Please Celtics Beat the Lakers

Mr. Garnett I am begging you to please finish off the Lakers and take home the Larry Obrien in this years NBA finals. If the Lakers win their fan base will be insufferable as it always is. So please Kevin win, win, win
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The Run Ain't Done

Although our season is finally over, I am still of the opinion that the Tim Duncan led Spurs have one more trip to the promised land before it is all said and done. Parker, Duncan and Ginobilli play to well as a unit for it to be over yet. You have not seen the last of the Alamo City.
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the work yet ahead

This week and next I will be complteing major pieces of literary work. The first is the poetry collection Shadow Fall and the second is the YA novel Kimson's Quest. I have high hopes for both. I hope you will enjoy them.
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The Sun Never Sets on the Alamo City

Remember this Kobe, you may have your foot on our collective throats but no one has been able to close out San Antonio in the post season. We faced similar odds in the second round and we won. So you better watch your back.
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Writing YA Fiction

Currently I working on my young adult novel Kimson's Quest. It is the story of a young science savant and a virtual reality project gone wrong. I hope you will enjoy it.
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Historical Fiction

In the next eight months I will be tackling twin historical novels, The first is Little Magician it is the story of the early political career of Martin Van Buren. The second in the civil war era historical novel called "Butcher" it is story of General Ulysses S Grant told from the point of view of a fictious Captain who serves as his personal liuetenant. Both of them will shed insingsts into the nature of the human character. I hope you will enjoy them.
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Modern Fantasy Sucks

Modern Fantasy is some of the worst literature ever written. Clearly these writers I will not call them authors that would denigrate the term. They are all a bunch of mediocre Tolkien Recyclers. In fact Harry Potter is the most interesting and origninal set of stories fantasy has produced in more than twnety years.
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A tale of two superstars

The NBA'S Western Conference Finals will be the tale of two superstars. The first superstar is Kobe the under performer Bryant. The Second Superstar is Tim "The Unstoppable" Duncan.


So far in the fast five years it has been all Tim Duncan. His career has be defined by his four NBA titles, which include 2 of the past three NBA seasons. Conversely the other superstar Bryant has only be defined by lackluster performances in the post season. Look to Tim Duncan in the next two games to bounce back big from his early funk. Remember this the New Orleans Hornets had their foot on San Antonio's collective throat yet they couldn't close us out in the best of seven. Remember LA neglect Duncan at your own peril.
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Short Term steps to halt the advance of Climate Change

What we need to do is a cap the advance of climate change. In order to accomplish these goals we need to have a focus on renewable power sources. Also we need to have a European Style Cap and Trade system for carbon emissions. In addition to this we need to tighten fuel standards and close the loophole the created the SUV industry. We need to be thinking both small and green.
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A Trip to NATO

Later today I will be watching Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It will be the first movie I have seen in a theatre since I last viewed I am Legend. I hope that this trip to NATO(National Association of Theatre Owners) will be good.
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No Quit in the Alamo City

Never sleep on San Antonio they will always find a way to win. The Hornets had their foot on our throats yet they couldn't close us out. Remember in the past five years the Spurs have been unbeaten on their home floor in the playoffs. Keep it real and hopefully we will represent the west in the NBA Finals.
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Kobe Bryant is not the MVP in my mind

Although he won the regular season MVP award I do not consider Kobe Bryant as a ligitimate MVP. Is it just me or has Lakers as a franchise spent the past five years loosing. Particularly in the past three years they failed to get out of the first round. The real MVP should be big man Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics. Where would they be without his tenacious defense. For my money I consider the true MVP to be Garnett and not Bryant. It is sad to say that the NBA's awards committee is easily swayed by popular opinion
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The Patron Saint of Basketball

This blog is dedicated to the "Admiral" David Robinson big man emeritus of the San Antonio Spurs. Not only was he a great basketball player, he is after all the most under rated big man in the history of the game.
David Robinson was also a great humanitarian as well. He founded the Carver Academy in San Antonio which is a school dedicated to serving under previlidged youth in the Alamo City. Tutition is completely free if you get in. Robinson was the games greatest citizen he won the NBA's Citizenship award twice and it is now named in his honor.
In a day and age where athletes are more frequently found in the pages of the police blotter it is refreshing to see that genuinely good people can still get ahead. This is true of the Admiral and his protege Tim Duncan.
That is all for now.
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Finishing Shadow Fall

Currently I am hard at work on my second poetry collection. It is called "Shadow Fall and other Poems". Most likely it will be complete either at the end of this month or the beginning of next month. The collection is aimed at the 2009 Donald Hall Poetry Prize. I hope you will enjoy it.
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the great debate

Is there life beyond earth? so far we have discovered single cell organisms on mars that raise new questions about life elsewhere in the cosmos. Personally I would like to agree with astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan on this one. He said in his book Contact "If we are the only beings alive in the universe it is an aweful waist of space."
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Government Should stay out of Pro Sports

With the noted exception of Balco and Steriods I am of the opinion that government should stay out of professional sports.

