Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Monday, February 20, 2006
i remember one the things bob told me before during a lesson was that he'd rather be blessed by God than used by him
and somehow that made it into my bible study lesson that i gave last week.
strange eh?
this cracked me up
one of the guys in msm jason came outta nowhere with something like this while we were eating at the barbeque today:
do you know that there's all these korean guys in korea getting married and get all these messed-up looking kids, and it's cause they married these girls which look very pretty, but it's all due to plastic surgery?
and most ppl responded by going "what the?" i was dying with laughter when i heard that.
oh yea; in classic guys fashion, the barbeque done today by the guy leaders(myself included) forgot to bring utensils, plates, and napkins to the barbeque. classic.
fyi, jerm if you're reading this, matt in msm plays w.o.w. too. maybe brian yoon as well. just found that out today.
i played mike park tekken 5 on friday
either way, i die;
that is, either i spend more time studying tekken, and usually screw the time i have to study over, or spend not enough time, and then lose games i shouldn't because i can't do simple stuff like backdash into sidestep into combo starter consistently.
and somehow that made it into my bible study lesson that i gave last week.
strange eh?
this cracked me up
one of the guys in msm jason came outta nowhere with something like this while we were eating at the barbeque today:
do you know that there's all these korean guys in korea getting married and get all these messed-up looking kids, and it's cause they married these girls which look very pretty, but it's all due to plastic surgery?
and most ppl responded by going "what the?" i was dying with laughter when i heard that.
oh yea; in classic guys fashion, the barbeque done today by the guy leaders(myself included) forgot to bring utensils, plates, and napkins to the barbeque. classic.
fyi, jerm if you're reading this, matt in msm plays w.o.w. too. maybe brian yoon as well. just found that out today.
i played mike park tekken 5 on friday
either way, i die;
that is, either i spend more time studying tekken, and usually screw the time i have to study over, or spend not enough time, and then lose games i shouldn't because i can't do simple stuff like backdash into sidestep into combo starter consistently.
Sunday, February 19, 2006
east over the west
*in other news, i ACTUALLY watched olympic curling on msnbc; i wasn't watching to make fun of it, but the rules still confuse me a little; i guess it's a little like "darts on ice," where you're not always aiming to hit the bullseye, but a specific area in order to get a specific score. and you can knock your opponent's rocks out of the bullseye. but supposedly you get penalized if you knock some of yours. all the funniness from the game comes from watching those 2 guys sweep the floor in front of the rock trying to stop/slow it down. but otherwise, it really is darts on ice. strangely enough, the game was team usa vs team great britain*
but as for the nba all-star game...
all i gots to say is this...
the east would not have come back and gotten a win unless they played team ball and defense.
i said beforehand that i would like to see how good the east could get if saunders put all 4 pistons in and bosh and let them play. he put in pierce, but the effect was essentially the same. closed the gap, then made with a commanding lead. again, team offense, hard defense.
ykno, the strange part is that if dumars chose bosh over darko, we mightve seen 5 pistons play. then again, they mightve just chosen 4 again; remember that they didn't choose tayshaun, who's very incredible.
the 2 consecutive blocks by ben wallace got me up on the 2nd one. (i actually tuned in pretty late, so this was one of the few highlights i actually saw)
lebron and wade had some good brilliance. i really liked lebron's putback.
and vince carter should be ashamed of missing that reverse alley-oop from ai off the glass.
i'll end this post w/something i remember reading on espn:
the international team(most of the west all-stars are not usa ppl) would easily beat the americans(most of the east all-stars). but the pistons would beat the international team.
