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5 days till our Next Game so here is a lil something to help you through the week.
Wanted to wish some Happy Birthday Wishes to Dojo Creator Koko. I also want to thank him for inviting us over to enjoy the Famous Koko-Mini-Burgers and good times.
Lastly, the guy in this video needs Koko to come over and fix his Intranet ASAP.
What up fellas almost game day, if we don't get fucking rained out again. If we do we need a back up plan,like some cards or dt or something. Anyways we have been propositioned by a former adversary, the Renaldi Plumbing, for a scrimmage game after our game at 7:30. I am trying to get it pushed back to 6:30 so we can be loose for the real game. I need to know ASAP who can be there at 6:30 for a pregame game. I heard they have a old umpire to call the game.



With the NBA Draft tonight, I though I would revisit some of my favorite Draft Night Suit Choices and discuss what is going on with Michael Beasley's plumetting stock. I realize Pat Riley could be playing a game but are the Heat going to take Beasley or Not? How does somebody go from the best kid in College during the regular season a consensus #1 Pick to on the eve of the draft rumors of him sliding to the 3rd or 4th spot because of his attitude?????
Now, I know I was 18 or 19 once and was immature maybe once or twice in my life.....excluding Friday nights at Gators of course. But how does a Cat like Beasley come off as having an attitude problem so much so that the Heat of all teams is afraid to pull the trigger on him. I mean were not talking about showing up hung over to work and looking a lil sluggish from the night before. I mean this is about making $10-15 million dollars more based upon your draft status and or the team you might go to. I mean this guy seems to be dumb as rocks from any interview I have seen. I watched that series 'The Rookie" where they chronicled his day where they decided the draft order. At the time the guy was pretty much a lock for #1 so he was just waiting to see who would get the right to pick him #1. After Chicago was announced he was so excited about the Bulls that a friend of his called him from Minnesota and his remark was "Man I am just relieved Chicago got the #1 pick so I don't have to go to Minny, how cold are you right now there man, it is too cold for me in Minnesota." Me being from the upper Midwest I can attest that yes it does get cold up there but news flash here Beasley, Chicago is pretty much right in line with Minnesota for their weather patterns. Sure their Winters might be a bit harsher but not by much. Here is a quick recap for our Loyal Heat Fan readers on what you can expect.....I assume Riley is playing a game and has every intention on picking Beasley.
-Dude is Ambidextrous (Means he is lefty and Righty.....Like Blaze on the B-Ball Court)
-He was the Top Stud rated out of his high School Class
-Dominated College averaging a double double with 26.5 pts and 12.6 Board per
-Mcdonalds All-American MVP
- A scoring Machine and Glass Cleaner extraordinaire
Downside??
-Immature
-Is actually 6"8 instead of the listed 6"10
-Is not known to hustle and is a questionable teammate
-Here is where the questionable teammate comes into play.....Dude played for 6 different High Schools......That is kinda strange to me
-Got Kicked off of Oak Hills team (Yeah that Oak Hill Academy famous for Carmelo, Jerry Stackhouse and Beasley's former teammate there Kevin Durant) for winning a bet with a teammate on who could sign their name with a permanent marker on the most things in the school. I guess the principal didn't like it when he signed his name on his New Car......not the smartest thing considering your signature is probably the easiest thing to trace back to you....Duh!!!!
-Check out this direct quote I found from Beasley.....
"Beasley loves the cartoon SpongeBob, recording it every afternoon so he can watch it after practice. He's decorated his dorm room with everything SpongeBob, from pillows and a comforter to the bath rug and towels, and used to win dunk contests wearing a SpongeBob hat.
"We look alike -- we're both yellow -- and he's funny," Beasley says with a chuckle. "SpongeBob is universal. You could go from (age) two all the way to 90. SpongeBob is funny to everybody."
Alrighty then, that's all I need to know. Looking forward to Beasley's spongeBob Suit tonight and the look on his face when Minnesota grabs him at #3.For you Bucks fans.......Ah forget about it who is going to get excited about Joe Alexander. Looking forward to tonights drama and the next guy to make it into the Draft night suit hall of fame.
Is this the infamous Swami or do we need to sign this outfielder to a long term deal???
Well, Well, Well, our Future Mayor has a great Rap here ripping Kobe and starting a very catchy phrase we might have to start chanting around Red Bug Lake
"Kobe, Tell me How My Ass Tastes?"
After spending several verses shredding Kobe apart for losing in the NBA playoffs, Shaq drops the line, "I'm a horse, Kobe ratted me out, that's why I'm getting divorced."
The line most likely references a comment Kobe made during his infamous 2003 rape case, when he told Colorado police that he "Should have done what Shaq does ... Shaq would pay his women not to say anything." The two became famously bitter rivals after the incident.
Well, this should definitely help in his pitch to help Central Floridians and our mortgage crisis and with his pledge to become Mayor O'Neal.
