Hornets make another move...maybe in the right direction

Dateline New Orleans... Just a day after swapping centers with the Charlotte Bobcats, my New Orleans Hornets sign free agent forward Ike Diogu and as usual they are keeping hush hush about the terms of the deal (it'll come out sooner or later though, you can best believe that). Diogu was the 9th overall draft choice of the Golden State Warriors in 2005. Since then he has been traded to Indiana with Mike Dunleavy, Troy Murphy and Keith McLeod for Stephan Jackson, Al Harrington, Sarunas Jasikevicius and Josh Powell... Then on draft night in 08 he gets traded to the Blazers along with the draft rights to Jerryd Bayless for Jarrett Jack, Josh McRoberts (i didnt even know he had gotten drafted) and the rights to Brandon Rush. and later to Sacramento for the Bulls' Michael Ruffin, (i dont know how that worked out but it did)..

This move may shore up some of the backcourt issues, that we have had at the forward spots, even though he is only 6'9". Only an inch shorter than newly acquired center Emeka Okafor, but packs on muscle and a 7'4" wingspan...this dude has length (NO HOMO). Hopefully he fits in and gets the job done...I still think we should have kept Tyson and gotten rid of David West. If you think Im hating now, just wait till the season starts...

In New Orleans Sports news...

Yesterday was a funny day in a sense sportswise, here in New Orleans. The Hornets traded (again) Tyson Chandler to the Charlotte Bobcats, for Emeka Okafor from the University of Conneticut. WOW! This guy, a year ago Okafor signed a 6 year extension that was worth $72 million, and now the Hornets have to pick up the tab. Not that I'm really concerned cause there is a possibility that the trade wont go through.. Last season, we tried to trade Tyson to Oklahoma City for the expiring contracts of Joe Smith and Chris Wilcox, but Tyson didnt pass the physical. A good thing right? I'm pretty sure that something similar may just happen again.

Either someone on the coaching staff or in the front office really have it out for Chandler. They really have their signals crossed up. TC is a pretty athletic type guy, I admit he's a lil frail and not bulky in the paint, but he does play some serious defense, and is good for at least 2 blocks and 3 dunks a night. I know I've said it

before, but the ones they should be tryin to get rid of is a combination of David West, Antonio Daniels, Peja Stojackavic, Morris Peterson, and / or Rasual Butler. Peja wont go cause his contract is far too big. Daniels and Peterson are both a waste of time if you ask me and West and Butler just rub me the wrong way. D. West doesnt play as big as he could (and he is a 2 time All Star...go figure) and Butler to me has focus issues....HE IS ALWAYS IN THE DAMN CLUB!

On the upside of this issue, I watched a Summer League game and was really impressed with the play of our draftees, Darren Collison (PG from UCLA) and Marcus Thorton (SG from LSU). They are both athletic, hustle and have great court vision. Most importantly they can shoot the ball and defend. Only time will tell if they actually fit into Coach Byron Scott's scheme of things. Not saying that they are or they arent, but you gotta sorta look at his history with young players...i.e. J.R.Smith and Chris "Birdman" Anderson. They have made major contributions to the Nuggets and their playoff run. TC wrote on his blog...I just want to thank the city of New Orleans, the Hornets organization for the opportunity and for the great couple of years that I had there. I also want to thank my Hornets teammates for everything they've done for me. I had great time in New Orleans being able to enjoy the game again, with them. I'm just glad that he aint bitter and was gonna pop off about doin the Bee's dirty when the Bobcats come to town...LOL. I thought Mo Pete was gonna cry cause he knows if Tyson is gone from here, he's so next...

In other sports news...well it aint really sports and it aint really news, but appease me for the moment why dont you. New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush and his TV Reality Show star girlfriend Kim Kardashian have called it quits. The news on the street is that Reg was gettin ready to go to camp and wanted her to come with, but she declined. She is getting ready to shoot yet another season of "Keeping up with the Kardashians" on E!TV and doing whatever it is these celebrity types do. Well maybe thats a good thing, cause now maybe, just maybe Reg can concentrate on football, and I know that wants to play well and make a lil noise. Here's lookin at you kiddo.