*in other news, i ACTUALLY watched olympic curling on msnbc; i wasn't watching to make fun of it, but the rules still confuse me a little; i guess it's a little like "darts on ice," where you're not always aiming to hit the bullseye, but a specific area in order to get a specific score. and you can knock your opponent's rocks out of the bullseye. but supposedly you get penalized if you knock some of yours. all the funniness from the game comes from watching those 2 guys sweep the floor in front of the rock trying to stop/slow it down. but otherwise, it really is darts on ice. strangely enough, the game was team usa vs team great britain*
but as for the nba all-star game...
all i gots to say is this...
the east would not have come back and gotten a win unless they played team ball and defense.
i said beforehand that i would like to see how good the east could get if saunders put all 4 pistons in and bosh and let them play. he put in pierce, but the effect was essentially the same. closed the gap, then made with a commanding lead. again, team offense, hard defense.
ykno, the strange part is that if dumars chose bosh over darko, we mightve seen 5 pistons play. then again, they mightve just chosen 4 again; remember that they didn't choose tayshaun, who's very incredible.
the 2 consecutive blocks by ben wallace got me up on the 2nd one. (i actually tuned in pretty late, so this was one of the few highlights i actually saw)
lebron and wade had some good brilliance. i really liked lebron's putback.
and vince carter should be ashamed of missing that reverse alley-oop from ai off the glass.
i'll end this post w/something i remember reading on espn:
the international team(most of the west all-stars are not usa ppl) would easily beat the americans(most of the east all-stars). but the pistons would beat the international team.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
well, i was partially right about who would win the 3 pt contest...
i had guessed to eugene that chauncey and dirk would be the finalists (1 out of 2)
dunk contest was KINDA impressive i guess... but there was some holes...
i think josh smith deceived the crowd by having that tape get put down beyond the free throw line. i know you know what i was thinking when i saw that; OMG he's going to take off from there! if he did do that though, it would've been 50. instead, he got an unimpressive 41.
and does anybody else feel that andre iguodala should've won that dunk contest? i mean, i know a lotta ppl were pulling for nate robinson, spud webb and all.
not to say nate didn't have some good stuff. loved it when he took off over spud webb. and his 1st dunk was good too. his last dunk would've been awesome, if he actually started from the place he originally wanted to do it from, and got it WITHOUT 14 TRIES!
but man, aiII's brilliance with the ai to ai was great. and the behind the back was awesome too. there were actually a LOTTA behind-the-backs this year.
i had guessed to eugene that chauncey and dirk would be the finalists (1 out of 2)
dunk contest was KINDA impressive i guess... but there was some holes...
i think josh smith deceived the crowd by having that tape get put down beyond the free throw line. i know you know what i was thinking when i saw that; OMG he's going to take off from there! if he did do that though, it would've been 50. instead, he got an unimpressive 41.
and does anybody else feel that andre iguodala should've won that dunk contest? i mean, i know a lotta ppl were pulling for nate robinson, spud webb and all.
not to say nate didn't have some good stuff. loved it when he took off over spud webb. and his 1st dunk was good too. his last dunk would've been awesome, if he actually started from the place he originally wanted to do it from, and got it WITHOUT 14 TRIES!
but man, aiII's brilliance with the ai to ai was great. and the behind the back was awesome too. there were actually a LOTTA behind-the-backs this year.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
NBA.com: Grizzlies Turn Up Defense to Top Kings
i watched part of this game, mainly the last 6 minutes of the game or so.
grizzlies played a superb defensive effort. there are in fact, the last time i checked, the leader in lowest fg% allowed. with a lotta great role players who can really contest your offense like eddie jones(miami really shouldn't have given up this guy; i considered him a phenomenal defensive player and decent spot-up 3 pt shooter), bobby jackson, mike miller, shane, etc. they're a good team.
i think kings did not really play good defense(those it didn't flat-out suck); there were a couple of open 3 pt shots down the stretch that the grizzlies took that just couldn't make; they prob were that tired from rejecting all those kings shots. on the other hand, almost every shot the kings took had like 2 guys on them and from the perimeter.
if you watched the game, you would've understood why i hate the kings announcers. giving the grizzlies defense no credit but rather "kings are not making their shots, bad offense, blah blah" and then sitting in silence without ANY commentary whenever kings got a shot blocked and the ball is turned over(game was a close one). there's more other things that they did, but i guess you would've had to watch(and listen) to understand.
