Couple of Random Thoughts

Scary development. It seems that random articles are popping up about the team we should have sent to the Olympics. From Bill Simmons, to Dan Wetzel to Michael Wilbon, it is clear that sports writers have an even better idea for the type of team we should have sent. First and foremost, how writer of them to make these claims after the games have started and after the team we sent has struggled. You would have way more credibility if you had actually made these suggestions before the Olympics. So, I won't listen to any of you. You are too late, and not nearly as informed and cutting edge as you think you are. That being said, the people they chose has an interesting, shall we say, commonality. Amongst the players that sportswriters believe should be on the Olympic team, we have gotten the following names: Brent Barry, Jon Barry, Brian Cardinal, Brad Miller, Fred Hoiberg, Kirk Hinrich and Jimmy Chitwood (my favorite). Ok, but do you see a disturbing trend here? These writers are basically saying we should have sent white players to the Olympics. Insinuating, not so subtly, that white players are more fundamentally sound, better shooters, more team oriented. This is such a gross generalization, and clearly perpetuates certain sterotypes. Then again, I can't argue with it totally. Ask Central High in Indianapolis about Jimmy Chitwood.....white boy can play.

More disturbing than that is a recent revelation I have made. The name Robert Romanus likely doesn't mean a whole lot to any of you. Well, it should. He played Mike Damone in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. As in, Mike Damone's Five Point Plan? Let's recap:

One: You never let on how much you like a girl. ("Ohh....Debbie. Hi."
Two: You always call the shots. ("Kiss me. You won't regret it.")
Three: Act like, wherever you are, it's the place to be. ("Isn't this great?")
Four: When ordering food, you find out what she wants, and you order it for her. It's a class move. ("The lady will have the linguini and white clam sauce, and a Coke with no ice.")
Five: Now this is most important. When it comes down to making out, whenver possible, put on side 1 of Led Zepplin IV.

Ok, you know the guy, right. Learn it. Know it. Live it. Anyways, first, come to find out, this guy was not only in Days of Our Lives, but also the Young and the Restless. He's a soap opera actor. Blew my mind. This is Mike Damone, become soap opera star (not to mention a stint on the Facts of Life as Snake Robinson....). The mind blowing thing, his birthday. December 1, 1960. December 1. That's my birthday. Some people are born on the same day as Jackie Robinson. Or Ghandi. Or Martin Luther King. I share my birthday with freaking Mike Damone. Isn't this great?