Also in NFL news, Commissioner Roger Goodell has conditionally reinstated former Falcon quarterback Michael Vick and he is now able to sign a deal with a team (whomever will have him) and participate in training camp and also possibly play in the last two exhibition games before having to sit out anywhere between 2 to 6 weeks of the regular season. This is good for him, because whoever picks him up (i wish the Saints would pick him up, but you never know) will have a quality backup quarterback (yes, I'm still on that) and he has time to get the playbook down in his head. There is also the option of the wildcat formation situations, where you never really know what he is gonna do, he may throw or ruyn the ball....this makes him more of a threat on the field than just thinkin you gonna have him returning punts or kicks or even playing running back. Oh well, its good to see he is gonna be able to earn a living and not have to keep working that construction job. And Antonio Pierce, Linebacker for the New York Giants is expected to be indicted in conjunction with the Plaxico Burress shooting incident in November...more details to follow....

"Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?" - Louis Armstrong

OK family,
I came home from Atlanta yesterday, and I dont care where I have been over the country, there is no place like home. The homies, the atmosphere, the damn raggedy ass streets and most importantly...the fam. I got to the crib, unpacked my clothes and went straight to the fridge...STUPID MOVE KILLA, you been gone a month. So what do I do? What any other red blooded American boy would. Go get something to eat. After a steady diet of gyros, chicken wings, and pizza ,I was somewhat conflicted about what it was that was gonna die a miserable death, cause whatever it is will get banged up.

Do I want Popeye's, Seafood or a Po Boy? Clearly I want a po boy sammich of the OYSTER variety, and thats what I get. So I go to the neighborhood Daquiri Shop and place my order...Oyster on french fried hard dressed with cheese, lemon juice, and HOT SAUCE! Coupled with a Barq's Root Beer and beaucoup napkins...it was good and I have the belly to prove it.

Gotta run, shooting a party tonight, but first I gotta get my money from this character for this wedding and if he aint got it, there's gonna be trouble...trouble...

Posted by the Insomniaq, belchin and wanting another sammich

A really big thing...

Photos courtesy of Zigga Zagga Productions
www.ziggazaggaproductions.com

Posted by the Insomniaq...bout to be up and OWT on the road back to the Big Cheesey (New Orleans)

What are you doin? Yeah its a twitter blog

Is it just me or does EVERYONE on earth have a Twitter account? I mean, Ashton Kutcher, Oprah, Jimmy Fallon, and even my moms (ARRGGGH! I can't have nothin without her tech savvy ass havin it too), who actually had twitter during the Election of Pres. Obama thanks to MSNBC. Everyone at ESPN has a twitter, even Tony Kornhauser...the NBA seems to have an All Tweet team with @RudyGay22, @AI9, @The_Real_Shaq, @OneandonlyCP3, and even Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love, who on SportsNation plugged his Twitter per request from ESPN, now aint that something? @kevin_love by the way. And whats funnier is that you can follow FACEBOOK and MySPACE on Twitter.

There have been some definitely funny moments on Twitter, like the "Follow Diddy" movement, he was tryin to get a million followers and at the same time the "Unfollow Diddy" movement which I am proud to say I joined and havent followed him again since. Then there is the usual "clique" tweets back and forth, between reality show stars like Prancer from Flavor of Love 3 and Cali from Real Chance of Love (they really get on my nerves sometimes) and the tweetmance that is Becky Buckwild and Frank the Entertainer from I Love Money 2 (complete with Twitpic postings). The trending topics RIGHT NOW are...bananas. Out of the top 10 trend topics the Iran election is dead last, while Comic-Con, #Chicago White Sox and Solange are the top 3. Since when is the Twilight trailor screening, a perfect game in baseball and Bey's lil sister shaving her head more important than a political election with a country that may or may not form a threat to National Security, if they have weapons of mass destruction.

The other night actor Kevin Spacey was tryin to explain Twitter to David Letterman (ON AIR). Seems to me that a cat like Dave who is on top of plenty and pretty much everything thats global, media related and noteworthy. would be up on things. He isnt on Twitter. Had no clue what it was. Just watch the video...its funny yet informative...



