Last night I just couldn’t sleep. The stuff that kept me awake felt
arcane and oddly frivolous. So, in the spirit of this particular blog
spot, I just have to share those meandering concerns with you.

Are boogers
fully biodegradable, considering the trash they catch? And, if so, does
that mean I can keep flicking them all over the streets of Los Angeles?

Is there a worst NBA analyst on the national stage than TNT’s Doug Collins?
Most of what comes out of his mouth is disposable time filler. He
sounds way too high-strung for the gig and too many of the statistics
he spews reveal absolutely nothing.

What makes people so opposed to properly investigating Spygate?
Could it be that we just don’t want to know any potential bad news? Are
fans and media companies concerned that a thoroughly vetted NFL might
leave them with a pristine and boring product similar to Major League Baseball? What if the NFL was crafting excellent storylines — that last Super Bowl was superior theater — and without fixing we’d be left with XFL-level narratives?

And has there ever been a catchier, dirtier top pop hit than Lil Wayne’s “Lollypop”? Verse two, which begins:

Shawty said the nigga that she with ain’t shit
Shawty said the nigga that she with ain’t this
Shawty said the nigga that she with can't hit
Well shawty I’ma hit it hit it like I can't miss

is straight-up genius. Yeah, his druggy, Tupac-ian travails make dude seem a trainwreck waiting to happen, but I’d take Weezy’s sizzurp-drenched
twentysomething years over a regular human lifespan spent in sterile
sobriety. Greatest, most charismatic pop star alive (for now), no
question.

Why is it that Trojans hoops coach Tim Floyd isn’t catching more heat in the O.J. Mayo controversy?
A head coach who takes on a player whom he hasn’t recruited but happens
to text him to say that he’s grace USC with his presence? That’s a
problem just waiting to happen. Floyd needs to take a break from giving eighth-graders scholarships and come face the fucking music.

How
about that Kobe Bryant? (You knew that one was coming, right?) Watching
him play hobbled on Wednesday night, one couldn’t help but appreciate
that less has never been more, in terms of superstar performance. His sharing stole the show and was actually more compelling than any feat of pure athleticism. How often is the chess match aspect of basketball this overt. The pro game's Speed Racer aesthetic usually obscures that facet.

And, finally, why is it okay for NBA refereeing to be wholly
inconsistent, depending on which venue hosts games? Folks wonder why road teams have struggled
in an unprecedented fashion this playoff season. Well visiting squads
are being hammered by “home cookin’” cooked up by officials. It’s so
transparent, the way refs will throw a couple of quick fouls on a
traveling squad’s best player. Yet, if you talk about it folks will
call you a conspiracy theorist. Well, I’m gonna talk about it, same as
I’ll never forget Tim Donaghy.