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Firing up the grill at the park on Memorial Day

Amelia's Graduation

Well it's that time of year again. Graduation Time!!!!

The first one up is Amelia's at Dallas Baptist University. She just
finished up her master's in Educational Leadership. I"m proud of
her. Now it's on the next step of becoming a principal.

Below are a few pics:

http://photos.johnwesleythomas.com/v/AmeliaGraduation/

It was a quiet atmosphere, so no cheering or blowhorns. It's a
baptist school so they made it clear that it was a worship
experience. Good thing I showed up early to hear that, cause I surely
was going to yell and act crazy when they called Amelia's name. ;-)

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View out of the cabana in Bermuda every night at about 8pm

Bermuda Trip

Well I just got back in town from my "Work" trip to Bermuda. It was
nice. I never smelt air that clean and crisp. And the scenary was so
colorful and bright. Here are a few snapshots I took while I was there:

http://photos.johnwesleythomas.com/v/Bermuda/

This was the view outside of our oceanside cabana:

Jaha Birthday - 2009

Jaha Birthday - 2009
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Is Mavs vs. Spurs a Real Rivalry????

I couldn't help but listen to local sports radio on my way home tonight.  They were going on and on about how they were so excited to be facing the Spurs in this year's NBA playoffs.  One reasons is because the Spurs are facing injury problems, so they have a chance to win a playoff series which they haven't done in a while.  Another reason was so they could renew the rivalry between the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs.

I couldn't help, but think "Rivalry, what rivalry????".  I"ll admit that 7-game series in 2006 was one of the greatest ever, but besides that I don't even remember the other series even being competitive.  So I did the research below:

2006 Playoffs - Mavs (4-3)

2003 Playoffs - Spurs (4-2)

2001 Playoffs - Spurs (4-1)

So what's all the excitement about???  Four series in the span of 8 years?  Haven't the Mavs played just as many against the Suns or Rockets in recent history?  

Plus the only year the Mavs were poised to win a championship with a #1 seed and the league's best record they were ousted in the first round.  I feel if a rivalry is going to be established there has to be something at stake.  Both teams go back and forth battling for playoff position/seeding, division championships, and league championships.  There has to be some form of history to generate the dislike between the teams.  Or maybe it's just me???

That's why I feel the Spurs true rival is the Los Angeles Lakers.  Both teams have the championships, both have knocked each other out of the playoffs, and there is great history established.  I can go back to the Iceman days and trace the pain and suffering that great Laker teams have caused me.  And this is true even this year where the Lakers and Spurs are seeded #1 and #3 respectively.

What is your definition of a rivalry????????????

Great, Part of Another Statistic

I swear up and down that 5-hour energy has gotten thru a number of late night study sessions.  And it looks like a number of others are joining in.

http://www.foodbev.com/report/energy-shot-drinks-double-to-423m

I just hope it's not too good to be true.  There are already stories out there that say that these so called "energy drinks"  have a lot more ingredients not listed on the labels.

http://temple-news.com/2009/03/31/energy-boosters-could-be-cause-of-heart-failure/

Maybe i should just stick to coffee.............

Twitter Lawsuits

It could happen one day. Especially since so many news outlets use
Twitter for material more and more each day. Some interesting
concerns from Mark Cuban below:

http://blogmaverick.com/2009/03/29/are-tweets-copyrighted/

Test

Bojangle's - Chicken n' Biscuits

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My dad and I ran into this place on our roadtrip to VA. The radio commercials were so funny we had to stop by. It was pretty good chicken too, but I felt slightly ashamed to liking it tho. ;-)

Worn out!!

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12/30/2008

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I love this photo. It was a long drive from San Antonio back to Dallas after Xmas.

It's been a long time....

Well at least I have a good excuse for not blogging in a while. In school full time working on my PhD, working a 25 hours a week, and I have two dogs now. But I just took my last final last night, so I'm back.

I have some new photos up:

My dogs

My cousins graduation from Prairie View A&M

My last fishing trip - Man it was cold that day!!!!!

A few birthday weekend pics

Other than that everything is cool. I'm looking forward to trips to Chicago for New Year's and Virginia for my Spring Break, so lookout for more pics.

Man, I love being back in school again. I haven't had a Spring Break trip in a while. ;-)

Fwd: This is just beautiful!

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Man, it's been a while since I've posted

Everything is good, just busy. Finally settled into Dallas after moving from Chicago. I sort of miss the old bachelor pad, but I'm happy with the way things are here in Dallas for me now.

Hey and if anyone is looking for a place in the Oak Park, IL area then check out my place:

http://www.realtor.com/realestate/oak+park-il-60302-1097024237/

The black superdelegates: A guide to the 100+ African Americans who may decide the election - The Daily Voice - Black America's Daily News Source

The black superdelegates: A guide to the 100+ African Americans who may decide the election - The Daily Voice - Black America's Daily News Source

Killer Thrid Quarter

This link below tells the tale of the how the 3rd quarter has looked for the Spurs in these first two games in this series against the Hornets. You can see how the game opens up and the Hornet shooters start to get open shots.

This trend needs to change if the Spurs want to pull themselves back into this series.

PopcornMachine's BoxScore - SAS @ NOR

Who would have thought??

Who would have thought that Ronnie Brewer and Melo had more slam dunks this season in the NBA than LeBron?

Proof