothers - Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love)
Playa - Cheers 2 U
Keith Sweat - How Deep Is Your Love
Boys II Men - Uhh Ahh
Prince - Scandalous
TLC - Red Light Special
Jodeci - Freek N You
Sade - No Ordinary Love
Ginuwine - So Anxious
Aaliyah - One In A Million
En Vogue - Giving Him Something He Can Feel
En Vogue - Don't Let Go
R Kelly - 12 Play
R Kelly - Honey Love
R Kelly - Half On A Baby
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Teddy Pendergrass - Turn Off The Lights
Adina Howard - Do You Wanna Ride?
Adina Howard - T-Shirt & Panties
The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets
Quincy Jones - The Secret Garden
Teddy Pendergrass - Close The Door
Teddy Pendergrass - Come And Go With Me
Sons Of Funk - Pushin Inside Of You
Tyrese - Signs Of Love Making
Boys II Men - I'll Make Love To You
Keith Sweat - Right And Wrong Way
Maxwell - Til The Cops Come Knockin
Xscape - Feels So Good
The Isley Brothers - Sensuality
112 - Sweet Love
112 - Someone To Hold
H-Town - Knockin The Boots
J Holiday - Bed
Jagged Edge - Put A Little Umph In It
Pressha - Splackavellie
Mad Cobra - Flex
Changing Faces ft R Kelly - Do You Mind
Christion - Anything Goes
Kut Klose - Get Up On It
Keith Sweat - All My Love To You
Janet Jackson - Would You Mind
R Kelly - Bump N Grind (Remix)
R Kelly - The Greatest Sex
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Silk - Meeting In My Bedroom
Silk - Lose Control
Janet Jackson - Anytime Anyplace
Janet Jackson - Anytime Anyplace (Remix)

Crunkest Songs of All-Time

Three 6 Mafia - Tear Da Club Up
C-Murder - Down For My N****s
Three 6 Mafia - Hit A Muthaf****s
Kilo Ali - That Boom
Camoflauge - N**** What
Lil Jon - What You Gon Do
Lil Jon -Real N**** Roll Call
Lil Jon - I Don't Give A F***
Youngbloodz - Damn
Onyx - Slam
Master P - Make 'Em Say Ugh
TI, Youngbloodz, & Pastor Troy - I'm Serious (Remix)
DMX - Stop Being Greedy
Lil Scrappy - FILA
Trillville - Neva Eva
Lil Jon - Throw It Up
Trillville - Get Some Crunk In Yo System
Eightball & MJG - You Don't Want Drama
Bone Thugs & 2Pac - Thug Luv
Mystikal - Here I Go
Killer Mike, TI, Bun B - Re-Akshon
David Banner & Lil Jon - Might Getcha
Body Headbangers - I Smoke I Drank
Lil Jon, Ludacris, Too Short, & Chyna White - Bia Bia
Lil Jon - Put Yo Hood Up
TRU - Swamp Aggin
Master P - I'm Bout It
Three 6 Mafia - Who Run It
Three 6 Mafia - Azz & Titties

Must Have Southern Hip Hop CDs for your collection

All the Outkast CDs
Goodie Mob - Still Standing
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
All the UGK CDs
All the Eightball & MJG CDs minus Space Age Forever
Eightball - Lost
Juvenile - 400 Degrees
Master P - Ghetto D
Master P - Ice Cream Man
TRU - Tru 2 Da Game
TI - I'm Serious
TI - Trap Musik
Trick Daddy - www.thug.com
Three 6 Mafia - Chapter 2 World Domination
Three 6 Mafia - When The Smoke Clears
Lil Jon & The Eastside Boys - Kings of Crunk
Kilo Ali - Organized Bass
Witchdoctor - A S.W.A.T. Healin' Ritual
Coolbreeze - Eastpoint's Greatest Hit
South Circle - Another Day Another Baller
Mystikal - Mind of Mystikal
Mystikal - Unpredictable
Tela - Piece of Mind
Scarface - My Homies
Ludacris - Back for the First Time
I'm Bout It Soundtrack
Silk Da Shocker - Charge It 2 Da Game (Not cause of Silk himself)
Dungeon Family - Even In Darkness
BG - Chopper City In The Ghetto
Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine
Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfection
Pastor Troy - We Ready, I Declare War
Field Mob - 613: Ashy To Classy

I know there are some I forgot. 

Words to get you through the day

Here are some words that I hope help you through the day. What are some of your favorite quotes or scriptures that help you out.

Proverbs 3: 5-6
⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
⁶ in all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He will make your paths straight.

