NBA Rookie of the Year

The NBA Rookie of the Year voting this year is going to be a lot closer than past seasons. While there are only 3 main candidates for Rookie of the Year (ROY), they are all playing so well and so comparable that it will be difficult to distinguish who has been the best rookie in the league. Two of my predicted candidates come from the same school (UConn), which should say something about the quality of their basketball program....

See the rest of my NBA Rookie of the Year post on my Phoenix Suns News site.

Saturday Trip to Tucson

It's only Saturday night and already it's been a long weekend. I wasn't feeling well on Friday night, so the entire night was pretty much a waste. I watched the Phoenix Suns vs. Miami Heat game and some of the NCAA Tournament games, but the teams I wanted to see win didn't.

The Suns game was a pretty good game, they got close but Dwyane Wade simply controlled the entire game, including the Play of the Year. Wade blocked an Amare Stoudemire shot in the key, caught the ball & heaved it over 50 feet towards the Heat basket and got nothing but net... The block & subsequent shot pretty much took all of the Suns confidence away and the Heat pulled out the 10 point win.

Moving on to Saturday... We had plans to go see a relative in one of the prison's down in Tucson, but we weren't 100% sure we were going until about 9 AM this morning. The trip to Tucson took us about one and a half hours (we were haulin' ass) and ended up getting to the prison around 12 PM. After screwing up and going to the wrong complex, we finally get where we need to go and the stupid guard tells me I can't wear my "blue shirt" because it's against their rules.

We printed out the rules before we left and nowhere on the damn form did it say "no blue shirts"; it said no tan and no orange, but nowhere did it say blue. Besides that, the shirt was a very bright blue and white striped shirt - hardly similar to anything the prisoners would've been given. Oh by the way - the prisoners haven't worn blue for quite some time now, so I have no freakin' idea why blue is not allowed.

Not being able to enter as I was dressed, I went back to the nearest gas station and purchased a T-Shirt (which was a ripoff) and then went back to re-attempt entry to the prison. This time no problem.

The time in the prison was great - no problems there...

The ride home sucked because there was a ton of traffic and my girlfriend and I were both exhausted, so it seemed like forever before we got back to Phoenix. It would've been nice if we could've gone straight home, but we had to stop at two stores to prep for Easter Sunday. So another hour or two goes by before we actually get home; it's now about 6:30 PM.

I got home and both the Suns and Arizona Wildcats were on TV at the same time, so I watched the end of both games (Suns win, Wildcats lose) and wished I could be sleeping.

My girlfriend was moody and hungry so I ended up going to get Long John Silver's, which ended up being really good. I had never eaten there so I didn't know what to expect.

And if that weren't a long enough day, one of the servers that I am responsible for managing had been going on/offline all day.

Looking forward to a relaxing Easter Sunday tomorrow...

Cory

Car Problems

I have been having car problems lately and can't figure out why every repair shop lies to you and makes you pay for shit you don't need.

I was hearing a squeaking noise when I braked and when I let off the gas, which I assumed was the brakes going out. I went to the shop and they told me the brakes were cracked and needed replaced, and the calipers were sticking so I needed new one's too.

$500 (after a 10% discount) later, they are still making noises and I am not happy. They're now saying it's my struts, which are another $350 btw, and I've found no one else that believes the struts make the noise I'm hearing.

WARNING!!! Stay away from Brake Masters... Brake Masters sucks.

My2Cents

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Free Office Makeover / Office Renovation for Nonprofit Organization Executive

Goodmans Interior Structures has begun Goodmans Eye for the Good Guy program, which will award an office renovation valued at $20,000 to the most dedicated and effective leader of a Maricopa County 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Starting March 4th, nominations will be accepted online through April 4, 2005, at http://www.goodmansgoodguy.com/. In May, the public will have an opportunity to vote online for their favorite "Good Guy." The results of the public vote will be combined with scores from a panel of local judges to decide the winner. The winning "Good Guy," along with his/her office, will be highlighted in a fall issue of The Phoenix Business Journal, the co-sponsor of the program.

Teaming up with The Business Journal, Goodmans Interior Structures has begun an effort to bridge the gap between leaders in the for-profit world and their counterparts among nonprofit organizations.

"Today's successful non-profit organizations must function a lot like for-profit businesses," says Don Henninger, publisher of The Business Journal. "We always are looking for ways to give them the information and exposure needed to do that."

In many ways, the concepts of openness, teamwork and the freedom to explore new opportunities and ideals have always been more prevalent in the offices of charitable organizations. Yet these workers, filled with such vibrant energy and passion for their mission, are often stuck with second-hand or leftover furniture and configurations.

The man or woman to be named the area's "Good Guy" will be treated to the redesign of his or her office space, to include office furniture and other appropriate interior construction products. To be eligible, the nominee must be an executive director, president or CEO of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Maricopa County. The community is welcomed and encouraged to submit multiple nominations for the same candidate.

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