From There to Here

The Celtics put out their 2008-2009 schedule yesterday, along with the rest of the NBA. It took a few more days this year, thanks to the whole Seattle-Oklahoma City mess, but it’s done. And the Celtics have some pretty awesome games, with two at home against Orlando, Detroit and Cleveland (plus a third home game […]

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I haven’t updated the blog in a while, but tonight, I’m doing a Bill Simmons-esque live blog. It’s not ripping him off as much as its an homage. And hey, when he live blogged, the Celtics had the biggest comeback win ever in the NBA Finals. So it’s got to be good karma, right?
8:39 p.m. […]

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I’m blogging at 4:30 a.m. on Monday, and I can’t sleep. I don’t know if it’s because:
1) My room is probably about 75-80 degrees, and even with the fan, I’m still not comfortable.
2) I took a four (maybe more) hour nap this afternoon, just because if I was awake I would have paced around crazy […]

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The NCNA conference was pretty awesome. Learned a lot of new things, networked with some good people and picked up tips for revising the Council’s website and planning an awards night program. I really hope I can get both of those things done, as they’d be awesome for us.
I didn’t blog at all about the […]

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Charles Barkley, TNT’s damn basketball analyst (and former player or something), just chastised the Seattle Supersonics for giving up 180 points the other night against the Denver Nuggets.
They actually gave up 168. So the other commentators — both Americans — make fun of him.
Charles answer? “We round up in this country.”
Um, sure.
Then he advocates […]

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I’ve been busy without much time to update lately, and I’m about to run off to work now. Last night, got home late after watching the Celtics rip apart New Jersey for the second time in a week. Almost as incredible as that is this clip, where Paul Piere and KG joke with each other […]

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Half an hour from tip-off for the Celts home opener. ESPN, which has tonight’s game, opened their Shootaround pre-game show with clips of the Celtics timed to “One” by U2. I can’t wait.
We just heard from the show that the “New Big Three” are thinking of changing their name to the “PGA Tour,” for P(ierce)G(arnett)A(llen). […]

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