Thursday Morning Starting Five: The Please Get Some Sleep Edition
Like I need to talk. Don’t know many writers who do sleep like normal folk though. The mind is constantly wandering on a never ending quest for the next best reader test.
Working nights, refreshing this site daily, doing and transcribing interviews, networking and hitting my August 31st book deadline leaves very few hours of daily sleep for this man. Sometimes it gets so bad that I get an hour or two a day over a week period. This ain’t good. By the end of the week, I’m no good to nobody. When I do sleep, no matter how tired I am, I’m awake after three hours. Sup with that? My girl and other friends are concerned…
You all know, I’m straight can’t stop, won’t stop and because of my relative lack of credentials in this field, I gotta be one of the hardest workers to make a definitive impact but my health is obviously more important. I say all of this just to implore to all of you to get your rest. I can’t wait until August 32nd.
To the links. Any suggestions. Send here.
One of the best linebackers in the league, Terrell Suggs, signs a nice contract. (Baltimore Sun)
Richard Jefferson goes on Stern to clear air on dumping his fiance. (The Big Lead)
Michael Jackson sells a million in a week, but Maxwell tops the albums chart. (EW)
Joe Budden is calling out Inspectah Deck? Word? (SOHH)
5 time British Open winner, Tom Watson, shoots an opening round 65. (USA Today)
Tracy McGrady changes jersey number for Darfur. (Inside Hoops)
Temple3 comments on Korey Stringer’s wife getting a legal victory on behalf of her late husband. (Temple3)
“You Signed Up for It…“ and “Your Boy Don’t Hoop?” (Sable Verity)
Our peoples Damon Smith writes a letter about a developing scourge…Deep Friend twinkies. Okori help us out here. (TMCY)
Classic…
Deep Fried Twinkies are exactly why 1 in 3 americans are obese. It’s 425 Calories. FOUR TWENTY-FIVE.
For emphasis….. I searched the internet to find something to eat that would equal 425 calories and the only thing I could find would be full meals. FULL MEALS. this is something that i would strongly recommend you avoid at all costs. not even in moderation.
and Mizz: as far as the sleep goes here is what i would tell you. You might need to try some physical activity before bed. a walk around the block, a couple of minutes on the treadmill or the stationary bike, anything to exhaust yourself.
Thanks for the link love, bruh man.
With the twins and work, I haven’t been blogging much. It’s been a great summer, though.
Glad to hear that Maxwell is blowing up. Also glad to hear that there is more to the Richard Jefferson story than meets the eye. Interesting that he went to Howard Stern. At least he didn’t have to go to see David Stern. That would have been a bit humiliating.
Of course..
Enjoy that time. I miss it with mine.
Jefferson, great point. He’s gonna get slammed by the sistas but at least he came to a realization and stuck with it.
A guy at my gig said he left her at the altar. That would have been bad. At first, I was surprised — but I had to step back because that’s not really in his profile. It turns out that there was more to the story.
There usually is.
Okori I don’t think its so much that the twinkie is fried (which are popular here in Dallas). Its the fact that its a twinkie.
If you eat a twinkie you might as well eat sheet rock.
As far as Richard Jefferson, its a shame that a athlete has to go to the media to explain why he broke up with a woman. And to go on that ignorant fools howard stern show to top it off.
Now as for Joe Budden………..hasn’t this dudes 5 minutes of fame ran out. From the dissing of Jay-Z to sell records. To posting and pimping out picks of his old ladies behind. To posting videos of youtube of his private conversation with Brandon Jennings. This dude will do anything to stay in the news.
if you eat a deep-fried twinkie walk down and go to the hospital. fopr you’ll get some stuff a doctor will have to help you with.
I understand Okori that the frying part is bad. But the twinkie may be worse. Just read up on what a twinkie is made of.
I don’t even mess with that stuff. Thats why I encourage folks to watch the documentarty “super size me”.
After you see whats in many of the crap we eat it will change what you eat.
And that documentary doesn’t even go into the chemicals and how the genetics of the food we eat is manipulated.
I saw in another post how you mentioned how bad pops were. I agree (thats why I never drink them)…….and someone mentioned how addictive they were. Many of the chemicals they add to the food we eat help make it addictive. IMO one of the worst ones thats added to almost everything that is sweet is High Frutose Corn Syrup. a few scientist even linked it to obesity and diabeties.
I see a few of these chemical companies even came out with a commercial stating how High Frutose Corn Syrup was good for you….LOL!!! Anything to keep the drug dealers selling their dope.
That movie, “Insomnia” was underrated. Have a good weekend everyone.
A “Deep fried twinkie” sounds quite gross to me.
Year and a half ago, my uncle left his fiance’ at the alter he ran off with another woman he was dealing with in Jersey the day before the ceremony. A few weeks prior to the wedding this woman some how found out where they lived. Anyway this was the second time he had gotten cold feet. The first time he actually told her that he wasn’t ready months in advance so they had time to make adjustments. This woman stuck with him through prison, addictions and other women. That day she had a party because all expenses were paid for and as his best man I felt obligated to attend – probably the most awkward position I’ve ever been in – didn’t consume any alcohol at that event, my head was on a swivel.
If you’re not ready you’re not ready but there is a way to do things.
When my grandmother passed in April, guess who shows up? After a nervous breakdown and 30lbs lighter. You guessed it. And my uncle had that cat in the canary look. Today he lives a few blocks from her, you know where he’s gonna end up within a year.
And we were hangin out when we found out about Steve McNair, man if that isn’t a wake up call, what is.
Put it this way:
There are few things worse than being in a marriage you don’t want to be in. but one of them is standing up your fiance at the altar.
I wholeheartedly disagree. Being in a marriage you don’t want to be in is way worse. And in RJ’s case, if they were fighting a lot, it doesn’t matter when the moment of clarity came-just that it came before he got hitched. And if he spent $1M that’s better than half some point down the line.
Thing is, if RJ wasn’t in the NBA, this isn’t even a story. As someone whose parents stayed together unhappily married for probably 12, 13 years, I can say, yeah, perhaps it’s not the best for RJ to do that, but at least he takes the relationship seriously enough to tell his lady that he is unsure of things before the wedding. Anyway, given my relationship history, far be it from me to judge. The fact that this is even in the damn media is so intrusive, as far as I’m concerned.
I don’t usually comment on blogs but your post was really good.