Lightning Round

Quick strikes of things that have been thundering around the brain...

Watching these NBA Playoffs, I've come up with a new slogan for the league. The NBA: Two tat minimum. Seriously. These guys have enough ink to print a newsletter. Guess Charles Barkley was right about choosing NBA athletes as role models.

Not that I have anything against tattoos. It's just not for me.

And not to worry Laker Fan. Kobe hits his free throws, and you win the game and are going for the sweep on Thursday. Everyone's entitled to a night where you don't get the breaks and bounces going your way.

Love that we're going seven games in the Stanley Cup Finals. These two teams have put on a good show, and it deserves to have a climactic battle. Too bad the Penguins, my pre-series pick, have to go back to Detroit though. They haven't shown that they can win there, and a Game 7 is not the time you want to find out if you can.

Watching the news last night, and Fred Roggin dedicated a minute of his sportscast to tape of Manny Ramirez working out, and recounting what he said to reporters (not on camera) and five seconds to the score of the Stanley Cup Final ... that was broadcast on his own network. A goal highlight would have been nice.

A new iPhone? Look at the sheep run. Even in this economy, people are flocking to be the first to get the newest version. Of course, this coming from the guy who just got the newest touch screen offering from Verizon. I, at least, was eligible for an upgrade.

June gloom. So loving it. Rather have it than June "it's fricken hot out there."

Roger Penske buying Saturn is a coup for Saturn dealers and the car owners. This guy knows his business and won't take any excuses for it making a profit. And should provide customers with the type of cars they want breaking the bank. The only bummer is it'll probably end the use of OnStar in Saturns. Hope someone develops a similar service.

Stephen Colbert's episodes from Iraq so far this week have been amazing. He looks good with the haircut, and the golf club shout out to Bob Hope is perfect.

Adam Lambert admits his gay. The rest of the world reacts: "Duh."

Facebook institutes screen names. Yay. Just what we need on the service that was to hook up friends without hiding behind anonymous screen names ... is instituting screen names.

The New York Times and Boston Globe are fighting in public like fans of their American League baseball teams. We're beyond the point in journalism of petty fighting between papers. I know it's just business for the NYT, but c'mon boys, play nice ... it's not like the American public doesn't already hate us. Let's not give 'em another reason.

Comedy Central orders new episodes of "Futurama." Not a bad thing. It'll be good to see some new episodes instead of the reruns they plaster all over their late night programming. And it gives Matt Groening the outlet for his absurdist side that he can't always do with "The Simpsons."