Posted by the Insomniaq...Tweetin is a habit, get like me

Holy Google Batman...

Faster than a 3G connection, more powerful than a terabyte hard drive, able to leap web pages in a single bound...Look down on your screen, Its a bird, its a plane...IT'S GOOGLE !!!

These cats have done so much recently to the interface of its services that it doesnt make any damn sense. Today in honor of the annual Comic Con convention in San Diego, California, Internet giant Google has released Comic themes for iGoogle today. I did a lil investigating through the themes pages and saw an array of different comic themes... Women of DC - featuring Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Power Girl, and Black Canary, Green Lantern, and of course Superman along with a Batman and Robin theme. Dont fret "true believers" there is a Marvel theme set too, with Iron Man, Captain America, and the Incredible Hulk, (no Spiderman or Xmen though). Along with Hellboy and other comics.

Also there was a page that gave you the ins on celebrities like Martha Steward, Anderson Cooper, Donald Trump, Wyclef Jean, Ryan Seacrest and others. These themes include widgets (gadgets) that these folks use on their iGoogle pages. Some that can efficiently help you with your web surfing and some like the ones on Ashton Kutcher's page make me scratch my head... Clearly I have had a lot of time on my hands to do all this exploring of Google and its brand. Also now on Google calendar you can add a background to your calendars (just like your Gmail pages). They have added Google Labs to the calendar and probably on their task pages too. You never know what to expect from Google.

THe also launched Latitude for the iPhone, if you are up on the iPhone, Google unveiled Location for the mobile Safari browser. The only drawback is that its web based and not native so it wont run in the background like other native apps. Thats a problem to most, but you can prolly get to work if you got a jailbrake iPhone. (whatever that is). There are also some additions that will make it more user friendly, such as multiple searches for Google maps and a friend only "Likes" option in Reader...only for things that you follow though, but its cool, cause I wanna know who likes what I write... (HINT HINT) Also you can now unsubscribe to newsletters and its hella easy....if they could only do something for spam (unless i missed something) where once you report it as spam, then you never get other spam e-mails from the same addresses. DAMMIT I hate me some spam too. You can also add an option to your password recovery thingy where you can retrieve passwords via text message...

Those kids have out done themselves again...until next week.

Ahnald Approves of Google

Posted by the Insomniaq... bout to get my Google on

Believe half of what you hear and none of what you read..on the net

"I need a Winn Dixie bag fulla money to the V.I.P. section...RIIIIIGHT NOW!" - Lil' Wayne "I Get Money"

Many of you may or may not heard the ridiculous rumor of Michael Vick and Allen Iverson hanging out in a Virginia Beach strip club, the day before he has to meet with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about possible re-reinstatement to the league and possibly resume his career as a quarterback. Lets be serious.... neither one of them cats have a job and both know how important it is for Vick to be seen in a true light of reforment. Not that going to a "Gentlemen's Club is a bad thing, plenty men (and ladies) go to them.

Here is an article posted by the Associated Press that refutes the whole thing.

RICHMOND, Va. — A lawyer for Michael Vick says the quarterback did not spend his first night of freedom at a Virginia Beach strip club. Attorney Larry Woodward says Thursday that Vick was not in Virginia Beach on Monday night and has not been to any strip club. Woodward says reports of such activity are "absolutely, categorically false. "Vick was released from federal custody Monday after a 23-month sentence for a dogfighting conspiracy. The blog thebiglead.com quoted a DJ, who refused to be identified, who said Vick was at the strip club with NBA free agent Allen Iverson. Leon Rose, Iverson's agent, said Iverson hasn't seen Vick since his release. Vick is expected to meet soon with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in hopes of getting his league suspension lifted.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Lets really think about this for a hot second. What kind of idiot would Vick be, if the night before the most important job interview of your life would you go to (of all places) a strip club. Where anything could and has happened. Adam (dont call me Pac Man anymore) Jones, knows all too well what can happen in one of dem joints. Nobody in their right mind walks in a strip club with over 80k in a Louie Vuitton bag anyway. There is no way in the world that you woulda found me in there, if I was beggin for my life back. All the blame for this should fall on the DJ that refused to be identified and the jackass that ran out there and kept the foolishness goin. I know that DJ's like to use comedic banter to get the crowd goin so they can spend money. If you ever saw the movie Player's Club you'd remember the scene when Bernie Mac announced that Uncle Luke was in the club and the dancers went into a frenzy. Dolla Bill wanted his percentage too. Well that was the same situation. Just someone was drunk and went too far.

