Sunday Reflections on a Wednesday (Deal with it)

First, some business:

Music to listen to: Dusk You and Me by Groove Armada



The chill music returns!

Crush of the Day: Maria Menunos



I saw some old episodes of One Tree Hill where she had a running storyline. Looked amazing. She's still in the top-five.

You know, you go for two weeks without doing a post and people think that the Blog is over. That's far from the truth. Pourtout Pancakes will not end as long as I can keep it going.

However, there are going to be periods where I may take a week or two off, especially when I have things going on in my life. In the past two weeks, I've gotten a new job at TNA Wrestling, so I will be in Nashville for a while, contemplated things in my future and am currently in Georgia spending some valuable time with the family. Also, my computer broke down and that messes you up just a little bit when you're trying to produce a Blog on a Web site.



Long story short, I've intentionally kept a low profile this past month but I'm going to start breaking out of that. Furthermore, I've been trying to get my other Blog, thesportsinquirer.com, go ahead and check it out, up and going. That's been OK but I've taken a break from that as well because outside of Brett Farve annoying us and some baseball stuff, this has been a slow time in sports until football starts. Thankfully, training camps are starting up and that will give me plenty of content.



OK, now that's covered, I do have one Reflection for you.



-I'm definitely not getting married and/or having children until I'm 30. I've come across this thought while watching the 16 and Pregnant show on MTV. My goodness, I've intentionally told my 14-year-old niece to watch that show to make sure that she knows the struggles of being a teenage daughter if she ever went down that path. How does that relate to me?



I'm 28, so I have about four or five more years to continue my baller and shot caller ways before its may be time to settle down and start producing little Pourtouts.



But really, I'm not in a rush in so much as realizing that I'm at an age and place in my life to actually start a family.



I realize this stuff even more when I kick it with my nieces and nephews who I literally changed the diapers of and now two of them are in high school. All of this gives you prospective of your age and where you stand.



So while watching the MTV show, I look at the prospects of children and potentially marriage and realize that even at this stage of my life, I'm not ready for that.



Just a thought. I'm going to try to post some more here but if I go a week or two without a post, don't freak.

Sunday Reflections

Hey everyone, time for those Sunday Reflections.

-Music to Listen to: Too Young for Love by Motley Crue



I heard this on the car radio cruising around the mean streets of Nashville today and enjoyed its awesomeness.

-Saw UFC 100 on Saturday. Brock Lesnar is still an ass and Georges St. Pierre may be one of the best athletes in our generation, seriously. I’ll have some more thoughts about the event and a commentary on Lesnar on the other blog, thesportsinquirer.com.

-Speaking of the new Blog, its been fun writing on it and actually gaining some fans. I would like to write more often but things come up. I think I can do about two posts a day but I should be doing three to four. We’ll see what happens.

-I got the first season of the Showtime show Californication on DVD from Netflix and enjoying that as well. The bummer for me the past two years has been not having HBO or Showtime. This means that I end up being behind on shows I enjoy such as Entourage, Weeds, the L Word, etc. I also have not been able to follow shows that have received good reviews like True Blood, Eastbound and Down, etc.

-Some of you have been wondering where I’ve been the past few weeks and I’m still in Nashville, looking for work. However, I think if something doesn’t emerge in the next week or two, max, then some changes will be made. Pretty much that means moving back to Atlanta which would be a bummer because I have friends here and like being in Nashville. It has everything that I want but we will see.

-Twitter is thoroughly addictive. I used to scuff at people who had Twitter and mock them. However, since I joined up to promote The Sports Inquirer, I’ve become hooked on it. More on this later.

-That’s all for this week. Keep following me at www.thesportsinquirer.com, where I have daily content up. Also, my Twitter name is sportsinquirer, look me up.

Message to Hank Baskett

First, some music for you to listen to: Layla by Derek and the Dominos:

Heard this in the gym today and was reminded of Eric’s brilliance.

This weekend, reserve Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett married former Playboy playmate and Hugh Hefner’s ex-girlfriend Kendra Wilkerson this weekend. So much wrong with that sentence. I’ve decided to address Hank and count the ways why this wasn’t maybe the best move for him.