2000 & 2001 Hurricanes teams

As good as the Hurricanes' 2001 National Championship team was, the 2000 team was just as good too. They were one loss away from playing in the National championship game against Oklahoma. It doesn't matter who the QB is when you have Reggie Wayne on one side and Santana Moss on the other side then Jeremy Shockey down the middle. Clinton Portis didn't start until the next year on their 2001 team. On the defense of the 2000 team you had Ed Reed at safety and Dan Morgan at inside linebacker. DJ Williams and Jonathan Vilma didn't start until the 2001 team. I can't think of a roster stacked with talent in the last 20 years like the Miami Hurricanes from 2000 - 2003.

Miami Hurricanes 2000 Roster: http://armchairgm.wikia.com/2000_Miami_Hurricanes_Football_Season

Miami Hurricanes 2001 Roster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team

Christmas Presents for Needy Teams

With many sports franchises in need this holiday season, I am offering things that may brighten their outlook.

Cleveland Browns - An Offense: Brady Quinn, Derek Anderson, Jeromme Harrison, Massaqoui, Robiske, and Jamal Lewis are their options on offense. Jamal Lewis is good, but even he seems fed up and is talking about retiring. Brady Quinn's leadership and "It" factor doesn't seem to replace his lack of an arm. You also could probably replace the right side of their offensive line with some lawn chairs and receive the same results. I just suggest in the upcoming draft they spend their first 4 draft picks on offensive players preferrably lineman.

New Jersey Nets - Young Talent: You would think with players like Devin Harris, Courtney Lee, Douglas-Roberts, & Brooks Lopez that they had young talent, but going 0-17 shows that they are probably just young.

Washington Nationals - Strausburg actually turns out to be the real deal: The team is pitiful, but if he actually turns out to be as great as everyone says they maybe on the right track. That is until the Yankees offer him a $250 million contract.

Oakland Raiders - Someone to pull the reigns from Al Davis: It really doesn't matter which players you bring in or coaches you hire as long as Al Davis runs the show the Raiders will continue to stay at the bottom.

St. Louis Rams - Pack up and move to LA: Maybe a change of scenery will help out this franchise. Moving to LA may help attract free agents to the organization plus the bigger market will help bring money into the franchise.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish - A new athletic director: This is the same athletic director that hired Bob Davey, Ty Willingham, Charlie Weis, and then gave Charlie Weis that monster contract. Before you fire Charlie Weis, the school probably needs to take a good look at the athletic director. So far his choices haven't been good ones.

New York Knicks - A parade to welcome Lebron James: The Knicks are probably the biggest fan of any other team besides the Cavs winning the NBA Title this year. Lebron will be the one that can bring prestige back to the Knicks franchise and bring excitement back to the Garden. The Knicks definitely are not shy about spending money to put talent around the King either and will definitely keep the Knicks title contenders for the next decade. This all leads to my next Christmas present.....

Cleveland Cavaliers - Acquiring the #1 pick in the 2010 & 2011 draft: Cleveland hoped that Shaq would be the final piece in bringing James a title, but the upgrades other teams have done around the NBA may mean it was not enough. Not only will James leave but possibly Shaq and Big Z may finally retire. Then you will be left of a lineup of Mo Williams, Anthony Parker, Jamarrio Moon, J.J. Hickson, and Andersen Varajeo and back to 15 win seasons. This possible lineup is what scares Cleveland natives everyday and why they hope that Lebron goes ahead and signs a new contract with the Cavs. Lebron has meant a lot to the town and do hate to see it if he leaves, but it is hard to see LJ stay if they don't win a title.

Top 5 Nastiest R Kelly Songs

By nastiest I mean you know what's up when the song is playing. No tenderness involved just straight to the bedroom and off comes the panties. What do yall think are the top 5? Here is my list:

1 - 12 Play
2 - Seems Like You Ready
3 - Sex Me 1 & 2
4 - Bump n Grind Remix
5 - (Off the Life After Death cd) I'm F*#kin You Tonight

Worst QBs this college season

After watching the college games yesterday I had to fire up the blog again. Some of the QBs I have seen so far this season makes me think the scout that said they were good should be fired.

Jonathon Crompton - Tennessee

For two weeks I thought Joe Cox (Will get to him later) was the worst QB in the SEC. Then I watched Tennessee play. I will give it to Joe Cox, he can complete a pass further than 15 yards. Crompton has to go to swing passes, screen plays, and 2 yard hitch routes to complete a pass. Just to show how bad UGA's defense is, they allowed this clown to turn into Peyton Manning on them. You can see Lane Kiffin standing on the sidelines wishing he was back at USC where he could move the ball more than 30 yards through the air in a game.