I wish Mike well as he gets ready to try to get his life together.... and you should too

Sorry to bust ya bubble, if you really thought there was some truth to that...

**UPDATE** sorry for the length, but it is what it is....

The anticipation and speculation can stop. Roger Goodell has reached a decision on Michael Vick, NFL sources told ESPN.

League sources told ESPN's Sal Paolantonio and Chris Mortensen Thursday that sometime next week Goodell is expected to announce a conditional reinstatement of Vick, which would allow Vick to go to training camp if he signed with a team but that could also include a four-game suspension."Can we suspend him in basically double jeopardy?" asked the league source. "That's the question. "Goodell had already given Vick an indefinite suspension that ran concurrent with the 23-month federal prison sentence and home confinement stemming from Vick's role in an illegal dogfighting ring. According to a source close to Vick, the former Falcons quarterback is hoping to receive no additional punishment. A four-game suspension would likely inhibit his ability to catch on with an NFL team. No teams have expressed interest in bringing Vick in for a tryout as of yet. As part of the deal, Goodell is reserving judgement in the event of any further transgressions from Vick. "This is a serious matter. We are engaging in a careful and thoughtful process and no decisions have been made," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said. Earlier Thursday, SI.com first reported that Vick and Goodell met Wednesday afternoon in Allendale, N.J., at a small security firm for three hours. Vick apologized to Goodell, especially for lying to him in 2007 when Vick denied being involved in any dogfighting ring, according to league sources, who described the meeting to Paolantonio and Mortensen as very cordial but tense. One league source said Thursday that Goodell did not necessarily need to hear that apology. "The commissioner has said many times, 'this is not about me,'" the source said.Vick -- once the NFL's highest-paid player -- was joined at Wednesday's meeting by his legal and personal advisors, including agent Joel Segal. Vick was released from federal custody Monday after finishing the home confinement portion of his sentence at his home in Hampton, Va. SI.com reported Thursday that both Vick and Goodell were spotted leaving the offices of Buckley Petersen Global Inc. separately at 4 p.m. Vick exited in a Cadillac Escalade, while Goodell departed approximately 10 minutes later in a BMW. According to eyewitnesses, both Vick and Goodell were described as looking "somber" after leaving the meeting. NFL training camps are set to open next week and this deal could free Vick to pursue an NFL contract that would allow him to begin to alleviate his massive debts. Vick declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2008, a little over three years after he signed a then-record 10-year, $130 million deal with the Atlanta Falcons. A handful of teams have publicly declared no interest in Vick, citing a multitude of concerns. Giants owner John Mara and Jets owner Woody Johnson were emphatic in saying their teams' quarterback positions were filled. "On a lot of levels, no," Mara said when asked if the Giants had any interest in Vick. Mara added there wasn't even any discussion or debate in the front office about Vick. Despite the competition to replace Brett Favre, Johnson said the Jets also weren't interested. "We've got Kellen Clemens and now we have this young Mark Sanchez, and I think we are good on quarterbacks," Johnson said, adding that the Jets also didn't see Vick as an option. Vick admitted to bankrolling Bad Newz Kennels on his estate in Virginia and assisting in the killing of dogs that performed poorly in practice fights.

Information from ESPN's Chris Mortensen and Sal Paolantonio and The Associated Press was used in this report.