First of all it is a big waste of tax payer time and money. I can sight to examples of excess by government in something that isn't that important. California Senator Diane Feinstein tried to introduce legislation to keep the San Francisco 49ners in San Francisco. The second example is Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Spector getting involved in the Patriots Spygate scandal. Please people don't you have anything else better to do? Stop this rediculuous waste of tax payer time and money.
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Eisenhower's Legacy in Civil Rights

Much attention in history has been given to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. However there is an earlier milestone that I think is just as important in the over all story of the civil rights struggle.

The milestone I am talking about is school desegregation in the 1950's. It is important to note that the court of Fred Vinson prior to Earl Warren upheld the 1898 case Plessy Versus Ferguson which established the so called "Seperate But Equal doctrine". The Earl Warren court appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower struck down Plessy versus Ferguson in the Brown Versus Board of Education of Topeka Kansas case. It is important to remember that prior to the Brown decision the NAACP got its start sueing colleges for not letting in minority applicants. Education is the only meaningful way of lifting yourself out of poverty long term. This is just something I thought we should remember.
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We Need to be a better road team

It is quite clear that if my San Antonio Spurs are to advance to the western conference finals we need to be a better road team. We have to have the ability to rise up and smack the opposing team in their own crib. Sadly for us that easier said that done. New Orleans is a good team this year and they will not fade away easily. That being said I know my boys from the Alamo City can rise to challenge.
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Power of the Poet

Currently I am at work on a second poetry collection. Once it is complete in June I will enter it in the Charles B Wheeler poetry competition. It is my hope that you will behold the power of the poet.
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the next part of the journey

Summer is almost here, right now as the semester winds down I am about to begin a new journey. Hopefully I will have secured a paid job in the next week and half. In addition to that I will learn some useful life skills
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End of Semester Drive

Right now I am in the drive to finish the semester strong. It is a lot of hard work. Still I am looking forward to the coming well deserved summer break that starts next week. I hope to hear back from you soon.
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The Legacy of HG Wells

Undoubtably HG Wells was the greatest natural storyteller in the history of the English language. Think of just how many inventions he predicted long ahead of their time. These included atom bombs, lasers and tanks. Wells was a creative genius in the truest sense fo that term.
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Historical Fiction

In tto take on two he future I wish take on two historical subjects. The First is Martin Van Buren in the novel "Little Magician". The Second is the story of Ulysses S Grant in "The Butcher". It is my wish that you should enjoy my work.

A new day and another challenge

Completing the semester's work will be difficult. Still I know that I can pull it off. It will take time, energy and perserverance. I hope you have enjoyed this process.
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FICTION FACTOR

Great writers like Phillip K Dick, William Faulkner and HG Wells are a prime models of the type of fiction that I endeavor to write. I tend to model my stores on paths laid out by their's. Personally i love writing fiction. It is an interesting tonic in an otherwise dull day.
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the work ahead

Unfortuna tely for me due to finals I have a ton of reading. I still have two books to go through on top of the work I already have. It won't be easy. In the end it has to b done.
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the work ahead

Its coming down to finals time in the semester. Right now I have a lot of reading to do. I hope I will hear back from you soon.
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Ode to a Borderless World

Borders are rapidly shrinking in lengnth. Soon we will exist as power blocks and not as nations. this will be the fate of the world to come. It will be a world without borders.
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Notes from the Writign Life

Currently I have entered my literary works in two contests. Right now I find the writing life to a be both a challenge and a joy. I hope you will like my work.
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My Poetry

Currently I will be completing a volume of poetry that will be a total of sixty one pages long. I wish to enter it in the omnidawn poetry competition. It is my hope that you will enjoy my work.
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My Goals in Life

I would evetually like to become a full time creative person. Eventually I want to be known as a great artist. Right now I have the talent but it needs to be developed. Thanks you all for your time and patience.
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