For the record, it has not helped one of his political careers as the Sheriff of Phoenix, AZ revoked Shaq's honorary deputy license because in the rap he makes offensive racial slurs.
Sup bros, I'm having a little soiree at my place on Sunday for my B-Day. I'll be turning 21+12÷11x√100. Try finding number candles for that shit.
I'll be making the now famous mini-burgers and I'd like to get a volleyball game going. You can bring your swim trunks if you want too, or if you're Keith, your bikini. It's also Jenny's b-day this week too so we can party twice as hard.
Festivities start at noon at my place. Let me know if you need directions.
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I made it a habit in my early teens to stay up late and watch stand-up comedy on HBO. I thought if I watched enough and studied the intricacies of it maybe some would rub off on me. Some of my favorites during this time included Steven Wright, Kevin Pollack, Damon Wayans, and Eddie Murphy. One night the HBO Comedy Hour came on and it featured this old, balding dude with a ponytail I had never seen before. I was never really fond of older comics, I tried watching acts like Robert Klein and Steve Allan but I just did not relate to the material so I was immediately prejudice to this 60's hippy dressed in black. But I loved stand-up comedy so I was always open to watching someone new; little did I know this guy was a legend and already had a career longer than twice my lifetime.
George Carlin: Jammin' in New York, was the first Carlin special I ever experienced. And I say "experienced," because this man's words did not just make me laugh, but it also started to change the way I think. Never before had I heard someone break down language to its minute detail and uncover the real meaning behind words and phrases that people use so liberally.
"People add words when they want things to sound more important than they really are. 'Boarding process.' Sounds important; it isn't. It's just a bunch of people getting on an airplane! People like to sound important. Weathermen on television talk about 'shower activity'. Sounds more important than 'showers.' I even heard one guy on CNN talk about a 'rain event'. I swear to God, he said, 'Louisiana is expecting a rain event.' And I thought, 'Holy shit, I hope I can get tickets to that!'"
Carlin ended this special with a commentary on the environment and how we are all so concerned about the welfare of the Earth. At the time I too was very environmentally conscious, worried we would one day destroy our planet. With one sentence, my entire viewpoint shifted.
"The planet isn't going anywhere. WE ARE! Pack your shit, folks. We're goin' away."
It is said that an individual who can change other's views and ideals with nothing but words is operating at genius levels. All of the sudden I was no longer worried about the planet Earth's survival, but I was now deathly concerned about the human race. Which is where our concern should lie. George Carlin had a way of zoning in on the real problem at heart and cutting through all of the white-washing and spin we are force-fed in the media. It truly changed the way I processed information.
Needless to say I was blown away by Carlin and wanted to find out as much as I could about his legendary career. My uncle educated me on his entire body of work, showing me Carlin's classic routines like "Stuff," "The Hippy-Dippy Weatherman," "Baseball and Football," and of course "The Seven Dirty Words."
But in my opinion, the culmination of George Carlin's career came in his 1999 special titled "George Carlin: You Are All Diseased." A main facet of this material was how America is #1 in bullshit. This subject line ultimately alluded to the topic of religion. Now I was brought up in a rather loosely religious, Jewish home. My parents taught me about God, we went to synagogue on some of the major holidays, and I had a Bar Mitzvah. Religion was in my life but it did not define it nor did I question it. I was pretty indifferent with the subject and just accepted everything I was told. That is until 1999. It was like the great and powerful OZ was revealed as just a bunch of smoke and mirrors. After hearing Carlin's routine, all of the bible stories and religious laws sounded very different to me, as if I could truly hear them for the first time. The story of the Ten Commandments now seemed as fictional as my Superman comic books. I felt deprogrammed and started to make my own assessments of what is right and what is wrong concerning religion. Carlin's words gave me back my own mind. I don't agree with everything in his act, nor are you suppose to as a lot of what he says is through an exaggerated character, but I can honestly say he touched my life and I'm better off for it.
I was very lucky to see George Carlin perform 5 times in my lifetime and each one was amazing. My only regret is I never purchased one of those T-Shirts he sold at all his shows. It reads "Simon Says . . . . . Fuck You."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o
Some lesser known George Carlin Facts:
-He was the first host on the premier episode of Saturday Night Live in 1975.
-He filled in for Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show as a regular guest host.
-In 1994 he had his own sitcom on Fox, "The George Carlin Show," ran for 12 episodes.
-Played Rufus in the Bill and Ted movies
-14 HBO specials, more than any other comic
-Was in attendance at the famous Lenny Bruce performance where he was arrested for obscenity. Carlin refused to show police his identification, he was arrested along with Bruce and taken to jail in the same vehicle.