Posted by the Insomniaq...from the V.I.P. section and the Champaign room is poppin

Today's Randomness

Baby Girl how you go from this to...

to this... If you felt that you didnt want to look like big sis anymore you coulda got a different hairstyle
at least you coulda got a lining... Brittney Spears had a lining. Did you do this yourself? Tsk Tsk Tsk!!
On another note...Rihanna's cut > Cassie's cut > Solange's cut, but worse than Yeezie's mullet

Confused too I am (no Yoda)

**UPDATE**
Solange tweeted this today...

stupid. paps. took. pic. ive. had. my. hair. cut. like. this. for. two. weeks. i. was. NOT. inspired. by anyone. but. my. self.
about 4 hours ago from web
i. have. done. this. twice. in. my. life. i. was 16. i was 18. did. not care about your opinion. then. dont. care. now.
about 4 hours ago from web
dont. need. your. attention. or. your. co-sign. i am #3. trending topic. before. IRAN. &. some of you cant even locate it on a map. its sad.
about 4 hours ago from web
dont. want. a. edge. up. or a perm. because. im not trying. to make this "a style" or a statement.
about 4 hours ago from web
i. just. wanted. to. be. free. from. the. bondage. that. black. women sometimes. put. on. themselves. with. hair.
about 4 hours ago from web
this. phase. of. my. life. i. want to spend . the time. the energy. and the money. on something else. not in the hair salon.
about 4 hours ago from web
im. not. mad. at . all of you. that have made your opinions known. and have sent negative. energy. my way. i expected this of you.
about 4 hours ago from web
you. have. the right to have. an opinion.
about 4 hours ago from web
so. do. i.
about 4 hours ago from web

I guess she told yall... [/update]

LeBron James...victim

Alright,I have seen the dunk and Im NOT impressed. So what a lil known cat named Jordan dunked on the King, big whoop! My question is this...From now on if anyone dunks on LeBron on television will a Nike rep appear out of nowhere and ask that the feed be stopped? Will Phil Knight come outta nowhere and have the tapes pulled? This is diva behavior, not even Prima Donnaesque. I stated before that I am a fan of King James and I totally respect the game of basketball and the law of averages....There are 29 teams excluding the Cavs with 12 men on each team...do the math and thats 348 men with the oppertunity to dunk on the "Chosen One"...82 games a year there is gonna be at least a 1 in 4 games shot on bangin one in his face.

I really dont see what the problem is...Are you that holy that you cant get a two handed jam against you attatched to your resume? Lets be real here. I know this is gonna go down as a big debate in a barbershop now that the video is out there. Except on YouTube....someone has that thing on lock and to even get to Jordan Crawford's blogspot you gotta fill out a survey...never mind, I saw it and blah blah blah. Just like when Shaq took the flop against Dwight Howard (in the battle of the Supermen) or when AI broke Michael Jordan's ankle when he was a rook, (subsequently he cant find a job, unless he goes to Memphis)...or when Beno Udrih shook the Black Mamba (Kobe) out of his Nikes. Nobody came out the woodworks demanding footage to keep folks from snickering and giggling at the "victims".

There is always gonna be someone better than the previous "man on the floor", not saying that LeBron is onna pass the torch to Crawford, but believe me there will be someone that is gonna dunk on you again...it wont be the first time and it wont be the last...Maybe the last at Nike Camp though.

WOW...he dunked on LeBron.... **side eye**

How You Doin?

No really, you cant be serious...This is the worse talk show I have ever seen...matter of fact **CLICK**

Shoulda been on B.E.T. exclusively, they woulda saved a whole lot of damn money


Avon Barksdale does NOT approve of this foolishness

My Summer Viewing List...

Tonight's list consist of all the movies and series I plan to watch over the rest of the summer...I gotta do some work and find the back episodes of True Blood and Entourage that I have missed...I probably can find them on hulu or OnDemand on my cable box at the crib... I think the next list will be all the movies I plan on peepin in the theaters for the rest of the summer too...but in the meantime, this is what I plan on watching from the second I step foot back in the house. I love Atlanta, but there is NO place like home...NEW ORLEANS BABY!!!!!

GETCHA' POPCORN READY

Aiight now here's a trick play if I ever saw one...