btw(been meaning to say this since the trade went down, but never had time), artest is a good pick-up for the kings, but i consider that the kings will not become an elite team defense-wise just because of artest. remember when the kings had this guy named "doug christie?" supposedly was one of the best perimeter defenders in the league. that didn't make sacramento a great defensive team, did it? and if you consider that they would, then you've had to factor in more good role players on that team that left, like bobby jackson(one of my fave ex-king players). not to mention with a frontcourt of peja, cwebb and divac, you were just ASKING to be pick-n-rolled to death. indiana, for instance, is a tremendous defensive team, but that is because all 5 guys have talent on that end, want to play it, and are all getting at you for all 48 minutes. ditto w/san antonio and detroit, and this year, memphis.
i watched part of this game, mainly the last 6 minutes of the game or so.
grizzlies played a superb defensive effort. there are in fact, the last time i checked, the leader in lowest fg% allowed. with a lotta great role players who can really contest your offense like eddie jones(miami really shouldn't have given up this guy; i considered him a phenomenal defensive player and decent spot-up 3 pt shooter), bobby jackson, mike miller, shane, etc. they're a good team.
i think kings did not really play good defense(those it didn't flat-out suck); there were a couple of open 3 pt shots down the stretch that the grizzlies took that just couldn't make; they prob were that tired from rejecting all those kings shots. on the other hand, almost every shot the kings took had like 2 guys on them and from the perimeter.
if you watched the game, you would've understood why i hate the kings announcers. giving the grizzlies defense no credit but rather "kings are not making their shots, bad offense, blah blah" and then sitting in silence without ANY commentary whenever kings got a shot blocked and the ball is turned over(game was a close one). there's more other things that they did, but i guess you would've had to watch(and listen) to understand.
btw(been meaning to say this since the trade went down, but never had time), artest is a good pick-up for the kings, but i consider that the kings will not become an elite team defense-wise just because of artest. remember when the kings had this guy named "doug christie?" supposedly was one of the best perimeter defenders in the league. that didn't make sacramento a great defensive team, did it? and if you consider that they would, then you've had to factor in more good role players on that team that left, like bobby jackson(one of my fave ex-king players). not to mention with a frontcourt of peja, cwebb and divac, you were just ASKING to be pick-n-rolled to death. indiana, for instance, is a tremendous defensive team, but that is because all 5 guys have talent on that end, want to play it, and are all getting at you for all 48 minutes. ditto w/san antonio and detroit, and this year, memphis.
to answer whether or not fear is allowed in the bible
we all know about verses which state we should fear the LORD.
but then there's Revelations 21:6-8(the word "fearful" is found in verse 8):
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
(i bolded the word on purpose; it's not italicized in the kjv)
(and this is the proclamation Jesus makes near the end of Revelations, after he has judged the entire world and is preparing to present New Jerusalem to his people)
now, looking up NOAH webster's definition of fearful:
"Fearful
FE'ARFUL, a.
1. Affected by fear; feeling pain in expectation of evil; apprehensive with solicitude; afraid. I am fearful of the consequences of rash conduct. Hence,
2. Timid; timorous; wanting courage.
What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted?
Deu 20.
3. Terrible; impressing fear; frightful; dreadful.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Heb 10.
4. Awful; to be reverenced.
O Lord, who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises? Exo 15.
That thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, Jehovah, thy God. Deu 28."
looking up the word "fear" especially the 6th definition, which relates to the kjv's usage of the term:
"Fear
FEAR, n. [See the Verb.]
1. A painful emotion or passion excited by an expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger. Fear expresses less apprehension than dread, and dread less than terror and fright. The force of this passion, beginning with the most moderate degree, may be thus expressed, fear, dread, terror, fright. Fear is accompanied with a desire to avoid or ward off the expected evil. Fear is an uneasiness of mind, upon the thought of future evil likely to befall us.
Fear is the passion of our nature which excites us to provide for our security, on the approach of evil.
2. Anxiety; solicitude.
The principal fear was for the holy temple.
3. The cause of fear.
Thy angel becomes a fear.
4. The object of fear.
Except the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me. Gen 31.
