Blakes Dunk

As many of us know Blake Griffin dunked over Kendrick Perkins Monday night in an NBA battle between The Los Angeles Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder. This was the dunk heard around the world as Twitter exploded with tweets soon after it happened.
I like Blake Griffin and I've seen the dunk but come on in the end it's only two points and given the high level of athleticism of today's players that dunk was  normal protocol. I guess what I'm saying is that everyone can dunk nowadays, some harder than others but everyone can dunk. So much so that I have become numb to the dunk. I know Griffins dunk was on a taller player that being Kendrick Perkins but what was Perkins to do, once Griffin left the ground it would have been useless to get in his way. Griffin just as any player leaving the ground first had the advantage. I want to see something new, maybe a player doing a front no-hand flip and dunking or something amazing like that. Somebody needs to dunk in a fashion that really sets them apart from the pack kinda like when Jordan jumped from the free throw line and dunked back in the day. Oh well that's my opinion and for the record I'm not a fan of either of these teams but I am a fan of the NBA so I'll continue to watch with the hope that one day I will see that dunk that knocks me out of seat and send me scrambling to my  Twitter account.

Newt's moon colony by Tim Douglas

Instead of New York, Paris, Rome, or Cancun, how about the moon. Newt Gingrich wants to fly us to the moon. If elected president he is proposing to fund a program that would turn the moon into a tourist attraction. For what I'm sure would be a large sum of money you and your family could take a round trip vacation on the moon. I mean it's only about 238, 000 miles away, surely most Americans can afford to take a month off from work to make the trip.
I think Newt's got his head in the clouds on this one. Before we start building hotels and gift shops on the moon how about we focus on what's going on here on earth.
Ideas like this does stretch the imagination and cast much attention on our technological potential but within the shadow of our current social, economical, and global state this is probably not even worth discussing at this point, especially if your trying to become the next president. No way! not now! Mr. Newt Ging-RICH.

Peyton Manning times up.

Oh where Oh where will Peyton end up , Oh where Oh where will he be. Peyton Manning has about a month left as a Colt. In spite of him only winning only one Superbowl in his 13 years in the NFL he has in that same amount of time solidified himself as one of the top 3 quarterbacks in the game and a lock for the pro football hall of fame.
To assume that Manning would ever play for any other team besides the Colts would have been unimaginable a year ago but today it is completely inevitable. With a 35 year old Manning now recovering from his third neck surgery and the Indianapolis Colts coming off of it's worst season in 20 years giving them the first draft pick in a draft that includes two of the most gifted college quarterbacks of the last decade,The stars have aligned and a window has opened for the Colts to transition over to it's next signal caller which would be the most important piece in building a solid foundation for a successful future. If Manning is still on the roster on March 8th the Colts will have to pay him 28 million and tie up much  needed funds that could be used to strengthen weaknesses in key areas on the team. They are also going to need at least 4 million to sign one of the top two rookie quarterback prospects.
With all of this said Peyton should have no problem finding work if he decides to keep playing. Teams such as The Jets, Redskins, Dolphins, and 49ers could all use quarterback help and would gladly welcome a seasoned vet with the resume of a Peyton Manning. Although for this week the Superbowl overshadows all other football drama this  situation will be monitored by millions of NFL fans as it continues to unravel so stay tuned.

The I-75 Florida crashes

Smoke in the night is believed to be the reason 10 people were killed and 21 sent to the hospital on Saturday January the 28th of 2012. It all started about 11: 30 pm. Cars and semis were slowing down and even stopping in the middle of the north and southbound lanes of I-75 near Gainsville. The reason they were stopping was due to zero visibility caused by brush fires in Paynes Prarie state park. This along with the darkness of night made for extremely dangerous driving conditions. Cars were struck from behind as oncoming traffic had no idea what was going on in front of them. Within minutes the highway was littered with broken glass and burning vehicles. In the end it was a total of 12 passenger cars 7 semis involved. Investigators are now trying to determine whether the fires were intentional or an act of nature.