Two time Super Bowl champion Ben Rothlisberger has been implicated in a civil suit by a woman at a Lake Tahoe casino / hotel. The "unidentified" woman (aint that familiar) said that the Pittsburgh quarterback raped her after he called her up to his penthouse suite at Harrah's to fix his TELEVISION! Big Ben has hired a lawyer and has made a statement saying his client is 100% innocent and will be cleared of these "absurd" charges. There are also rumblings around the net that ESPN has a "do not report" memo goin around to all of its reporters / anchors / affiliates, stating that this story has NOT been authenticated and doesnt want to tarnish the reputation of its reporting and image.

You want to know what this sounds like to me.... wait for it!!!! SOME BULLSHIT! Where is NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell with his "penalty flag"? Where is his readily accessible suspension stick? Wait I know what it is... its Ben, he's a white guy with a lot of money, there is no way on earth that he would even have to rape a woman...do you know how much action he gets thrown his way every day? Yeah right... Let me see if I can get this straight, he didnt bankroll a dog fighting ring like Vick...check. He didnt get drunk and kill nobody with his Bentley...check. He didnt take a suppliment with a substance banned by the league...check. He didnt take steroids and get caught lying to Katie Couric about it. God forbid he didnt pack heat goin to the club and "accidentally" shoot his dumb ass in the leg...check. So why are Michael Vick, Donte' Stallworth, and Plaxico Burris on indefinite suspension and this dude is untouched like he had the red "Do Not Hit" jersey on? They gonna have to fine me cause Im finna hit his ass, and Ima lead with my head.

This clown is being implicated for the crime of RAPE, of a human being! Albeit, it aint vehicular homicide as in the case of Stallworth, his victim wont be able to sue for "damages". The victim is "supposedly" suing for $400,000 in damages from Ben and $50,000 from the Harrah's Corp. Its clear that she no longer works for the casino anymore. Then to top it off she waited to bring forth the charges cause she feared that she would lose her job. You would think that if she was actually raped by the player, she woulda been said something. I call shenanigans... but dont this shit remind you of Kobe Bryant and the lil chick up in Colorado? I wondered when I first heard this story if this wasnt the same chick and thats why ESPN has the gag order on their people. Why give this chick any more exposure. Anyway Ben doesnt make as much as Kobe so it is what its gonna be. Im still pissed that whether or not this is an actual truth Goodell hasnt whipped out the "Go directly to the suspension room" card yet... This really is disheartening to true fans of the NFL and folks in general that abide by fair play. Lets see how many endorsements he loses or if his jerseys get pulled off the shelf or if the Rooneys disown him the way that Mr Blank did to Vick.... Who says there is no such thing as racism anymore. Its live and well in professional sports

WOW JUST WOW

Posted by the Insomniaq....glad to NOT be a Steeler fan so I aint gotta defend this bull

My favorite television shows...Law and Order edition

Here is my list of favorite television shows that are NOT on television anymore... Im really sad about some of this...

Prison Break (FOX)- It was a very intense program from the first episode, the brain of Michael Schofield worked all the time, he was always a step ahead. Lincoln Burroughs was a bull, who complimented his brother's wit with his brawn. The complexity of the characters and the ever present plot twist were amazing and the cliffhanger at the end of every episode made you want more. Alas they couldnt run forever. All seasons are now available on DVD and Blu-ray and worth it...

Justice (FOX) - A short lived yet intense drama, about a high profile law firm that took cases, solely on media exposure. (Cases like O.J. or Phil Specter). It had a very sophisticated mix of high tech and logical deduction. The main lawyers were complimentary of and to each other. The drama was in many cases a conflict in approach and tact. What was really interesting was that at the end of the episode the crime was re-enacted and the culprit revealed.