Joe Cox - Georgia

I feel sorry for AJ Green. He could be the best receiver in the country if he wasn't constantly stretching, diving, and jumping for poorly thrown balls. AJ Green is still having a great season and right now is the only reason Cox has the stats he has right now. Defenses constantly keep 8 in the box and leave Green single covered cause they don't respect Cox's ability to get the ball down the field. The other receiver DJ Moore and the TE Charles would also have better stats if Cox wasn't constantly missing them down field.

Garcia - South Carolina

It is possible that South Carolina could be undefeated right now if they had a QB worth anything. In the past, Spurrier has won many games with bad QBs down at Florida, but down there he had better talent at the skill positions than he does now at South Carolina. To Jonathan Crompton's credit he can at least hit an open running back on a swing pass which seems to be a skill Garcia has yet to accomplish. Joe Cox has missed receivers, but he has been able to hit receivers that has no one within 20 yards of them. Seeing Garcia's aim on the football field makes me wonder if he has to sit down to piss.

The Bum Starting at QB for Fresno St

When a defensive back can power walk and pick off your pass after he's been beat on a fly pattern, you deserve to be on this list.

Terrelle Pryor - Ohio St

I'm still trying to figure out how he was the #1 player coming out of high school a few years ago. Maybe he still needs to be developed which if it is the case I blame on the coaches. The boy has a big arm which it seems he has problems hitting receivers with. He may change my mind down the road but right now he looks bad. To me the best QB in the Big Ten is Danny Clark at Penn State.

5 Great Songs Silk Da Shocker Ruined

This list could be longer, but what are some that come to mind.

1. I Miss My Homies
2. Playas From Da South
3. No Limit Soldiers
4. Somebody's Watching Me
5. Let's Get Em

What are your 10 favorite No Limit songs

These are my favorites in no particular order.

1. Akickdoe
2. I Miss My Homies
3. Bourbons & Lacs
4. Break Em Off Something
5. There They Go
6. Swamp Nigga
7. I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching Me
8. Bout It Bout It
9. Mr. Ice Cream Man
10. Still Smoking

The Decade's 25 biggest tech flops

http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-33_7-10001201-1.html?s=0&o=10001201&tag=mncol;page

Best Looking Female Cast on a TV Show

What are the TV shows over the years that have had the best looking female cast. The show has to have a least 3 good looking females on it during a season. If I could take the different assistant DA's over the years from Law & Order and put them in one season they could make my list. I will start my list now and add more when I can think of some more.

A Different World

Girlfriends

ER

That's all I can come up with so far. There will be more to come.

One Hit Wonders

Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack
Methrone - Loving Each Other For Life
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz - Uptown
Christopher Williams - Dreaming
Lil Troy - Wanna Be A Baller
Skee Lo - I Wish
Craig Mack - Flava In Ya Ear

This was a list of one hit wonders I could come up with so far. Can anybody else name any one hit wonders.

MTV's Top 10 MC's As of Today

I found this updated list of MTV's top 10 MC's today and there are many discussion boards saying MTV has lost it's credibility with hip hop because of this list. Jay-Z at #7 (WTF), and Jim Jones even being on the list has lost any credibility MTV has with me as far as hip hop. This is pretty much just a list of most popular rappers than it is of best rappers. Again I must ask why is Jim Jones on the list. I feel there are other rappers that should have been on this list (i.e. Nas & Scarface just to name a few). I would like to hear your opinions on this list.

1. Lil Wayne
2. T.I.
3. Game
4. Andre 3000
5. Kanye West
6. Young Jeezy
7. Jay-Z
8. 50 Cent
9. Common
10. Jim Jones

Favorite Rap Albums Since 2000

I am breaking up an earlier post since it is hard to come up with 10 albums period. This list is in no particular order and if you post your favorite you are confined to a specified amount. Here's my list.

Speakerbox/Love Below - OutKast

Blueprint - Jay-Z

Stankonia - OutKast

College Dropout - Kanye West

The Black Album - Jay-Z

American Gangster - Jay-Z

Get Rich Or Die Tryin - 50 Cent

When The Smoke Clears - Three 6 Mafia

I'm Serious - TI

Back For The First Time - Ludacris

Greg Street 6 O'Clock Mixtape

Marshal Mathers LP - Eminem

Born Again - The Notorious BIG

Marine Accused of Pimping Teen to Recruit Soldiers

http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/marine-accused-of-pimping-teen-to-recruit-soldiers/

New OutKast album in the works

It's about damn time.

http://mediatakeout.com/external/33099

29-year old has 21 Kids with 11 different women

After they get done splitting up the check from his minimun wage job some kids only get $2/month

http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/29-year-old-has-21-kids-with-11-women/

Cocaine Found in Red Bull

http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/cocaine-found-in-red-bull/

Funny Website

www.textsfromlastnight.com

Woman with 555 pound son arrested for neglect

Speechless

http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/woman-with-555-pound-son-arrested-for-neglect/

Memorial Day Weekend

Anyone have any plans for this Memorial Day weekend?