5. Something set or hung up to terrify wild animals, by its color or noise. Isa 24. Jer 48.
6. In scripture, fear is used to express a filial or a slavish passion. In good men, the fear of God is a holy awe or reverence of God and his laws, which springs from a just view and real love of the divine character, leading the subjects of it to hate and shun every thing that can offend such a holy being, and inclining them to aim at perfect obedience. This is filial fear.
I will put my fear in their hearts. Jer 32.
Slavish fear is the effect or consequence of guilt; it is the painful apprehension of merited punishment. Rom 8.
The love of God casteth out fear. 1 John 4.
7. The worship of God.
I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Psa 34.
8. The law and word of God.
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever. Psa 19.
9. Reverence; respect; due regard.
Render to all their dues; fear to whom fear. Rom 13.
FEAR, v.t. [L. vereor.]
1. To feel a painful apprehension of some impending evil; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotions of alarm or solicitude. We fear the approach of an enemy or of a storm. We have reason to fear the punishment of our sins.
I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Psa 23.
2. To reverence; to have a reverential awe; to venerate.
This do, and live: for I fear God. Gen 42.
3. To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach by fear, or by a scarecrow. [This seems to be the primary meaning, but now obsolete.]
We must not make a scarecrow of the law, setting it up to fear the birds of prey.
FEAR, v.i. To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtility, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 2 Cor 11.
Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Gen 15.
FEAR, n. A companion. [Not in use. See Peer.]"
The conclusion, thus, is simple: God dislikes fear; fear that is relative to our fate. This is different from the fear that we should show towards God. The reason is simple; fear is inherently tied to unbelief or a lack of faith.
i personally smirk a little more knowing God does not want us to fear anything but him.
like inwardly you should be saying at every situation you fall into "WHAT! HUH?"
NO FEAR.
we all know about verses which state we should fear the LORD.
but then there's Revelations 21:6-8(the word "fearful" is found in verse 8):
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
(i bolded the word on purpose; it's not italicized in the kjv)
(and this is the proclamation Jesus makes near the end of Revelations, after he has judged the entire world and is preparing to present New Jerusalem to his people)
now, looking up NOAH webster's definition of fearful:
"Fearful
FE'ARFUL, a.
1. Affected by fear; feeling pain in expectation of evil; apprehensive with solicitude; afraid. I am fearful of the consequences of rash conduct. Hence,
2. Timid; timorous; wanting courage.
What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted?
Deu 20.
3. Terrible; impressing fear; frightful; dreadful.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Heb 10.
4. Awful; to be reverenced.
O Lord, who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises? Exo 15.
That thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, Jehovah, thy God. Deu 28."
looking up the word "fear" especially the 6th definition, which relates to the kjv's usage of the term:
"Fear
FEAR, n. [See the Verb.]
1. A painful emotion or passion excited by an expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger. Fear expresses less apprehension than dread, and dread less than terror and fright. The force of this passion, beginning with the most moderate degree, may be thus expressed, fear, dread, terror, fright. Fear is accompanied with a desire to avoid or ward off the expected evil. Fear is an uneasiness of mind, upon the thought of future evil likely to befall us.
Fear is the passion of our nature which excites us to provide for our security, on the approach of evil.
2. Anxiety; solicitude.
The principal fear was for the holy temple.
3. The cause of fear.
Thy angel becomes a fear.
4. The object of fear.
Except the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me. Gen 31.
5. Something set or hung up to terrify wild animals, by its color or noise. Isa 24. Jer 48.
6. In scripture, fear is used to express a filial or a slavish passion. In good men, the fear of God is a holy awe or reverence of God and his laws, which springs from a just view and real love of the divine character, leading the subjects of it to hate and shun every thing that can offend such a holy being, and inclining them to aim at perfect obedience. This is filial fear.
I will put my fear in their hearts. Jer 32.
Slavish fear is the effect or consequence of guilt; it is the painful apprehension of merited punishment. Rom 8.
The love of God casteth out fear. 1 John 4.
7. The worship of God.
I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Psa 34.
8. The law and word of God.
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever. Psa 19.
9. Reverence; respect; due regard.
Render to all their dues; fear to whom fear. Rom 13.
FEAR, v.t. [L. vereor.]
