Jun

19

Shooting from the Lip

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I enjoy reading sports columnist Mike Lupica of the NY Daily News. His column “Shooting from the Lip” interjects his many different view points and thoughts. Bold words are used to highlight the theme.

Here’s my version:

The enemy of greatness is mediocrity. When discussing the San Antonio Spurs over the last nine years their “enemies” in the championships have mostly been mediocre. The face of the NBA are the Spurs. A team that flops and whines. Congrats David Stern, Bud Selig’s steroid ridden league looks better than yours right now.

Barry Bonds is about to break Hank Aaron’s record of 755 home runs. A few years ago I rooted for Barry to break the record simply because I thought his rookie baseball card would be worth something. Even though he’s on the cusp of an asterisk, his rookie card is worthless.

When I was in college, one of the guys in my dorm was on the juice. He denied it but we all knew it. One day he got really drunk and put his fist through a window. The cops picked him up and threw him in the slammer. When we visited him in his holding cell, he was sobbing. Jail is a scary place unless you play for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Despite graduating from college over a decade ago, I finally had my bachelors degree framed. It’s an eternal reminder that once upon a time I went to college, had fun, and ran 7 minute miles.

A few months ago I hurt my foot. The doctor took x-rays and said nothing was broken. Yet each time I’ve gone for a run, even at a slow pace, my foot has been in pain. With my main form of exercise on the shelf, I altered my diet. No fried foods. No pork. No beer. Limit my intake of sweets. What do you know, what do you say: No weight gain!

The Sopranos ending was perfect despite the deluge of criticism from disappointed fans. I often wondered if you really see your life flash before your eyes of if everything went pitch black when you died. According to the Sopranos finale, it was the latter. We followed Tony’s journey to the bitter end.

Journey saw a 500% increase in sales of their single “Don’t Stop Believing” on iTunes. I liked Journey when I was younger and pleaded with my older brother to take me to see them in concert. He didn’t take me but redeemed himself when he took me to a U2 concert. As usual someone in our section yelled “play Freebird!” Bands must really dislike that phrase.

I really dislike the phrase Short Sale and the word Foreclosure especially when the word Profit is tied to the story.

There’s nothing more discouraging than seeing a borrower with good credit, income, and reserves who happens to be upside down on their mortgage and on the verge of a rate adjustment.

Rates are taking the stairs.

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