People are always saying, "McFly--you travel a lot. Where do you travel to?"
Well--here are the airports I've been to this year in alphabetical order. (Actually fewer than I expected...)
Burbank, CA
Chicago, IL-Midway
Chicago, IL-O'Hare
Dallas, TX
Dayton, OH
Houston, TX
Las Vegas, NV
Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Minneapolis, MN
Oakland, CA
Omaha, NE
Ontario, CA
Palm Springs, CA
Phoenix, AZ
Pittsburgh, PA
Portland, OR
Sacramento, CA
Salt Lake City, UT
San Antonio, TX
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Jose, CA
Santa Ana, CA
Seattle, WA
Spokane, WA
St. Louis, MO
Washington DC--Dulles
Washington DC--Reagan
27 thus far this year...I was expecting somewhere in the 40s. I'm shocked that Atlanta and none of the New York airports are on that list...
Great Link:
Keep this one handy.
Revised Husky Thoughts:
After watching Jon Brockman and the undefeated University of Washington Huskies basketball team beat Utah last night on national television, my thoughts on the team have changed...here they are quickly:
-Jon Brockman is an All-American. He isn't going to go for 31 and 18 every night--because he's going to face doubles the rest of the year. But he's still going to dominate the weak side glass, and average somewhere in the area of 19 and 11--which if Washington makes the NCAA Tournament--SHOULD be enough to be an All-American. My brother said last night that he likes watching Brockman play more than he liked watching Michael Jordan...now he's not saying Brockman is anywhere in the realm of Jordan's ability, but I agree--he's entertaining as hell. I mean--YES--three-quarters of that is the "big white oaf" factor--but I absolutely love watching the guy play.
-Justin Dentmon is NOT the player I'm most-worried about. He played a full game last night doing what he does best--slashing, dishing, and getting to the line---which is something he didn't do for an entire game all season last year. Instead--the player I'm most-worried about is Quincy Pondexter. Clearly he's a phenomenal talent, but even a year into the program, he still looks completely lost on both ends of the court. He'll go stretches where he's so irrelevant that Coach Romar has to bench him and the team suffers (see: the stretch in the middle of the second half where Utah absolutely dominated UW on the perimeter.) He needs to get it together--if not offensively, at least on the defensive side.
-The key to the season is Venoy Overton. Last year, Husky fans were thrilled with Adrian Oliver because he "didn't make mistakes". Well--Overton doesn't make mistakes either--but he gives the added bonus of MAKING PLAYS while he isn't making mistakes. This guy has Aaron Brooks-like talent--except he's more athletic and a better passer. If he can give 30 minutes a game with something like 10 pts., 7 assists, two steals and a 75+% free throw percentage, Washington can go FAR.
I still think that 5th in the conference is a fair place for them--but this team has the kind of energy (and on the defensive end for once!) that they could put together a run like the 2005 team.
Of course I thought the same thing last year before they played a road game...
DISCLAIMER:
If you know McFly personally and don't want to lose all respect for him, please do not read the next section. His friend Erik convinced him to write it and he's having serious doubts about doing it...
I was shocked to hear that Phil Jackson called his team's performance a "Brokeback Mountain performance" because there was so much "penetrating and kickouts". (You can read the whole article here.)
This surprised me for two reasons:
1. Phil Jackson has been more careful about his words than anyone in sports but Shane Battier. He genuinely cares and thinks about what he says...a comment like this is completely out of the ordinary for him.
2. It started an unbelievable breakout in outrageously offensive analogies from coaches and athletes around sports. Shockingly, I compiled a list:
"We really played a Michael J. Fox game out there---started great and ended feeble and pathetic."
-Charlie Weis, Notre Dame
"I was tipping my pitches today---really pulled a Basic Instinct just opening up and showing them what I was going to give them."
-Gil Meche, Kansas City Royals
"We call our Cover 2 our "Jesse Jackson scheme" because we only want the black people moving forward."
-Pete Carroll, USC
"I'm looking for a closer that can really Kent State a team---you know--come in when they're not expecting it and kill them just because they can."
-Lou Piniella, Chicago Cubs
"I hate inter-squad games---I feel like Tom D. just rooting for both sides."
-John Calipari, Memphis
"I really gave him a Luganis hit--you know, one that is so big that it spreads HIV-infected blood all over a pool."
-Roy Williams, Dallas Cowboys
Wow...I've really finished on some high points lately...
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