We have no problem with what follows - it’s actually pretty funny - except for one thing we found strange, which is below. Watch, then read, in that order. (If you’ve got RealPlayer, click the little thing in the corner when you do a rollover - there seems to be some problems for some people.)
We thought this would be the perfect time to post a little humor, since this site is so goddamn serious all the time and there’s nothing else going on.
As you may remember, we’re proud members of myspace, an exclusive club if ever there was one. As one of the inaugural 70 million people on the site we often seek out others in America’s elite and attempt to be friends with them.
Sometimes, we simply want to be friends with a video game character from our youth. The problem arises when said video game character doesn’t want to be our friend. The following back & forth was instigated by our request for friendship.
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From: Bowser, King of the Koopas
Date: May 6, 2006 5:12 PM
Do I know you?
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From: Brian
Date: May 6, 2006 8:18 PM
Yeah i beat you up and saved the princess when i was like ten.
—————– Original Message —————–
From: Bowser, King of the Koopas
Date: May 6, 2006 11:57 PM
…..What?
Dude….I’m not the character….
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From: Brian
Date: May 7, 2006 10:06 AM
What do you mean? I don’t understand.
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From: Bowser, King of the Koopas
Date: May 7, 2006 1:51 PM
What’s so hard to understand? Why does everyone keep giving me friend requests? Can’t you peiople tell the difference between a video game character and REAL people? You think Bowser really has a MySpace, or would even waste his time on one!?
Sheesh…
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From: Brian
Date: May 7, 2006 4:36 PM
I don’t understand. You’re still mad because I got all the gold coins from the cloud level, aren’t you?
Did “guy who spends time maintaining an elaborate myspace page for a Super Mario Brothers villian” really talk down to us? Who’s a bigger loser - him for being that guy, or us for legitimately being upset he won’t be our friend?
The last word will not be had by Phil Jackson, Mike D’Antoni, Kobe Bryant, or even runaway MVP-winner Steve Nash. The last word was had by Raja Bell’s mom.
Bell’s mother, however, did have a parting gift for the Lakers’ superstar, as he passed by the Suns’ family room after his team was eliminated from the 2006 NBA Playoffs with a 31-point loss.
That is what the kids call getting served. Not only are you thoroughly romped in Game One, and everyone is wondering why you only took three shots in the 2nd half, but Raja Bell’s mother is sticking it to you on the way out of the arena? Ouch.
Gutsy move by Raja’s mom. Just think about how Kobe’s treated women who didn’t talk smack to him.
After sweating it out in six thrilling games against the Wizards, the Cleveland LeBrons, after the first few minutes, were never in this one today. They dropped a squeaker in Game One against the Pistons, 113-86. Here’s a short list of things that the Cavaliers game against the Pistons did not have in common with the games they played against Washington:
• It was not close
• It was not particularly exciting
• It was not completely devoid of defense
Every Pistons starter who plays that thing called “offense” was in double figures. Big Ben Wallace (reportedly about to win his 4th defensive player of the year award) had just two. As a team, though, the Pistons shot 15-of-22 from behind the three-point-line, few of them with even a hand in the face. And that’s after cooling down considerably in the 4th.
In fairness to Cleveland, they, like the Spurs, had a rough travel schedule and not a lot of turnaround time between the two series. King James, who sat a lot of the 2nd half, finished with 22 points in 36 minutes. Other Cavs who had good games include… um…
Perhaps the biggest highlight of the day for Cleveland was celebrity Damon Jones’ dress-code-compliant jacket. That is the jacket of a man who was planning to be on TV today, and who planned to get the most out of it. I think he was successful.
And things just got a little more difficult. The Mavs have just tasted defeat for the first time in the postseason, losing Game One of their highly-anticipated series against the Spurs, 87-85. Tim Duncan, creaky old man with the bum ankle, went for 31 points and 13 boards. Jerry Stackhouse led the Mavs with 24, as Dirk Nowitzki was held to 20 points on 8-of-20 shooting. No word on what the loss did to the size of Mark Cuban’s penis.
It came down to one 14-second possession for the Mavs, in need of two points to force overtime. Dirk Nowitzki was hassled by Bruce Bowen, and he couldn’t get a shot off. He went cross-court to Jerry Stackhouse, Manu Ginobili tipped the pass, bought the Spurs some time, and pinned Stackhouse in the corner, forcing an airball as time expired.
I thought the Spurs might have been a little vulnerable today, given the 36-hour rest, the travel, and the physical six-game series, but then again, the Mavs have had a long layoff themselves. Regardless, both teams played Game One at a pretty high level, and this has the potential to really be an incredible series.
In an effort to not go to war with the various wonderful Pistons blogs out there, we’ve done a little exchange of content with Detroit Bad Boys. If you head over there, you’ll find our dead serious list of ways the Cavaliers can win this series.
Before we get to their portion of this trade, let’s all remember just what type of defense you’ll see when watching the game live from the Motor City today.
We’re not going to comment either way on the antics of an innocent kid, but if you can pull your eyes from the main player for second, take a look at the faces of the people sitting around him. They look thrilled to be associated with this, huh? (Thanks to Need4Sheed for the vid, obviously.)
Here then, after the jump, is DBB, with their list of ways Detroit can win.
As the summer grows nearer, so does the resurgence of the man who holds claim to the most dangerous elbows in all of mixed martial arts: David “The Crow” Loiseau. Only 26 years of age, the Montreal native has compiled a mma record of 15-5 with consecu…
We were all excited yesterday to sing the praises of Kobe and celebrate the impending LA/LA series, and then, as Bill Plaschke writes, the Lakers were exposed for what they are.
There will be much analysis of what exactly Kobe Bryant was doing, as he only took three shots after halftime.
“Did he score in the second half? I couldn’t remember him scoring,” Jackson said. “Obviously the other guys had to come alive. I’m sure Kobe could have [mustered] up a 50-point game, but that wasn’t going to put us in the ballgame. I trust his judgment in that ballgame.”
Said Bryant: “If we were going to get back in this type of a game, we had to have everybody contributing.”
Guess he was sticking to the gameplan. Anyway, enjoy the next few days of Kobe reconsideration - this non-biased Miami writer now says keeping him over Shaq was a mistake.
Need4Sheed is talking trash, saying the Cavs copy everything the Pistons do. Nat - seriously, we’re not even there, but we’ll speak for the city and say we’d be thrilled if the Mason-sounding guy would go away.
Hey - we’re watching ESPN’s The Sports Reporters right now, and Detroiters…your own guy Albom just said this series is about LeBron earning his right of passage. (Everyone agrees - we don’t, for the record.)
(At least publically.)
How did this turn into a Cleveland-Detroit EXPLOSION?
We thought this would be the perfect time to post a little humor, since this site is so goddamn serious all the time and there’s 
The last word will not be had by Phil Jackson, Mike D’Antoni, Kobe Bryant, or even runaway MVP-winner Steve Nash. The last word was had by Raja Bell’s mom.
After sweating it out in six thrilling games against the Wizards, the Cleveland LeBrons, after the first few minutes, were never in this one today. They dropped a squeaker in Game One against the Pistons, 
And things just got a little more difficult. The Mavs have just tasted defeat for the first time in the postseason, losing Game One of their highly-anticipated series against the Spurs, 
We were all excited yesterday to sing the praises of Kobe and celebrate the impending LA/LA series, and then, as Bill Plaschke writes, 