Hank, this is not smart for you because:

-You’re a professional athlete. The fidelity rate for you guys are not the strongest. Between the amount of money you make, the time on the road, women throwing themselves at you. Its not a good recipe for a long-lasting relationship.

-You’re a reserve wide receiver. Hank, you’re actually not a bad player but its not like you’re tearing up the league right now. This isn’t the time to get married, especially in a free agency year. You need to be hitting the gym, getting your mind right for training camp and earning that money. Going on your honeymoon isn’t the correct move right now.

-You’re a good looking guy. From a heterosexual prospective, you’re not ugly. Its not like you’re going to not find another woman.

-You’re a nice guy. I read this interview you recently did with E! online: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b129399_Hank_Baskett_Talks_Kendra__the_Baby_and_Hef_.html. You seem like a nice guy who has no clue what he’s getting into. Women love that stuff. The nice guy part, not the clueless part.

-You’re 26. You should never, ever get married before you turn 30.

-You’re marrying Kendra. I hope you know what you’re getting into because based on her past, and I don’t want to call your new wife a dirty girl, but she’s a dirty girl. Between the relationship with Hugh, constantly flashing her breast and other lady parts in public, general mannerisms, just be careful. I’ve seen most of Girls Next Door and now the Kendra TV shows. Just saying. Why the rush to get married?

-You knocked her up. Maybe that’s the rush. Its one thing to marry her but to impregnate her? Not smooth. So now when the divorce happens, and trust me Hank, its happening, you have to deal with a kid.

I’ve always said that a divorce is just an expensive breakup but when kids are involved, problems arise.

Really, I hope all works out for you. Love is a beautiful thing but you just have to be careful.

Hope that helped.

Sunday Reflections

Hey everyone, its time for those Sunday Reflections:

Music to listen to: Teflon by The Mars Volta



I’ve been playing the guys’ new album constantly for the past few days and I’m liking it. Right now, its my third favorite album behind De-Loused in the Comatorium and Frances the Mute. It definitely laps Amputechture and is neck and neck with Bedlam in Goliath.

Its definitely more mellow then their previous recordings, it really sounds more like a Omar Rodriguez-Lopez solo or group album than a Mars Volta album. Like it nonetheless.

Last week, I dedicated my whole Sunday Reflections to Michael Jackson after his death. That wasn’t a fun post. The mood is somber once again after the passing of Steve McNair.

If you’re reading this Blog, you know who he is so I don’t have to go into details about his past. It was surreal yesterday watching TV, preparing to see the 4th of July Fireworks here in Nashville and then viewing the special report on NBC, channel four here, and seeing Rudy Kalis, the sports director, talking about it.

Right at that moment, I just became sad and numb. I didn’t cry or scream or anything. I was speechless. Then I turned to 104.5, the local sports talk station and hear George Plaster talking about it and he was in shock just like me.

I ended up watching about an hour of coverage on TV and listening on the radio before it was getting too sad. Then I was about to head out to the fireworks but it started pouring outside and at that time, I knew that this would be unfortunately a memorable 4th of July for many of us here in Nashville.

My first memory of McNair was seeing him at Alcorn State just dominating the competition and wondering if he could translate that into the NFL. I was really rooting for him because, to keep it real here, he was a quarterback who was Black and I wanted to see him succeed.

I then remember seeing him sit on the bench and wanted him to play so badly. He rarely played his first two or three years in the league but when he got his chance, he took advantage of it.

So when I started attending Vanderbilt in the fall of 1999, I was excited to have the chance to follow him upclose. Amazingly, he led the Titans to the Super Bowl that season and I’ll never forget that football season.

You can read or listen to all of the stories of McNair’s legacy on and off the field but its just sad to see such a young man dead when he was doing so many positive things for this Nashville community and the southeast in general, especially in Mississippi, its sad.

I’m watching Eddie George talking about McNair right now and it hurts to see him hurting.

Pray for Steve’s family at this time because those are the people that are going to miss him the most and need the most support.