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My 5 reasons why Kevin Durant will and won’t win Rookie of the Year

10/13/2007 — Leave a comment

[durant fisheye] Why he will win it:

The Sonics don’t have any one else who can carry the scoring load. Ray Allen? Gone. Rashard Lewis? Gone. Wally? Uh, no.
No one cares about FG% — just points. Barring injury, he’s going to be their leading scorer. I have no doubt.
He has the agility to play the 2, which makes him a match-up problem for opposing teams.
Greg Oden is out. It’s Durant’s to lose now.
The Sonics are going to slap his face up everywhere. He can dunk, shoot the 3 and he has nice teeth for those shoe commercials. (However, he certainly can’t replace the PR sweetness that is Ray Allen)

Why he won’t win it:

He’s never seen a shot he doesn’t like. He scores a lot of points even when his team loses. It doesn’t matter if his shot isn’t falling either. He averaged 39.9% from the field at Texas.
He’s a wuss. I’m sure this will change now that he’s in the NBA, but I’m still interested to see how he handles the big guys. There’s going to be games where he gets locked down because he’s the only scoring threat.
He’s not a good teammate. Players like LeBron make their teammates better. I don’t see KD doing that in Seattle.
Defense, defense, defense. One of the knocks on him at Texas was that he loafed on “D.”
NBA fans are tiring of players like AI, Melo and Kobe. I know am.

In sports

Kim Komando digs Irfanview

9/27/2007 — Leave a comment

[kim komando digs Irfanview] Those of you that know me are aware that I’m an Irfanview zealot. I use it nearly every day. It’s one of my standard pieces of equipment.

Reformatting a computer? First install (after the OS): Firefox. Second install:Irfanview. Install for all users: Yes. Set file image only associations for all users: Yes. End of story.

I’ve been receiving one of Kim Komando’s daily e-mail newsletters for a few weeks now. In that time she’s mentioned Irfanview twice. It makes me giggle.

Here’s all of the Google-indexed Irfanview references on her site.

In pretty darn cool, technology

I knew I was going to like the new Sprint Center

9/21/2007 — 1 Comment

[quiktrip + sprint = mmm]

This is an exciting development.

OK, AEG and QuikTrip. If I go to the Sprint Center, I’m still expecting $0.89 coffee.

In business

[thumbs down]

We all camped out at the annual Blue Springs Fall Fun Fest parade this morning…

Lame.

I’ve seen parades that were much better — in towns that are a small fraction of the size of Blue Springs.

Here are 10 things that I would change about the parade in Blue Springs:

I know we have a history of good gymnasts that train(ed) in Blue Springs, but come on, 5 mobs of obnoxious dance troupes? Why?
A middle school entry with no float and just a gang of kids? What’s up with that?
Where are the Shriners? Combines, mini-cars, go-carts, motorcycles — they’ve got to be there. Not just one group either.
The parade themes are lame — The Wild World of Sports?? I think I saw about two floats that even even made an attempt. I think some enforcement is required.
No horses? C’mon. Gotta have lots of animals.
More bicycles and skateboards. A freestyle bike act would be sweet.
I love the John Deere tractors and the Model-As and Model-Ts. Where were the big tractors? Where were the muscle cars? Where were the power-breaking and the glass-packs? And the jacked-up monster trucks?
Where were the pedal-powered contraptions — the crazy bikes and trikes?
There’s gotta be some tricked out choppers and motorcycles in this town. We got a Harley plant in Kansas City, for cryin’ out loud.
I think the Blue Springs Fall Fun Fest parade generally lacks forethought, imagination and creativity. It’s apparent to me in the parade entries and in the event planning.