Archive for February, 2006

This is Amazing

Published at February 27, 2006 in Awesome and Basketball. 2 Comments

Just watch this video of an autistic high school basketball team manager. It’s quite possibly the most awesome thing to ever happen in high school basketball.

Update: Link fixed.

Link: Autistic basketball player creates mayhem at game.

Another Update:

Now ESPN has put an even more touching video together of the whole ordeal. Here’s the link:

ESPN: Meaningful Minutes for Autism

Let’s Go Do the Magna Dance

Published at February 25, 2006 in Awesome and Music. 2 Comments

I’m about to head to Provo for a day or so, but this random memory hit me. Just over a year ago, somebody at work found this awesome album. Be sure to check out the song previews on the left of the page. My favorites are Magna Dance and Sariah (Vocal).

CD Baby Link: Anndrea Naidu: Land of Freedom

“Heighth” is Not a Word

Published at February 16, 2006 in Observations. 3 Comments

I work in a furniture store. Naturally, I hear people discussing dimensions of furniture on a regular basis. I am but a lowly display grunt worker, so I don’t get involved in these conversations, I just sit back with a smug look on my face. The error I’ve noticed most is that many people say “heighth” as opposed to the actual word, which is height (no, it doesn’t end in a “th” like it’s neighbor, width).

Two types of people say it, customers and salespeople. I realize most customers are idiots and therefore I hold no expectations from them. The salespeople, however, are generally pretty confident in their furniture knowledge. A pillar of furniture knowledge is basic facts about furniture, such as dimensions. When discussing dimensions, one is likely to say width and height. Most of the time here in good old St. George, Utah, though, it is heard as “heighth” as opposed to height. Good times.

Tiny Dunker

Published at February 4, 2006 in Basketball. 2 Comments

The participants in the 2006 All-Star Weekend Dunk Contest have been set. I’m rather excited for one of the guys in the contest: Nate Robinson. I believe he will be the shortest guy in the contest since 5′7″ Spud Webb won in 1986; 20 years ago. Nate is 5′9″ and looks like he’s on a trampoline when he jumps up for rebounds in games. The kid can sky. He’s a strong little guy too, 180 lbs at that height. I am 6′3″ and weigh 185 lbs. That means his dunks will probably not be gentle.

The other guys in the field are the reigning champ, Josh Smith, then Hakim Warrick, and Andre Iguodala.

Tiger’s New Pad

Published at February 4, 2006 in Sports. 0 Comments

Tiger Woods just bought a 10 acre piece of land on Jupiter Island, Florida for a cool $38 million. His house is a decent size at 13,207 square feet. The property also has several guest houses.

Sportscenter did a short piece on this property with some cool facts. Tiger bought the property with money he earned and has been setting aside solely from tournament prizes. Over his career, he has won over $55 million in prize money. Another thing they did was break down what his loan would be like if he lived like the rest of us. On a 30 year mortgage with a 5.75% interest rate, here are the details:

  • Cost of Home:
    		•  $38M
  • Down Payment (20%):
    		•  $7.6M
  • Total Mortgage:
    		•  $30.4M
  • Monthly Payment:
    		•  $177,400

    Also noted was that the average American home is priced at $190,000 - slightly above what his monthly payment would be.

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