Oh! Ooooh! I just opened a package I got in the mail from Alfredo. OH! I can hardly believe what I see! This guy is not just some kid in an art class having fun. This guy is an artist! Just for grins I tapped Paco Guzman in to Google and there he is at the top. I liked his paintings even more than the caricatures. Some of them are evocative of what I imagine very ancient, narrow, well maintained Spanish streets to look like, seen through the eye of an architect. To all of you who got one of these caricatures, congratulations, you scored. I got Travis (the ears are perfectly Vulcanesque) and Sergio. In the immortal words of Lizzy Lowblow, loosely quoted, "I luvs em, I luvs em, I luvs em". Thank you so much amlmart. You and Paco are very generous.

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It's footage of the most hated NBA player of all time (mine anyway, except for Darryl Dawkins, but that's another story) justifying our collective loathing. I wonder how many stupid kids will try to be like Kobaby?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FodyWz9d6vM&NR=1

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over on the official Trailblazer site has a bunch of great links for your pre-game reading pleasure.

http://trailblazerscentercourt.blogspot.com/2008/03/today-in-links-march-24.html

Please watch Travis breathe tonight and let me know if you think he may be having problems with his asthma. I've noticed lately that he appears to be having trouble drawing a deep breath. I worry about the kid and wonder if this may be why he's in a slump.

http://thepaintedarea.blogspot.com/

It's a link from a piece on the official Blazer site that features the players stashed in Europe, which is an interesting read in itself.

Hmmm. My previous ploy of just hitting the space bar doesn't seem to be working so I'll just say that I'm not the chattiest person in the world especially at this hour of the morning which brings up something that has me wondering Dave seems to be up and blogging at all sorts of odd hours even before the advent of baby point guard I'll bet he(Dave)doesn't need sleep and that's why he's so prolific I'll bet you wish you'd imposed a 100 character limit now.

http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?content=video&url=http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/nbac om/allaccess/blazers_access_1_04_08_bg.asx&video=blank&nbasite=nba

The team is actually getting some recognition. I'm not sure if it isn't better to stay under the radar. In any case this is a great clip.

Bellotti's wife in his latest blog.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/johncanzano/2007/10/colleen_bellotti_is_spitting_a.html

Does this type of post (mine) violate any rules of etiquette, content or interest? Canzano's post seems typical of him. More appropriate for a gossip column type venue.

Oh yeah.

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