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It's been at least a few hours since the last time you saw a funny Japanese TV show on Youtube, so here ya go:



Soccer with binoculars. Where do they come up with this stuff?

The Blazer's streak (from SI.com)

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- When top draft pick Greg Oden was lost for the season because of knee surgery, many wrote off the Portland Trail Blazers. Now, the NBA's youngest team is proving it can do fine without him.

The Blazers have won nine straight, the longest current winning streak in the NBA after the Boston Celtics lost at home to the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.

Portland (14-12) rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 101-96 to extend the streak, the team's longest since it won 12 straight during the 2001-02 season. The Blazers will try to extend the streak Friday night when they host the Denver Nuggets.

Portland started the streak with a win Dec. 3 at Memphis, after going 5-12 to start the season. Six of the nine wins have come at home, where the Blazers are 11-3.

Portland has not been three games above .500 since April 10, 2004.

The Blazers themselves seem a bit surprised by their success.

"It's hard to say. I think early maybe it was a hot streak," guard Brandon Roy said. "But I think now we are getting confident, and we are getting better. I think now people kind of want to see us lose to see how we respond, to see were they really that good or were they just riding a wave?"

Roy is one of the primary reasons the Blazers are winning.

Last season's Rookie of the Year has been averaging 24.2 points a game during the streak. He has been named the Western Conference player of the week the past two weeks.

Against Toronto, he was battling the flu and hadn't eaten for two days, but still managed 25 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. In the third quarter on a driving layup he switched the ball from his right hand to his left in midair, a stunning move that left coach Nate McMillan commenting: "It was like Michael Jordan in the NBA finals."

The crowd at the Rose Garden chanted: "MVP! MVP!"(click title to go to full article.)

Hey P-town!

I'm moving to Portland!

(What??)

I still kind of can't believe it, but I just locked in a sublet in downtown, starting December 1st. Holy shit, kids, it's actually happening!

Good Cop Bad Cop. Funny or Die

This made me sad til I read the last line!

Columbus, OH (AP) - A seven-year old boy was at the center of a Franklin County courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulation requiring that family unity be maintained to the highest degree possible.

The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried and said that they also beat him.

After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.

After two recesses to check legal references and confer with the Child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the University of Michigan Wolverines, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.

grandaddy of invention: Edison

Declaration

I just wanted to say...

I heart Portland. For realsies.

Portland, here I come!

Heads up to ya'll Portland kids: I'm going to be in P-town from August 25th to Sept 3rd. I'm in a wedding (yikes!) so I'm not sure how my schedule is gonna look, but I know I'll have some sort of free time and I'd love to catch up and maybe get a meal or a drink somewheres. Afterwards, I'm headed up to Seattle to see the siblings, but I may stick around because Velella is playing a Portland show on Sept 7th at the Holocene. More details to come. Can't wait! The weather here is hitting triple digits. WTF?!?

Thought this was a Good One!

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