I am just going to lay low, might go to the movies with my girl and her people, attend a cookout, and other then that just do some chores around the house and just relax!!!

A Day Without Your Smartphone

Ever since you have gotten a smartphone, do you think you can go a day without it. My phone has essentially turned into my brain so I'm not sure what a day without my blackberry would be like.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/05/22/finighan.uk.smart.phones.cnn

Denver at LA Game 2

Trying out the real time blogging like I've read on other blogs. Just going to write thoughts as they come to my mind...

Just sitting here watching the game. Carmello is getting better and better. NeNe is even getting better. Billups is amazing!!! That play he made off of Kobe's back; remarkable!!! Birdman just got dunked on by Kobe!!! LMAO Birdman is a character...

Can Andrew Bynum do something? Lamar Odom's head is really shiny! You know, as much as I don't like the Lakers, and as much as I used to detest Kobe. I respect his game. The guy is that damn good! I really hope the Lakers lose the lead.

These commercials are lame. LOL but I love the one where they show the Lakers come back and beat the Trailblazers. Pippen looked lost after Kobe crossed him up. Hillllarrioussss.... Ok enough for now. I'll add comments as they come.

Chocolate Butterscotch Fondue

With this being the Chocolate Factory, I felt the need to provide a chocolate dipping sauce that all the couples can enjoy on a night alone together. Hope yall enjoy this.

1/3 cup light cream or half & half
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup butterscotch chips
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Heat cream or half & half, sugar and salt in a fondue pot over high heat. Lower heat, stir in chocolate and butterscotch chips. Reduce heat to low and allow bits to melt, stir constantly. Stir in vanilla. Use apple wedges, strawberries, marshmallows or other foods for dipping.

Top 10 Between the Sheets Songs

Top 10 songs you play in the bedroom for the ladies:

1 - R. Kelly - Seems Like Your Ready
2 - Silk - Lose Control
3 - 112 - Now That We're Done
4 - The Isley Brothers - Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time for Love)
5 - Playa - Cheers 2 U
6 - Keith Sweat - How Deep Is Your Love
7 - Prince - Scandalous
8 - TLC - Red Light Special
9 - Jodeci - Freek 'N You
10 - Ginuwine - So Anxious

Honorable Mention: Boyz II Men - Uhh Ahh, Sade - No Ordinary Love, En Vogue - Giving Him Something He Can Feel, R. Kelly - 12 Play

Virtual Currencies... What's your take?

Here is an article on CNN.com that discusses the use of virtual currencies in social networks, and online gaming and some these currencies can be traded against actual currencies. Seems harmless right? Well it depends to the extent they develop. Right now they seem pretty trivial, but let's say that one of these currencies catches on and can be used to purchase goods in the real world. Why wouldn't they replace the actual currencies that are so laden with problems and bogged down with exchange rates?

For example, Instead of having to worry about taxes and writing a check, I can fix someone's car and they pay me in Hi5 dollars. Then I go buy a PS3 or something like that from a website that honors Hi5 dollars.

Basically, conspiracy therorist would say they could see virtual currencies paving the way for a one-world currency not based off of anything concrete. To which one entity could control, and we all know that's not a good thing. Why is that not a good thing? I'll explain below.

The dollar used to be based off of the gold standard, so there would never be more dollars in circulation than the value of the US gold reserves, therefore it was based on something concrete. I'm not a historian, nor will I pretend to be, so I don't have the exact dates and details, but eventually that changed and the Federal Reserve (FED) was established and lends our government money at interest, so pretty much they control the amount of currency that is in circulation. Stringent guidelines are in place as to not prevent them from flooding the market with useless amounts of dollars which would cause inflation basically rendering the dollar useless. If the trend holds, the next forseeable step would be to decouple the dollar from a concrete currency at all and the idea of a virtual currency would allow the powers that be to have autonomous control over the currency using something like the fear of another economic collapse as reason enough establish the system. I forsee one huge problem with virtual currency, if it ever comes to that, which I'll explain with the following example.