1. To feel a painful apprehension of some impending evil; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotions of alarm or solicitude. We fear the approach of an enemy or of a storm. We have reason to fear the punishment of our sins.
I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Psa 23.
2. To reverence; to have a reverential awe; to venerate.
This do, and live: for I fear God. Gen 42.
3. To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach by fear, or by a scarecrow. [This seems to be the primary meaning, but now obsolete.]
We must not make a scarecrow of the law, setting it up to fear the birds of prey.
FEAR, v.i. To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtility, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 2 Cor 11.
Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Gen 15.
FEAR, n. A companion. [Not in use. See Peer.]"
The conclusion, thus, is simple: God dislikes fear; fear that is relative to our fate. This is different from the fear that we should show towards God. The reason is simple; fear is inherently tied to unbelief or a lack of faith.
i personally smirk a little more knowing God does not want us to fear anything but him.
like inwardly you should be saying at every situation you fall into "WHAT! HUH?"
NO FEAR.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
great...
just when i think i've got the hang of burning/recording to a cd-r, and realize my portable cd player can also play cd-rw's which have .mp3's and .wmv's on them, i get some cd-rw's from fry's annnnd...
i think i have just created my 1st 2 coasters. because when i load the cd's, they take forever to load, and when they do, it shows no usage at all total space available is 33 mb(100%). yes, two.
this sucks...
anyone wanna play frisbee with me?
just when i think i've got the hang of burning/recording to a cd-r, and realize my portable cd player can also play cd-rw's which have .mp3's and .wmv's on them, i get some cd-rw's from fry's annnnd...
i think i have just created my 1st 2 coasters. because when i load the cd's, they take forever to load, and when they do, it shows no usage at all total space available is 33 mb(100%). yes, two.
this sucks...
anyone wanna play frisbee with me?
Monday, February 13, 2006
and tomorrow's valentine's day
does it really matter?
i don't care...
there'll no doubt be a lotta singles who are somehow depressed because this is supposed to be a day where love is abound in the air. and being too influenced by society, they end up sullen when they realize they can't fit in.
don't count me amongst them.
i'm not saying single over being a couple anyday of the week; i aint catholic.
but my attitude is this...
if i find a mate sometime before i die and we mesh, great.
if i don't, cool as well.
guy-girl relationships are so overrated in modern-day society because a God-less nation has nowhere else to pour their love into.
does it really matter?
i don't care...
there'll no doubt be a lotta singles who are somehow depressed because this is supposed to be a day where love is abound in the air. and being too influenced by society, they end up sullen when they realize they can't fit in.
don't count me amongst them.
i'm not saying single over being a couple anyday of the week; i aint catholic.
but my attitude is this...
if i find a mate sometime before i die and we mesh, great.
if i don't, cool as well.
guy-girl relationships are so overrated in modern-day society because a God-less nation has nowhere else to pour their love into.
Sunday, February 12, 2006
e-Sword - the Sword of the LORD with an electronic edge
"Noah Webster once wrote, "Education is useless without the Bible." That's why his first dictionary is the only one available today that defines every word in the original language and its biblical usage. Compare Webster's definitions of words like "marriage" and "education" with those found in modern dictionaries and see the difference for yourself!"
"Noah Webster once wrote, "Education is useless without the Bible." That's why his first dictionary is the only one available today that defines every word in the original language and its biblical usage. Compare Webster's definitions of words like "marriage" and "education" with those found in modern dictionaries and see the difference for yourself!"
Friday, February 10, 2006
some short musings
yay... all star game is west all-stars vs the pistons :D
(i wonder if tayshaun feels left out; heck, the coach and everyone of the starting 5 is there except for him! i also wonder if the pistons there will get booed by the houston crowd. well, from me, here's to tayshaun making the all-star reserves next year)
i really like the bulls. i feel badly that they're struggling so much this year compared to last year. you'd think they'd do fine w/o curry, but apparently he gave this team confidence. i loved wednesday night when they took the nuggets to school. and i thought about something scott skiles their coach says. tim legler sorta referred to this: all the guys on this team are so young, that skiles just sticks to basics, and never really goes in depth with plays. but i remember something he said last season, "these guys are so great, i needed to show them which way to go." one of the greatest things that stuck with me last season was their defense; 1st in fg%. i think that's one thing coaches love; when you're young, but are just so open, listen and do as they say. you see that in young role players who play defense extremely well; guys who could care less what their point percentage or points scored is. that's partially why i love guys like chicago's tyson chandler and detroit's tayshaun prince. and i know larry brown loves channing frye on new york.