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Check out this posting noting that our Blog has great articles.........One of Koko's classics. The ironic part about it is it is from a New England Patriots fan website.........
http://www.boxxet.com/New_England_Patriots/Source:Orlando_Dojo
I know this is last minute but some friends of mine called and said they have 2 extra tix to tonight's Cubs-Rays game in Tampa. I am going....thus meaning there is an extra ticket if anyone is interested.
We have a hotel room booked so it could be a fun filled evening..........Call me or text me if you want to join in the festivites.
The Great coach Jimmy Mcginty once told heralded QB Shane Falco " But what they didn't know, was that their lives had been changed forever because they had been part of something great. And greatness, no matter how brief, stays with a man forever"
After watching that incredible Celtics run last night I couldn't get to sleep all night cause all I could think of was how incredible it must be to "Be On Top of the World" like these guys were. It was obvious these guys were a true team, they were genuinely happy to have won this thing together....as a Team. Paul Pierce was the Finals MVP, deservedly so.....but I think the real MVP of this team was KG. This was a superstar with no ego, who came in and transformed this team because he was seeking a championship and he knew the only way to do it was with all 11 guys on board...100%.
Doc Rivers instilled in these guys from day one the African Ideology of Imbuntu which loosely translated means "how many people working together can achieve something much greater than one person alone" — and I agree the term fits.
Anyways, it is amazing to see how KG changed this team's mindset and how they were polar opposites of the Lakers. KG showed love to every player on his team, even the trainers, ball boys, security guards, everybody involved. No Superstar nowadays even comes close to engendering that much camaraderie anywhere. On the opposite end of the spectrum you had Kobe constantly bitching at his teammates and screaming at them during timeouts or missed passes. When a Celtic was knocked to the floor the whole team would run over to pick him up, almost never did you see a Laker running over to pick up a fallen teammate.
So congratulations to the Celtics and Mikey (If he has remembered how to read on the intranet) for winning a championship. I was glad to see KG get a ring and hope he is an inspiration to a new generation......and for the Cobra Kai's.
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I just wanted to remind everybody that this Sunday we will be rolling out the grill and drinks once again for a pool party/whatever the hell we want to do on a lazy Sunday afternoon. We have also partnered up with the neighbors and will be having a beer-pong tournament.
For JW's sake I promise not to wear Liz's Bikini as depicted below. I was testing my teamates mental toughness and now we know who could not stand up to the test............or so I tell myself the reasoning for it was a valid one.
Come one Come All!
Rumors swirling around but can't be confirmed quite yet, but we are hoping Koko and Alexa can attend and showcase their world famous Mini-Kryptonite Burgers!!!!!!!
A new edition of "Reel Reviews with Koko" has been posted for your reading pleasure.
Unfortunately I will not be able to play in Friday's game or make the post game celebration at Gator's. I have been under going some serious psychiatric treatment due to the Grieveldinger Bikini episode.
Near Foreclosure? Kazaam! Shaq to the Rescue. I read this article the other day saying how Shaq wants to become the Mayor of Orlando and has a plan to start a business to save locals from losing their homes to foreclosure. At first I just thought it was a big celebrity that was bored and just grabbing some headlines.
Well, maybe the big Big Aritstotle should have done his homework before giving false hopes to millions of Floridians. Here was a follow-up article from today's paper.
"A week after Shaquille O'Neal told the Orlando Sentinel that he's working on a plan to rescue Central Floridians facing foreclosure, he has learned just how widespread the problem is. He has two or three thousand e-mails," said Curtis Cooper, an Orlando Realtor and mortgage broker working with O'Neal . The problem is, O'Neal does not yet have a plan. He wasn't planning an announcement, and word leaked out when he made an impromptu visit to Orlando City Hall last week. O'Neal will pursue the as-yet undefined plan."
Let me get this straight, big rich celebrity who called Orlando a "Dried Up Old Pond" when he bolted for LA for more money, and has never had a mortgage problem nor probably has any idea on what it is to pay a bill now wants to save central Floridians from their mortgage problems.........oh wait he said that.... but didn't realize how big the problem actually was.....and my favorite part......He doesn't have a plan yet.......Perfect.
Koko's buddy Hank Steinbrenner on the state of today's game, gave us our other rant of the day.
Yankees buffoon Hank Steinbrenner is pretty sore about losing his best starter, Chieng Ming Wang, for at least 6 weeks after Wang got hurt running around the bases.
"My only message is simple. The National League needs to join the 21st century," Steinbrenner said in Tampa, Fla. "They need to grow up and join the 21st century."
That is a simple message - thanks Hank. Hey, NL, quit dicking around and come on and join the AL in the 21st century, where the pitchers apparently don't bat! And while you're at it, tell those morons in Japan's Central League to come with you, too.
"Am I (mad) about it? Yes," Steinbrenner added. "I've got my pitchers running the bases, and one of them gets hurt. He's going to be out. I don't like that, and it's about time they address it. That was a rule from the 1800s."
