gary payton...

Great NBA career. Not articulate at all. He has no business being on Jim Rome's new show on Showtime.

Can't speak well. His logic is bad. He's fucking dumb.

david akers...

Akers had a great year kicking for the Niners in 2011.  This season he's been mediocre and I believe San Francisco needs to replace him.  However, I just don't get the idiot who threatened Akers' life via twitter.  It's a shame that people use the micro blog site to post death threats and just fucking stupid shit.

Used correctly, twitter is a great tool, but too many people use it in a hateful manner which is terrible...

hiroyuki nakajima...

I'm a Giants fan, yet a fan of the A's to a lesser degree. Very happy to see Nakajima sign with Oakland to be their everyday shortstop.

Nakajima is 30 and an 8 time All-Star and 3 time Golden Glover. .302 lifetime batting average in 11 seasons with the Seibu Lions.

I hope Hiroyuki does well? Kaz Matsui played for Seibu and was a superstar in Japan as a shortstop before signing with the Mets. Kaz had his moments, but was injury prone during his major league career that was a bit of a disappointment after high expectations.

The last touted shortstop from Japan Tsuyoshi Nishioka was a washout with the Minnesota Twins.

One thing that angers me with the San Francisco Giants is they rarely pursue Japanese players. Shinjo and Yabu don't count.

Go A's!

anger...

It's probably taken me too long to realize, but anger is an emotion that I want to try to eliminate from my life.  I realize that it's probably improbable, yet it's something I will strive for.

making the right decisions...

Choice is something we have in this world.  Unfortunately, I've made some bad decisions or choices in my life.

Making mistakes is part of life, but I really need to make the right decisions going forward in life...

wisconsin vs stanford rose bowl...

8-5 vs 11-2. On paper Stanford should win and I expect them to win, but the Badgers just annihilated favored and 12th ranked Nebraska 70-31 in the Big Ten Championship game. All-America running back Montee Ball ran for 201 yards and 3 TD. His back field mates Melvin Gordon and James White rushed for 217 and 109. Gordon had a touchdown with White scoring 4 TD. That's over 500 yards rushing.

Stanford has to shore up their run defense to defeat Wisconsin and I believe they will.