Thursday Misc

Hello everyone!! Welcome to back to oft delayed Two Minute Drill! If lack of material doesnt stop this column, then the crappy AOL dial up will!!

So Kobe's case is finished. The two sides agreed to a settlement and are moving on. The exact amount of the settlement my never be known, but I'm pretty sure she's set for life. Both sides signed a confidentiality agreement so she cant cash in on telling her side of the story or disclose the amounts publicly. Well, at least Kobe learned his lesson in gettin her to sign something that will keep her quiet.(j/k) In all seriousness though, he should have never put himself in this kind of situation. I dont think he was stupid enough to assault her, but we will never know the truth.

With his legal troubles behind him, now maybe he can help the Lakers win some games. They purple and gold dropped ANOTHER road game, falling to the Celtics 104-101 @ Boston. They are now exactly a .500 team. This team can still make the playoffs. i honestly believe they do. But I also believe they will be bounced out quickly. They just dont have what it takes to compete with the top seeds in the West.

Spring Training games have begun finally and the Dodgers won their debut game 4-2 over the Florida Marlins on Wed. In Thursday's game they rallied back to tie Atlanta after falling behind early, but were defeated 9-8 in an eight inning game that was called due to rain. Its still wwaayy to early and the exhibition season doesnt mean a thing in the regular season. But its always nice to win regardless!

I hope you all enjoyed the Star Wars pics. I'm not really that big a Star Wars fan, but I know this is one of the most anticipated films of the Summer so I couldnt pass it up. I've only seen one Star Wars movie (Return of the Jedi) and just bits and pieces of the other films. I do want to sit down one day and just watch them all to get what the hype is about. 

The thing that I always found funny is that ever since the prequels came out, the other three older movies suddenly had numbers attached to their names. (IE, the original Star Wars became Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back became Episdoe V: The Empire Strikes Back, etc...)  George Lucas has always maintained that the original Star Wars movies were actually the last half of a Six part story. Whether or not that is true, eh, I'll let the super fans debate that. I dont know enough to have an opinion. ;-)

I'm sure the ratings for that March 10 episode of the OC are gonna be HUGE!! I wonder why they just didnt do it during Feb Sweeps to really cash in on the ratings.

Disneyland Update: The park continues its mad dash to the kick off of the 50th Anniversay May 5th. Almost half the park is down while they repaint and spiffy up the place. One cool thing they are doing is painting ONE ride vehicle from the original rides (Autopia, Dumbo, Jungle Cruise, etc..) Gold or in gold tones. they are going crazy with the gold paint if anything. From what I have heard, the fireworks show for the 50th is going to be awesome. The biggest display ever in Disneylands history. We'll see if it lives up to the hype.

OK, that should do it for now. I'll be back tommorrow (hopefully) to wrap it all up for the week! til then....

 

DQ