Let's say you have $5,000 in a savings account at a bank. The bank tells you that in 6 months you will no longer be able to use your debit card, write a check, make online purchases or make withdrawals, or deposit money into your account. To make matters worse they say that no other banks will accept you. What would you do? You damn right!!! I would take my money out and have $5,000 in cash. OK, let's reuse the same scenario, but this time with a virtual currency... Then what??? You're just out of luck because the virtual currency isn't based on anything concrete at all. Someone could argue that you could trade it against a concrete currency like the Dollar or Euro, but if there aren't any left then you'll be stuck and broke and there would not be a thing that could be done about it.

I think people are being conditioned to accept the eventual use of a virtual currency. Even though this is a comical example, but if you compare the old version of Monopoly against the new version of Monopoly what's the difference? Yup, the new version doesn't use cash, it gives you a card that represents your cash. A virtual currency where whoever is playing the banker has all the control by crediting and debiting money on your card on their banking machine. You can't make any transactions via player to player without the banker being involved.

This blog was way longer than I intended it to be, so I'll cut it short here. Just posted this as food for thought.

Life & Purpose?

Do any of you ever sit around wondering, what is my purpose in life? For some it's a religious purpose, for others it could be to establish/continue a legacy through their children, yet even in others it could be to fulfill a career goal that they've set, or quite possibly a combination of all the above.

I often sit and wonder this a lot. Is my purpose simply to exist? Is my purpose predestined, or in other words are my steps ordered? Is life a path of nodes where upon reaching a node we have to make a choice and that choice sets us blazing down a path until the next decision? I guess no will ever know until the answer is revealed at death.

I'm just curious to wonder if anyone else thinks about this, or do they just live and enjoy life they have it?

Black Universities and Colleges struggling during recession

You could probably say that some of the HBCUs were struggling before the recession began back in December 2007, but the past year and a half seems to be putting a death nail in some of them. Morris Brown lost it's accreditation years ago and for some reason there are still students enrolled there. Morris Brown and Paine College are both having financial problems right now and I think Allen University in Columbia isn't fairing to well either. I know some of the bigger HBCUs like Howard, Hampton, Morehouse, Spellman, FAMU etc will be able to weather the storm. Do you think some of the other ones will be able to survive the economic turmoil? These smaller institutions have been able to provide education to people who might not have been able to attend other institutions whether financially or institutional requirements.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/05/18/what.matters.black.universities/index.html

9 ways to get happy in the next 30 minutes

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/9-ways-to-get-happy-in-the-next-30-minutes-444895/

10 Albums You Can't Go Without

I know it's hard to name 5 albums in your collection you can't go without so I expanded it to 10. 10 is still hard to do. What are the albums in your collection that if you had to clear out for some reason you can't do without these albums? Here is my list (In no particular order):

1 - Dr. Dre "The Chronic"
2 - 2Pac "All Eyes On Me"
3 - 2Pac "7 Day Theory"
4 - Dru Hill "Enter The Dru"
5 - OutKast "ATLiens"
6 - OutKast "Speakerboxx/Love Below"
7 - The Notorious BIG "Life After Death"
8 - Camp Lo "Uptown Saturday Night"
9 - The Notorious BIG "Ready to Die"
10 - Eightball "Lost"

Almost made the list: OutKast "Southernplayalistic", OutKast "Aquemini", 112 "112", Jay-Z "Reasonable Doubt", Mary J Blige "What's the 411", Eightball & MJG "In Our Lifetime", Juvenile "400 Degrees", & UGK "Ridin Dirty".

Why Rookie Lawyers Get $60,000 Paid Vacations

Maybe I picked the wrong profession. Getting a big stipend like that to just sit on your ass.

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1899058,00.html

Kobe Doin' Work

Did anyone happen to catch the Kobe Doin' Work documentary by Spike Lee on ESPN? If so, what did you think about it?

Impact Rookies in NFL next season

What are the top 3 rookies to make an impact in the NFL next year? I think Macklin for the Eagles will make a pretty big impact for the simple fact that Andy Reid is pretty good at designing offenses and using talent. This next guy maybe a surprise, but Shonn Greene for the Jets will probably have an impact too with Leon Washington and Thomas Jones holding out for better contracts. And after much contemplating Aaron Curry will probably also have a big season for the Seahawks.

8 Super Food Swaps for Longevity

http://health.yahoo.com/experts/drmao/18550/8-super-food-swaps-for-longevity/

Dependency on technology

Why do people freak out so much that when their blackberries go down or in this situation Google has an outage? Makes you wander what people did before all of this stuff.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10241126-93.html?tag=smallCarouselArea.2