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Happy birthday to me! Happy birthday to me! Happy birthday dear me; happy birthday to me!
That is all.
Jan. 22nd, 2003
My incredibly cool brother Ben's design group has just been asked to design an environment for the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. You can see some more of his work here; the table won an award for student design distinction from ID Magazine. ID Magazine also recently gave Release1 an award for Best Concepts. Ben's a cool guy.
Al Sharpton is a demagogue of a fairly virulent sort, and I have little sympathy for him. However, the news that his offices burned down this morning is potentially very disturbing. According to Susannah of cut on the bias, it was a two alarm fire, which means it's more than a cigarette in a trash can. It took out his civil rights group HQ and his presidential campaign HQ.
Five bucks says someone gets histrionic about this before all the facts are in. Ten bucks says the histronics get in the way of examining the facts.
Eric McErlain thinks Tampa Bay's gonna win the Super Bowl. Might as well get my pick up to be mocked: it's gonna be the Raiders. I even think they'll beat the line.
Why? Because they have the team of destiny patina. They're pissed off about the playoffs last year, the veterans know they need to get it done now or perhaps never, and the team is tight. Contrast this to the distraction Keyshawn is capable of causing. Check out his ESPN diary and tell me that isn't someone who thinks he's bigger than the team. Note that he didn't mention his quarterback once. I hear Brad Johnson isn't that bad a player.
That means that it's up to Tampa Bay's defense to make up for any problems on the offensive side, and that isn't gonna be easy. Raiders win it going away.