The Smarmy Carny

The NBA announced their Player Dress Code, which requires all players to wear business casual attire whenever they are engaged in team or league business.

No more sunglasses indoors! No more medallions over clothing! As expected, several players are outraged and have been vocal on this issue already, even though the league (voluntarily) passed it by the players' union first.

When in attendance at a game (but not playing and in a jersey), players are required to wear a sport jacket. This certainly puts the "sport" back in "sport jacket."

Of all the quotes from players, most of them are understandable. You can actually see where they are coming from. The most outlandish quote comes from Camby:

"I don't see it happening unless every NBA player is given a stipend to buy clothes." -Marcus Camby, Denver Nuggets (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 10/19/05)

How's this for a stipend? How about your team overpays you by a bajillion dollars??? Marcus Camby . . . 2005 . . . $8,500,000. That's all I need to say . . .

. . . but I'll say more. As I mentioned in my "Pro Sports Unions Are Worthless" post, the NBA minimum salary is $385,277. For comparison, the salary for a WNBA's salary was capped at $174,000, and many of the WNBA players earned less than I do annually! Even when you're a huge freak, I think you can afford a couple suits and business casual attire without demanding a clothing stipend. Camby, get over it! You win the "Weakest Excuse Award." No one is going to feel sorry for you and your new dress code because of the cost to the players. I earn well under 1/8 of the league minimum, and I can manage to buy some business casual clothing.

The "Take It Like a Pro" Award goes to Mo Williams:

"You know when you put the rules in, Allen Iverson is not going to abide by it. But he's one player, and that's the way they look at it. I have dress clothes at home, so I get to break them out. That's cool. I can see what they're trying to do." -Mo Williams, Milwaukee Bucks (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 10/19/05)

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Here is the Foto Friday for this week. I think I have finally figured out where all those missing socks have gone!

I recently joined up on Flickr.

As of right now, there's not much on my account (that is public, anyway), but bookmark it. You never know what will pop up there.

"Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger. Next morning buy it back for seventy-five cents."
- Billiam Coronel

Leave it to the French.

The cow bra offers support for — what else — the cow's udders.

And all this time, I thought cows just wore muumuus!

Have you ever been frustrated at folding clothes?

Do you wish there was a faster, easier way to fold your shirts?

Would you demand that a video be made available for you to learn how?

If you answered any of these questions with "Yes" or "No," then this video is for you. Not only can you watch and be amazed, but you can watch a few more times and try and see how it is done.

You have now entered the classroom. Go ahead and learn how to fold a shirt.

After having watched the video about five times, I went home and was able to (basically) recreate the method on my own. I imagine that with some practice, I could to this on a regular basis. The trick here is to not let anyone else know that I have such powerful information in my hands, lest I end up living a life of t-shirt servitude!

Rush just released the Club G'itmo T-Shirt. The back of the shirt states "What Happens in G'itmo Stays in G'itmo." Good times.

Join the club. Club Gitmo.

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I have seen Star Wars III, but I'm no Star Wars geek. (I'm a different type of geek.)

Regardless of your thoughts on Star Wars, you really must view The Parade of Unfortunate Star Wars Costumes. As I'm sure you are aware, there are plenty of Star Wars nerds and geeks out there who await the next Star Wars con so they can dress up as their favorite Star Wars character, regardless of whether their body shape happens to coincide with the character or not. Granted, most of the homemade costumes you see at cons are often pitiful, especially considering the hours you can be sure went into making them.

I haven't laughed this hard in a week or so. Be sure to keep with it, as there are a string of so-so pictures followed by some truly great entertainment.

If you want to laugh at more Star Wars nerds and geeks, watch the classic Triumph the Insult Comic Dog clip where he visits the nerds standing in line for days waiting for the premiere. That one always gets me rolling, too.