Playoffs

Now that the playoffs have been set it's time to predict the winners.

In the east everything will go strictly seeds leading to the Celtics in the finals. Pretty boring there, but what you gonna do.

Now we come to the west:

Lakers over Nuggets in 5.

Mavericks over Hornets in 6.

Suns over Spurs in 5.

Jazz over Rockets in 5.

Second round:

Jazz take the Lakers in 6 games (Derek Fisher admits that his daughter could have gotten treatment on the East coast while living in SLC just as easy as living in LA he just didn't see any upside to the Jazz.)

Suns over Mavericks in 5.

Western Conference finals:

Jazz over Suns in 7 (home team wins each game until the Jazz prevail in game 7 in Phoenix).

Finals:

Jazz over Celtics in 5 games.

Stealing Cinderella

Chuck Wicks won't let me post his mosic video here so this one will have to do. Everytime I hear this song it almost brings me to tears and someday I'm going play this song for Jessi's beau (when she's 30 of course).



We really need another girl.

NBA Playoffs

With the playoffs a few short days away let me give you my predictions. As the pairings are not yet set I can't go round by roung (maybe Friday), but I can name my champion.

Of course in the East I am going with the Celtics. I see them getting to the finals in 15 games (4 in the first round, 5 in the second, and 6 in the third).

In the West I am hedging my bets. At some point the Jazz will face the Suns and the winner of that series (7 games) will represent the Western Conference in the finals and go on to beat the Celtics in 6 games.

So there you have it folks, it's the Suns or the Jazz this year.

Basketball, Hillary and a little Carpentry

I never thought I would actually enjoy NBA games more than the NCAA tournament, but I've got to say I did this year. I never really got into College Basketball this year (oh yeah congratulations Justin on your win). Some of it was probably that as we are in Cedar we have better things to do than sit around and watch basketball every Saturday. Of course the match and all that led up to it didn't help me immerse myself in March Madness. The fact that the Western Conference playoff race is incredible and that the Jazz have won just enough to keep me from writing off this season has helped as well. In the end though the College game was just too sloppy. I was all excited for the final four with 4 stellar teams then I watched the UNC-Kansas game. What a pathetic excuse for basketball that was. I saw so many turnovers and poor shots I thought I might vomit (watch out for that feeling a little bit later in the blog). Say what you want about the excitement of the college game, but in the end I'm going with the crisp play of the Western Conference over any last second shot in this year's pathetic final four.

So I find it somewhat interesting that Hillary has been caught embellishing her stories as of late and that she is blaming her sources for not giving her correct information. Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't she already used that excuse in the past? Oh right, that was when she tried to defend her vote to go to war with the rest of congress. I can't wait to see what tales she spins this week.

I'm in the second week of my final medical school rotation (It's been a long tunnel but the light sure is nice). I'm doing Orthopedics this month and it has been pretty good. I've seen a lot of x-rays and I'm not quite as lost when looking at MRI scans as I used to be. I enjoy the operating room quite a bit as with most of my other surgery rotations. Ortho is essentially carpentry on the body. The tools are all the same ones you find in most men's garages, just a little shinier and much more expensive. You have the drill with numerous rechargeable batteries and the screwdriver that looks like it could have been picked-up at the dollar store (but probably cost well over $100). I could probably do without the splatter from the bone saw on my glasses, but there's nothing quite like the feeling of pounding a steel rod into someones tibia with a steel mallet. I've also decided during the past week that we will never own a trampoline or a dog. In just one week I have seen far too many finger problems from leash accidents and quite a number of kids with trampoline induced fractures.

Stay tuned for future stories from the OR.

Take this Jon Stewart

I am an avid fan of Jon Stewart and The Daily Show (the KKK interns were priceless last week) and I even agree with him more than I would like to admit, but I can't pass up the opportunity to trash the Democratic party.

2008 Democratic National Convention
Schedule of Events
7:00 pm ~ OPENING FLAG BURNING
7:15 pm ~ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE U. N.
7:20 pm ~TED KENNEDY PROPOSES A TOAST
7:25 pm ~ NON RELIGIOUS PRAYER AND WORSHIP -Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton
7:45 pm ~ CEREMONIAL TREE HUGGING -Darryl Hannah
7:55 pm ~TED KENNEDY PROPOSES A TOAST
8:00 pm ~ HOW I INVENTED THE INTERNET-Al Gore
8:15 pm ~ GAY WEDDING PLANNING -Rosie O'Donnell
8:35 pm ~TED KENNEDY PROPOSES A TOAST
8:40 pm ~ OUR TROOPS ARE WAR CRIMINALS -John Kerry
9.00 pm ~ MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SADDAM AND HIS SONS -Cindy Sheehan and Susan Sarandon10:00 pm ~ "ANSWERING MACHINE ETIQUETTE" -Alec Baldwin
11:00 pm ~TED KENNEDY PROPOSES A TOAST
11:05 pm ~ COLLECTION FOR THE OSAMA BIN LADEN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT FUND -Barbara Streisand
11:15 pm ~ FREE THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM GUANTANAMO BAY -Sean Penn
11:30 pm ~ OVAL OFFICE AFFAIRS -William Jefferson Clinton
11:45 pm ~TED KENNEDY PROPOSES A TOAST
11:50 pm ~ HOW GEORGE BUSH BROUGHT DOWN THE WORLD TRADE TOWERS -Howard Dean
12:15 am ~ "TRUTH IN BROADCASTING AWARD" -Presented to Dan Rather by Michael Moore12:25 am ~TED KENNEDY PROPOSES A TOAST
12:30 am ~ SATELLITE ADDRESS -Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
12:45 am ~ NOMINATION OF HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON -Nancy Pelosi
1:00 am ~TED KENNEDY PROPOSES A TOAST
1:05 am ~ CORONATION OF HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
1:30 am ~TED KENNEDY PROPOSES A TOAST
1:35 am ~ BILL CLINTON ASKS TED KENNEDY TO DRIVE HILLARY HOME