OZ (HBO) - One of the best dramas ever created, written, and produced in the history of television. It was about PRISON! Maximum security prison at that. The cast was one of a kind and IMO the second or third best ever assembled on TV, (depending on where you rank The Wire and The Sopranos). The cliques of inmates were incredible, you had the Muslims, the Arryan Brotherhood, the Hood Niggaz, Mexicans, Italians, Whiteboys, Politicians, White Collar criminals. I havent even gotten to the employees and the plots yet. The narrorator was Augustus Hill (a name that I can relate to) was in a wheelchair paralyzed from the waist down and put a very interesting twist to the entire series when he released a book called OZ that was an account of pretty much everything that had gone on...then was murdered, then remained on the show as you guessed it the narrorator. There was so much tension in the plots and side switching and side deals, it was simply amazing. My favorite scene was NOT the killing of Adabisi, but when O'Reily ground up the glass in dudes food and he died...that was more like a WOW moment than anything else... All seasons are available on DVD

The Wire (HBO) - Where do I begin? Baltimore, Maryland..Good guys and Bad guys on both sides of the law. This has got to be the best written program, although it never won any major awards, but has been recognized for its writing. There was plenty conflict in the plots of the show and once again its not what you thought. Cops vs Cops vs City Government vs the City itself. Each season had a main focal point with sup plots that ran off the main topic or intertwined into it. But at the center of it all was McNaulty (Dominic West) he was the detective that was good at being bad and bad at being good. He constantly had his head in the game and knew just how far to push...He just aint know when to stop drinkin. The war against drugs / crime was a never ending topic and there were two cliques that did it better than no other...Avon Barksdale's crew and Marlo Stanfield's crew.s and form a co-op, but Marlo wasnt really down with it. The drama was intense and many of the characters where just that. The last two seasons focused on youngins gettin in the game with Michael becoming a very big player in the game. This is the show that gave us hard asses Avon Barksdale,Omar (the gay thug feared by everyone...so much that when he hit the block there were screams of "OMAR COMIN!". the clever and calculating Stringer Bell, Snoop, Cheese (played by rapper Method Man), and the prophetic and seemingly wise Prop Joe. By far in the top 3 of all shows done on HBO. All seasons are available on DVD

The Sopranos (HBO) - Arguably the best mob drama ever... Not Goodfellas, not Casino, and right under The Godfather... This series was based on a New Jersey crime family headed by Anthony Soprano, a complicated man therapist in tow. He had so much to deal with, his crime family, the New York mob, and the biggest demon of all....his family... Carmella the woman that stood by his side regardless how right or how wrong he was. Anthony Jr., this boy had more problems than a math book, im serious this dude had issues. and Meadow "Daddy's lil girl...what more can I say. Tony had plenty stuff on his mind and it sometimes resulted in mad conflict with himself. He had to deal with his mother who wanted him dead, his sister that was a leach and tried her damnedest to get in his pockets and his head. His senile Uncle Junior, who shot him during a "senior moment". The most trying thing on his mind for the majority of the series was coming to grips with the fact that he had to off his best friend turned confident informer "Big Pussy". He maintained order the best way he knew and that was with an iron fist. All in all with all the conflict, drama and twist in plot this was the grand daddy of them all. The only part of the entrie series that I and million of viewers were uneasy with was the season finale... The Soprano's met at a diner and amidst an assortment of seedy characters in the bar...NOBODY DIED! They faded to black with a Journey track in the background. It left the series open ended like there could have been an additional season or at least another episode...Now dont get it twisted plenty folks died leading up to the finale, but there were enough underlings and flunkies around to at least extend the storylines to a point where either Tony could have gotten thrown in the joint (there were plenty enough wiretaps around for that) or gettin wacked by one of the rival familiesl. But it is what it is,...I didnt write it nor could have. I aint that deep.

Go Dookie! Go Dookie!

OMAR COMIN!!!!!

Posted by the Insomniaq...signing off and lookin for the remote control

Affion Crockett X Spoof = Drake

View this clip first...its so sad



View this clip second...its so funny

Just so you cats know that I am NOT the only person hatin on Drake aka Young Drizzie aka Ima "freestyle" from my Blackberry and its gonna be hot... Peep this out and see what Affion Crockett does to the fraud...If this is the savior of hip hop, then let it Rest In Peace...Damn! Son said "Its Yabba Dabba Doo Time

even Britt was like...

Posted by the Insomniaq from my Blackberry...wait I dont have a Blackberry...