Well, the NBA playoffs are underway. Guess who's not there. Sigh. It's not always easy being a basketball (or sports in general) fan in Michigan.
Let's go back to last season. After several years of mediocrity, the Pistons made the playoffs. They drew the powerful Cleveland Cavaliers in the first rounbd, led by the mighty Lebron James. While the Pistons had no chance to win, they went down swinging, getting swept in four highly competitive games. Yes, they lost, but us hungry fans appreciated the effort and proudly called ourselves fans. We had a team of young up-and-comers, led by a beast of a center in Andre Drummond and an electrifying point guard in Reggie Jackson.
Returning to this season, we were optimistic, even though Jackson was down for roughly twenty to thirty games. All they had to do was had to do was stay around they .500 mark and they'd have a chance. And guess what. Somehow, some way, they did it. When Jackson came back, the Pistons we're a little over .500, so things could only go up. Right?
No. In fact, that when the season started swirling down the toilet. Yes, fans knew there would be an adjustment period, but things went horrible. It seemed the season was lost.
Then, out of nowehre, the Pistons got hot started winning games. The season was saved. They looked like they would recover and finish as the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference. Hooray! Detroit basketball was back.
But then (you knew it was coming) when the final 15 games of the season rolled around they unexplicably started losing games. They weren't losing to elite teams either, but to garbage teams such as the Orlanda Magic, the New York Knicks, and the embarassingly bad Brooklyn Nets, among other sad teams. The season was over for them in those last 15 games. Even the coach couldn't explain such an epic collapse. WTF Pistons?
A lot of people have theories as to what went wrong this season. Maybe the shooting guard shoots to much. Maybe Jackson wasn't healthy. Maybe Drummond is an overpaid, heartless pushover. Maybe the coach doesn't know what he's doing. All these things and more were tossed around like monkey dung. The one thing nobody was afraid to say is that the team as a whole is immature, lacks discipline, and (most importantly) just isn't very good.
So how can they right the ship? This writer is a fan of Drummond, Jackson and various other Piston players that weren't mentioned, but perhaps one of them needs to be traded even though this writer would hate to see them go. Perhaps Henry Ellenson and Michael Gbinjie (both good players who bring a lot to the table) could play more. Some have suggested a coaching change. Whatever they do, this writer will be watching and listening, because even though they are bad, he's still a Piston fan first and foremost.
Unitil next time...
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Friday, April 21, 2017
10 Questions For Women
Over the years, the writer has learned quite a bit about women. In particular, The writer learned more than he cared to know about the "fairer sex" during his days as a janitor (Oh, the horrors this writer has seen). With that in mind, hear are ten questions for the "fairer sex".
1. Why are women called the fairer sex?
In this writer's experience, women are harsher and cheat more (in life in general) than men. Women simply don't play fair and don't care. And anyone who's ever cleaned a women's bathroom knows nothing 'fair' is going on in there. This leads in into several other questions, such as...
2. Why are the so many colors in the toilet bowl when women get done with it?
This writer saw red, yellow, purple, green, and other assorted colors when cleaning toilets in women's bathrooms. Are you pissing and crapping rainbows in there? This also leads to another burning question...
3. How hard is it to flush?
Seriously, ladies. If you can sit on the toilet, you can flush it as well. It shouldn't matter what those afformentioned colors are. Janitors shouldn't have to see them. Staying in the bathroom...
4. Why is there toilet paper on the floor?
You have two good options for it; the toilet or the trash can. Is that not enough options? As confounding as this is, a more disturbing question is...
5. Why is the toilet paper crusty?
Not sure what women do to make this happen, but the writer used to shudder when thinking about what the answer could be. It doesn't start off that way. And (to ask the previos question again), why is it on the floor?
6. Why do women live by a double standard when it comes to violence?
A woman can beat the crap out of a man and she's a champion of society who should be hailed as a hero. But if that man attempts to defend himself from the beating, he's a coward who likes to beat women. The man can be punished for being the victim, but the woman can't be punished for being the perpatrator. That's BS. But the double standards don't end there.
7. Why do women live by a double standard when it comes to sexual depictions?
As a videogame player, movie/anime watcher, and comic book/manga reader, this writer sees this a lot. Whenever there's a cute male character, women all drool and loose their minds (Edward vs. Jacob anyone). But when men see a cute female character, they're branded perverts and losers who can't get laid. You'll be drooling over Wonder Woman (or whoever) and someone will say, "You know she's not real, right?" This writer will remember that the next time a woman says Wolverine or the Joker are cute.