ykno how defense and rebounding wins championships in the nba? here's what i think is the best way to measure a team's defensive strength. take the number of possessions the opposing team has had in a game. count the number of turnovers forced or defensive rebounds that your team in question has gotten. now divide the 2nd by the 1st. fg% alone will not measure how good a team's defense is(surprise! i learned this sometime a bit back), because if your fg% is 50%, but you a committing a lot of turnovers, then you're not taking care of the ball right. like in the game of detroit vs philly, detroit shot horridly, and philly shot great. so why was motown leading by so much? offensive rebounds and turnovers forced. philly did not take care of the glass, and motown often knocked the ball loose before philly could hoist a shot. points allowed is obviously not the best way to determine defensive strength b/c we can just slow the game down and play half-court. but by counting the number of turnovers created and defensive rebounds and dividing this number by # of possessions your opponent had, you determine the % of defensive stops your team made vs the number of shots that the opponent made or times they crashed the glass better than your team.
finally: the body of christ isn't about us picking and choosing which church or fellowship we want to stay at. i think a lotta christians approach church like that. "this place's worship doesn't fit me," "i don't like how these people behave here," etc. my bible study group actually got into a little discussion about why they actually decided to stay at msm. while ultimately we have to pick one fellowship we want to stay at most of the time, we shouldn't shun certain churches because the people or culture there is different. you think something's different, and don't like it, then make a change, don't shun it. there's a reason why the body of christ is made of all types of body parts, not all legs, or all arms, or all eyes. i'd say more, but i think you get the idea. if msm is filled with guys who are mouths in the body of christ, then i see myself as one of the few eyes in the church. quiet, but always musing, always observing and thinking.
(come to think about it, there is no one church i can honestly say where i completely fit in; maybe that's cause of my shy demeanor, but i believe this wholeheartedly. but like i've come to tell myself, it should never be about me, it should be about us, and how God can use me to edify the body of Christ)
(me and eugene are both the silent type. wanna see something funny? watch us when it's only us sitting together at msm fellowship; like ninjas sitting together; no talk at all)
yay... all star game is west all-stars vs the pistons :D
(i wonder if tayshaun feels left out; heck, the coach and everyone of the starting 5 is there except for him! i also wonder if the pistons there will get booed by the houston crowd. well, from me, here's to tayshaun making the all-star reserves next year)
i really like the bulls. i feel badly that they're struggling so much this year compared to last year. you'd think they'd do fine w/o curry, but apparently he gave this team confidence. i loved wednesday night when they took the nuggets to school. and i thought about something scott skiles their coach says. tim legler sorta referred to this: all the guys on this team are so young, that skiles just sticks to basics, and never really goes in depth with plays. but i remember something he said last season, "these guys are so great, i needed to show them which way to go." one of the greatest things that stuck with me last season was their defense; 1st in fg%. i think that's one thing coaches love; when you're young, but are just so open, listen and do as they say. you see that in young role players who play defense extremely well; guys who could care less what their point percentage or points scored is. that's partially why i love guys like chicago's tyson chandler and detroit's tayshaun prince. and i know larry brown loves channing frye on new york.
ykno how defense and rebounding wins championships in the nba? here's what i think is the best way to measure a team's defensive strength. take the number of possessions the opposing team has had in a game. count the number of turnovers forced or defensive rebounds that your team in question has gotten. now divide the 2nd by the 1st. fg% alone will not measure how good a team's defense is(surprise! i learned this sometime a bit back), because if your fg% is 50%, but you a committing a lot of turnovers, then you're not taking care of the ball right. like in the game of detroit vs philly, detroit shot horridly, and philly shot great. so why was motown leading by so much? offensive rebounds and turnovers forced. philly did not take care of the glass, and motown often knocked the ball loose before philly could hoist a shot. points allowed is obviously not the best way to determine defensive strength b/c we can just slow the game down and play half-court. but by counting the number of turnovers created and defensive rebounds and dividing this number by # of possessions your opponent had, you determine the % of defensive stops your team made vs the number of shots that the opponent made or times they crashed the glass better than your team.
