Man requests longer prison sentence to match Bird's jersey number

I guess this is what happens when you watch "Larry Bird - A Basketball Legend" too much. Nonetheless, I think I am going to buy a copy of it to watch this winter.

Man requests longer prison sentence to match Bird's jersey number
October 20, 2005
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A man got a prison term longer than prosecutors and defense attorneys had agreed to -- all because of Larry Bird.
The lawyers reached a plea agreement Tuesday for a 30-year term for a man accused of shooting with an intent to kill and robbery. But Eric James Torpy wanted his prison term to match Bird's jersey number 33.
``He said if he was going to go down, he was going to go down in Larry Bird's jersey,'' Oklahoma County District Judge Ray Elliott said Wednesday. ``We accommodated his request and he was just as happy as he could be.
``I've never seen anything like this in 26 years in the courthouse. But, I know the DA is happy about it.''
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-birdnumber-prisonsentence&prov=ap&type=lgns

Pittsburgh fears raised

FOOLS! [Jonah Goldberg]

Everyone knows that Pennsylvania Zombies are particularly attracted to towns and cities which end in "burgh" with an "H." This is why all the other places in PA that end in "burg" dropped the "H." Pittsburgh was warned when they decided to keep that letter that it would attract the undead. They only have themselves to blame.

And, yes, it's true. Pittsburgh is the only place in the state that spells burgh with an "h." Fat lot of good that letter will do them when zombies are eating their faces off.

Study Reveals Pittsburgh Unprepared For Full-Scale Zombie Attack

I can't wait for the Halloween party.

Worthy advice

I had a great time this weekend in Nebraska. It's too bad we didn't have a chance to all get together, but I saw most of you, even if it was only for a minute or two. Backemeyer - missed you completely. I'll be back on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving sometime - so maybe we could all get together then.

I just wanted to pass on a story of an incident that happened yesterday. I was working my way back from the airport to my place and while waiting for a bus I was approached by a women in her mid-thirties. She was having some problems and needed some help, which I offered and a conversation ensued. She wasn't the most articulate, but I appreciated her forthrightness as she offered the following advice, "Don't marry a slut, Paul. You seem like a nice guy." Then a few minutes later she got a call from her aunt and relayed to me that her aunt would "happily breast-feed your first born." I guess I'm that nice of a guy.

NY Times Headline

Well, this headline from the NYT pretty much sums it up.
To More Inmates, Life Term Means Dying Behind Bars - no shit? I've never been an advocate for the death penalty, but I'm definitely for life sentences. A life sentence should mean a life sentence though - and I'm especially for laws which allows juries to stipulate no parole or parole limits. This is just a continuing trend of American culture to create excuses for everything. "Life sentences" sometimes really mean parole after a few years.

In baseball, it appears the White Sox collapse after our visit may have stopped just in time. And today's game in Boston, couldn't help but bring about memories of an MIT frat, some alley rats, and a hotel water hose. A Idylwild reunion in a week? Mitch and I will be home.

And finally, don't play quarters with this guy.