8. Why do women live by a double standard when it comes to attraction?
You ever notice how a women can talk about who they want to screw and face no penalty. They will even talk about underage boys like they are Chippendale dancers (If only this was a lie). But if a man talks about wanting a woman who isn't fat or ugly, he's a shallow dog. WTF?
9. Why do women wear revealing clothes, then get mad when men look?
This writer is an understanding individual. He understands that just because a woman is wearing a miniskirt, short shorts, or a low-cut top, that it does mean she's "asking for it", what ever that mean. This writer also understands that despite your intentions, straight men are going to look if they like what you're showing. Surely, you know this, right? Wear what you want, but don't be surprised if you get looked at.
10. Why do women claim sexual harrasment when there is none?
Women at work can claim sexual harrasment for anything. A man said hello to you? Sexual harrasment. A man shook your hand? Sexual harrasment. A man accidentally bumped into you while walking? Sexual harrasment. A man opened a door and a breeze blew in? Sexual harrasment? Enough is enough. Save the sexual harrasment claims for ACTUAL sexual harrasment.
This writer will elaborate further on some of these quetions at a later date, but this post is getting pretty long. He just wanted to ask some questions. Feel free to answer if you want.
Until next time...
1. Why are women called the fairer sex?
In this writer's experience, women are harsher and cheat more (in life in general) than men. Women simply don't play fair and don't care. And anyone who's ever cleaned a women's bathroom knows nothing 'fair' is going on in there. This leads in into several other questions, such as...
2. Why are the so many colors in the toilet bowl when women get done with it?
This writer saw red, yellow, purple, green, and other assorted colors when cleaning toilets in women's bathrooms. Are you pissing and crapping rainbows in there? This also leads to another burning question...
3. How hard is it to flush?
Seriously, ladies. If you can sit on the toilet, you can flush it as well. It shouldn't matter what those afformentioned colors are. Janitors shouldn't have to see them. Staying in the bathroom...
4. Why is there toilet paper on the floor?
You have two good options for it; the toilet or the trash can. Is that not enough options? As confounding as this is, a more disturbing question is...
5. Why is the toilet paper crusty?
Not sure what women do to make this happen, but the writer used to shudder when thinking about what the answer could be. It doesn't start off that way. And (to ask the previos question again), why is it on the floor?
6. Why do women live by a double standard when it comes to violence?
A woman can beat the crap out of a man and she's a champion of society who should be hailed as a hero. But if that man attempts to defend himself from the beating, he's a coward who likes to beat women. The man can be punished for being the victim, but the woman can't be punished for being the perpatrator. That's BS. But the double standards don't end there.
7. Why do women live by a double standard when it comes to sexual depictions?
As a videogame player, movie/anime watcher, and comic book/manga reader, this writer sees this a lot. Whenever there's a cute male character, women all drool and loose their minds (Edward vs. Jacob anyone). But when men see a cute female character, they're branded perverts and losers who can't get laid. You'll be drooling over Wonder Woman (or whoever) and someone will say, "You know she's not real, right?" This writer will remember that the next time a woman says Wolverine or the Joker are cute.
8. Why do women live by a double standard when it comes to attraction?
You ever notice how a women can talk about who they want to screw and face no penalty. They will even talk about underage boys like they are Chippendale dancers (If only this was a lie). But if a man talks about wanting a woman who isn't fat or ugly, he's a shallow dog. WTF?
9. Why do women wear revealing clothes, then get mad when men look?
This writer is an understanding individual. He understands that just because a woman is wearing a miniskirt, short shorts, or a low-cut top, that it does mean she's "asking for it", what ever that mean. This writer also understands that despite your intentions, straight men are going to look if they like what you're showing. Surely, you know this, right? Wear what you want, but don't be surprised if you get looked at.
10. Why do women claim sexual harrasment when there is none?
Women at work can claim sexual harrasment for anything. A man said hello to you? Sexual harrasment. A man shook your hand? Sexual harrasment. A man accidentally bumped into you while walking? Sexual harrasment. A man opened a door and a breeze blew in? Sexual harrasment? Enough is enough. Save the sexual harrasment claims for ACTUAL sexual harrasment.
This writer will elaborate further on some of these quetions at a later date, but this post is getting pretty long. He just wanted to ask some questions. Feel free to answer if you want.
Until next time...
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