No more Big Ticket

If its not official, it will be in a day or so. KG aka the Kid, aka the Big Ticket is leaving 'sota' and headed to Boston. I'm not a huge NBA guy. I really don't get into it until the playoffs, but I'm a serious homer when it comes to the Wolves.

On one side, its good to see KG finally move on and get another chance to actually put something together. The guy is definitely a hall of famer, but his teammates have basically sucked ass for the last 4 years.

On the other side, he is the best athlete in 'sota' since Kirby Pucket gave us 'tomorrow night'. KG was Minnesota basketball. Wally was popular only because he is white, the gophers have been faceless since we 'didn't' make the final four and Cassell/Sprewell combo were just paid assassins. KG was and is the man. I'm sure he'll be cheered when he returns to the target center for one game next year.

I'm pretty sure the wolves are headed to doom, but it wasn't like there was a ray of hope around the corner with Garnett. After the trade, they'll clear some cap space, get a few picks, and take a stab at a future with Al Green. I'll put it this way, I'm not betting the house on the wolves winning the west for the next 10 years.

Finally, the best thing that will probably happen is that they will finally let McHale go. They will win 30 games next year and make some bad move, signing someone for way to much money, and Glenn Taylor will finally pull the plug on the bum.

Why its good to not be poor

What?! How can the socialist gambler make such a statement? Well maybe because I'm not an idiot. In the mail today (aside from packages, why do we still have mail?), I received my silver medallion Delta frequent flyer card. This is my first frequent flyer card. I never had one in the past because I was never able to fly the same airline more than once or twice a year maybe. I was always just stuck flying the cheapest possible airline no matter what the perks were.

But if you fly with the same guy all the time, which obviously costs more money, they start throwing shit at you. Free first class upgrades, additional frequent flyer miles, discounts on their 'executive waiting areas'.

So its good not being poor. Because if I was some broke ass white boy, I'd be stuck using travelocity, just hoping I didn't have 6 layovers on my flight from Minneapolis to Tampa.

The larger point is that we don't start on a level playing field. I'm sure Paris Hilton had more frequent flyer miles at the age of 9 than I'd ever get.