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Deception

Posted by LX on 23 Aug 2010 | Comments: 0

I last left you with my account of the difficult start to my vacation and the news blackout I experienced and enjoyed. There's still no news. It's still August, so let me carry on, bypassing the incident where I found the tikki idol in a cave, and jumping right to the end of my trip out west. It ...

Any Abyss

Posted by LX on 17 Aug 2010 | Comments: 1

Earlier this month I was on something of a vacation, visiting family out west. During the flight out to Calgary I came across a magazine article that featured the following lines of Baudelaire's poetry: Once we have burned our brains out, we can plunge to Hell or Heaven - any abyss will do ...

The Only Solution

Posted by LX on 11 Jul 2010 | Comments: 1

One word has dominated Bryan Colangelo's communications over the last couple of months. Whether it be in scrums, more formal pressers, or his most recent letter to fans, he has said it over and over: evolve. OK. So what has happened with the loss of Chris Bosh is not something that wasn't ...

Still a Fossil

Posted by LX on 19 Jun 2010 | Comments: 1

I almost felt like the clock was going to turn back a little there. I fell in love with the game as a kid, back when Boston simply couldn't be beaten in a game 7. And it seemed like that leprechaun touch would last forever at the time. But now the Lakers have nearly won as many titles, the old ...

Story Time

Posted by LX on 1 Jun 2010 | Comments: 0

Last Friday morning I was in the middle of a field in Fergus, waiting for my wife to compete with our dogs in a big Agility trial. To kill time I played a game of scrabble against my iPod. There was no competition involved with that. I killed it again. And what actually made it a little fun was how ...

J. Edgar Who For What For?

Posted by LX on 23 May 2010 | Comments: 0

So far we have seen the heralded Free Agent class of 2010 fail to create any real excitement outside of the talk about whether they will stay put or go elsewhere. There has been a whole lot of underachieving, disappointment, and failure. At this point the only guys with any measure of success would ...

beat down

Posted by LX on 13 May 2010 | Comments: 0

It might just be me trying to ease the pain of the Raptors failing so badly, but for something like the third season running, the last two for certain, the playoffs are a stunning bore. Are 30+ and 40+ point differentials the new 20 point winning margins? Is losing by 18 or 20 a good sign that your ...

Paper Tigers

Posted by LX on 2 May 2010 | Comments: 0

There are some uncanny parallels and connections between the Dallas Mavericks and the Toronto Raptors. Both teams began the decade with old coaches that could both look forward to accumulating more wins and more losses than anyone else. They would both soon after go with motivational coaches with ...

King of Babble On

Posted by LX on 21 Apr 2010 | Comments: 3

I was in NYC 25 years ago, walking through Central Park, when I came upon one Mr. Spoons. He was an old guy in a lavish outfit, playing the spoons like only someone named Mr. Spoons could. He could play six sets of spoons at one time. A veritable spoon orchestra held within two manic hands. Really ...

Giving Up on My Team (and Reality)

Posted by LX on 12 Apr 2010 | Comments: 2

OK. So I was fooled. Yeah - no big surprise. I mean I am the Fossil Fool after all. But to think I actually thought Bryan Colangelo had some idea what he was doing. What kind of a fantasy world was I living in? Even though the season isn't over just yet. I still can't help but have the feeling ...