J – E – T – S

Nother week, nother Sunday, nother big week of games. . bottom line I go to sleep happy

Good win today boys.  A win is a win.

Looking forward to the New Year.

Kobe V

Nike’s got the Kobe V’s available on NikeID.. I’ve always wanted to ID my own shoe but the possibilities are endless.. Here are a couple of samples I came up with.

Baltimore, what up…

Hometown Love:

Space Jams

In the spirit of the holidays I decided not to get myself a pair.  I’m pretty content with my OG’s…. but I did however pick up somethin somethin for my future son.

Puppet Showdown

One thing I am looking forward to this Christmas is the Cavs x Laker game, with high hopes of the new puppet commercials… I guess it won’t hurt to see a decent basketball game either.

I don’t know what Nike was thinking with the Kobe colorway… but the Lebrons …

Reindeer Beef?

Santa’s black? lol

Lupe Blitzen killllls it

What Teachers Make

Recently I posted a video of a poem by this guy Taylor Mali.  Very inspirational, very down to earth, and just gets to the heart of things.  In commemoration of being done with the semester here is again, in text form…

What Teachers Make

by Taylor Mali

He says the problem with teachers is, “What’s a kid going to learn
from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?”
He reminds the other dinner guests that it’s true what they say about
teachers:
Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.

I decide to bite my tongue instead of his
and resist the temptation to remind the other dinner guests
that it’s also true what they say about lawyers.

Because we’re eating, after all, and this is polite company.

“I mean, you¹re a teacher, Taylor,” he says.
“Be honest. What do you make?”

And I wish he hadn’t done that
(asked me to be honest)
because, you see, I have a policy
about honesty and ass-kicking:
if you ask for it, I have to let you have it.

You want to know what I make?

I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.
I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional medal of honor
and an A- feel like a slap in the face.
How dare you waste my time with anything less than your very best.

I make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall
in absolute silence. No, you may not work in groups.
No, you may not ask a question.
Why won’t I let you get a drink of water?
Because you’re not thirsty, you’re bored, that’s why.

I make parents tremble in fear when I call home:
I hope I haven’t called at a bad time,
I just wanted to talk to you about something Billy said today.
Billy said, “Leave the kid alone. I still cry sometimes, don’t you?”
And it was the noblest act of courage I have ever seen.

I make parents see their children for who they are
and what they can be.

You want to know what I make?

I make kids wonder,
I make them question.
I make them criticize.
I make them apologize and mean it.
I make them write, write, write.
And then I make them read.
I make them spell definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, definitely
beautiful
over and over and over again until they will never misspell
either one of those words again.
I make them show all their work in math.
And hide it on their final drafts in English.
I make them understand that if you got this (brains)
then you follow this (heart) and if someone ever tries to judge you
by what you make, you give them this (the finger).

Let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true:
I make a goddamn difference! What about you?

Viva la Vida

Simply amazing

Lebron

I’ve been done with sneakers for awhile now.  In fact I barely wear any of my shoes.. with school I’ve only been able to wear dress shoes.  So why am I bringing this up?  Obviously somethings got me jonesin for a pair of new kicks.  The Lebron 7s.  I’m a Wade guy.  No disrespect to Lebron but I’ve never ever been a fan.  There’s not denying his unbelievable talent.  I’ve just never been a fan, he’s not exciting, he makes it look too easy.  Although in light of his puppet commercials and his affinity for dancing, hes been gaining a lot of respect from me… to top it off these 7s look to be one of the best basketball shoes I’ve EVER seen.  In a plethora of colorways, I’ll have to make my way into a pair soon enough to see if seeing is truly believing.

EDIT: This is the best one

Mystery Solved!

In light of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes movies, our friends at Nike, put together a little mystery.  Someone stole Lebron’s shoe!  It’s pretty silly and lame for a multimillion dollar ad, but I’m not gonna lie, I enjoy all these Nike puppet commercials.

Anyway without further ado…

p.s. I have no idea if there’s any connection to Sherlock Holmes and the puppets over at Nike.

Revis Christ…

With Christmas creeping upon us, I figured why not show more appreciation to a man that I look up to…… Darrelle Revis.  Hands down the NFL’s best cornerback.  In fact I don’t think there’s been a better player on this team in my lifetime.  Don’t want to hear anything about Asamugha, or Bailey, or Woodson… yea they’re all elite and all, but it’s been such a long time coming for me.. to have a player from one of my teams that I can look to for consistency and absolute domination (Well Tom Jones too).  In a year where the Knicks are once again rebuilding, the Mets decimated by injury, this new look Jet team having their ups and downs, have really played well especially on the defensive side of the ball.  Let’s keep it up and hopefully keep playing games throughout the month of January.

The smite list:
# Team Name REC YDS TD INT
1 HOU Andre Johnson 2 24 0 0
2 NE Randy Moss 3 21 0 1
3 TEN Justin Gage 3 28 0 0
4 NO Marques Colston 0 0 0 0
5 MIA Ted Ginn Jr. 2 57 1 0
6 BUF Terrell Owens 1 11 0 0
7 OAK Louis Murphy 1 6 0 0
8 MIA Ted Ginn Jr. 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAX Mike Sims-Walker 0 0 0 0 0
11 NE Randy Moss 4 29 1 0
12 CAR Steve Smith 1 5 0 2
13 BUF Terell Owens 3 31 0 1

Praise be to Revis!