It's a fact. The AL hasn't asked its pitchers to hit since the 1800s. Or 1973. Whatever.
"This is always a concern of American League teams when their pitchers have to run the bases and they're not used to doing it," Steinbrenner said. "It's not just us. It's everybody. It probably should be a concern for National League owners, general managers and managers when their pitchers run the bases. Pitchers have enough to do without having to do that."
I mean, Jesus, pitchers have to climb onto the mound to face major league hitters, and then you expect them to run 90 feet every once in a while? What do you think these guys are, professional athletes?


Wow.....I know we don't normally comment on golf on the site but with no game to recap I had a quick comment on Tiger Woods amazing comeback at the U.S. Open this weekend. This guy is an absolute animal.
Tiger woods hasn't played golf in nearly 8 weeks since having knee surgery and wasn't even sure if his left knee would let him finish 72 holes of golf at the U.S. Open.......well he just played himself into 18 more. I am curious if there is anybody that was watching his final putt after Westwood missed his and thought "No Way he sinks this." I was sure he would sink it.......because that's what Tiger does. Tiger is a closer and is a predator always lurking and waiting for the kill. Poor Rocco Mediate had to sit their in the clubhouse with a 1 stroke lead and he had to just know Tiger was coming for him.....which he did. Do you think Rocco is psyched out for the 18 hole playoff Monday....After seeing the 2 interviewed after the round it looked like Rocco wanted to go home and cry while on the other hand it looked Tiger wanted to go out and play 18 more. My guess is Tiger goes out and takes care of business Monday...................
Yo Rock, I think you and me could make a great boxing Movie
Posted by Keith G.A new edition of Blaze Is Burning has been posted for your reading pleasure.


Last Friday night at the RBLP softball complex, would be the first double header of our season. "When you have to play two games in a row, you have to have a different mindset......." Mikey was overheard before the game. "if you lose on a regular night you are just done, and you can drink your sorrows away, but with a double header you can't let your first game effect your mood." These words were true to the T. We did not win the first game, but we did not let that affect our performance in the second game.
Our first game was not a win, but we had a few guys playing out of position and a few guys that haven't played together before, in the Kai gee. Some plays that might have seemed like no brains were over thought do to a lack of experience in game situations. The field was not bad by any means it was just a different scheme.
"I like to play guys outside of their comfort zones, it helps the team build skills and it helps the man." - Potential All Star manager Neil Tucci.
In the second game of our double header, were pitted against the team from Cessna Jets. This game was played with fewer plays than the first, due to contractual obligations we can not state the players names that were not present for the second game. This game was a demonstration of the dedication that some of the Kai's have to the gee. Juan "i can't stay off base" diggler pushed through his upper leg injury to play to the catcher position.
"I do what I can to help the dojo, I will sacrifice my mind and body for the dojo." - Juan Diggler.
"The bats must have woken up after the first game, because it seemed like the ball and bat just wanted to connect" was overheard from the locker of A.C. right before his voice gave out.
We were not alone at gators, not only have our jersey's been ripped off but our post game hang out has been ripped off as well. We had a skeleton crew but we still represented the Kai, to the fullest extent. We downed a very impressive 66 pitchers among 6 mugs!!!!!!!
"Hey we can hold our fucking own!" - Mikey
The lady Kai's were only represented by the ever present A ROCK.
We got a single game this week guys so no warm up! I will see you all under the setting sky of the RBLP.

Check it out JDub, it's out way sooner than expected. It hits stores July 11th for only $199 for the 8GB and $299 for 16GB. I'm probably getting one but now I hear that Google is bringing their own phone called the Android which looks pretty sweet as well.
Check out Gizmodo for more details.
The Cobra Kai had been eagerly awaiting the start of our new season last Friday and were pumped to finally get a chance to show the league what our team can do. You could feel the electricity in the air as we wanted to get our offense rolling early and hold our defensive front in tact at the same time to dominate once again. Unfortunately, we were unable to find any rhythm offensively and will have to wait till this Friday night to officially start our season.
Bet on Black had the edge of getting a warm up game in before ours and it showed why it is better to be loose and ready to go from the first pitch, rather than our stiff and rusty start. This Friday we will be in that position as we are poised to have a back to back double header to erase the demons from Friday night. Koko had invited his friend Optimus Prime to take in the game from afar and after he had one bit of advice for the Kai’s “You must all stand together, or you will all fall for nothing.”
DonJuan had been placed on the Injured Reserve before the game with a “Leg” as the team missed his league leading .847% on Base percentage, while no time table has been set for his return. The Lady Kai’s still supported their team as they all walked off into the sunset and headed to Gators to regroup and get ready for next week. “We love these guys, and will support them through thick and thin and believe they are ready for a sweep this Friday”, the Lady Kai’s were heard screaming as they left the field.








