Awash in oil, etc.

1. Kareem

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 2nd only to Michael Jordan in points scored in an NBA career.

Q: What was his career shooting percentage?

A: 56%

Dang, 56% from the field for 20 years.

Why hasn't any other center, ever, learned the sky hook?

Dang (again), if I was 7 feet tall... I'd do 1,000 sky hooks a day until I shot 56% from the field.

Kareem's line for his career: 25 point, 11 board, 2 1/2 block per game.

And this website, like all the other sports "reference" sites, is awesome:

www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/abdulka01.html

2. Awash

This is a good Cramer rant... why don't we tap our own massive oil and nat gas reserves?

CNBC video - Cramer's awash in oil

Why don't we tap our own massive oil and nat gas reserves?
Duh. I don't know. I mean, America has:

1. Massive domestic oil reserves that are new and not being tapped
2. Even bigger nat gas reserves
3. Nuke technology that would kick ass

And we spend our time on turning food into energy (ethanol), building windmills, and telling people what light bulbs to buy.

Is the answer as stupid and dumb as lobbying $$$? I mean, shoot, we send $500B a year out of this country importing oil... largely to jerkoffs, like Libya and the rest of the Middle East. So this stuff is a complete no-brainer.

QOTD

"We're awash with oil in this country"
- Jim Cramer

I'm a fucking broken record. Dear repub candidate for president, whoever the heck you are: lower spending, do nat gas and nukes, and freedom to choose... your doctor, your school, your light bulbs, flying without being molested, etc. It's a gol dang no-brainer.

3. Iron River

Book: "Iron River" by T. Jefferson Parker
Review: 3 bill-stars (out of 5)... just OK.

This book is just OK. It's pretty action-packed and all, but the writing style is just average. The weirdest thing is how boring and nondescript the hero is. He's certainly no Mitch Rapp!

QOTD

"The Mexicans have a saying - it's not what a woman is worth, it's what she costs."
- Iron River

Amen to that, brother.
just kidding... yow, bill