finally: the body of christ isn't about us picking and choosing which church or fellowship we want to stay at. i think a lotta christians approach church like that. "this place's worship doesn't fit me," "i don't like how these people behave here," etc. my bible study group actually got into a little discussion about why they actually decided to stay at msm. while ultimately we have to pick one fellowship we want to stay at most of the time, we shouldn't shun certain churches because the people or culture there is different. you think something's different, and don't like it, then make a change, don't shun it. there's a reason why the body of christ is made of all types of body parts, not all legs, or all arms, or all eyes. i'd say more, but i think you get the idea. if msm is filled with guys who are mouths in the body of christ, then i see myself as one of the few eyes in the church. quiet, but always musing, always observing and thinking.
(come to think about it, there is no one church i can honestly say where i completely fit in; maybe that's cause of my shy demeanor, but i believe this wholeheartedly. but like i've come to tell myself, it should never be about me, it should be about us, and how God can use me to edify the body of Christ)
(me and eugene are both the silent type. wanna see something funny? watch us when it's only us sitting together at msm fellowship; like ninjas sitting together; no talk at all)
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
bruce really might be bryan's best partner in ttt.
since bryan relies so much on tag-buffering his b+1 so that he remains at advantage, but since it has a really low launch height for his team, only with the ability to pick them up and juggle them massively will this be used to the best ability.
with bruce coming in, he can do df+3, b+4,3,4 for 61 pts of damage; the same amount if you did not tag-buffer and finished with d+2, f+4,3,4
(if i figure out whether jin can come in and 1+4,2 and follow b,f+2,1,2, then i might change my opinion, but as of right now, looks like these two are chained together)
since bryan relies so much on tag-buffering his b+1 so that he remains at advantage, but since it has a really low launch height for his team, only with the ability to pick them up and juggle them massively will this be used to the best ability.
with bruce coming in, he can do df+3, b+4,3,4 for 61 pts of damage; the same amount if you did not tag-buffer and finished with d+2, f+4,3,4
(if i figure out whether jin can come in and 1+4,2 and follow b,f+2,1,2, then i might change my opinion, but as of right now, looks like these two are chained together)
Monday, February 06, 2006
the show "robot chicken" on adult swim(cartoon network) never fails to make me laugh
this is probably the clip from the show which made me laugh the hardest
*prepare to die from laughter*
this is probably the clip from the show which made me laugh the hardest
*prepare to die from laughter*
Sunday, February 05, 2006
near the beginning of the season, hines ward demanded a pay increase much like t.o. however, when push came to shove, he ultimately came back, had a long phone conversation with the steeler's head coach, and basically said all the things that basically boiled down to "i want to be a steeler; if you give me a pay increase, i'm ok with it, if not, i'm ok too; things will work themselves out." like a team player.
contrast that with how t.o. behaved. (to make a long story short, he considered himself above his team)
and look where things have gotten ourselves.
hines ward is not only a member of the 2006 nfl champion pittsberg steelers, but he is the mvp of the game(and rightly so i must say, after watching him nearly carry the steelers' offense on his back and saving an average performance by big ben and an average performance by the steelers' defense).
he deserves that mvp trophy as much as anybody i can think of for this super bowl off the top of my head.
contrast that with how t.o. behaved. (to make a long story short, he considered himself above his team)
and look where things have gotten ourselves.
hines ward is not only a member of the 2006 nfl champion pittsberg steelers, but he is the mvp of the game(and rightly so i must say, after watching him nearly carry the steelers' offense on his back and saving an average performance by big ben and an average performance by the steelers' defense).
he deserves that mvp trophy as much as anybody i can think of for this super bowl off the top of my head.
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